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FINDHORN PLAYBACK THEATRE Improvisation drama. Regular rehearsal & performances at Findhorn Village Centre, IV36 3YR. For details, call 01343 850123 or www.findhornplaybacktheatre.co.uk FINDHORN VILLAGE STITCHERS Sewing Classes for all abilities with International Tutors. Contact Karin on 01309 692339 or email findhornvillagecentre@gmail.com FORRES 41 CLUB For ex-members of Round Table.

Meets monthly from September to May. Contact the Club Secretary on 01309 673295 for more information.

FORRES & NAIRN SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Mondays 8pm - 10pm in Forres Town Hall Jan - Mar & Sept - Dec Thursdays 7:30pm - 9:30pm in Nairn Community Centre from Sept - Mar. All abilities welcome at these RSCDS classes. For details see www.rscdsforres.org or call 07906 306160 or Kate McArdle on 07918 147115 FORRES BOWLING CLUB St Catherine's Road. New members and visitors welcome, Come along and enjoy a friendly game of bowls. Hat Nights Mondays and Thursdays 6:30 for 7:00 pm. Annual Subscription £40 (if you wish to join). Call Sam Morrison on 01309 676366 for further details.

FORRES BRIDGE CLUB Mondays at 7pm - arrive by 6:50pm at Forres Golf Clubhouse. New season starts 28th September - March. New members welcome.

FORRES CURLING CLUB Sept - Mar , Moray Leisure Centre. Coaching available. Call Ann Munro 690332 or email lambertmun@aol.com FORRES HOUSE BRIDGE CLUB Wednesdays 7pm, Sept - Apr, Forres House. Tuition given in September. Beginners & new members welcome. Call Forres House Community Centre 672838 or Alice Young on 01309 611271

FORRES HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE Wide range of activities, interests & facilities. Call 672838 or email forres.house@moray.gov.uk FORRES INDOOR BOWLING CLUB We meet at Forres Academy at 6.45pm. Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Come and enjoy a game of bowls. All ages and abilities welcome. Contact Anne McIntosh 01309641513.

FORRES / MOUNT DORA TWINNING ASSOCIATION Contact Kenneth J Laing 690398 FORRES OAP ASSOCIATION Wednesdays, 1:30pm - 3:30pm in Forres Town Hall. Teas / Entertainment / Raffles. New members welcome.

JOG SCOTLAND FORRES Mondays 6.30pm, all welcome.

Walk and jog your way to better health. Call 676595 or 673859 KINLOSS KESTRELS RUGBY Training every Sunday P1-3 10:30am - 11:30 am. P4/7 - S1/2 10:30am - 12pm at Kinloss Park Season registration fee £20.00 For further information contact vanessa.naylor23@gmail.com or call 01343 890787.

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 and Burghead. The Scottish Power Kite Assoc covers all good kite surfing spots. Visit the website www.spka.org/activities LADIES BOWLING CLUB Tuesdays from 7pm -10pm in the British Legion Hall, Forres. New members are welcome.

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MORAY COELIAC GROUP Meet 1st Saturday of the month (except Jan & Feb), 10:30am in the cafe at Baxters, Fochabers.

Get together for newly diagnosed and existing members to network, ask questions, share recipes and ideas / information. 'Coffee, Cake and Catch up' sessions. All welcome. For further info email Kirsteen.pyett@btinternet.co.uk RAFFORD WRI 3rd Wednesday each month, 7:30pm (Sept - May) in Rafford Village Hall. Talks or demos and competition. New members very welcome. Call Alison Prentice on 01309 672380 SOUNDS DEEP MEN’S CHOIR Alternate Tuesdays 7.30pm9.30pm at St. John’s Church, Forres. All kinds of music. No experience necessary. Contact Bill 01309 672951 for more details.

ST LEONARD’S GUILD Meets Mondays, fortnightly 7:30pm Sept - April in St. Leonard's Hall. New members always welcome. Call Frances Buchanan on 01309 675585 for more information.

THE CROSS STITCHERS Wednesdays from 1pm - 4pm in the Forres Community Centre.

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As we go to press, the news reports are full of stories of displaced people across the globe who appear to be desperate to improve their situation. It to be a genuine appears humanitarian issue with some troubling ramifications if we are unable to respond in a coordinated fashion. Let us hope that ‘the powers that be’ can organise sufficient aid to avoid any loss of life and offer some comfort to those people who have lost or been forced to abandon their homes.

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS The harvest is coming…

Where I grew up in Essex, September was considered by many of my friends and I to be the worst month of the year, simply because it was the month in which we had to return back to school after the lavishly long summer holidays. Now I can enjoy September for its crisp bright weather and the golden fields of harvest.

