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FORTROSE SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE GROUP Meets Monday evenings from 19th September, 7.30pm-10pm in the Gordon Memorial Hall, Rosemarkie. Good music, fun and exercise, with tuition. New members encouraged beginners or experienced dancers. Contact Susan for tel: 01381 621309 or email susancmackenzie@btinternet.com HIGHLANDS ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY To promote and extend the awareness, interest and enjoyment of astronomy. Meets on the first Tuesday of every month in Smithton/Culloden Free Church from 7.30pm-10pm. Contact Gerry Gaitens tel: 01349 863563 or 07761 866778 HIGHLAND GERMAN SOCIETY Meets in St.Ninian’s Church Hall, Culduthel Road, Inverness at 8pm on the 1st Wednesday of each month. Further details available from Rosa Finlayson, tel: 01463 238560 or email rosafinlayson@btinternet.com HIGHLAND LGBT FORUM Registered charity with regular social events in Inverness for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Contact 07512 231904 or visit www.gay-ness.org.uk HIGHLAND SCHOOLS GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION To promote participation in the sport of gymnastics within schools across Highland
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It hardly seems five minutes ago that summer started and here we are slipping into Autumn. Let’s hope that we have one of those Indian Summers we hear so much about. We do our best to try and cheer people up in SpotLight and this month we are running features to encourage us all to get out and about and don’t forget to check out the listings of Clubs and Societies which change monthly!
Diary What’s On ..........................15 - 19
Travel Dreaming of a Cruise................22
PUBLISHER ...............David Nelmes SALES ......................Eilidh Conners ACCOUNTS ...................Lynn Wood LAYOUT .......................Natalie Hunt DESIGN .................Alistair Davidson Clubs & Societies ............................4 Pastoral Letter.................................6 Tide Times.......................................6 Church Details.................................8 Parliament Blog.............................10 School Term Dates........................10 Useful Numbers ............................12 What’s On ..............................15 - 19 Cinema Listings.............................17 Local Holidays...............................28 Advertisers Index ..........................28
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Many of us know the story of Eric Liddell, the Scottish missionary to China who, as a young athlete, refused to run in the 100m final at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris because that race took place on a Sunday. While the race was being run, he was preaching in the Scots Kirk in Paris. But God honoured his stand and he won the gold medal in the 400m which was not his discipline. This incident took place almost a century ago but are there any ‘Eric Liddells’ in our own day, when so many people treat Sunday just like any other day of the week? Well, one of the newer faces of the BBC’s football coverage is 32 year old Dan Walker. He fronts the magazine show ‘Football Focus’ on BBC1 at lunchtime on Saturdays. Dan is a committed Christian who has put the worship of God before his other work commitments. Instead of commentating on one of the top-flight matches played on a Sunday, he is to be found at worship with his family at his local church. “When I first told the producers on a major radio station I wouldn’t work LOW TIDE TIMES FOR INVERNESS IN SEPTEMBER Walking on the beach should be possible 2 hours either side of these times AM PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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on a Sunday they told me I’d never get anywhere in broadcasting. They thought the fact that I said on my CV that I wouldn’t work on a Sunday was some kind of joke. When I explained I was a Christian, and why I felt the way