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Clubs and Societies ARMY RESERVES INVERNESS PLATOON, C COMPANY 7 SCOTS Tues, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Inverness Reserve Centre, Gordonville Road. Join us to better yourself, get fit, learn new skills that are useful in civilian street including driving, make new friends, have fun & get PAID for it. Call Captain Ken Scott on 0131 310 3853 or email at 7scots-bhq-oc-rrtt@mod.uk CHARLESTON YOUTH THEATRE For ages 12-18yrs, Charleston Academy, Inverness

CLACHNACUDDIN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FC Get in touch for more information Call 01463 791458 or email at drew@tesco.net www.clach-youth.info

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CULLODEN FENCING CLUB Tues (term times only), 7pm 9pm, Culloden Academy Community Centre. Call 01463 792794 DRAKIES BOWLING CLUB For more info call 237033

FORUM FOR MEN Wed, 8pm,Macnabs Bar, Columba Hotel. For gay & bi men. Look for the small red post box on our table. Text 07941 553620 or email at jampa40@yahoo.co.uk www.gay-ness.org.uk HIGHLAND BONSAI SOCIETY 3rd Wed of month, 7.30pm, Balloch Village Hall. Call Chris on 01349 865485

HIGHLAND CHARITY JIVE Learn to dance Modern Jive.

Weekly Beginners & Freestyle Classes. All welcome no partner needed as everyone mixes up.

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HIGHLAND HUMANISTS MONTHLY ASSEMBLY 'Celebrate the one life we have.'

Meets at Kingsmills Hotel www.humanism.scot

HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS AUTISM SOCIETY Last Wed of month, 7.30pm, MacKenzie Centre, Culduthel Road, Inverness. Support group.

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INVERNESS & DISTRICT FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (Apr - Sept). Call George Davidson on 01463 798543

INVERNESS 41 CLUB Last Thurs of month (Sept - May) The Assoc. of Ex-Round Tablers Clubs, Inverness 41 Club. New ex-Round Table members most welcome.

Call 01463 223504 or email at brielafraser@gmail.com INVERNESS ANGLING CLUB (IAC) Supports & promotes angling in

Inverness & the surrounding area. IAC leases double bank fishings for some three miles of water www.invernessanglingclub.co.uk

INVERNESS CATHEDRAL SOCIETY OF BELL RINGERS Thurs, 7.30pm - 9pm. We ring for Sunday services, weddings & other special occasions.

Call 01381 610411 or email at inverness@sacr.org INVERNESS FLORAL ART CLUB 2nd Tues, Cauldeen Primary School. Friendship & flowers.

New members very welcome first visit free. Call Mary on 01463 224828

INVERNESS PETANQUE CLUB Wed, 7pm - 9pm & Sun, 2pm 5pm. New piste at Queens Park, Bught Drive. Boules will be available. New members very welcome. Call Christine Simpson on 01463 243617

INVERNESS SWIMMING CLUB Wed, 6.15pm - Club night, but training sessions are throughout the week. Inverness Leisure Centre, Bught Lane, Inverness.

INVERNESS TENNIS & SQUASH CLUB For further information call 230751 or email at info@invernesstennis andsquash.org

INVERNESS WINE APPRECIATION SOCIETY Bringing together people with an interest in wine & to develop their interest by holding tastings.

Call 01463 221535

LGBT YOUTH SCOTLAND Tues - Youth group, 7pm - 9pm, The Bike Shed, Grant Street, Inverness. Email at kim.haines@lgbtyouth.org.uk LOCH ACHONACHIE ANGLING CLUB Trout, Sea Trout & Salmon fishing on the Upper Conon & Blackwater rivers, Lochs Achonachie, Meig & Scardroy. www.laac.cononfishing.com

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LOUISE NELSON DANCERS Ballet/Tap/Musical Theatre Dance. Charleston Academy Community Complex, Inverness.

Call Louise Nelson on 01463 792672 www.louisenelsondancers.co.uk MERKINCH MOUNTAIN BIKE CLUB Regular monthly trips, age 12yrs to adult. Call 07879 443979 or email ewanharper@yahoo.co.uk

PLANEFIELD BOWLING CLUB Members play from 11am onwards most days of the week.

