SpotLight on Inverness & District - August 2015

AUGUST 2015

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Moving to a new area is a challenging process for your family, your pet will be stressed by the process as well. At Moray Coast Vet Group we want you to know that we are here to help you and your pets settle into the area.

Why would you use us? Well it’s simple really, we have been vets in this area for a very long time and can offer your pet the following 3 critical benefits: to a Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Accredited Practice, Access meaning your pet will be treated to the highest standards. convenient surgery locations making it easy to get to us Four day and night. and well equipped surgeries meaning we can treat all routine Modern conditions without the need to refer your pet.

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CLUBS & SOCIETIES BLAZIN NEEDLES Tuesdays from 1:30pm - 3:30pm at The Bike Shed, Grant Street, Inverness. A friendly drop-in group for anyone interested in working with wool or textiles. A beginner looking for a hand or an experienced knitter looking for company this is the group for you. Donations for room hire and teas and coffees.

CHEERFUL CHESTERS Mondays, 11am at Raigmore Community Hall, Ashton Rd. Main objective is to help people with severe respiratory problems through regular gentle exercise under the direction of a qualified physiotherapist. For more info call Maureen on 01463 221204 CROWN CHURCH MENS CLUB Call 237768 or email mackenzie17@mackenzie17.plus. com CROY & CULLODEN MOOR SENIOR CITIZENS' LUNCH CLUB Alternate Wed 1 - 3pm, Church Hall, Croy, £3 for 2 course meal & afternoon tea. Dominoes, jigsaws and other activities

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CULLODEN FENCING CLUB Tuesdays 7pm - 9pm during term time at Culloden Academy Community Centre. Call 792794 FRIENDS OF THE BIRNIE SUPPORT GROUP Wednesdays 9:30am - 11:30am & 12:30pm - 2:30pm in the playroom at The Birnie Centre, Raigmore Hospital. For children with additional needs & their families and carers. £2 per session. Snack/refreshments provided. For more info call Anne on 07542 712381.

HIGHLAND DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY (HDFAS) 2nd Thursday, 2pm, at Smithton Free Church, Inverness IV2 7YU. Interested in learning more about art? Encouraging Young Artists? Volunteering to record Churches for posterity? £5 per month. Contact 07595 219308 or drmaryharrison2@yahoo.com or davidmartin30@hotmail.com HIGHLAND HISTORICAL SEARCH SOCIETY Inverness based metal detecting club. Free equipment loan, tuition and regular places to detect. Beginners/new members welcome. Contact Len tel: 01808 521340 anytime HIGHLAND RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Coaching & competitive opportunities in Rugby Football for the whole community. Call Andrew Russell on 243972 or 07786 256891 HIGHLAND SPIRITUAL CINEMA A small, independent film group screening films that uplift and inspire, that entertain and inform.

Monthly film nights at The Little Theatre in Nairn. For more information go to: www.highlandspiritualcinema.net or telephone 01463 237452.

HIGHLAND WHEELCHAIR CURLING CLUB Tues 1.30 - 3.30pm,Inverness Ice Rink. If you use a wheelchair or have mobility problems come and see what we do. Equipment provided. Call Mo Simpson 01463 716227 or 07798 710404 email: wheel77uk@yahoo.co.uk

INVERNESS HARRIERS AMATEUR ATHLETIC CLUB Cross country, road and hill running, track and field athletics, Beginner to elite level. Queens Park Athletic Stadium. Tel 791110 www.invernessharriers.org.uk

ROSS AND CROMARTY ADVANCED MOTORISTS To improve the standard of driving on our roads. Associates may enrol throughout the year. www.rossandcromarty-iam.org

INVERNESS HOSPITAL RADIO Email requests to be played for someone in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness to: requests@inver nesshospitalradio.co.uk. We are looking for ward visitors and technical team members.

Email: enquiry@invernesshospitalradio .co.uk Contact Mr Atholl Menzies tel: 704500/704501

ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION CITY OF INVERNESS BRANCH 2nd Wed, 7:30pm at "The Club", Gordon Terrace. Ex or serving members or a connection or interest in the Royal Navy? Guest speakers, day trips & swinging the lantern along with a tot or two. Email Gordon Ross (Sec) at gwross@btinternet.com or Evan Jessiman (PRO) at evan.jessiman@btinternet.com

INVERNESS NETBALL CLUB Mondays, 6pm - 8pm, Millburn Academy. For ladies aged 16+ All abilities welcome. For info call Heather on 07891 025950, invernessnetball@gmail.com, visit www.invernessnetball.co.uk Facebook Inverness Netball Club