Many of Jesus’ parables were concerned with farming, crops and harvests, as he lived in a country where vast swathes of the land were given over to producing grain. It was a subject the people of Christ’s day could relate to and understand.

Maybe if Jesus had come for the first time in our generation, His parables would be shop and consumer based?

There’s one parable of Jesus’ in Matthew 13 which deals with a harvest and the problem of weeds.

It’s the story of a good farmer who planted good crops but enemies of the farmer came one night and planted weeds in among the good seed. As the harvest grew, the people noticed the weeds growing up with

the wheat and they asked the owner of the field; ‘shall we tear out the weeds?’

alongside His own people and why evil exists within His good and perfect creation.

Our Forres in Bloom team do a wonderful job in making Forres look great each summer but imagine how they would feel if someone came one Spring night and planted weeds in all their flowerbeds, or sprayed their saplings with weed killer? It wouldn’t be right, it wouldn’t be fair, but what could they do about it? The owner of the field in Jesus’ parable told his workers to leave the weeds alone in case they ended up tearing out the good crops as well as the bad.

When I was at school, the holidays would end and a new school year would begin, just as in any harvest, there comes a time when the crops are gathered in and the weeds are separated.

In Matt. 13:30 we read the owner’s plan: ‘Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’ The owner’s solution was to be patient and careful, to safeguard every crop that was good while disposing of the weeds.

So I guess my question to you is, when God’s harvest comes, will you be wheat or weed? The harvest is coming… and we will all reap what we sow!

Of course, in this parable, Jesus’ real intent was to explain why evil people (the weeds) are allowed to live

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There will also come a day when the Lord Jesus Christ will return and gather His people to Himself and weed out all unrighteousness and sin out of His kingdom. Jesus adds: ‘Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.’ Matt.

13:43. The Christian has a sure and certain hope that God their Saviour will be with them always, in both life and death.

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

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Website: www.stjohnsforres.wordpress.com St Laurence Church Sundays 10am: family service. Tel: 01309 672260. Email: barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com St Leonards Church Sundays 10.30am: family service. Tea and coffee served afterwards. Tel: 01309 672380.

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2015 has been an incredible year, but it has also been a year of contemplation and commemoration. I will note just a couple of those important events here. Early July marked the 20th anniversary of the appalling genocide at Srebenica, where 8372 unarmed boys and men were led out of what was supposed to be the UN protected area of Srebrenica and murdered. The 6th August saw the 70th Anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing which killed tens of thousands of people, the consequences of which are still felt.

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by an adult. wear appropriate clothing and footwear and bring a torch and binoculars if possible. call 01343 820339 or email dolphincentre@whales.org mckerron, brechin & ó headhra @ drouthy cobbler 8pm in the blue room. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk highland summer darts challenge @ ironworks 7:30pm. 0871 7894173 • www.ironworksvenue.com

29 saturday strawberry tea 2pm - 4pm at kinloss church in aid of the kinloss abbey trust.

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until september findhorn heritage centre & icehouse 2pm - 5pm, weekends in sept. www.findhorn-heritage.co.uk

until 30 september the nelson tower, forres open every day from 2pm 4pm. manned by volunteers and managed by the forres heritage trust.

AUGUST 2015 26 wednesday

car boot sale (idca) 8:30am - 1pm, inchberry hall, orton, fochabers. just turn up before 8.30am, no booking required. £8 per pitch / £16 per van (double pitch). tea / coffee / butteries cakes in hall and bbq food from the hut. the testimony of john cartledge 6:30pm at clovenside chapel, clovenside road, forres. the story of him being converted to christ and delivered from alcoholism and a life on the streets to becoming a missionary in northern ghana. all welcome.

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nairn book and arts festival literary talks, musical performances, drama and art exhibitions. for more info visit www.nairnfestival.co.uk

28 friday

dougie maclean @ universal hall 7:30pm. for tickets and info visit www.universalhall.co.uk self help art group 1.30pm - 4.30pm at moray art centre, the park, findhorn. every wednesday. for info visit www.morayartcentre.org

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life drawing class with randy klinger 7pm - 9pm at moray art centre, the park, findhorn. every wednesday. for info visit www.morayartcentre.org

3 thursday artist practice with diane main 10am - 1pm at moray art centre, the park, findhorn. every thursday. for info visit www.morayartcentre.org gary murinson photography: taking control of your camera 7pm - 9pm at moray art centre, the park, findhorn. every thursday. www.morayartcentre.org

4 friday sigma: moray’s astronomy club - "lucky 13 – the story of apollo 13", by david paterson – dundee as 7pm for 7:30pm at birnie village hall. non-members always welcome. refreshments are provided (for a small donation). nairn book & arts festival @ brodie castle 12pm roger hutchinson discusses his new book on st kilda; 2.30pm philip long, director of v&a museum of design, dundee, talks on the plans for the new museum. tickets from www.nairnfestival.co.uk at nairn bookshop and nairn community & arts centre.