Open to visitors Mon - Sat, 2pm 5pm. Call Mrs Gillian Farquhar on 07752 300367 SAYLIG INVERNESS We look at all aspects of life for people with learning disability &/or autism, SHIRLIE Project, Inverness. Call 01463 716179 or at rona.mem@hotmail.co.uk

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING IN INVERNESS Wed, 7.30pm - 9.30pm Beginners, Crown Church Hall; Thurs, 8.15pm - 10.15pm General class, St Mary's Hall, Huntley Street, Inverness. All welcome. Call 01463 235384

THE HIGHLAND CHILDREN'S TRUST For further information call 243872. www.hctrust.co.uk

THE INVERNESS SINGERS Wed, 7.30 pm, Crown Church Lower Hall. SATB Choir. New members most welcome. Call Ken or Margaret Young on 01463 232835 or email at kenmag20@btinternet.com

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I was challenged about the value of education the other day and came across a couple of interesting quotes: “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” - Epictetus “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” - Aristotle “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” - Will Durant

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings In January 2009, a new electronic payment system was launched on the internet by a programmer going by the name Satoshi Nakamoto, unnoticed by all but a small group of enthusiasts. It was called Bitcoin, and was virtually worthless. In one of the early transactions, 10,000 Bitcoins were traded for two pizzas. Two years later, the value of each ‘coin’ had reached 25 cents, but by that time the cryptocurrency had begun to attract the interest of the wider world, and speculators started to move into the market.

By June 2011, the price briefly reached almost $30, giving those who had bought in six months earlier a 120-fold return. However, it then crashed back to barely $2 over the following months. Bitcoin has had a rollercoaster ride ever since, eventually peaking at over $19,000 in December last year.

Those who made a modest purchase seven years earlier had

become multi-millionaire The price of Bitcoin is now on the way back down, and many are making losses instead of profits.

Who knows what the coming year will bring? It is notoriously difficult to predict the future, even regarding much more easily understandable assets than cryptocurrencies. In 2012, in an investing competition run by the Observer newspaper, a team of stock market professionals was beaten hands down by a cat called Orlando, which made its share selections by throwing a toy mouse onto a grid.

Life is full of uncertainty, and if you are inclined to worry, there is plenty to worry about, from redundancy to nuclear conflict. However, for the Christian the outlook is rather different. Although we face the same uncertainties as the rest of humanity, we believe that there are also some things which can be relied upon.

Jesus said:

Old High St Stephen's, Church of Scotland 1) Old High Church, Church Street, Inverness. Sundays 11.15am. Tel: 01463 250802. 2) St Stephen’s Church, Southside Road at Old Edinburgh Road, Inverness. Sundays 10am. Tel: 01463 250802.www.oldhighststephens.com St Andrew's Cathedral, Scottish Episcopal Church Ardross Street, Inverness. Tel: 01463 233535. Website: www.invernesscathedral.com St Clement's Parish, Church of Scotland Church Street, Dingwall.

Sundays 11.30am. 6.30pm: evening worship. Sunday school meets in church hall 11.20am (term time). Tel: 01349 863063.

St Columba, Church of Scotland Sundays, 10:30am at Drummond School, Drummond Road, Inverness IV2 4NZ. Tel: 07535 290092.

Website: www.stcolumbainverness.org St Columba’s Catholic Church Culloden, IV2 7PW. Sunday Mass 9.30am. Tel: 01463 233519. Website: www.stmarysinverness.co.uk St John the Evangelist Episcopal Church Southside Road, Inverness. Sunday Family Eucharist alternates monthly between 9.45am or 11.15am (see website). Contact Canon John Cuthbert, 01463 233797. www.stjohnschurchinverness.org St Mary-in-the-Fields, Episcopal Church Culloden. 9.45am: Sunday service and family communion. Tel: 01381 622438.