SAYLIG INVERNESS We look at all aspects of life for people with learning disability and/or autism, SHIRLIE Project, Inverness, tel: 716179 or email rona.mem@hotmail.co.uk

INVERNESS TOUCH RUGBY Mondays 6:15pm-8pm, Bught Pitches (by Ice Rink). Fast & fun for men and women, all abilities & fitness levels welcome. Email invernesstouch@gmail.com or "Inverness Touch" on Facebook INVERNESS WINE APPRECIATION SOCIETY Bringing together people with an interest in wine and to develop their interest by holding tastings, usually led by a member of the wine trade and accompanied by suitable food, tel: 221535 KILTARLITY CAMERA CLUB Meets on two Tuesdays of the month at Brockies Lodge, Kiltarlity at 7:30pm. Contact the secretary: 714330. Welcomes all ages and abilities.

MERKINCH MOUNTAIN BIKE CLUB Regular monthly trips, ages 12 to adult. Call 07879 443979 or email: ewanharper@yahoo.co.uk

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING IN INVERNESS Beginners: Crown Church Hall on Wednesdays 7.30pm 9.30pm. General class: St Mary's Hall, Huntley Street on Thursdays 8.15pm-10.15pm. All welcome. Tel: 01463 235384.

WATERLOO BOWLING CLUB Season from April til last Sat in Sept. Open all week. Riverside Street, Inverness. New members and visitors welcome.

Membership enquiries to Angus Shearer on 01463 710375 PLEASE NOTE: Details of Clubs & Societies are published on a rotational basis.

If you would like details of your club or society included in this section, please let us know. All club listings are free. Not all clubs will be listed in every issue.

NORTHERN COUNTIES CRICKET CLUB Providing cricketing opportunities to all members of the local community. Tel: Hamish Christie on 239894 or 07761 119604

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS ‘There’s nothing more important than family’ Do you say that to people? Do you buy into the idea that in the ups and downs of life, through the laughter and tears and arguments and celebrations and disappointments; there’s something about your family that just matters more than anything else in this world?

Our church has been thinking about family recently.

We’ve got mixed experiences of family life. Amongst us, we have plenty of experience of marriage, singleness, divorce, bereavement, having children and not having children. We’ve talked about the differences in our wider family lives - from those of us who have enjoyed really supportive families to those who have struggled with their experience of family life.

The thing that we have in common as we gather as a church, is that we are all part of one family - and many of us want to say, it’s a better, fuller and truer experience of family than we’ve known before.

When Jesus arrived in this world, He said and did some very radical things that

today might go straight over our heads, but in His day utterly shocked and challenged expectations about God and society. One of the things He did that caused people’s jaws to drop (and made some of them plot to kill Him off and shut Him up) was to invite us to know God as our Father.

Did you ever learn the ‘Lord’s Prayer’?

The one that starts, ‘Our Father…’? Well, whether you did or you didn’t (and you can find it all in Matthew 6:9-13), you don’t have to go any further than those first two words to learn something that might change your life. God - the God who is awesome enough to make a universe with just a word from His lips; the God who holds together that universe within the incredibly small margins for error in gravitational pull and in the Earth’s distance from the Sun - this same incredible, powerful God who makes us look like less than ants, wants to invite us to relate to Him as His children.

You see, the Bible is not about how to get your slate wiped clean in front of a God who hasn’t the least interest in you as a person. From the beginning of the Bible, and especially with Jesus coming to this world, God has been putting together a

Ardersier with Petty Parish Church, Church of Scotland Ardersier Sundays 10.15am. Petty Sundays 12 noon. Tel: 01667 462224.

Avoch Congregational Church High Street, Avoch. Sundays 11.30am.

Refreshments afterwards. www.avochcongregationalchurch.co.uk Black Isle Charge Episcopal Churches 1 Deans Road, Fortrose.

Tel: 01381 622241.

Cale House, Church of Scotland Millburn Road, Inverness.

Tel: 01463 718616.

Christian Group in Inverness Call 07724 992790 or visit www.christian-group-inverness.org CityLife Church Mercure Hotel, Church Street, Inverness. Sundays 10:30am. Tel: 01463 714839. Email: info@citylifechurch.org.uk.

Website: www.citylifechurch.org.uk Culduthel Christian Centre Culduthel Avenue, IV2 6AS. Sunday family service at 11am and evening service at 6pm. Phone 01463 222795. Minister: Rev Bill Slack. All welcome.

Culloden Baptist Church Culloden Academy. Sundays 10.30am. Tel: 01463 794005. Email: culloden.baptist@btconnect.com. Website: www.cullodenbaptistchurch.org.uk Barn Church of Scotland Culloden. Sundays 10.30am. First and third Sundays of the month 6.30pm service. www.barnchurch.org.uk Croy & Dalcross Parish Church Church of Scotland Croy Village.