I did, one of them just sat with his mouth open for about ten seconds. It was a great job and they fully expected me to give up everything to work for them, but I wouldn’t - I didn’t get the job.” There is a cost for all of us if our heart’s desire is to be a committed disciple of the Lord Jesus. But if we try to honour God in the priorities we set for our lives and the Christian values that shape our lifestyle, then we can be sure that God will also honour us. And one of those priorities for the Christian is being at church on a Sunday to worship God. In an interview about his BBC appointment, Dan said “I take my faith quite seriously and not working on a Sunday is part of that. I don’t even watch football on a Sunday. Obviously as a professional I keep abreast of the scores but I spend
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Ardersier with Petty Parish Church C of S, Ardersier Sundays 10.15am; Petty Sundays 12noon, tel. 462224 Avoch Congregational Church, High Street, Avoch. Sunday Service 11.30am. Refreshments afterwards. Visit www.avochcongregationalchurch.co.uk Black Isle Charge Episcopal Churches, 1 Deans Road, Fortrose, tel: 01381 622241 Cale House, C of S, Millburn Road, Inverness, tel: 718616 Christian Group in Inverness tel: 0772 4992790 or visit www.christian-group-inverness.org Culduthel Christian Centre, Culduthel Avenue, Inverness tel: 222795 Pastor Reverend Bill Slack www.culduthelchristiancentre.org Culloden Baptist Church meets 10.30am Sunday mornings at Culloden Academy, tel. 794005. www.cullodenbaptistchurch.org.uk culloden.baptist@btconnect.com Barn Church of Scotland, Culloden, Sundays 10.30am family friendly service; 1st & 3rd Sundays in month 6.30pm service, www.barnchurch.org.uk Croy & Dalcross Parish Church C of S, Croy Village, Every Sunday 12noon 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 & 6.30pm. Tel: 232439 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 www.stjames-stannes.org.uk Dingwall Free Church, High Street, Sundays 11am and 6pm, www.deep-river.co.uk Ferintosh and Resolis Free Church, Rev. Chris Smart, www.ferintosh.org.uk Free North Church, Bank Street, Inverness, tel: 224332 www.freenorthchurch.org Fortrose Free Church, 5 Church Street, Fortrose, IV10 8TE, Sunday: 11.30am & 6pm, www.fortrosefreechurch ofscotland.wordpress.com Grace Community Church meets Sundays 10.30am at Inshes Primary School email:thenewseed@yahoo.com Hilton, C of S, Tomatin Road, Inverness, tel: 233310 www.hiltonchurch.org.uk Inshes, C of S, Sir Walter Scott Dr, Inverness tel: 226727, www.insheschurch.org
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Inverness Baptist Church, 69 Castle Street, Rev Tom Urquhart, tel: 223506, email: tajurquhart@btinernet.com Inverness Christian Fellowship, Meets Sundays at 10.30am, Millburn Academy, Diriebught Road, www.icfchurch.co.uk Inverness Church of God, Friars Lane Sunday 10.30am & 6.30pm. Tel: 241318 Inverness Crown Church, C of S 3 Midmills Road, tel: 230537 Inverness East Church, C of S Academy Street, Rev. Professor ATB McGowan tel: 236695 www.invernesseast.com Inverness Greyfriars Stratherrick Free Church, Greyfriars at Balloan Road, Inverness and Stratherrick at Errogie, Stratherrick, tel: 714085 www.greyfriarschurch.org Inverness Methodist Church Huntly Street, Inverness, tel: 231170 www.churchesinverness.com Kiltarlity Church of Scotland, Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire. Sunday service at 12noon. Contact Rev. Dr Kobus Smit tel: 831662 www.kiltarlityandkirkhill.org.uk Kiltarlity Free Church of Scotland Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, tel: 741729 email: jfraser@gmail.com Kings Fellowship meets at Smithton Industrial Estate, Culloden tel: 792700 email: info@thekingsfactory.com Kingsview Christian Centre Balnafettack Road, Inverness IV3 8TF tel: 716843, Services: Sunday - 11.30am/6pm; Wednesday - 7.30pm Kinmylies C of S, Kinmylies Way, Inverness. Sunday morning 10.30am, tel: 714035 www.kinmylies.co.uk Kirkhill (Wardlaw) Church of Scotland Sunday service at 10.30am