St Mary's Catholic Church 30 Huntly Street, Inverness, IV3 5PR. Saturday Vigil 6pm. Sunday Mass 10.30am and 6.30pm.

St Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church Abban Street, Inverness.

Sunday Family Mass alternates monthly between 9.45am or 11.15am

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“‘Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” (Matthew 7:24-25).

Jesus’ message is that the storms of life impact everyone alike, but that we can choose to anchor ourselves to something which is totally stable even in the midst of the deluge - faith in Him. My life has been hit by its share of storms, but I’ve found certainty and security in the midst of them just as Jesus promised.

Owen Morris The Junction Church Inverness

(see website). Contact Canon John Cuthbert, 01463 233797. www.stmichaelschurchinverness.org St Ninian's Catholic Church 21 Culduthel Road, Inverness, IV2 4AN. Saturday Vigil 5pm. Sunday Mass 10am. Tel: 01463 236620. Website: www.saintninians.org.uk Smithton Free Church Murray Road, Smithton, Inverness. Sundays 11am (with crèche) & 6pm. 01463 793191 / www.smithtonchurch.com The Reformed Baptist Church Telford Road, Inverness. Website: www.wicketgate.co.uk The Salvation Army Sundays 10.30am & 6.30pm at Tomnahurich Street, Inverness. All welcome. For information call 01463 225276 or visit www.salvationarmy.org.uk/inverness Trinity Church, Church of Scotland 60 Huntly Place, Inverness.

Sundays 11am. First Sunday of the month: 6:30pm service.

Website: www.trinityinverness.org.uk Urray & Strathconon Free Church Urray at West Road, Muir of Ord and Strathconon at The Strathconon Community Hall. Tel: 01463 871223. Email: dgmartin@homecall.co.uk West Hill Free Church (Continuing) Culloden, Inverness. Sundays 11am & 6.30pm. Thursdays & Saturdays 7.30pm. Tel: 01463 796961. www.invernesswesthillfcc.org Inverness Presbytery www.invernesspresbytery.co.uk/congregations

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One of the best parts of my role as the MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey is getting the chance to see first hand how talented, passionate and caring our young people are.

At the end of last year a number of pupils from Holm Primary School in Inverness wrote to me to share their concerns on the plight of child refugees and suggested changes they would like to see to the law to help these children.

I was delighted to be able to visit these pupils at the start of this year and hear more about their thoughts on this issue and answer questions about being an MP. It really was both touching and inspiring to see how engaged they were and how deeply they cared about other children who are less fortunate than them. Their passion and enthusiasm for changing things for the better both here and further away really shows they are great ambassadors for their school and our community.

Drew Hendry MP

Loneliness and social isolation is a largely hidden but very serious problem, particularly in rural areas like the Highlands. That is why I was pleased to support a government mental health campaign over the festive period encouraging people not to bottle things up.

The Scottish Government is now developing a strategy to tackle loneliness and isolation – Scotland will be one of the first countries in the world to do so. The draft plan will look at the causes and how they can be addressed.

As a constituency MSP, I have encountered some cases where people have found themselves through circumstance becoming isolated and without regular social contact. One woman in particular went from being busy each day in a successful career to being more or less alone with her mother whom she loved and cared for and living in a fairly remote location.

With the recent extreme weather, older people can too often be trapped indoors. And some of our hill and upland farming families who manage their farms themselves can be particularly isolated at this time of year as well.

If you know someone who you think might welcome a call or a visit, or to be invited to a local community event, or to meet up with for a blether and a libation, why not get in touch with them today?