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Dalneigh & Bona Church of Scotland St Mary’s Avenue, Inverness.

Bona Church, Lochend by Inverness: 10am. Dalneigh Church, St Mary’s Avenue, Inverness: 11.30am and 6.30pm. Tel: 01463 232439.

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family. A family adopted to belong to Him as children to a Father. A family to belong to each other, too. Brothers and sisters who want to share with each other the love that their Father has shown them.

Ephesians 1 talks about how God does all of this adopting, family-forming work through Jesus Christ. Belonging to church isn’t about being good, keeping rules, liking tradition or being the same as Christians that you know. None of these things, after all, are conditions for you belonging to your biological family - are they?

We’re joining a family that God’s putting together, which is based on His unconditional love for us, and His doing everything for us through Jesus. That’s the kind of Dad He is, the Dad we meet with week by week, day by day. And let me tell you - there’s nothing more important than that family.

Scott McRoberts Inverness St. Columba Church of Scotland New Charge

Dingwall Baptist Church Tulloch Street, Dingwall. www.dbc.org.uk Dingwall Castle Street Church of Scotland www.dingwall-church.co.uk Dingwall Catholic Church, St Lawrence 21 Castle Street, Dingwall.

Tel: 01349 863143.

Dingwall Episcopal Church, St James The Great Castle Street, Dingwall. Tel: 01349 862204. Website: www.stjames-stannes.org.uk Dingwall Free Church High Street. Sundays 11am and 6pm. Website: www.deep-river.co.uk Dores FCC Reformed Church - (Up the brae from the village on B862) Sundays 11am (Children welcome) & 6:30pm. Wednesdays 7:30pm.

Web: www.dores-church.org.uk - Rev. D. Ratti 07599 298946 Ferintosh and Resolis Free Church Rev. Chris Smart. Website: www.ferintosh.org.uk Free North Church Bank Street, Inverness. Tel: 01463 224332.

Website: www.freenorthchurch.org Fortrose Free Church, 5 Church Street, Fortrose, IV10 8TE. Sunday: 11.30am and 6pm. Website: www.freechurch.org Grace Community Church Inshes Primary School. Sundays 10.30am.

Email: thenewseed@yahoo.com Highland International Church Sundays, 11am, Waterside Hotel, 19 Ness Bank, Inverness. www.hicinverness.org.uk Hilton, Church of Scotland Tomatin Road, Inverness. Tel: 01463 233310. Website: www.hiltonchurch.org.uk Listed A to H and regularly rotated. If you are a member of a church not listed here and would like to be considered for inclusion or for any amendments to existing details, email tamsyn@spotlighton.co.uk

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AUGUST 2015 1 saturday inverness ramblers walk 1- cairn gorm. 7.5 miles meet 9am walk 2 - mystery walk. meet 10am highland council car park. call 01463 236204 for further information. world orienteering championships - sprint relay 6pm - 7:15pm, nairn. teams of 4 running in sequence negotiating the streets and alleyways to the north of the a96 at top speed. live on tv, with giant spectator screens, race commentary and live gps ttracking to allow you to follow the action. www.woc2015.org

2 sunday great glen walking club walk 1- morven (caithness).

9 miles. meet 8am walk 2 - dornoch to loch fleet circular. 11 miles. meet 9am highland council car park. call 01463 236204 for further information. world orienteering championships - sprint final 5pm -7pm, around the streets of east forres. live on tv, the streets will be closed and spectators can follow the race from vantage points throughout the town. with giant screens in the arena showing the action as well as race commentary and live gps. www.woc2015.org lossiemouth raft race 2pm, east beach, lossiemouth. www.raf.mod.uk/raflossiemouth/events/

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31 friday ranger walk - from river to firth - a fish's tail, the beauly firth 9am - 2:30pm, meeting place given out on booking. contact jenny 01463 255291 or rangers.inverness@highland.gov.uk admin@spotlighton.co.uk

world orienteering championships - sprint qualifying race 6pm - 8pm, out on the streets of west forres. spectators can watch from vantage points around the courses which will be set in the pilmuir area of town. exact details can't be revealed to ensure a fair competition. more info at www.woc2015.org

the scottish 6 days orienteering event The biggest mass-participation sporting event ever staged in the area. aims to appeal to all ages and skill levels, from elite athletes to newcomers. based around inverness, with three of the days in moray and the other three in the glens sw of inverness. for details of the events visit www.scottish6days.com/2015

4 tuesday world orienteering championships - middle-distance final 11am - 5pm, darnaway castle - the "forest" stages. full arena coverage plus a full programme of non-orienteering entertainment for all ages at the "highland o fest". www.woc2015.org

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I’ve just put out an e-Alert to all our customers, as we have an outbreak of Red Thread fungal disease in this area now. It’s pretty widespread in this part of the world from June onwards, and especially if it is mild and wet. It’s a fungus, like moulds or mildews, and in the right conditions can attack grass leaves causing blotchy brown patches that leaves the lawn looking like it is drought stressed, clearly if it’s been wet, that’s not the case. The picture below was taken previously on my lawn in late June.

