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Clubs and Societies ALVES CHURCH GUILD We welcome women & men, whether members or not, at any of our meetings. Part of a C of S movement which "invites & encourages them to commit their lives to Jesus Christ & to express their faith in worship, prayer & action." Call Joyce O'Hara on 01343 830137 BRODIE INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Mon & Wed, 7pm - 9.30pm, at Dyke & District Hall. Call Sandy Burgess on 01309 674924 DYKE PARENT & TODDLER GROUP Thurs, 9.30am - 11.30am, Dyke Village Hall. Parent run group.

Welcomes new members. £2.

Call Lex on 07736 936130 FINDHORN PLAYGROUP Fri, 9.30am - 11.15am, Findhorn Village Hall. Crafts, snacks & songs. £2 per family. Call 01309 692339. www.findhornvillage conservation.org.uk FINDHORN VILLAGE STITCHERS Sewing classes for all abilities

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Call Karin on 01309 692339 or at findhornvillagecentre@gmail.com FINDHORN WRI 1st Tues of month, James Milne Institute, Findhorn. Call Marjory Barber on 01309 690349 FORRES BIG CHOIR Thurs (term time only), 7pm 9pm, Kinloss Church. A mixed community choir for singers of all levels of experience. No auditions & no need to read music. Call Bill Henderson on 07876 213576 FORRES BLUEFINS SWIMMING CLUB Forres Swimming Pool & Fitness Centre. Various training sessions for all levels of competitive swimmers. Regular intakes throughout the year. Email Annie Gallacher (Membership Sec) on annie.gallacher@btinternet.com or bluefins@hotmail.co.uk www.forresbluefins.co.uk FORRES HIGHLAND GAMES COMMITTEE The Forres Highland Games take place annually every July in Grant Park, Forres. Call Mike Scott on 01309 673289 or at michaelwscott@btinternet.com FORRES LACE GROUP Wed, 10am - 12pm, Forres Community Centre. Beginners welcome. Call Jo McMillen on 01343 831307 FORRES ONLINE Tues & Thurs, 2pm - 4pm & Fri, 10am - 12pm (Drop Ins). FACT Office, 1 Leask Road, Forres. provides help to make sense of computers & digital devices. Call Iain Bailey on 01309 674388 or email at iain@forresarea.org www.forresarea.org FORRES OSPREY TRUST Minibus for use of elderly & disabled people from Forres, Kinloss, Findhorn & environs for outings, meetings & clubs. The Trust is always keen for volunteers to assist in the day to day running of the vehicle. Call Magdalene Edmond on 01309 617155 or 07593 167006. Email

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FORRES SQUASH & FITNESS CLUB Sun (Club night ), 7.15pm, when a warm welcome will always be extended. 2 squash courts & 2 small gyms available any time of the day or night. Call John Mckenzie on 01309 672103

RAFFORD SCOTTISH WOMENS INSTITUTE 3rd Wed of month (Sept - May), 7.30pm, Rafford Village Hall.

Each month is a different talk or activity held in a friendly atmosphere. Visitors & new members are always welcome.

Lifts can be arranged. Call Kath Todd on 01309 674128 or email toddextend@yahoo.com

FRIENDS OF THE FALCONER MUSEUM We support the work of the Falconer Museum. Membership is £10 per year, due in April. We organise Heritage themed events.

KINLOSS KESTRELS YOUTH RUGBY CLUB Sun - Micro's (P1-3) 10.30am 11.30am; P 4/5 & P 6/6. 10.30am -12.00pm. Promoting the sport of Rugby in an inclusive, fun way.

All welcome! All children are encouraged to participate regardless of ability! Call 07712 524203 or email at kinlosskestrels@gmail.com KITE SURFING The vast sandy beaches in the Highlands of Scotland provide a perfect platform for year round activity. Ongoing at Ardersier, Nairn, Findhorn, Lossie & Burghead. The Scottish Power Kite Assoc covers all good kite surfing spots. www.spka.org then into activities MORAY GAELIC GROUP Wed (term time only), 7pm 8.30pm, Room B005, Moray College, Elgin. All levels of learners welcome, from the beginner to those who just want to keep their Gaelic up. Call Donnie Macdonald on 07799 144963 or email at donnie.macdonald@hotmail.com MORAY MODEL RAILWAY GROUP Meets at Blacks Barn, Sherrifston Farm. Turn off A96 east of Elgin on Lossie Road & take first left into farm. Are you interested in railways? Come & see what model railways are about. Email at membership@ moraymrg.org.uk www.moraymrg.org.uk & use