No Parliamentary blog was available from John Finnie MSP for this month

Fergus Ewing MSP

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March 2018

1 thursday

words: new writing cafe & workshop for young writers (12 - 25yrs) 5pm, waterstones, eastgate shopping centre, inverness. free. no need to book. advice & help with stories, film scripts, poems, song lyrics, etc. bring your own pen & paper. cake will be provided. carma@ mad hatters, inverness 7.30pm

2 friday

retro night@mad hatters, inverness 9.30pm

3 saturday

coldplace@ the ironworks, inverness 7pm. www.ironworksvenue.com noise present dj rankin@the ironworks, inverness 11pm. www.ironworksvenue.com great glen walking club: agm & walk tbc. walk details to follow. www.greatglen.org highland junglists presents mrs magoo@tooth & claw, inverness tbc

3 saturday - 10 saturday

world junior curling championships 2018 tbc, eday walk, aberdeen. ttn junior men’s & ten junior women’s teams from the world curling federation’s americas, european & pacific-asia zones www.worldjuniorcurlingchampionships2018. eventbrite.co.uk

4 sunday

nairn roadrunners: nairn 10k; northern scot series & fun run 1pm - 2pm (registration); 2.30pm (start), nairn community centre. £15 per participant (nonaffiliated); online entry only for 10k - closes 1st march. fun run entry can register on day - limited spaces, minimum age 9yrs. call 01667 462173. www.nairnroadrunners.co.uk afternoon dance: live band, "dancing with sharks" 2pm - 5pm, the waterside hotel, inverness. £10 at the door. proceeds to local charities. happy mums market: indoor pre-loved markets dedicated to baby & children's items, from birth to 10 yrs 10am - 12pm, inverness leisure centre adults £1; u16s free. /www.happymumsmarket.co.uk inverness ramblers: castle roy to revack circular 9am, start time 10am, uhi car park, exec, tbc distance: 10.6 miles; grade: b. www.ramblers.co.uk page 16 - March 2018

5 monday

national trust for scotland (highland members’ centre): talk by david barclay of the wildcat project 3pm, nairn community & arts centre

6 tuesday

skid row@the ironworks, inverness 7pm. www.ironworksvenue.com scottish ornithologists' club (highland) what can remote sensing tell us about afro-palearctic migrant declines? speaker alison beresford 7.30pm, culloden library, inverness. £3 members; £4 nonmembers. call 01463 772539 or 01808 511740 highland astronomical society: galaxy bimodality; speaker - vivienne wild, st andrews 7.30pm, smithton cullloden free church. www.spacegazer.com scottish ornithologists' club (highland): what can remote sensing tell us about afro-palearctic migrant declines?; speaker - alison beresford 7.30pm, culloden library, inverness. £3 members; £4 nonmembers. call 01463 772539 or 01808 511740

7 wednesday

a wandering i will go: scottish diaspora post culloden; speakers - dr jim mcpheron & prof jim hunter. part of the bbc civilisations festival 6.30pm, culloden battlefield visitors' centre

9 friday

the stranglers@the ironworks, inverness, tbc www.ironworksvenue.com

10 saturday

connect presents marco bailey@the ironworks, inverness 10pm. www.ironworksvenue.com music nairn: opera alba; gala night of operetta, songs from the shows, traditional songs by quartet of singers & piano 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. £19/15/ 3. call 01667 455701. www.musicnairn.org.uk inverness ramblers: milton & redcastle 9am, start time 10am, uhi car park, exec, tbc. distance: 7.5 miles; grade: c. call 01463 236204. www.ramblers.co.uk

10 saturday - 11 sunday

ramblers scotland: scottish council 2018 1pm - 2pm, doubletree by hilton aberdeen treetops, springfield road, aberdeen. free. weekend of walks, talks, workshops, elections, discussion & socialising with members from across scotland. www.eventbrite.co.uk

11 sunday

inverness half marathon & 5k 12.30pm (marathon) & 12.40pm (5k. )age 17 plus for marathon & all ages for 5k. www.invernesshalfmarathon.co.uk psychovertical: a vertical education; speaker: andy

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kirkpatrick on forty years of climbing & adventures, from the alps to patagonia, yosemite to greenland 7.30pm, eden court, inverness. call 01463 234234 great glen walking club: 3 river walk - findhorn 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 11 miles; grade: b www.greatglen.org highland car club: claymore road rally, tbc. £25 to enter. www.highlandcarclub.co.uk

