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CLUBS & SOCIETIES AJG FORRES AND NAIRN WELFARE FOOTBALL LEAGUE April - September games played in Nairn, Forres, Kinloss and Elgin. Match details available in local press and via the website www.leaguewebsite.co.uk/ forresnairnwfa/Home CHILDREN’S HIGHLAND DANCE Wednesdays at Nairn British Legion Hall. Preschool 3:30pm 4:30pm and Beginners 4:30pm 5:30pm. Call Elizabeth Fraser on 01463 729477 CULBIN SINGERS Regular Thursday evening practice sessions take place in St Leonard's Church Hall in Forres. New members welcome. alasdair@manachie.eclipse.co.uk EQUESTRIAN FUN CLUB NAIRN Contact 01309 641474 FORRES & NAIRN DISTRICT WELFARE ASSOCIATION A football league made up from clubs and pubs in the Forres & Nairn area. Apr - Sept, age 16 + For info call Mashy Young on 07796 524050 or email forresnairnwfa@hotmail.co.uk

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GIRLGUIDING NAIRN Contact District Commissioner Jane Burns tel: 07962 190557 nairnshiregirlguiding@gmail.com HEADWAY HIGHLAND (NAIRN) SOCIAL GROUP Second Monday of each month 10:30am - 12pm at St Columba's Church Hall, Queen Street. Tea, coffee and biscuits served. For people and families affected by acquired brain injury. Call Blayne 01667 451392 for more info.

INVERNESS HOSPITAL RADIO Email requests to be played for someone in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness to: requests@invernes shospitalradio.co.uk. We are looking for ward visitors and technical team members. Email: enquiry@invernesshospitalradio .co.uk Contact Mr Atholl Menzies tel: 704500/704501 KITE SURFING The vast sandy beaches in the Highlands of Scotland provide a perfect platform for year round activity. Ongoing at Ardersier, Nairn, Findhorn, Lossie and Burghead. The Scottish Power Kite Assoc covers all good kite surfing spots. Visit the website www.spka.org/activities LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF NAIRN HOSPITAL Our charity raises funds to provide extra comforts for staff and patients at Nairn Town County Hos pital and also provide equipment for the hospital. Contact 452243 MORAY & NAIRN FLORAL ART CLUB Wednesdays, 7.30pm, Ramnee Hotel, Forres. Friendship through flowers. Demonstration exhibits raffled. New members welcome.

Further details contact Chrissie on 01309 673431 or Jean on 01309 673552 MORAY & NAIRN PONY CLUB Contact 01309 641483 or email willandjudith@btopenworld.com www.pcuk.org NAIRN ANGLING ASSOCIATION Contact 459250 or email nairnangling@tiscali.co.uk

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Senior Training 6.30pm - 8pm Tuesdays and Thursdays Junior Training 6pm - 7pm Tuesdays at Nairn Links New & social members are all welcome Contact Kim Neill 01667 455486 NAIRN BOWLING CLUB Monday & Wednesday 2pm, Friday 7pm, April-Sept, Juniors Sunday. Contact Mary Pellow 455515. New members welcome NAIRN CARDIACTIVE GROUP Mondays, 7pm - 8pm, Nairn Community Centre.

Physiotherapist led exercise group. Intended mainly to help people recovering from heart & stroke problems, but all welcome. Call 01667 456397.

NAIRN DISABLED SPORTS CLUB We cater for bowlers and athletes who have a disability.

Contact 07766 952477 NAIRN DRAMA CLUB Mondays from 7:30pm, The Little Theatre in Nairn. Amateur drama club open to everyone, whatever your interest in theatre. Visit www.nairndrama.org.uk, email enquiries@nairndrama.org.uk or phone Helen Wright tel: 452505 NAIRN GAELIC CHOIR Gaelic and other choral music, promoting the Gaelic language.

