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HIGHLAND ITALIAN CIRCLE 3rd Fri of month, (Oct -Mar), 7.45pm. www.highlanditalian circle.co.uk INVERNESS & DISTRICT FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION Meets Apr - Sept. Call George Davidson on 01463 798543 INVERNESS AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY 2nd & 4th Wed of month. Open to all interested in Amateur Radio & Short Wave listening, Training is available for those interested in obtaining an Amateur Radio License. Email InvernessRadioSociety@ gmail.com. See Facebook page INVERNESS BRAVEHEARTS Wed, 6pm Gym Hall, Millburn Academy, Inverness. Helping to maintain a healthy lifestyle to provide support to those with cardiac disease, together with their families. Call 01463 233655 INVERNESS CAMERA CLUB Mon & Wed (Sept - Apr), 7.30pm - 8pm, Culduthel Christian Centre. Mon - workshops. Wed include guest speakers & competitions. All levels welcome. Members are invited to enter competitions & other activities. www.invernesscameraclub.co.uk INVERNESS CANOE CLUB Inland, sea & surf kayaks, open canoe SCA affiliated club. SCA Coaches provide in club training & courses. Pool lessons throughout the year. Email Emma Garden at pinkpaddler@yahoo.co.uk. www.invernesscc.org.uk INVERNESS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY Meets Sept - April/May, the Town House, Inverness, Music lovers promote concerts of Chamber Music by professionals. www.invernesschambermusic.com INVERNESS CHORAL SOCIETY Mon, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Smithton–Culloden Free Church Largest choir in the Highlands of Scotland with concerts held in
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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings “We wish to see Jesus.” These were the words of some Greeks in St John’s Gospel (12:21) who happened to be in Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover at the same time as Jesus and his disciples, only a few days before his arrest and crucifixion. They had approached Philip, Philip told Andrew, and they both went to Jesus with the request. At this time of year, we think more about Jesus’ birth rather than his death. But even then there were those who wanted to see Jesus. Luke, in his Gospel tells about the angels appearing to shepherds and the shepherds in their excitement saying, ”Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened” (Luke 2:15) and then Luke tells us, ‘when they saw it, they made it known, and all who heard it wondered at it’ (Luke 2:17,18). Matthew tells us about the coming of the Wise Men from the East. They first went to Jerusalem to the royal palace of Herod, thinking that that was the obvious place to look for a king whose birth they had seen in the stars –“We have seen his star in the east and have come to worship him.” (Matthew 2:2) It was a dangerous mistake to have made and Herod would do his utmost to kill this child. But the Wise Men went on to Bethlehem, and ‘going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshipped him.” (Matthew 2:11) Perhaps because I’m a clergyman, I receive quite a high percentage of Christmas Cards
with ‘holy’ pictures; usually pictures of the stable scene at Bethlehem, painted by one of the Renaissance Italian Masters. While they show Mary and Joseph with the baby Jesus in the manger, and maybe a donkey and an ox; and there may be shepherds with a lamb or two, or the wise men with their presents of gold, frankincense and myrrh, the background is more 16th century Italy than 1st century Bethlehem. But they become familiar, and if we imagine the scene at all, that is what usually comes into our mind. That is what we see. In some cultures, medieval European art does not fit the way people imagine the scene, and if you want to see how the picture translates into other cultures (but still recognisable to us) then visit the following website https://seattleartistleague.com/2016/12/28/n ativity-paintings-around-world/ A few weeks ago I was given a present of a carved wooden Madonna and Child from Malawi. The figures have obvious African features, but obviously represent Mary and Jesus: and the woodcarver has been able to depict such a wonderful expression of love as Mary looks at Jesus and Jesus at Mary. In that piece of wood I can see how the love of God is reflected in the gift of the child of Bethlehem. In the new Testament, the Greek word ‘orao : to see’ can be used for different kinds of sight. To see with one’s eyes the things around, to understand with the mind, to
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 Barn Church of Scotland Culloden. Sundays 10.30am. First and third Sundays of the month 6.30pm service. www.barnchurch.org.uk Black Isle Charge Episcopal Churches 1 Deans Road, Fortrose. Tel: 01381 622241. Cale House, Church of Scotland Millburn Road, Inverness. Tel: 01463 718616. Celt Street Evangelical Church Celt Street, Inverness, IV3 5JD. Sundays 11:45am and 5pm Tel: 01463 772147. www.celtstreet.org.uk City Life 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. Sundays: 11am. Free debt counselling available. Pastor Alasdair Macleod. Call 01463 222795 or visit www.culduthelchristiancentre.org. Culloden-Balloch Baptist Church Wellside Road, Balloch, Inverness. Sundays 10.30am. Tel: 01463 794005. Email: culloden.baptist@btconnect.com. Website: www.cullodenbaptist.com Culloden Gospel Hall for meeting times & locations please visit www.cullodengospelhall.com Croy & Dalcross Parish Church Church of Scotland Croy Village. Every Sunday 12noon. Dalneigh & Bona Church of Scotland St Mary’s Avenue, Inverness. Bona Church, Lochend by Inverness: 10am. Dalneigh Church, St
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grasp some inner meaning. Later in Luke’s account of the birth of Jesus, when Mary and Joseph take the child to the temple, the old man Simeon recalls the promise that ‘he would not see death until he had seen the Lord’s Christ.’ (Luke 2:26). He saw something more than just another baby. John in his Gospel, does not give an account of the birth. But he does give an account of the Word of God coming into the world (chapter 1). And he declares, “And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a Father's only Son, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14) What will you be looking for this Christmas? What do you hope to see? Where will you see the love and glory of God. Where might you see Jesus? Don’t let that moment of grace and truth pass you by.