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Call 01309 671681 SHRIMPS Fri, 9.30am - 11.15am, Findhorn Village Centre. Playgroup with craft, snacks & songs. £2 per family. Call 01309 692339 TEA & TOTS PARENT & TODDLER GROUP Thurs (fortnightly),1.30pm - 3pm, Logie Primary School. All preschool children & parents welcome. Call 01309 611258 admin.logiepmoray@ edunet.gov.uk THE HANDYPERSON SERVICE (MORAY) To assist the elderly, disabled, disadvantaged & vulnerable members of Moray, by providing a small repair & assistance service to those who have no local family or friends available to help them. Call the Development Worker on 01343 559739.

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings the dead and Remembering considering our own death There are various occasions throughout the year when we remember those who have died. However, the month of November beckons two significant days where we, the living, pause and collectively remember those who have gone before us. November begins with All Souls' Day on the 2nd day of the month and on the 11th we observe Remembrance Day. Several themes surface during these occasions as we remember the life, death and the circumstances of the death of those whom we remember.

Reflections are often made on what the person has meant to the family and community. Thoughts are shared about the ways in which their lives and sacrifices have shaped our lives today.

There are also attempts to glean valuable examples that can be learned from the life of the person remembered, or in cases of the commemoration of those who died in battles, lessons that can be learned from those wars. This being a significant year, marking the centenary of the end of World War I there is much research and reflection on various aspects of the war and its implications on our lives over the past hundred years and for the future.

There is indeed much value in gaining

insight from those who have gone before us and their experiences. We often find ourselves at the receiving end of a collective experience of remembering, reflecting and learning.

After all, it is someone else’s death we are remembering, however close that person may have been to us.

Remembering the dead also brings to focus the awareness of our own death.

This element seldom appears in our remembrance ceremonies and celebrations of those whom we remember. We don’t see overt expressions of this awareness, particularly in today’s society, where death is hidden away and is not openly talked about. There are also attempts to break this silence. Some organise ‘Death Cafés’ where people meet and discuss matters relating to death. While such initiatives provide opportunities for open conversations about death, dying and caring for the dying, even here death can be treated outside the ‘self’.

Why should we remember our own death? What role can the awareness of our own death have on how I live my life today? Ancient wisdom recorded in the form of a prayer gives us a clue. Moses prays: “teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart” (Psalm 90: 12). The awareness of our own death encourages one to live in the present

Caroline Street Gospel Hall Gospel Service, Sundays at 12:15pm Tel: 01309 674375. Email: glcinfo@tiscali.co.uk Dyke and Edinkillie Parish Church of Scotland Dyke Family Service Sunday : 10am. Edinkillie Sunday Service: 11.30am Alternate monthly services on the first Sunday of each month at 11am. Tea/coffee after every service. Contact Jane Foster (Session Clerk) on 01309 641257 Elgin Mosque 78 South Street, Elgin IV30 1JG. www.elginmosque.org.uk Kinloss, Findhorn & Alves Church of Scotland Alternating weekly. Kinloss and Findhorn 10am. Alves first Sunday of each month at 11.30am. Tel: 01309 690359.

Lighthouse Baptist Church Clovenside Chapel, Forres. Sunday service 10:30am and 6.30pm. Refreshments served afterwards.

Contact: 01309 676974. Email: info@lighthousechurch.co.uk Website: www.forresbaptistchurch.org Moray Presbytery www.moraypresbytery.org.uk Pluscarden Abbey Weekday Mass 9am. Sunday Mass 8am - English and 10am - Latin. See www.pluscardenabbey.org/services for full timetable of services.

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time with a ‘wise heart’, drawing insight from God, who is the source of all wisdom – wisdom that enables knowledge, understanding, justice and equity (Proverbs 2:6 – 9).

Is remembering our own death dark, scary and painful? Once again there is wisdom from the David as expressed in one of the most familiar psalms: “even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me” (Psalm 23:4). As eminent theologian, Marcus Borg observed, “I am confident that the one who has buoyed us up in life will also buoy us up through death.

We die into God.” The Easter experience remains a powerful reminder of hope and new life and the constant and unfailing presence of God. As we remember, celebrate, give thanks and pay due respect to those who have gone before us, let us also be reminded of our own mortality seeking to spend our limited time in this word, shaping our lives with the wisdom from God, confident that God is always with us now and in the future, journeying with us in life, in death and beyond!