Rev. Dr. Kobus Smit - tel: 831662 www.kiltarlityandkirkhill.org.uk Knockbain Free Church, Ferry Brae, North Kessock, tel:731368 email nwmacleod@talktalk.net Maryburgh & Killearnan Free Church, Seaforth Place, Maryburgh, tel: 01349 867885 and Killearnan Manse, Bogroy, Tore, tel: 731369 email: cswan@ctlconnect.co.uk Ness Bank C of S, Inverness. Sunday Service 11am. Tel: 243165 or visit www.nessbank.net North Kessock, C of S Main Street, North Kessock tel: 731712 www.churchofscotland.org.uk Old High St Stephen's, C of S, 1. Old High Church, Church Street, Inverness tel: 250802; 2 Southside Road at Old Edinburgh Road,
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Inverness tel: 250802 www.oldhighststephens.com St Andrew's Cathedral, Scottish Episcopal Church, Ardross Street, Inverness, tel: 233535 www.invernesscathedral.com St Clement's Parish Church of Scotland, Church Street, Dingwall. Sunday services morning worship 11.30am, evening worship 6.30pm. Sunday School meets in Church Hall 11.20am (term time). Tel: 01349 863063 St Columba, Inverness, C of S 11am Sunday, and 8pm Wednesday for prayer, at Holm Primary School, tel: 07535 290092 or visit www.stcolumbainverness.org St John the Evangelist, Episcopal Church, Southside Road, Inverness. Sunday Service at 10.45am and Holy Communion on Wednesdays at 11am. Tel: 716288 www.stjohns-inverness.com St. Ninian's Catholic Church 21 Culduthel Road, Inverness IV2 4AN, Saturday Vigil 5pm, Sunday Mass 10am tel: 236620 www.saintninians.org.uk St. Mary's Catholic Church 30 Huntly Street, Inverness IV3 5PR, Saturday Vigil 6.30pm, Sunday Mass 11am & 6.30pm; and St. Columba’s Catholic Church, Culloden IV2 7PW, Sunday Mass 9.30am; tel: 233519 or visit the website www.stmarysinverness.co.uk St Mary-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, Culloden, Sunday Service 9.45am and Holy Communion on Fridays at 10.30am, tel: 716288 www.stjohns-inverness.com St Michael & All Angels, Abban Street, Inverness, Contact Mrs Cathie MacRae tel: 731673, Sunday Mass at 11am, www.angelforce.co.uk Salvation Army 20 Tomnahurich Street, Inverness tel: 225276 www.salvationarmy.org.uk Smithton Free Church Murray Road, Smithton, Invernes tel: 790977 www.freechurch.org The Reformed Baptist Church, Telford Road, Inverness www.wicketgate.co.uk Trinity Church, C of S, 60 Huntly Place, Inverness. 11am Service on Sunday, 6:30pm Evening Service First Sunday of the Month www.trinityinverness.org.uk Urray & Strathconon Free Church, Urray at West Road, Muir of Ord and Strathconon at The Strathconon Community Hall, tel: 871223 email: dgmartin@homecall.co.uk If you are a member of a church not listed here please email us with details and we may print this in future issues.
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for 2011/2012 (all dates inclusive) Autumn Term Ends Friday 7th October 2011 Regional Closure Monday 24th October 2011 Winter Term Starts Tuesday 25th October 2011 Winter Term Ends Thu. 22nd December 2011 Spring Term Starts Monday 9th January 2012 Regional Closure Wed. 15th February 2012 Regional Closure Thursday 16th February 2012 Regional Closure Friday 17th February 2012 Spring Term Ends Friday 30th March 2012 Good Friday Holiday Friday 6th April 2012 Easter Monday Holiday Monday 9th April 2012 May Day Holiday Monday 7th May 2012
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“ Parliament Blog ” I recently got a very enjoyable reminder of the extraordinary natural wealth of our surroundings when I joined children from Aviemore Primary School for a morning of ‘hands on’ outdoor education at Loch Garten with the RSPB. The RSPB does excellent work to give people, and children especially, the opportunity to experience our local wildlife and understand how to care for its future. Learning about our environment through sound, touch and smell will help children value and understand our forests in a different way – as well as the actions needed to safeguard them.
The lasting impact of such lessons is obvious to see – precisely because they are fun, inspiring and memorable.