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Mary’s Avenue, Inverness: 10.30am and 6.30pm. Tel: 01463 224795. 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 Highland International Church Sundays, 11am at the Craigmonie Hotel, 9 Annfield Road, Inverness. www.hicinverness.org.uk Hilton, Church of Scotland Tomatin Road, Inverness. Tel: 01463 233310. Website: www.hiltonchurch.org.uk Inverness Presbytery www.invernesspresbytery.co.uk/congregations 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 linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk
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With the darkening nights, the pace of rural life seems to slow somewhat. The flood of tourists becomes a trickle – providing welcome respite though we should always be thankful that they come to visit, supporting our local economy and businesses. But it would be wrong to think that we all go into hibernation mode! Communities, families, schools and businesses gear up for the festive period, with parties, events, nativities, Christmas fayres and gatherings all to take place. It is in this winter season that the self-reliance and resilience of our communities comes to the fore. There is a willingness to reach out, to include and support each other across the generations that is, I think, quintessentially rural and Scottish. And I look forward to playing my part, small though that is, in it all.
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I have a six year old male Labrador who typically eats anything in sight! We have family and friends visiting over Christmas. Can you clarify the main poisons we should be worried about over the festive season? There is lots of information online about this subject and some of it is incorrect. It’s a large subject but we will point out five of the main poisons: -
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1 friday - 2 saturday elf on the shelf 11am - 5pm, victorian market, inverness. free. lots of santa's elves will be hiding in the victorian market shop windows. come along & have lots of fun finding them
2 saturday gimme abba@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm www.ironworksvenue.com kevin fraser@encore une fois, inverness 10pm, inverness orienteering club: culloden woods tbc, www.invoc.org.uk inverness ramblers: longart forest near garbat 9am , uhi car park, executive building, ness walk, inverness. distance: 10.6 miles; grade: c+. call 01349 861593. www.ramblers.org.uk christmas bazaar 11am - 2.30pm, charleston academy community campus, inverness. lots of stalls run by community/charity groups, santa's grotto, inverness youth pipe band, carol singing etc christmas for all folk: dingwall & district choir doors open 7.00 pm starts at 7.30 pm, the strathpeffer pavillion. adults £10; children £5. call 01997 420124 or email at events@highlifehighland.com
2 saturday - 3 sunday children’s craft workshop & storytelling 10am, 11.45am & 1pm, brodie castle stables; £7.50 per child. space limited so please book at www.nts.org.uk/events or call 01309 641371
3 sunday crusie liner list 2017 - provisional v1 - black watch 8.30am - 4.30pm, invergordon gerry coogan@encore une fois, inverness 8.30pm great glen walking club: meall cluainidh to eskdale moor 8.30am (early start, please arrive 15 minutes beforehand), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 9 miles; grade: b highland hillwalking club: kinlochewe tbc, email at page 18 - December 2017
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4 monday royal scottish geographical society: into the abode of death - crossing arabia; speaker - mark evans on recreating 1931 journey of bertram thomas 7.30pm - 9pm, the highland council chamber, glenurquhart road, inverness. email robert preece at rpreece@onetel.com. www.rsgs.org culloden vets free festive evening talk: the dangers to pets over the festive season - common poisons & lots more 7pm - 8pm, culloden & smithton youth centre, kepoch road, culloden. call 01463 793700 or email at admin@culloden vets.co.uk.