Revd Dr Hamilton Inbadas St John’s Scottish Episcopal Church, Forres

Rafford Church Family service Sundays at 9.30am. Praise from CH3 and Mission Praise. Enjoy fellowship over a cup of tea and a biscuit. Sunday school with Bible stories, songs, games and crafts.

Contact Heather Mackenzie (Session Clerk): 01309 674245.

St John the Evangelist Scottish Episcopal Church Sundays 8am: Communion. 10am: Family Communion. Tel: 01309 672856.

Email: clergystjohnsforres@gmail.com Website: www.stjohnsforres.wordpress.com St Laurence Church Sundays 10am: family service. Tel: 01309 672260. Email: barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com or visit www.stlaurencechurchforres.org.uk St Leonards Church Sundays 10.30am: family service. Tea and coffee served afterwards. For any information call 01309 672380 or visit www.stleonardschurchforres.com St Margaret’s Catholic Church Mass on Tuesday & Thursday at 10am and Sunday 10:30am. Contact Father Colin Stewart on 01343 542280 If you are a member of a church not listed here and would like to be considered for inclusion or if there are any amendments to be made to existing details, please email linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times The dark winter nights have changed the Moray landscape and the fantastic summer is definitely a distant memory, but November gets off to a brighter start as Bonfire Night celebrations are in full swing. Even before the last embers have died, organisers in towns across Moray will be stringing up displays ready for their festive light switch-on. Can I also take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contacted Krystle and I following the announcement that we are expecting our first child next year. With all the joy surrounding this, there are also the questions all future parents in Moray are currently facing about where they will have their child; how they will get to Aberdeen if they have to go there and what kind of journey they will face as they travel a considerable distance in labour. I have been working with the campaigners since the announcement of the downgrading of maternity paediatric services at Doctor Gray’s and while I previously heard their concerns, I now very much share them as well. As usual I can be contacted on douglas.ross.mp@parliament.uk

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Christmas is fast approaching and it is time to think about stirring the Christmas pudding but it is also the time to think about how we can help locally.

Christmas gives us all the chance to not only to buy local but also to help in our own neighbourhoods, so perhaps that should be our festive resolution.

Whilst online shopping couldn’t be more convenient, it comes at a cost. Little of our hard earned money ends up in the local economy and in the Highlands we often have to face expensive and unfair delivery costs.

Shopping locally ensures local jobs, more independent shops and some truly unique gifts often showcasing local craftsmanship.

So in the run up to Christmas my plea is that we all think about what we can do locally so that all Highlanders can benefit.

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The Scottish Government is investing almost £1 billion in free childcare, with families across Moray set to benefit from an ambitious increase in the number of free childcare hours.

The investment will see families entitled to 1140 hours of free childcare for three and four year olds and, by almost doubling the availability of free childcare, parents are set to save hundreds of pounds a month, with many finding it easier to return to work.

Local authority and partner childcare providers are vital to the delivery of this ambitious policy and ensuring that our children get the best start in life, and so last month I hosted a meeting in Elgin for local childcare providers to meet with the Minister for Children and Young People, Maree Todd MSP. I felt it was important that they had the opportunity to share their views with the Minister and to put any questions directly to her.

This is a significant investment in families in Moray and will undoubtedly be of enormous help to local people with young children.

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8 thursday the shakespeare schools festival 2018 7pm, one touch theatre, eden court, inverness. all welcome call 01463 234234 arrested development@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com year of young people business breakfast with elgin high school pupils: how they view the workplace & what they would like it to be like with dyw moray & moray chamber of commerce 8am - 10am, unit 1, elgin business centre, elgin high schoo. £13.37 – £19.76. limited tickets available. email at sbaxter@dywmoray.co.uk. www.eventbrite.co.uk cantraybridge college early christmas late night market with bodyshop 5.30pm - 8pm, cantraybridge college cafe. wide range of handmade gifts & products like our famous bath bars, christmas puddings, etc. taking orders for our highly demanded but limited christmas wreaths on the night. call cat burton on 01667 493500 or email admin@cantraybridge.co.uk

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MAGICAL TOY PARADE THROUGHOUT THE CASTLE

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Follow the Christmas Fairy or meet the Toy Soldier as they wonder through the castle searching for toys of Christmas Past.

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Ticket price £11 to include Apple Cider (nonalcoholic) and a mince pie.

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Members go free.

Booking advisable but not essential.