There was no blog provided by Fergus Ewing this month
I was very lucky to spend my own childhood on the island of Colonsay and then in Glengarry – so I was never short of places to explore and new things to discover. Not everyone lives in the country, but in the Highlands we are lucky that the wild is never so far from our doorstep. This is the time of year to get out and get a feel for our outdoors in the same way as the children from Aviemore did. It can be tree-mendous fun!
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AUGUST 31 wednesday royal scottish national orchestra, empire theatre, eden court, inverness, £25/£22/£18, visit www.eden-court.co.uk
SEPTEMBER until oct 31 monday pictish throne exhibition at brodie castle, during normal opening hours, on loan from the national museum of scotland, included in tour of the castle, contact brodie castle for details tel: 0844 493 2156
2 friday to 4 sunday cromarty arts trust - harp village, cromarty, to improve your playing, meet other harp players and enthusiasts, this weekend is the perfect place, with workshops to suit all, contact tel: 01381 600354, email info@cromartyartstrust.org.uk or visit www.cromartyartstrust.org.uk
3 saturday russian music, song and dance competition - part of nairn book and arts festival, 10am, nairn community and arts centre, children free/adults £2, tel: 01667 456245 or visit www.highlandrussia.org.uk walk ten at belladrum’s italian gardens with marie curie cancer care, 6pm-10pm, enjoy a twilight stroll and raise money for the charity, visit the website at www.mariecurie.org.uk/walkten to register play pieces presents ‘the new purgatory’ at the ironworks, 1pm, £10, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com highland fight club presents battle in the glen 3 at the ironworks, 7pm, £25, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
Heart of the Nation - The Story of Robert the Bruce, the real Braveheart Mon 5th / Tues 13th Invergordon Theatre 10am/ 11.45am/ 1.15pm/ 3pm Be enthralled as you watch some key events from the life of Robert the Bruce unfold before your eyes. £8 adults/£5 kids - at door
8 thursday international forest film festival - winners presentation, 6.30pm, eden court theatre, inverness, free, for details and to book visit www.cifalfindhorn.org beyond presents karima francis at the ironworks room 2, 7.30pm, £6, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
9 friday cawdor and croy churches - ceilidh for dr graham's homes, kalimpong, 7.30pm-10.30pm (supper at 7.45pm), croy village hall, £2.50 for accompanied children under 16, music from the inverness fiddlers, stovies and trifle, byob, charity auction and raffle isla grant, 8pm, strathpeffer pavilion, tel: 01997 420124, visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org
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3 saturday and 4 sunday stained glass weekend at half-a-moon, ardersier, learn how to make a stained glass panel, places are limited, phone 01667 461361 for further details www.halfamoon.co.uk
4 sunday great glen walking club - diabaig circuit, depart 0730, highland council car park, inverness, 8 miles, 2572 ft ascent, grade a, OS sheet 24 GR NG 826 588
5 monday feel the rhythm! - afro style drum and percussion 10 week course, all welcome, instruments provided or SpotLight on Inverness and District
bring your own, tel: 01343 850610 or email cocarol@talktalk.net ‘heart of the nation’ - the story of robert the bruce, the real braveheart, 10am, 11.45am, 1.15pm and 3pm, invergordon arts centre, adults £8/under16’s £5, visit www.wherecanwego.com for details
great glen walking club - achnahannet, via easter rynechkra to loch an t-sidhein, depart 0900 hrs, highland council car park, inverness, 8.7 miles, 800 feet ascent, grade c, OS sheet 36 GR NH 977 279 ‘gardeners question time’, 10.30am, nairn community & arts centre, tickets £10 in aid of forres & nairn riding for the disabled, refreshments, plants & produce stalls, tel:01807 500253 day of russian culture, 12noon-3pm, nairn community and arts centre, free admission, supported by russkiy mir foundation, tel: 01667 456245 or visit www.highlandrussia.org.uk
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10 saturday highland-russia connection charity’s family ceilidh with the andy ross ceilidh band, 7pm-10pm, nairn community and arts centre, bar open for refreshments, raffle, children free/adults £2, supported by russkiy mir foundation, tel: 01667 456245