5 saturday loch ness beast race all day, loch ness. a 10k run with 20 intense obstacles set through bogs, rough dirt tracks, dense forest, undergrowth and joined by a refreshing dip in the loch! find out more and sign up for your adventure today at www.beastrace.co.uk 'logan's darts stars' in aid of logan's fund 7pm at lossiemouth town hall. exhibition darts featuring top players dave chisnall, robert thornton & anastasia dobromyslova. tickets £20 - call 07974 445776 or email info@logansfund.org

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helgin roller derby: fresh meat intake 12pm - 2pm, elgin community centre. you’ll be shown the basic skills required to set you on your way to becoming a derby star! free! open to males and females 16+. mouth guard required, other kit can be borrowed. email helginrollerderby@gmail.com or book through facebook. afternoon teas & a trash or treasure table top sale 1pm - 5pm findhorn village centre. call 01309 692339 if you want a trash or treasure table top. carve carrbridge on the village sports field. a day of family events including live music, activities, games, stalls and food & drink. for info call 07771 914598 or visit www.carvecarrbridge.com oh so quiet @ drouthy cobbler 8pm in the blue room. for info visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk blas festival presents: shooglenifty horo niteworks @ ironworks 7:30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com

5 saturday - 25 friday a life in stitches - ann corrigall mbe 10am - 5pm mon - fri, 11am - 4pm sat, elgin museum. a retrospective exhibition of art and embroidery brought together by judith sutherland. visit www.elginmuseum.org.uk

6 sunday glen moray marathon, half marathon and 10k starts and finishes at glen moray distillery, elgin. for more info visit www.forresharriers.org.uk ironworks, hyah, feis rois & blas presents: blas youth arts hub event @ ironworks 2pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

9 wednesday session a9 @ universal hall 7:30pm. for tickets and info visit www.universalhall.co.uk

11 friday green velvet @ ironworks 10pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

12 saturday ‘fly cup’ - afternoon tea 2pm - 4pm in findhorn church hall. all welcome! the western front association: tarnished brasshat: brigadier-general frank crozier 1879 - 1937 charles messenger 2:30pm,the gallery, elgin library. for details email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net or call 01343 870562 live music at the icehouse 7:30pm - 9:30pm, scottish dolphin centre, spey bay. bring your own bottle or enjoy tea and coffee served throughout the night. booking is essential. call 01343 820 339 for details. euan's family bike ride 10am, aldie burn woods, tain.

20k family biking challenge with views over the dornoch firth. a 3 or 7k route that can be cycled or walked, themed on robin hood. bbq with woodland drums, face painting, bows and arrows and more. £10. £25 for a family. visit www.euansbikeride.co.uk call peter logie on 01463 713080, or email peter.logie@clicsargent.org.uk

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cantare ladies' choir concert with guests dumfries male voice choir 7.30pm in elgin town hall. tickets from choir members or from cathedral windows.

13 sunday car boot sale start 11pm at findhorn back shore car park opposite the boatyard entrance. cars selling come and pitch up from 10am, ÂŁ8 per car. refreshments available. all welcome. lazy sunday jazz @ drouthy cobbler 2:30pm in the blue room. renowned ogd trio with colin black on guitar, bill kemp on drums and alan king on organ. for info visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

14 monday an evening with linwood barclay @ drouthy cobbler 7pm in the blue room. free event but booking is essential. for info visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

15 tuesday - 19 saturday spirit of moray book festival 2015 at elgin library. authors will entertain, educate and enthral and will instil the importance of books and reading. for more info call elgin library 01343 562623 or visit www.moray.gov.uk/moraybookfestival

16 wednesday bajaly suso @ universal hall 7:30pm. for tickets and info visit www.universalhall.co.uk nairn u3a 1.45pm at nairn community centre. a social afternoon with tea and biscuits. find out more about the programme of events and interest groups. all welcome, especially new members. call pauline on 01667 453537 or visit www.nairnu3a.org.uk

19 saturday rafford churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coffee morning 9.30am - 11.30am in st leonard's church hall, forres. serving milky coffee with home bakes and having cake and candy and bric a brac stalls. doors open admission ÂŁ1.50 music nairn presents: hoot (harp and flute duo) 7.30pm at nairn community and arts centre. a very appealing programme including bach, debussy, piazzolla, bizet. tickets at door or music nairn www.musicnairn.org.uk or call 01667 45570 page 20 - September 2015