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beyond faith: the george michael tribute@the ironworks, inverness, 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com voodoo night with urban voodoo machine & spring break@the ironworks, inverness, 11pm. www.ironworksvenue.com world war one - commemorative evening: raising money for help the heroes & poppy scotland 6.30pm - 10pm, dyke village hall. £10. call david harrison on 07828 497399 or email at dai.harrison@hotmail.co.uk

10 saturday drag night 9pm - 12am , caberfeidh bar, main street, elgin. free event - donation on door of £5. join us for a night, of dancing, singing & comedy with two local drag queens. call 01343 552879 or email at info@caberfeidhbar.co.uk. www.caberfeidhbar.co.uk cairngorm ski club snowsports equipment sale: buy & sell second hand & new ski & snowboard equipment & clothing 3.30pm - 5.30pm (arrive early as queueing, dalfaber golf & country club, aviemore. adults - 50p; children - free. email at sale@cairngormskiclub.co.uk battle of the bands final 8.30pm, the playhouse, nairn. all welcome Clan Sept inverness 18 .pdf 1 09/08/2018 09:38 tunna@hootananny, 9.30pm end of wwi commemoration event all day, the www.clanhouse.org #Livingwithcancer

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10 saturday - 11 sunday monsterfest@the ironworks, inverness tbc, indoor rock music festival. www.ironworksvenue.com mackenzie & cruickshank winter market: part 1 9am - 4pm, mackenzie & cruickshank, forres. lots of gifts for christmas & other occasionscontemporary to commercial nairn speakers 7.30pm, nairn bowling club, albert street, nairn. gain skills in public speaking in a friendly, supportive environment. call ann on 01667 453159 or email hello@nairnspeakers.org.uk www.nairnspeakers.org.uk

12 monday - 22 december forres crafters pop up shop mon, tues, thurs, fri, sat 9.30am - 4.30, old police office (down the tunnel next to the bookies), the tolbooth, forres. free entry a wide variety of locally handmade crafts. email at forrescrafters@gmail.com

13 tuesday the moray tenants forum (mtf) 2pm - 4pm, venue tbc. free. call 0300 123 4566 or email at tenantparticipation@moray.gov.uk. www.moray.gov.uk luncheon club: soup & sweet with cheery banter & a cup of tea or coffee 1pm, findhorn village centre. £3.50. call 01309 692339 or email at findhornvillagecentre@gmail.com elgin flower club: inspirations; a floral demonstration by gill garrow of elgin 7.30pm, high church hall, north guildry street, elgin. visitors - £4. www.elginflowerclub.com phil campbell & the bastard sons@the ironworks, inverness, tbc. www.ironworksvenue.com the greyfriars club: tombola: fundraiser for greyfriars club doors open 6.30pm, eyes down 7.30pm, elgin town hall. £1.50

14 wednesday CLAN in the community Providing emotional and practical support to people affected by cancer, their family, friends and carers.

Wellbeing and support services are freely available to all, from pre-diagnosis and diagnosis through treatment and beyond at support centres across Moray, located in Elgin, Buckie, Forres and Lossiemouth.

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elgin writers' group: romantic short story competition; readings & results 7.30pm - 9.30pm, elgin library. www.elginwriters.wordpress.com nairn u3a: the great war in the wee country, 1914-18; speaker - norman newton, u3a member & historian, with time for questions & chat 1.45pm for 2pm, nairn community & arts centre, king street, nairn. £2 members, £4 non-members. refreshments. call pauline ross (sec) on 01667-453537 or email at secretary@nairnu3a.org.uk the highland rock garden club: botanical travels in wild places; speaker - willie campbell (scottish rhododendron society) 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. £4 (incl refreshments). call john owen on 01320 366246

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Zumba Katy Nov 18.pdf 1 11/10/2018 13:14 hopeman primary school parent council www.ironworksvenue.com moray ramblers: ben aigan 8am, elgin community centre. grade: moderate; distance: 8 miles. bookings essential on wed prior to walk. call ruth gerrie on 01343 820545 elgin writers' group: 30th anniversary celebration tbc, the gallery, elgin library. refreshments, memorabilia, book stall with anthologies & members' work. performance of winning one-act plays. www.elginwriters.wordpress.com messy church: local churches working together offering bible story, worship, games, crafts & fellowship 2pm - 4pm, st. leonard's church hall. free call cath perry on 07796 766983 or emai at cathperry10@gmail.com moravian orienteering: saturday & moray & nairn schools league tbc. see website for details www.moravianorienteering.org music nairn: pomegranate piano trio; clara schumann, ravel & beethoven 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. £19/15/3. call 01667 453476. www.musicnairn.org.uk inverness choral society concert performing "the armed man" & other shorter items 7.30pm, eden court theatre, inverness. call sandra riach on 01997 466253 or email at sandra.riach1@btinternet.com neil oliver: the story of the british isles in 100 places 7.30pm, the empire theatre, eden court, inverness call 01463Forres 234234Crafters pop up Nov 18.pdf 1 05/10/2 bookbug session 10.30am, forres library. songs, rhymes & stories