11 sunday blas festival concert - ‘roots and shoots’, strathpeffer pavilion, tel: 01997 420124, visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org bl’azz at eden court presents “ellington remembered”, 3pm-5pm, the maclean room at eden court, inverness, admission £6, for bookings tel: 234234 young guns at the ironworks, 7pm, £12, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
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17 saturday strathpeffer food & craft market, 9.30am-12.30pm, strathpeffer community centre, come and browse through our wonderful variety of stalls, keep the kids entertained while you browse with our kids matinee, www.strathpeffercommunitycentre.org.uk iain thompson - author of “isolation shepherd”, launches his new book “sun dance”, 10am-12noon, music and reading room, the old school, beauly western front association - the railway operating division, royal engineers, in the great war - niall ferguson, 2.30pm, the gallery, elgin library, contact derek bird tel: 01343 870562, email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net or visit www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk DJ yoda at the ironworks, 10pm, £10, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com ‘life choices’ an exhibition of mixed media artwork by members of the tore life group, inchmore gallery, find out more at www.inchmoregallery.co.uk
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13 tuesday higher education conference, 10am-2.30pm, longman campus, inverness college, open to anyone looking to find out more about higher education with over 30 exhibitors attending ‘heart of the nation’ - the story of robert the bruce, the real braveheart, 10am, 11.45am, 1.15pm and 3pm, invergordon arts centre, adults £8/under16’s £5, visit www.wherecanwego.com for details the pink castle philosophy club - capitalism, 7.30pm, riverside lounge, glen mhor hotel, ness bank, inverness, for the lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender community visit www.pinkcastle.eu inverness floral art club, 7.30pm, cauldeen primary school, mackay road, all welcome
14 wednesday and 15 thursday food and craft fair, 10am-5pm, strathpeffer pavilion, to raise funds for the pavilion, free entry, many stalls and refreshments with home baking page 16 - September 2011
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great glen walking club - three lochs, depart 0900 hrs, highland council car park, inverness, 11 miles, 656 feet ascent, grade b, OS sheet 27 GR NG 022 466 buttonbox gathering, 7.30pm, eden court, inverness, buttonbox players & their bands performing, £13/conc £1, hosted by andy ross, tel: 232718 for info or tel: 234234 for tickets jon fratelli at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £12, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
21 wednesday masayuki kino & mami shikimori, 7.30pm universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8/£6, tel: 01309 691170
22 thursday scottish chamber music, 8pm, strathpeffer pavilion, tickets £12/£10/£6, tel: 01997 420124, visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org
23 friday boyband fever at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £15, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com the doors alive, 8pm, strathpeffer pavilion, 40 years after the untimely death of Jim Morrison, this excellent group keeps the music of the doors alive, tickets £12/£11/£6, www.thedoorsalive.co.uk
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Cinema listings September 2011 Eden Court Theatre, Inverness The Skin I Live In (15) One Day (12a)
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Moray Playhouse, Elgin
New Screenings begin on Fridays Call 01343 542680 or visit www.morayplayhouse.co.uk
Highland Spiritual Cinema
Monthly screenings of uplifting and inspiring films that inform, enlighten and entertain. For further details please visit www.highlandspiritualcinema.net or telephone 01463 237452
Vue Cinema, Inverness From Friday 2nd Fright Night 3D (tbc) Apollo 18 (tbc) From Friday 9th Jane Eyre (tbc) Friends With Benefits (tbc) From Friday 16th Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (tbc) The Change Up (tbc) From Friday 23rd Drive (tbc) Crazy, Stupid, Love (tbc) Killer Elite (tbc) Warrior (tbc) From Friday 30th The Debt (tbc) Abduction (tbc) Shark Night 3D (tbc) KidsAM Every Saturday & Sunday at 10.15am Tickets £1.25 / VIP Tickets £2.75 Senior Screenings Every Tuesday afternoon Tickets £3.05 / VIP Tickets £4.55 Includes tea/coffee & biscuits