5 tuesday scottish ornithologists' club: an eagle odyssey adventures with golden eagles across scotland & in the usa; speaker - ronan dugan 7.30pm, culloden library, inveress. £3 members; £4 non-members. call 01463 772539 or 01808 511740 the ness river rythm kings@ encore une fois, inverness 9pm
6 wednesday the inverness singers: "on christmas night": guest soloist, alison young (mezzo soprano) 7.30pm, crown church, inverness. call ken or margaret young on 01463 232835 or kenmag20@btinternet.com
7 thursday the arts society highland: glad tidings; the story of the annunciation; speaker imogen corrigan. the symbolism of mary & the annunciation, & is illustrated with images from 4th to 16th cs tbc, smithton culloden free church. non-members welcome £8.for information email averill brodie at averillbrodie@ymail.com. www.hdfas.org.uk christmas wreath making workshop by connecting carers 10am - 12pm, mac's cafe, culduthel road, inverness. free but book early to avoid disappointm 2 hour course open to all carers in highland. refreshments provided highland hospice annual christmas fayre 6.30pm 8.30pm, inverness royal academy. £2 adults/£1 (incl refreshments). stalls, raffle, music & entertainment
8 friday a winter chorale: concerts by candlelight; scottish ensemble & i fagiolini 7.30pm, inverness cathedral perthshire piping past & present: speaker - prof gary west 7.30pm, hilton parish church, tomatin road, inverness. all welcome
8 friday - 10 sunday eden 2; christmas art. craft & food fair fri, 12pm - 8pm; sat & sun 10am - 5pm, eden court, inverness. free. over 70 exhibitors
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9 saturday rock n wrestle present winterslam 2017@the ironworks, inverness, 5pm. www.ironworksvenue.com great glen walking club: loch gynack 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 7.5 miles; grade: c the mahler players: wagner & debussy & parsifal lamer - orchestral performance 8pm, inverness cathedral. www.mahlerplayers.co.uk
9 saturday - 10 sunday festive cooking demo with mrs clause 11am & 1pm,brodie castle stables; £7.50 per child. join mrs claus for some fun with gingerbread. come along and see how to bake the gingerbread and then have some fun icing a festive biscuit to take home. spaces are limited so please book at www.nts.org.uk/events or call 01309 641371
10 sunday christmas at the castle - marvel of peru christmas concert: baroque music & carols. 3pm & 5pm, the drawing room brodie castle. £15 (incl mulled wine & mince pies). call rebecca harrison on 01309 641371 or at raharrison@nts.org.uk. www.nts.org.uk/events inverness ramblers: struy walk 9am, uhi car park, executive building, ness walk, inverness. grade: 11.8 miles; grade: b. call 01463 242177 or 07542 287001
13 wednesday technical blueprint: developing the lineout; creating an attacking platform ... 6.30pm - 8.30pm, highland rfc, inverness. free. this workshop is aimed at youth & adult coaches (s1-adult). scottish rugby coach development inverness orienteering club: lochandinty, northern night cup tbc, lochandinty. www.invoc.org.uk inverness field club: margaret barron memorial lecture; plant collecting, speaker - david knot, the royal botanic garden, edinburgh 7.30pm, millburn academy, inverness. www.invernessfieldclub.org.uk
14 thursday rspb (highland): galapagos; darwin's enchanted isles - speaker - stuart housden 7.30pm, greyfriars church, balloan road, inverness. group members £3, visitiors £4. call 01997 433283 or email at doreen.a.manson@gmail.com
15 friday - 17 sunday winter wonderland tbc, whin park, inverness free. a wonderland with wonderful illuminations as santa arrives with his reindeer & friends
16 saturday gary beck@the ironworks, inverness 11pm, www.ironworksvenue.com ultra white collar boxing@inverness ice centre tbc admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk
inverness ramblers: carn na caim (drumtochter) 8.30am, uhi car park, executive building, ness walk, inverness. distance: 7.5 miles; grade: b+. call 07554 150901. www.ramblers.org.uk highland hillwalking club: mystery corbett or graham tbc. email highlandhillwalkers@gmail.com rspb (highland): christmas birding & lunch 9am, the coach will set off from the car park by the jetty at north kessock. coach £8, lunch £15.95 for 2 courses christmas coach trip will be to the nairn area followed by lunch at the sun dancer restaurant in nairn.booking essential. call 01997 433283 or email doreen.a.manson@gmail.com. www.rspb.org.uk inverness choral society annual carolthon10.30am 4.30pm, eastgate centre. call sandra riach on 01997 466253 or email at sandra.riach1@btinternet.com. www.invernesschoral.org.uk
16 saturday - 17 sunday cairngorm reindeer, santa & winter trail with earthtime brodie castle; come & visit santa & his reindeer, then take a walk along the trail around the grounds to collect natural items to make natural christmas crafts, then listen to one of the stories in a colourful bell tent &/ or sit around the fire with toasting of marshmallows
17 sunday great glen walking club: general wade's road from carrbridge 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 7.5 miles; grade: c
20 wednesday royalbankboost - set for success seminar seminar: speaker - simon fraser 8am - 9.30am, royal bank of scotland, 29 harbour road, inverness. free. call simon fraser on 07741 233482 or email at simon.1.fraser@rbs.co.uk
21 thursday happy mondays - 30th anniversary@ the ironworks, inverness tbc. www.ironworksvenue.com
