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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 HIGHLAND QUILTERS 3rd Tuesday of the month, SeptJune (December meeting 2nd Tuesday). Meet in Smithton Free Church Hall at 7:30pm. New members and visitors welcome.

Visit www.highlandquilters.com HIGHLAND RUSSIA CONNECTION Russian language lessons, art and craft workshops, Russian dancing, educational talks, displays and exhibitions. Call Elena Reid 456245 or e-mail elena.k.reid@homecall.co.uk www.highlandrussia.org.uk MUSIC NAIRN Charitable organisation to promote about seasonal events.

Classical and chamber music of the highest quality chamber opera, poetry. Contact Nairn Community Centre 453476 NAIRN & DISTRICT BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION New beekeepers or visitors welcome at our monthly meetings. Call 454887 or email jandjburns@hotmail.com NAIRN ARTS SOCIETY We meet in the Laing Hall, Fishertown. Regular exhibitions, demonstrations & sales of art works. Groups meet daily at various times. for Information call Frances Hendry (secretary) on 01667 454653 or visit www.nairnarts.co.uk 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 COUNTY CRICKET CLUB Friendly & eager to involve all ages in cricket. Games on Saturdays. Practice night Tuesday at Nairn Links

NAIRN LADIES CURLING CLUB Friendly club offering good fun social curling. New members welcome. Contact 404256 NAIRN LACE GROUP Self-help lace group meets Thursdays from 7pm - 9.30 pm in Nairn Community Centre, Contact number 01667 453521 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 SPORTS CLUB Something for everyone - Fitness classes, Gym, Tennis, Squash & Badminton Courts, Sauna, Nonmembers welcome. Contact 454523 or email info@nairnsportsclub.co.uk NAIRN ST NINIAN BADMINTON CLUB Currently held at Nairn Academy gym hall every Thursday, September to Easter from 6pm 7.30pm. Age between 8 & 15 years. Contact 454716 or email mariadicarlo46@hotmail.com PARKINSON'S SUPPORT GROUP NAIRN Last Wednesday of the month, 2pm in Nairn Hospital. For people with Parkinson’s, carers & family members. Speakers & discussions on medical matters and topics of general interest. Call 455236 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 RIDING FOR THE DISABLED (FORRES, NAIRN & DISTRICT) Volunteer with this small friendly group at Burgie on Mondays 9:15am - 11:15am or 11am 1pm, or all morning during term time. No experience necessary.

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ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION (RAFA) 2nd Tuesday of the month, 8pm, Royal British Legion, Nairn.

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RSCDS (FORRES BRANCH) Nairn class. Scottish country dance class. Sep - Mar. Adults: Thurs 7.30pm - 9.30pm at Nairn Community Centre. Secretary: Mrs E Grant. Tel: 01309 675187.

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.

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Some Scots will be disappointed that this St. Andrew’s Day is not the first one being celebrated in a new, independent Scotland.

Others will be glad that this St. Andrew’s Day, as before, is being celebrated in a Scotland that remains part of the Union. In my far-flung school-days it was a public holiday and, therefore, a great reason to celebrate as far as me and my holidayloving cronies were concerned! Who cared whether it was an odd time of year for a holiday? A day off school made us Andrew fans, whatever he and his day were all about!

Older and wiser, I grew up taking more interest in cultural things and I must have heard the stories about how St. Andrews in Fife got named and how some of the great man’s bones had once arrived there and how some of them were maybe still lying in Edinburgh and about how he’d been crucified on an X-shaped cross so as to be slightly different from Jesus, whom he felt unworthy to imitate and about how the Picts claimed to have seen a cloud formation as a white cross against a blue sky the day before a great battle-victory, hence our adoption of the symbol on the flag to this

day. I have no idea how much truth there is in any of these legends, but they’re interesting old stories anyway!

What I definitely do believe is the Bible’s account of Andrew, the man who became one of Jesus’ twelve disciples long before any of these other tales got started. He only gets mentioned about twelve times in the Gospel stories, most of which are fairly minor references like when the twelve disciples get listed by name.

But the other references are much more significant. Once we find him and three others asking Jesus theological questions (Mark 13:3) – it’s always good to want to know more about the Bible and about the things of God.

Like Andrew, we never know true meaning and purpose in life until we find Jesus, the Messiah and come to know Him as our own Lord and Saviour. And, like Andrew, our calling doesn’t stop there, but continues with the wonderful privilege of helping others to come to meet and know Jesus too.

Once is the story of how Andrew came to be a disciple of Jesus - intrigued by Jesus’ character and teaching (John 1:39) he begins to follow him around, eventually giving up his fishing to be a full-time helper and learner and one of Jesus’ closest companions. He effectively reminds us that Jesus is worth giving up everything else for and how those who do so are never the losers - either in this life or the next.

If this little article can help anybody at all to begin to make the greatest of all discoveries, I’ll be thrilled and humbled to be a little bit of an Andrew as well and will be thankful to God again for using this obscure Middle Eastern fisherman in such a prominent way in Scotland’s national identity.

But, perhaps, his loveliest legacy is the three times we find him bringing other

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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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people to Jesus. In John 1:41 it’s his brother Peter whom he tells, ‘We have found the Messiah’. In John 6:8 it’s Andrew who finds the boy with the five loaves and two fishes and brings him to Jesus, which results in the miracle we know as ‘The Feeding of the 5000’. And in John 12:22, when some travelling Greeks say, ‘we would like to see Jesus’, it’s Andrew who brings them to meet the Master.

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Sunday Mass 10am. Tel: 01667 453323.