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Portessie Public Hall
Regular films including Saturday matinees. For further details email portessiepublichall@hotmail.co.uk
Universal Hall, Findhorn
Showing films through the year Visit www.findhorn.org/uhall or call 01309 691170 for details. SpotLight on Inverness and District
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SEPTEMBER 2011 continued
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aly bain & phil cunningham, 8pm universal hall, findhorn, £16/£14, tel: 01309 691170
an audience with jonathan miller, 8pm, strathpeffer pavilion, tel: 01997 420124 or visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org
24 saturday great glen walking club - strathlene to portsoy, depart 0800, highland council car park, inverness, 13 miles, grade b, OS sheet 28/29 GR NJ 446 668 living food at cawdor castle, 10am-5pm, over 50 food producers, crafts and all day entertainment, family ticket only £8 when booked in advance, discounted rail travel, great value family day out, tel: 07515 915956 or www.livingfoodatcawdorcastle.com
Craig Campbell - The Loft Venue Friday 30th September 8pm “Bringing a tale to life like a young Billy Connolly” (The Edinburgh Evening News) Over 16’s. Tickets £12 Tel: 01343 850111 www.eastgrange.co.uk
Living Food at Cawdor Castle 30 friday A Great Value Family Day Out cancer research UK fashion show, 7.30pm, the barn Saturday 24th Sept 10am-5pm
Over 50 local food producers, artisan crafts Free family entertainment all day Online family ticket only £8 Book now at www.livingfoodatcawdorcastle.com
25 sunday laigh o’ moray vintage charity rally & fun day, inchkeil steading (on the elgin/burghead road, 4 miles west of elgin), in aid of the friendship fund for people with MS, contact morag davidson tel: 01309 676815 or gordon mckenzie tel: 01343 541665, adults £5/OAP’s £3/children £2/ under 5’s free autumn wedding fair, 11am-4pm, strathpeffer pavilion, contact andrew macrae tel: 01997 420124 to exhibit or visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org bl’azz at eden court presents...tbc, 3pm-5pm, the maclean room at eden court, inverness, admission £6, for bookings tel: 234234
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29 thursday ‘women @ work’ workshop, 12noon-2pm, strathpeffer community centre, ‘voicing your passion & wisdom - making meetings work for you’, free, refreshments available for £2, all women welcome garth hewitt in concert, 7.30pm, culduthel christian centre, inverness, tickets £10/£5/u-16’s free, for tickets & more information contact gill tel: 01463 861342 / 01721 382433 or email gill.mcwh@uwclub.net
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OCTOBER 2011 in brief until 31 monday pictish throne exhibition at brodie castle, during normal opening hours, on loan from the national museum of scotland, included in tour of the castle, contact brodie castle for details tel: 0844 493 2156 1 saturday charity christmas card sale, 10am-1pm, cawdor community hall, cawdor school, entry free, tea and coffee available for church funds play pieces presents ‘shoreline’ at the ironworks, 1pm, £10, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com chase and status DJ set at the ironworks, 10pm, £15, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 2 sunday great glen walking club - bynack more, depart 0900 hrs, highland council car park, inverness, 12 miles, 2500 ft ascent, grade a, OS sheet 27 GR NH 992 097 6 thursday groam house museum lecture ‘celtic revival art from ossian to george bain’ by murdo macdonald, professor of history of scottish art, university of dundee, 7.30pm, fortrose community theatre, admission £4 (members £2) fortrose community theatre tel: 01381 621252 clive carroll at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £10, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 7 friday the gleek club glee tribute night at the ironworks, 7pm, £15.40, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com ivan drever, 8pm, the loft venue, kinloss, tickets £10, tel: 01343 850111, visit www.eastgrange.co.uk 8 saturday great glen walking club - loch