Contact 452584 or email christinagillies@hotmail.co.uk NAIRN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND CAMERA CLUB Tuesdays at 7:30pm in Nairn Community Centre. Sept - April.

For info contact Dave Freeman (President) on 360026 or email dave@nairncameraclub.co.uk

NAIRN SOCCER SEVENS Mondays 6pm - 7.15pm, Easter to October. Qualified SFA coaches provide coaching and games. P2 - P7. Contact 452930 PET FOSTERING SCOTLAND Supporting pet owners in an emergency situation. Volunteers care for your pet in their own homes for short periods. Reg. charity SCO15672. Volunteers needed. Tel: 0844 811 9909 www.pfss.org.uk SEAFORTH CLUB Private members club, welcoming guests & visitors to a warm, comfortable and friendly environment. Weekend entertainment, incl. bingo & dancing to live music. Contact 452509 SEWING GROUP NAIRN Contact 455012 SOUNDS DEEP MEN’S CHOIR Alternate Tuesdays 7.30pm9.30pm at St. John’s Church, Forres. All kinds of music. No experience necessary. Contact Bill 01309 672951 for more details.

VOLUNTEERING HIGHLAND Volunteer Centre in Nairn Welcomes anyone who would like to volunteer in the local area.

Contact Fiona Barnes 453055 or nairn@volunteeringhighland.org

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NAIRN MUSEUM Local history museum with 6 rooms of archives & memorabilia.

Changing photo exhibitions.

Children's Area. Disabled Access. Mon - Friday 10am 4.30pm & Sat 10am - 1pm, Easter to Oct. Call 456791

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS A reason to praise God’s goodness in creation...

better than Jesus to show us the nature of God’s love.

Seeing the spring flowers coming into bloom is always a real treat after the gloom of winter days. Tiny shoots breaking through the earth again and brightening the hedgerows and gardens with colour, fill us with hopes of longer days and warmth returning to the earth.

The Easter story is full of drama and tragedy, suffering and betrayal, but ultimately it is about life and love.

God’s love for us which is so powerful that God would give up his own Son to a brutal and humiliating death to show his will to be alongside us in our suffering. And the fullness of life which is offered and received in God’s raising Jesus from the tomb; bringing renewed hope and life from the ultimate place of death.

People of old celebrated the rebirth of life in springtime. The prophets of old saw the changing season as a reason to praise God’s goodness in creation, “ The desert will rejoice and flowers will bloom in the wilderness. The desert will sing and shout for joy... everyone will see the Lord’s splendour, see his greatness and his power.” (Isaiah 35:1-3) and more than that, they saw the renewal of life as a sign of God’s continuing care and love for God’s people. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why the bright spring flowers have become so much a part of the celebration of Easter. For what better represents the life of Jesus risen from the tomb than the rebirth of life from the earth; and who

The climax of the Easter story happens in the early morning, in a garden, surrounded by the colours and scents of all the trees and flowers. Mary Magdalene, a friend of Jesus, has gone there with others to finish the work of embalming his body.

When she gets there, things are not as she expected. The tomb is empty and the stone sealing the entrance is rolled away. Weeping in despair, she does not recognise the one who approaches her, until he calls her name. She thinks he is the gardener, but when he speaks, then she knows

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

Auldearn and Dalmore Parish Church Sundays 12noon.

Contact Fraser Turner (interim moderator) on 01463 794004 Cawdor Parish Church Sunday 10.15am. Contact Rev. JS Mathieson: 01667 493217.

Nairn Baptist Church Nairn Community Centre. Sundays 11am. Contact the Pastor: 01667 452764 or Secretary 01667 452351 or visit www.nairnbaptistchurch.org.uk Nairn Christian Fellowship Sundays 10.30am. Wednesday 7.30pm: praise and Bible study. Contact Sandy Shaw: 01667 456492.