20 sunday free fiddle masterclass with paul anderson @ brodie castle (intermediate level & up). book in advance and be available to play on 27th sept when a new piece of music, specially written by paul and inspired by rodney's stone, will be premiered. booking essential, call 01309 641 371 or email brodiecastle@nts.org.uk

22 tuesday vision mechanics â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in her shadows @ universal hall 7:30pm. tickets & info at www.universalhall.co.uk

24 thursday underworld encounters 7.30pm - 9pm, elgin museum. 1st in moray society lecture series 2015/16, by professor ian armit and dr lindsey buster. entry ÂŁ3. moray society members ÂŁ2. students ÂŁ1.50. call 01343 543675 or email curator@elginmuseum.org.uk wine tasting @ drouthy cobbler 7:30pm. for info visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

24 thursday - 26 wednesday buccaneer theatre club presents noel coward's blithe spirit 7.30pm at raf lossiemouth. tickets ÂŁ7 adults/ ÂŁ6 conc. phone 07930 361721

25 friday robin laing: whisky bard @ drouthy cobbler 7:30pm. whisky songs, stories and tastings with acclaimed folk singer robin laing (includes 3 whiskies). for info visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

26 wednesday culture day - forres the streets, cafes, shops and civic buildings of forres come alive with a mix of street theatre, performance, art, music and dance, plus lots of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;have a goâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities and much more. a free, one-day cultural extravaganza. for more info visit www.findhornbayarts.com/culture-day email: info@findhornbayarts.com or call 01309 673137 forres crafters culture day craft fair 12pm - 4pm in the forres town hall. for further info call 07565 499598 or email forrescrafters@gmail.com saltire society of scotland, highland branch 12pm at culloden battlefield visitor centre. with support from the national trust, andrew mckenzie will give a talk on the 1715 jacobite rising. all welcome. for more information contact jim miller on 01463 713552 bike curious family event & kidical mass 11am - 1pm drop in at culture day in forres to find out how your family can introduce cycling in your household. try out solutions, get your bike checked over and get the real low down on cycling with kids. then join our â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;kidical massâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; family ride around forres at 1pm.

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Raising to Distinction Open Morning Sat 19 Sept 2015 Admissions Deadline Fri 15 Jan 2016 Queen Victoria School in Dunblane is a co-educational boarding school for the children of UK Armed Forces personnel who are Scottish, or who have served in Scotland or who have been members of a Scottish regiment. The QVS experience encourages and develops well-rounded, confident individuals in an environment of stability and continuity.

The main entry point is into Primary 7 and all places are fully funded for tuition and boarding by the Ministry of Defence.

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Queen Victoria School, Dunblane Wendy Bellars, Head Open Morning is Saturday, 19th September 2015 Queen Victoria School (QVS) is a co-educational boarding school fully funded – parents don’t pay fees – by the Ministry of Defence to provide stability and continuity of education for the children of UK Armed Forces personnel who are Scottish, or who have served in Scotland or who have been members of a Scottish regiment.

There are 277 pupils in the School, ranging from Primary 7 through to S6. Age-ranges within each year-group are wide, however, because of the very varied and inevitably disrupted educational backgrounds from which the pupils come. One pupil came into S3 having been to 13 different schools; others into P7 having been to eleven different schools – and these are not just different schools, but different education systems as well.

Academic results are consistently well above the national averages, however, and there is a wide programme of extra-curricular activities, Games and the Combined Cadet Force. Major sports are rugby – where QVS is generally considered to “punch well above its weight” as a small school – and hockey, although there is a growing commitment to football as well.

QVS pupils and their families greatly value the strength of mutual support in a school community where all recognise the reality of Service life.

Set in 45 acres of beautiful Perthshire countryside, Queen Victoria School is easily accessible by road, rail or air.

If QVS pupils were not at the School, they would be attending whichever was the local school in the area in which their parents were posted. QVS has a particular brief from the Ministry of Defence to care for those eligible families who could not otherwise afford boarding education.

Ceremonial – piping, drumming, Highland Dancing and drill – constitutes an important part of the life of the School and is a visible link between the pupils and the work that their parents have chosen to do, in the UK Armed Forces. The Pipes, Drums and Dancers of QVS are internationally renowned, having played at tattoos both at home and abroad, most recently in the Basel Christmas Tattoo 2013 and The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2012.

There is no substitute for visiting a school, meeting its pupils and staff and picking up the atmosphere.

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