fleet and littleferry, depart 0900, highland council car park, inverness, 10 miles, grade c+, OS sheet 21 GR NH 810 971 ‘ignite’ christian worship event at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £2, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 9 sunday bl’azz at eden court presents “the black isle stompers”, 3pm-5pm, the maclean room at eden court, inverness, £6, for bookings tel: 234234 11 tuesday steve hall - ‘my very still life’ at the ironworks, 7pm, £12, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com the pink castle philosophy club - democracy, 7.30pm, riverside lounge, glen mhor hotel, ness bank, inverness, for the lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender community visit www.pinkcastle.eu inverness floral art club, 7.30pm, florians theatre, bught drive, all welcome 12 wednesday and 13 thursday roger dean sings ‘the johnny cash story’, featuring the lazy boys, 8pm, strathpeffer pavilion, tickets £17 (conc £15), visit www.roger-dean.com 14 friday and 15 saturday blackburn dance group, strathpeffer pavilion, essentially a private event but tickets usually available at the door, visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org 15 saturday skerryvore plus jill jackson and donald mcdonald & the SpotLight on Inverness and District
islands at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £10 tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 16 sunday great glen walking club - inverlaidnan to the red bothy, depart 0900 hrs, highland council car park, inverness, 12 miles, 1102 feet ascent, grade b, OS sheet 35 GR NH 865 210 wheatus at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £11 tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 19 wednesday the dykeenies at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £7, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 20 thursday to 25 tuesday western front association - branch battlefield tour to the somme, arras and ypres, contact derek bird tel: 01343 870562, email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net or visit www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk 20 thursday six and a tanner, strathpeffer pavilion, 8pm, tickets £12/£10/£6, www.fairpley.com, tel: 01997 420124, visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org 21 friday sound of guns at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £6, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 22 saturday great glen walking club - lovat bridge circular, depart 1100, highland council car park, inverness, 6 miles, minimal height, grade c, OS sheet 26 GR NH 517 449 27 thursday phil cool at the ironworks, 7pm, £15, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 28 friday janis ian, strathpeffer pavilion, 8pm, tickets £24, www.janisian.com, tel: 01997 420124, visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org 29 saturday and 30 sunday great glen walking club - october weekend away 29 saturday beyond presents king creosote and kid canaveral at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £10, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com des horsfall’s kuschty rye, 8pm, the loft venue, kinloss, ‘pass-the-hat’ gig suggested £5 donation, tel: 01343 850111, visit www.eastgrange.co.uk 30 sunday bl’azz at eden court presents “andrea turner and friends”, 3pm-5pm, the maclean room at eden court, inverness, admission £6, for bookings tel: 234234
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Chef’s Confidential Just as I was about to sit down and think of this month’s recipe one of my staff came and said to me “as I am off to uni soon can you write me some simple recipes so I don’t starve to death as a poor student.” So with this in mind I thought what would students eat and also the cost, we as parents / adults are all now very aware of the cost of food in this present economic climate so for a student it must be hard to balance the books. So I thought and thought and I came up with...CURRY! Curry .. Since the days of the Raj curry has become more and more part of our culinary scene and is now one of Britain’s most loved dishes. The word Curry actually means soup, so it’s the rest of the ingredients that makes the curry. For this curry we are going to use Paneer which is a hard Indian cheese and can be found in most supermarkets. Just a little note this cheese is lacto free.