12 monday

ed byrne: spoiler alert 8pm, eden court, inverness all welcome. call 01463 234234 rsgs (highland): about africa – in pictures: africa's human migration from countryside to the city; speaker harry hook, film director 7.30pm – 9pm, highland council chamber, glenurquhart road, inverness. £10; students, u-18s free; tiso card £8. email robert preece at rpreece@onetel.com. www.rsgs.org

13 tuesday

inverness botany group: botanical illustration; speaker - julie price 7.30pm, smithton culloden free church. members - free; non-members - £2. www.invernessbotanygroup.com recent work on the sunken bronze age of town of pavlopetri, greece; speaker - dr jon henderson 6pm, inverness town house. free. organised by society of antiquaries of scotland in conjunction with prehistoric society. call 01463 234234

15 thursday

the arts society (highland): charles dickens; the man & his life through his characters. speaker - bertie pearce 2.10pm, smithton culloden free church. £8 non-members. email averill brodie at averillbrodie@ymail.com. www.hdfas.org.uk ceilidh by theatre gu leor supported by bòrd na gàidhlig, & performed in the round, featuring live music & song 8pm, eden court (one touch theatre), inverness. call 01463 234234. www.eden-court.co.uk

16 friday

smokie@the ironworks, inverness tbc, all welcome www.ironworksvenue.com inverness gaelic society: an taigh ceilidh 7.30pm, eden court, inverness. call 01463 234234

16 friday - 18 sunday

wild ski festival: hosted by some of britain’s top ski coaches, instructors, etc tbc, glenmore lodge, aviemore. explore the classic tours, descents & gullies of the northern corries & beyond call 01479 861256 or email at admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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17 saturday

british masters (open) cross country champs: grant park, forres 12pm (race 1) & 1pm (race 2), grant park, forres. 8k course for masters men & women. registration online. www.bmaf.org.uk/fixtures livewire ac/dc@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm www.ironworksvenue.com triple crown: scottish slopestyle championships tbc, cairngorm mountain park & pipe. call 01479 861261 or email at info@cairngormmountain.org great glen walking club: torbreck – dirr wood 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 11 miles; grade: b www.greatglen.org rachmaninov's vespers by candlelight sung by musick fyne 8pm, st john's church, southside road, inverness. £10 (incl refreshments). call rev john cuthbert on 01463 233797 or email at john2cuthbert@gmail.com www.stjohnschurchinverness.org 60s dance party: fancy dress encouraged. live band - "dancing with sharks." booking advised. proceeds to the highland hospice 7.30pm, the waterside hotel, inverness. £12 for adults, £10 for u14s. email at rosirev@gmail.com

17 saturday - 18 sunday

upbattle: test some of best splitboards out there on uk snow, with a la mans style derby race thrown in tbc, cairngorm mountain. call 07867 771001

18 sunday

stiff little fingers@the ironworks, inverness tbc www.ironworksvenue.com

21 wednesday

inverness field club: the great north road & agm; speaker - jim miller 7pm for 7.30pm, millburn academy, inverness. members - free; non-members - nominal charge. www.invernessfieldclub.org.uk

22 thursday

highland reign@hootananny, inverness 9.30pm

23 friday

salomon & dps film night@mambos, aviemore, tbc, free screenings of some of the years best ski films from dps & salomon the mystic shoes@mad hatters, inverness 10.30pm inverness gaelic society: tracking dinosaurs on scotland's jurassic isle; speaker dr neil clark 7.30pm, eden court, inverness. www.gsi.org.uk

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inverness choral society coffee morning 10.30am 12.30pm, inverness town house. home baking, live piano music. call sandra riach on 01997 466253 or email at sandra.riach1@btinternet.com www.invernesschoral.org.uk thank you for the music: the ultimate tribute to abba 7.30pm, the strathpeffer pavillion slade uk@tooth & claw, inverness 8pm

25 sunday

great glen walking club: lossiemouth east beach walk 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 9.3 miles; grade: c. www.greatglen.org car boot sale (inchberry & district community association) - 1st of the year! 8.30am - 1pm, inchberry hall, orton, fochabers. no booking required, just turn up early before 9am with car & table. teas/coffees, soft drinks, butteries, bbq. www.wherecanwego.com

illustrated talk from rspb staff 7.30pm, greyfriars church, balloan road, inverness. members £3, visitors £4