22 friday the rooty ma tooty big band@tooth & claw, inverness tbc,
23 saturday imout records showcase featuring lional, iain mclaughlin & the outsiders, etc@ the ironworks, inverness 7pm. www.ironworksvenue.com great glen walking club: mystery walk 10am (late start, please arrive 15 minutes earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 7 miles; grade: c
26 tuesday great glen walking club: boxing day walk; fortrose rosemarkie circular 10am (late start, please arrive 15 minut, uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 5.5 miles; grade c
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park, inverness. free. hosted by comedian craig hill & featuring ho ro, skippinish & skerryvore. fireworks. no alcohol on site. family event
red hot chilli pipers@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com inverness ramblers: xmas wonderland (circular walk) 11.25am, tbc. distance: 3.1 miles; grade: c. call harry lakeland on 01463 240988. www.ramblers.org.uk
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30 saturday scottish highlands & islands & moray chinese association (shimca): scotland's remote jews aberdeen, dundee, inverness; speaker - prof nathan abrams 6.30pm, shimca cultural centre, 1 ardconnel terrace, inverness. call 07595 895450 inverness ramblers: dreggie (nr grabtown) to anaboard 9am, uhi car park, executive building, ness walk, inverness. distance: ( miles; grade: c call victor palmer on 01349 863341 or 07903 333078 www.ramblers.org.uk high & dry@ the british legion, inverness 7.30pm
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What can we possibly be usefully doing in December? With nothing much growing, and the ground sometimes pretty solid, often frosty. It’s when we take our heavy American golf course aerators out and about to aerate lawns. We do hollow-core tining, where the machine removes thousands of plugs from the ground. Golf courses are doing this too at this time not surprisingly. Aerating the ground is multi-beneficial as it allows air into the ground, helps with drainage, and thins-out the root zone which becomes compacted and choked over time. This is mainly about moss control in this part of the world ! You can do this with a garden fork too, but not as effectively obviously as with a machine which actually removes a core of material. I’ve included a picture of our aerator, a formidable piece of kit, and not available in B&Q or at your local garden centre!
Just a reminder; the leaves are all off now, and if they are still in drifts on your grass, it’s a very good idea to lift them. Several weeks without light and air under a pile of leaves is likely to kill/seriously damage a patch of grass. Alastair Watt
For more information about seasonal lawn improvements from just £11.25 per mth, plus useful downloads and photos, go to www.greenthumb.co.uk. Although GreenThumb is a national franchise with over 200 branches across the UK, we are locally based in Nairnshire and cover the whole Moray Firth area. Contact Alastair or Fiona for a FREE LAWN ANALYSIS on 01667 460012, or email us at: inverness@greenthumb.co.uk
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TOM ALSO BLOGS AS ‘THE MOUNTAIN GARDENER’. Well it has been a stormy and beautiful autumn hasn’t it?! I love the autumn colours and have spent several happy days out with my dog, Solly, enjoying the local hills and forests. I’m also working on three very different and very exciting garden designs at the moment. Now is a great time of year for getting the garden sorted ahead of spring, and is the perfect time for getting trees and shrubs planted. My own garden continues to progress, and I’ve been distracted somewhat by putting together some elaborate bird feeders that now hang outside my kitchen window, giving me a great view of any peckish, feathered friends that drop by. There are a number of jobs to be getting on with in the garden in December. Here are a few DO’s and DON’Ts:
DO use your lawnmower to collect and chop up leaves. Then you can make a leaf-mould pile, or you can put some on your compost. DO plant trees! Now is the best and most effective time to plant trees because you can plant them ‘bare root’ while they are dormant. If you have to prune Birches or Acers, now is the time to do it, before the sap starts rising. Birches in particular do not look good after pruning, and take a couple of years to recover a natural looking form.
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DO clean your garden tools, sharpen blades, and take the opportunity to clean and tidy your shed and greenhouse. DO get your garden machinery serviced, this will help ensure it lasts a long time. DON’T forget to keep your bird feeders full, and if you can, make sure there is some water available in a bird bath or shallow pond. DON’T leave your lawnmower sitting all winter with fuel in it. DON’T fertilise your plants or grass. Most plants are having a rest at this time of year – leave them to it! DON’T forget to ensure loose fence panels, gates and empty plant pots are all repaired or secure. In fact look out for anything that might get blown away by winter storms! DON’T forget about your garden until the spring. If you’ve projects that need doing, now is the time to get professionals in to help out before their spring-time diaries fill up!
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