Pea and Paneer Curry 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil 227g of Paneer cheese, cut into cubes 1 large white onion, cut into thin slices 3 tablespoons of curry paste 1lb of potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes 1 tin of chopped tomatoes with garlic ½ pint of vegetable stock 300g of frozen peas To go along with the curry you can either have rice, or some Naan bread With one spoon of the vegetable oil, heat a large frying pan and add the Paneer. Fry for 2-3 min until golden. Remove with a fish slice and put to one side. Fry off the onions in the remaining oil until they become soft and just start to turn brown. Add the curry paste stir and fry together for another 2-3 min. Add the potatoes, tomatoes and stock. Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 min, then add the peas and the Paneer. Simmer for another 5 min. Add a little salt and pepper, give the dish a really good stir through and serve. Allan Little, Head Chef Good with an ice cold River House Restaurant, Inverness bottle of Cobra! tel: 01463 222033
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Summer 2011 has proven to be rather wet and cool in the North East. Our usually favourable climate here is due mainly to the prevailing wind being from the south-west, but this year there has been an awful lot of wind from the north and east – not great at any time of year. On top of a very severe winter, followed by the driest March and April for years, then offered one of the coolest wettest summers for years, it is no surprise to be told when we visit “our” lawns around the area that gardens have been very slow and disappointing, poor vegetables and poor flowers. Lawns have been struggling too with many stressed lawns showing signs of Red Thread fungal disease. I mentioned this emerging last time and now it is fairly rampant across the whole of the North of the UK (the wet bit)! Symptoms are patches of brown/pinkish grass, looks like it’s drying out or dying. It is not fatal, the frosts clear it up, but until then, once you have it, it remains unless you put on a fungicide (though September is probably too late). Moss is getting going now with poor weather and stressed grass not standing up for itself. Moss is the No.1 problem we see in these parts, the main causes being Cut too short – weakens grass, poor colour Damp/shaded conditions Compacted ground – often just an age thing Thatch build up – old dead material etc Keen gardeners, TV gardening programmes, magazines and GreenThumb, all recommend aerating and scarifying the grass in the autumn/winter. You can try doing this with a garden fork and raking out, but most agree this is a job best tackled with machines. Some jobs are just not hand tool jobs ! Some gardeners have small electric lawn rakes which are fine for taking off surface moss, but it just comes back again since the cause of moss growth remains unchanged, usually thatch and compacted ground.
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God is in your hands, now‌ God has already set the day when you will be in His hands.
What He does with you then depends on what you do with Him now.
They called Him a devil. God withheld His wrath. Finally men arrested Him, gave Him a mock trial, flogged Him, nailed Him on a cross and hung Him between earth and heaven; and God allowed it.
Then it will be a “fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living Godâ€? Hebrews 10:31, if you have abused Him in your hands. In that day God will have only two verdicts: “Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angelsâ€? Matthew 25:41, or You can do likewise, though Christ is not bodily present. “enter thou into the joy of thy Lordâ€? Matthew 25:21. The You can ignore Him. You can ignore His Book, the Bible. verdict that will fall upon you depends on what you You can laugh at His bloodbought salvation, curse His do with Christ now. followers, and laugh at hell. It is permitted. The eternal The Lord Jesus Christ is the only shelter in the day of Christ may knock at your God’s wrath; He is the appointed expression of God’s soul’s door, calling you to give love to us, demonstrated in His life, death, and resurrecup sin and prepare for heaven. tion. Through the Holy Spirit, He continues His love, You may refuse Him, spit on moving upon our human spirit and prompting our Him, call Him a devil, curse human conscience. You have no connection with God Him. It is permitted. or with heaven but through the Lord Jesus Christ. There You may take His Name upon your lips in oaths and is “one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus‌â€? I Timothy 2:5 curses if you so choose.
On the other hand, you may seek His favor, humble yourself before Him and beg His mercy, implore His forgiveness, forsake your sins, and commit your whole life to Him. He has said, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.� Revelation 3:20
You may choose to be neutral, but that is delusion. You may postpone decision, so to speak. But, to the ear of God, the postponement is a flat “no.� This is your day. He is in your hands. In God’s day, when you are in His hands, there will be no postponement of sentence, no neutral place between heaven and hell, no mediator between God and man. No mediator - for He who is now mediator has already been appointed to be Judge in that day.
The choice is up to you. The latch is on your side of the door. The choice is yours: the revellings and pleasureseekings of this world or quiet communion with God; the ever burning lusts of the flesh or the powerful victory of Holy Spirit discipline. The choice is yours:
If you want mercy and pardon, you will have to get it now. God loves you, Christ died as a substitute for your sins on the cross. You have to receive Him for yourself; no-one can do it for you. But do it now.
He is in your hands - now.
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