Nairn Free Church Sundays 11am with Sunday school and crèche (Gordon St). Evening 6pm (Gordon St). Youth club for S1 up on Wednesday at 6.30pm (Rosebank Hall). Prayer and Bible study Thursday 11am or 7:30pm onalternate weeks (Gordon Street). Contact Minister Murdo MacLeod: 01667 459131.

Nairn Old Parish Church 10.30am: holiday worship and crèche. Contact Rev. Alistair S. Younger on 01463 242873

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once and for all that Jesus is alive and her voice becomes the first of countless faithful witnesses to the power of God in renewing and rebuilding lives. She obeys Jesus instruction to “go to my brothers and tell them that I am returning to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God.” (John 20:17) And later when the risen Jesus gathers all his friends and followers together he calls them to “go and tell people everywhere, baptise them in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, teach them to obey everything I have commanded you, and I will be with you always to the end of the age.” (Matt 28:19ff).

The Easter story is one of life and love, renewal and hope and it is for all of us.

Very Rev. Alison J Simpson St. Columba’s Nairn

St Ninians Church Sunday services and Sunday school: 10.15am. Contact Fraser Turner (interim moderator) on 01463 794004 St Columba’s Scottish Episcopal Family Eucharist on Sundays at 10.30am. Holy Communion on Wednesdays at 10.30am. conatct Rev.Canon Alison J Simpson 01667 452458 St Mary’s Catholic Church IV12 4RJ. Saturday Vigil 6pm.

Sunday Mass 10am. Tel: 01667 453323.

United Reformed Church Sunday services and Sunday School with crèche 11am. Contact Rev. Steven Manders: 01667 451443.

The Pentecostal Church of God Nairn Sundays 10.30am.

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The announcement was made at Glenshee where many youngsters cheered the announcement on the snow covered hills at the top station. The chairlift there even had a padded seat which I cant remember a few decades ago - what luxury!

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APRIL 2015 1 wednesday u3a - an introduction to " april fool's day through the ages" 1:45pm at nairn community centre. all welcome. for more information contact pauline on 01667 453537 or visit www.nairnu3a.org.uk 'paper bird planes' 10am - 12pm at the falconer museum, tolbooth street, forres. free family crafting fun. for more information ring 01309 696261.

2 thursday Rolling Event until 11 april ‘double take’ - exhibition of contemporary paintings by brian crawford young b.a. 10am - 4pm at the nicholson gallery and framers, st. catherine’s road, forres. open tues - sat. for details call 01309 671067 or visit www.briancrawfordyoung.co.uk

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easter crafts at the museum 11am - 2pm at elgin museum. children's drop-in craft day with an easter theme. parents must accompany their children, entry is free, donations gratefully accepted. nairn & district gardening club: "places for plants in easter ross & the black isle" with highlands ranger martin hind 7.30pm at nairn community & arts centre

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highland rock garden club - scottish wild flowers: an illustrated talk by ian christie 7:30pm at nairn community centre. call john owen on 01320 366246 'puppets! the odd sock amnesty, bring yours!' 10am - 12pm at the falconer museum, tolbooth street, forres. free family crafting fun. for more info ring 01309 696261.

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cinema nairn: 'the sapphires' (u) 7:30pm at nairn community and arts centre. tickets at the door. for more information visit cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk

18 saturday music nnairn presents - internationally acclaimed pianist ashley wass playing grieg, schubert, chopin and liszt 7:30pm at nairn community and arts centre. tickets at door, call music nairn 01667 455701 or visit www.musicnairn.org.uk highland branch seagull trust cruises ceilidh/dance 7:30pm - 11pm in north kessock community hall. admission £10. (children free) byob. refreshments at interval. raffle sold on the night in aid of funds for the highland branch seagull trust cruises. any queries please call isobel on 01463 731798. nairn men’s breakfast 9:45am for 10am, nairn dunbar golf club. share food and fellowship and hear what god is doing in other people’s lives. contact campbell on 01667 455149 by 6.30pm fri 17th to book your place. macfloyd @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

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