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

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PARLIAMENT BLOG & TIDE TIMES At the time I write this blog, I am Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism in the Scottish Government. By the time you read it, I hope that I still hold the post which is one of the most absorbing in the country! But of course the decision of choice of Ministers is that of the First Minister, and Nicola Sturgeon will now be Scotland's first female First Minister. She will rightly bring her own style and character to the post, and whomsoever she picks for her team, I will support her. In the words of the song: Que sera, sera. Whatever will be will be.

Whatever her decision, I will continue in my prime responsibility as the MSP for Inverness and Nairn, and to do my best to help people who need my assistance, whether by e mail, phone or at one of my three monthly surgeries in Grantown on Spey, Nairn and Inverness.

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2014 has been quite a year. It seems like only yesterday I was writing in these pages while thinking about the momentous year we had before us just twelve months ago.

So a year on, how far have we come?

Seeing our economic recovery take root and having more people in work than ever before has been very encouraging. There is more work to do, but 2014 has been a record breaking year for employment and opportunity. And the historic Scottish Referendum has inspired more political engagement, and has inspired more, much needed, powers for Scotland. I’m sure that the coming year will bring new challenges for all of us, but we will face them as we always do – with strength and community spirit. As always, please don’t hesitate to get in touch if I can help you with any problems, address any issues or answer any questions. I’m always happy to help.

I’d like to wish everyone in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

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NOVEMBER 2014 29 saturday nairn arts society - exhibition of local painters' work 10am - 8pm, laing hall, king st, nairn (just past mini roundabout, just past little theatre) st andrew’s night ceilidh 8pm, rafford village hall. with music by colin donaldson. free stovies! tickets £7 by email from angela - pandamitchell@btinternet.com or call anne on 01309 672930. all welcome. forres crafters dickensian christmas craft fair 1pm 6pm, tolbooth, forres. locally made crafts, free entry, for more details see forres crafters on facebook or email forrescrafters@gmail.com the springsteen sessions - bruce springsteen tribute act @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 st andrew's night ceilidh presented by nairn ceilidh group on behalf of chernobyl children's life line nairn & district link starts 8pm. tickets £15 from 258512 or on the door. creative moray firth christmas craft fair 10am 4:30pm, nairn community and arts centre. over 30 crafters selling unique crafts for amazing christmas gifts. refreshments served all day. for more info visit www.creativemorayfirth.co.uk

5 friday nairn literary institute illustrated talk: a boat festival, a coble and the king of fish by lorna summers 7:30pm, nairn free church, gordon street. nonmembers £3. www.nairnliterary.org.uk gaelic society talk: 300 years on: the wit and wisdom of rob donn by donald john macleod at 7:30pm, inverness gaelic school. all welcome.

5 friday - 7 sunday arts, crafts and food fair by exclusively highlands fri 1pm - 8pm, sat & sun 10am - 5pm at eden court theatre, inverness. free admission. supporting inverness ms centre. call 01381 621962 or visit www.exclusivelyhighlands.co.uk

6 saturday oasis uk: oasis tribute + dj phil smith @ ironworks 7:30pm. 0871 7894173 • www.ironworksvenue.com

29 saturday - 30 sunday brodie castle christmas craft fair by exclusively highlands 10am - 4pm beautiful crafts, wonderful foods, mulled wine, mince pies and music. £4 per adult, children free. includes a glass of non-alcoholic mulled punch and a mince pie. call 0844 493 2156.

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12 friday christmas puppet show - featuring the ‘out of the box’ puppets from inverness 7pm, st leonard's church, forres. great fun for all the family - free entry. food and refreshments in hall afterwards. rnw presents: rock n' wrestle @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com accidentals choir christmas concert 7:30pm in the united reformed church, nairn. in aid of hearing impaired charity and archie foundation appeal, raigmore hospital. tickets £5. refreshments and raffle

12 friday - 20 saturday dick whittington and his cat buccaneer theatre club, raf lossiemouth. fri 12 & 19 - 7.30pm, sat 13 & sun 14 - 2.30pm and sat 20 - 2.30pm & 7.30pm. adult £6, child/conc £5, family & group tickets also available. call our booking hotline on 07930 361721.

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7 sunday earthtime's winter festival @ brodie castle 11am 2pm. make your own nature inspired christmas crafts, an activity trail, an outdoor fire for toasting marshmallows on with your own whittled stick and storytelling and a selection of crafter's in the stables. tickets on-line £5 per child; on the day £10 per child. for more info call 01343 541335. wee boppers discos presents: frozen disco @ ironworks 3pm. for details call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

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christmas fair 11am - 4pm at cantraybridge college activities, stalls and gift making. a great family day out. our event cafe will be serving homemade treats too. visit www.cantraypark.co.uk for more details. orienteering at roseisle 10:15am - 11am, roseisle forest picnic area. try your hand at this adventure running sport at the last of moravian's saturday series for 2014 www.moravianorienteering.org christmas market @ logie steading 10am - 3pm. with carols and christmas tree, craft and food stalls and lots more! all welcome. music nairn presents murray mclachlan 7.30 pm at nairn community and arts centre. playing berkeley, shostakovich, lutoslawski, mcleod, chopin. tickets at door or from music nairn www.musicnairn.org.uk, 01667 455701 the vatersay boys christmas cracking ceilidh dance @ ironworks 7pm. for info call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

14 sunday james ross presents the marvel of peru: christmas at the castle 3pm - 4pm & 5pm - 6pm at brodie castle. a variety of christmas carols some of which the audience will be invited to join in. £14 includes a glass of (non-alcoholic)mulled punch and a mince pie after the performance. www.nts.org.uk/events

26 friday boxing day beats - c4soundsystem presents a drum&bass night with local and guest djs 7pm 3am at the victoria hotel, forres. earlybird tickets @ residentadvisor.net £8, door £10. for more info find us on facebook - boxing day beats!

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