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22 thursday the christmas day truce: speaker - thomas weber details to be confirmed all day, the highlanders' museum, fort george, ardersier elgin flower club: winter; a floral demonstration by craig bullock, burnley, lancashire 7.30pm, elgin town hall. visitors - ÂŁ4. www.elginflowerclub.com jake bugg@the ironworks, inverness tbc, www.ironworksvenue.com

23 friday the proclaimers 7pm - 11.30pm, inverness leisure centre. www.ticketline.co.uk the police sting@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm, www.ironworksvenue.com macmillan christmas fair 7pm for 7.30pm, mosset tavern, forres. ÂŁ5. demos, craft stalls, music, refreshments. come along & know you are supporting those living with cancer. moray society lecture: the story of aberlour orphanage; speaker - lester borley, cbe doors open 7.15pm for 7.30pm - 9pm, elgin museum, 1 high street, elgin. ÂŁ3, members ÂŁ2, students ÂŁ1.50 call 01343 543675 cinema nairn: edie (12a) 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. ÂŁ5/ ÂŁ3. call 01667 453476 www.cinema-nairn.co.uk page 30 - November 2018

roses tribute with resurrection 7.30pm, the playhouse, nairn. www.facebook.com/resurrection stonerosestribute st andrew's ceilidh with dunphail dance band 8pm, rafford village hall. ÂŁ8 or u16s ÂŁ4. tickets from gordon at 01309 675949 or via email at raffordvillagehall@gmail.com). refreshments burghead arts group arts & crafts mini fayre 12pm 5pm, the old bakery, young street, burghead. free. artworks, crafts & gifts by local artists for sale & to view. call keith on 07799 154441

25 sunday cullen skink world championships & christmas arts & craft & food fair 10.30am - 4pm, cullen bay hotel, cullen. free community thank you day 2018: culloden battlefield & visitor centre; people who live locally are able to come into the centre for free! 10am - 3.30pm, culloden battlefield & visitor centre. you must bring proof of an iv, ph, ab or kw postcode. battlefield tours, costumed presentations, etc

26 monday nairn speakers 7.30pm, nairn bowling club, albert street, nairn. gain skills in public speaking in a friendly, supportive environment. call ann on 01667 453159 or email hello@nairnspeakers.org.uk

28 wednesday breabach@ universal hall, the park, findhorn 7.30pm. ÂŁ17/ÂŁ15 concs/ÂŁ13 u16s. call david till on 01309 691170 (enquiries) or email at uhallpromo@gmail.com. www.universalhall.co.uk elgin writers' group: agm & awards; also a visit to the camera clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition. members will choose a thornhall nov 18.pdf 1 11/10/2018 20:25 photo as a prompt for the winter writing competition 7.30pm - 9.30pm, elgin library NIA technique workshops and classes.

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29 thursday spynie soup & sweet lunch run by duffus,spynie & hopeman church 12pm - 2pm, spynie village hall suggested donation £3. call elsie watson on 01343 543914 or email at elsie.watson121@btinternet.com moray music lessons 3rd annual student concert 6pm, miltonduff village hall. tickets from students

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anderson's primary school christmas fair 4.30pm 6.30pm, anderson's primary school, fores. free. come along to support anderson's primary school christmas fair, santa may even put in an appearance. call jane munro on 01309 672887 or friday - december email at admin.andersonsp@moray-edunet.co.uk the ’elf on the shelf’ hunt 11am - 5pm, the victorian the karen matheson band@universal hall, the park, market, inverness findhorn 8pm. £17/£15 concs/£13 u16s. call david till on 01309 691170 (enquiries) or email at uhallpromo@gmail.com. www.universalhall.co.uk stewart francis: into the punset@the ironworks, 7pm. www.ironworksvenue.com moray reach out disco 7.30pm - 10pm, ugie hotel, nairn jazz nov 18.pdf 1 05/10/2018 18:32 church road, keith. £3. raffle. you must be over 18 unless accompanied by a responsible adult.

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The Bobton-Trent seniors certainly know how to make the most of their extravagant wealth - socialising, doing things, buying things and generally being more than a little bit ... irresponsible. Luckily for them, their son Hubert Horatio is an exceptionally intelligent, talented and sensible child.

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