30 friday

dms@tooth & claw, inverness tbc

30 friday - 2 april (monday)

cadbury easter egg hunt at brodie castle: become a nature detective to follow bunny’s clues & finish your adventure with a delicious chocolatey treat 10am 4pm, brodie castle. £4. call rebecca harrison on 01309 641371 or at raharrison@nts.org.uk www.nts.org.uk/events

31 saturday

the south@the ironworks, inverness 8pm www.ironworksvenue.com great glen walking club: torr leathann 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. distance: 8 miles; grade: b www.greatglen.org rspb (highland): birding along the cromarty firth field tuesday trip 9.30am, departing inverness retail car park port of invergordon - cruise liner list 2018 (opposite burger king). call doreen manson on provisional v1 9am - 7.30pm, invergordon. aidavita 01997 433283 or at doreen.a.manson@gmail.com www.rspb.org.uk/groups/highland/events thursday Buckie Furniture HP March 18.pdf 1 13/02/2018 09:46 schiehallion@hootananny, inverness 8pm rspb (highland): north of scotland office update; an

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“My main inspiration has always been the human figure. A friend suggested entering this event. I didn’t take it too seriously at first but he kept mentioning it so I painted a self portrait and submitted it. I was pretty shocked when they phoned back to say I’d been selected. The biggest challenge was how to do a portrait in 4 hours as it usually takes me about 40. I spent a month prior to my heat working on my speed.

The filming day was a frantic, hair raising experience, but terrific fun. I learned a lot from taking part. It has really helped develop my painting and I am planning to enter again for next year”.

Jonathan studied Fine art in Canterbury from 1993-1996 where he specialised in figurative drawing and painting. He has lived in Moray since 2003 where he has worked as a self- employed portrait artist since 2009. As well as portraiture he has recently been focusing on painting the local landscapes, particularly the Findhorn Bay area.

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In between wintry weeks, we are getting some definite glimpses of spring with its longer days, emerging bulbs and buds on trees. The growing season is definitely not too far away. Before we know it, the air will hum with the sound of lawnmowers and strimmers being started up for the first time. For now, however, although it still feels as if we are in the icy grip of winter some days, the month of March sees the first of the new growing season’s tasks needing to get done. Let’s go!

DO cut back Cornus sanguinea and Cornus alba. Don’t be shy about it either, you can cut them down hard (to 6-12”) to encourage beautiful winter stems next year.

DO plant summer-flowering bulbs such as Alliums and Oriental Lilies.

DO lightly hose your beds to disturb any emerging weeds.

DO prune Buddleja davidii, again these should be taken down hard.

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DO divide any herbaceous perennials and give the clumps away or plant them somewhere else in your garden. You can do this in Autumn too.

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Barry

Woodward Inspirational Evangelist Free Entry “An amazing true life personal story told in a frank but amusing style” Barry Woodward grew up in Greater Manchester, England. At the age of 16 he left school without any qualifications and was drawn into the drug scene, experimenting with cannabis, amphetamines and LSD. This led to a heroin addiction and life as a drugs supplier. For twelve years he was totally dependent on drugs, during which time he spent a number of terms in prison. Miraculously, his life turned around completely following an amazing sequence of supernatural encounters.

Following his rehabilitation Barry has been a banker, had a job in a marketing consultancy, and then a technology company, and then for seven years was the Senior Pastor of the Cambridge Vineyard Church in England and currently spends much of his time visiting prisons to relate his story and pass on his experiences.

Barry will talk about his personal encounter with Jesus Christ and offer a message of hope for all. Even if we think our own circumstances have not been as challenging as his, the message is definitely one to be heard by all of us who can admit to finding life a struggle sometimes.

Come and listen to Barry at

Clovenside Chapel, Clovenside Road, Forres, IV36 3BU

Tuesday 20th March Start time 19:30

Free Entry ŋ Refreshments provided

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