If it’s a persistent outbreak, you can often see the grass producing a pinkish mould growth. That’s the mycelium or fungal bloom from the Red Thread spores. It doesn’t usually kill the grass, but it damages and disfigures the leaf causing a rather unsightly blotchy browning-off effect. Once established, the infection will usually persist through the season until the first frosts in October, when the frost kills it off for the year.

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9 sunday inverness ramblers walk 1- north shiel ridge. 11 miles. meet 7:45am walk 2 - mystery walk. meet 10am highland council car park. call 01463 236204 for further information. historic wheels vintage car day @ brodie castle 1pm a fantastic family day out with the rare opportunity to see motors from throughout the decades lined up together and talk to the owners. entry to grounds is applicable. adult: £6 child: £2 conc: £4 family: £15

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pink castle philosophy club - does religion have a role in promoting equality?' 7:30pm, riverside lounge, glen mhor hotel, ness bank, inverness. lgbt friendly club. www.pinkcastle.eu

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aviemore art association's 12th annual exhibition & sale of paintings daily from 10am to 4 pm at st. andrew's church hall, grampian road, aviemore. exhibition and sale of paintings by local artists. entry £1 adults / 50p children - incl tea/coffee & home baking. contact secretary - molly sangster by email sangstermolly@aol.com or call 01479 812608

flower festival friday 6pm - 9pm, saturday 10am 5pm, sunday 2pm - 5pm at dalneigh parish church, st marys avenue, inverness. refreshments available 15th and 16th.

6 thursday - 16 sunday art festival @ the bike shed 12pm - 4pm daily and thursday 6pm - 8pm, grant street, inverness. various activities during the day. for more information visit www.artsinmerkinch.org.uk or call 01463 719712

7 friday the lantern of the north present : the vigo thieves 7.30pm at the bishopmill hall, elgin. support from local lads edgar road. tickets £8 from sound & vision and online from skiddle.com for more info see www.facebook.com/lanternofnorth world orienteering championships - long-distance race 10am - 4pm, glen affric. last race of woc2015. watch the action on giant screens in the arena and see the runners live as they pass through the spectator section and the finish area. www.woc2015.org

8 saturday great glen walking club walk 1- balmacara woodland circuit. 8 miles. meet 8am walk 2 - sgurr an airgid.

5.7 miles. meet 8am highland council car park. call 01463 236204 for further information. strathpeffer highland gathering 1pm - 5.30pm at castle leod, strathpeffer, ross-shire. features heavy events, field and track events, Highland dancing, piping, a hill race, side shows, trade stalls, horse jumping and tug o' war.

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15 saturday scotland's gardens in moray & nairn: haugh garden college of roseisle, iv30 5ye. 2pm - 5pm, teas, home baking & plant stall. inverness ramblers sgorr a' choise and meall mor.

10 miles. meet 8am highland council car park. for more info call 01463 236204. nairn half marathon start time 12:30pm part of the nairn highland games. starting and finishing within the games arena. a souvenir, medal and goody bag are provided for all finishers. for more details visit www.nairnroadrunners.co.uk the macallan nairn highland games 11.30am - 5pm. the links, marine rd. traditional highland games with many activities and entertainment, incl. highland dancing, pipe contests, heavy events and track and field. www.nairnhighlandgames.co.uk

16 sunday great glen walking club creag meagaidh. 9 miles. meet 9am highland council car park. call 01463 236204 for further information.

18 tuesday highland literary salon 7pm at glen mhor hotel inverness. guest speaker: michael elcock. for more info visit www.highlandlitsalon.com

19 wednesday community coffee morning 10:30am - 11:30am in dalneigh church hall, st mary’s avenue. inverness. come along whether you are 9 or 90. all welcome.

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27 thursday groam house museum lecture : the enchanted isles: survey, excavation and living with rats on the shiant islands - cathy dagg & janet hooper 7.30pm at seaforth lodge, station square, fortrose. £5 admission • members/students £2.50. for info visit www.groamhouse.org.uk

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It was fitting that in Holyrood before the summer recess, we debated the new Marine Tourism strategy. This seeks to make the most of our sparkling seas beautiful coastline and attract to Scotland more visitors in various niche markets.

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