SpotLight on Strathspey & District December 2013

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DECEMBER 2013

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CLUBS & SOCIETIES ABERLOUR ANGLING CLUB Visitors Welcome. Day & weekly tickets at reasonable prices. For booking enquiries calll 01340 871428 or email hamish@munro-of-speyside.com ABERLOUR BRIDGE CLUB Wednesday nights 6.30pm for a 6.45pm (Sept - April) start at The Fleming Hall, Queens Road, Aberlour, Speyside. Secretary Audrey Marr Tel: 07855 087984 To book your seat phone Mike on 01343 543962 ABERLOUR PARISH WOMEN’S GUILD Meetings are held monthly, on Thursday evenings at 7.15pm, Aberlour Parish Church. Call Nan Thomson on 01340 871325 AVIEMORE JUNIOR YOUTH CLUB Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8:30pm. Call Vicki Gosling on 01479 810 071 for more information. GRANTOWN & DISTRICT DRAMA GROUP Thursdays, 7pm, YM/Community Centre. All new members and young people welcome. Call Jennifer Tiller on 01479 872262

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FORUM FOR MEN Wednesdays, 8pm at Macnabs Bar, Columba Hotel. For gay and bi men. Look for the small red post box on our table. Text 07941 553620, www.gay-ness.org.uk or e-mail jampa40@yahoo.co.uk ALVIE STABLES Small friendly stables offering all abilities the chance to ride. Novice - experienced riders. Mini treks for 20 mins or 1 hour trails. Children's riding lessons are also available. For more info call 07831 495397 or email info@alvie-estate.co.uk BIRD WATCHING AND WILDLIFE CLUB All special events, suggested itineraries & programmes are subject to availability and liable to change without notice. BWWC Ltd, 25 The Square, Grantownon-Spey, PH26 3HF. Call 0800 043 8585 or email: booking@ bwwc.co.uk CAIRNGORM RUNNERS Monday and Wednesday club nights we meet at, The Fun House rear car park (next to Hilton Coylumbridge Hotel on the Ski Road) Email enquiries@ cairngormrunners.org or visit www.cairngormrunners.org CARRBRIDGE OUTDOOR CURLING CLUB Contact: Patrick Blease on 01479 841359 CARRON CREATES CRAFT GROUP General interest group. Mondays 2pm-4pm. £2 per session. Guest instructors. Meets at Carron Village Hall. Contact Jenny: 01340 810506. DIABETES UK MORAY Support group for people with diabetes and those who care for them. Activley raising awareness of diabetes, its risks & symptoms and raising funds for local support & research. For meeting details phone 01343 860671, visit www.diabetesukmoray.org.uk DUFFTOWN BOWLING CLUB Monday & Thursday evenings at the Memorial Hall. For details call Mr A Wright on 01340 820071

KINGUSSIE SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Wednesdays, 7:30pm - 9:30pm in Tala na Ros, King Street, Kingussie from September to March. New members and visitors welcome. Contact 01540 662060 / 01540 661772. THE ROTARY CLUB OF ABERLOUR AND SPEYSIDE Meets on Tuesday evenings at 7pm in The Craigellachie Hotel, Craigellachie, AB38 9SR MACS MORAY AREA CANCER SUPPORT Meets 2nd Monday each month, 6:30pm - 9pm at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Elgin. A support group for anyone of any age affected by cancer. For support or information call 07516 219151 or e-mail info@macsuk.org MORAY FLYING CLUB 7 days a week. Also offering courses for people to become leisure pilots, all the way up to professional ratings. Kinloss barracks, IV36 3UH. For details please call 01309 617361 and visit www.morayflyingclub.com MORAY SANDS Meet 3rd Wed of every second month, 7:30pm at Keith Health Centre Annexe. A self help support group, run by bereaved parents for bereaved parents & families. Informal & confidential. Dates to note are 18th Sept & 20th Nov. For more details contact Jacquie 07791 001459 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY (MORAY BANFF AND BADENOCH BRANCH) 2nd Wednesday, 11am, Eight Acres Hotel, Elgin. Lectures on a variety of arts related subjects delivered by experts from across the UK. New members always welcome. Call Sarah Fennings Mills on 01343 831002 or www.nadfas-in-elgin.org.uk

SCOTTISH WOMENS RURAL INSTITUTE 3rd Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm at St. Andrew’s Church Hall, Aviemore. Find friendship, support, fun and laughter in this unique organisation. Call SWRI headquarters on 0131 225 1724 for more info. SPEYSIDE VOLLEYBALL Monday evenings 7pm - 10pm in The Games Hall, Speyside Community Centre, Aberlour. Men, women, youths, juniors, seniors, all welcome. Contact Stewart on 01340 871730 STEP BY STEP IN MORAY Toddler group for isolated and vulnerable families. Thursdays 10:30am-12:15pm. Meets at Craigellachie Church Hall. Tel: Margaret 07583 835681. STRATH SUNSHINE CLUB Meets every other Monday at 2pm in the St John’s Church Hall, Rothiemurchus. A social club for the over 50s living in the Strath. Call Angela on 01479 810940 or email kilvingtona@ btinternet.com BUCCANEER THEATRE CLUB Club nights are Monday, 7pm at RAF Lossiemouth. New members interested in both onstage and back-stage activities welcome. For more info call Chris on 07789 552968 or Ally on 07887 513915. PLEASE NOTE: Details of Clubs & Societies are published on a rotational basis.

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On a recent visit to Edinburgh I was intrigued to see the Memorial to Merchant Seamen at the Shore at the Water of Leith. Those who gave their lives in two World Wars are commemorated, as are all the merchant seamen who risked their lives plying their trade at sea through the generations. Of particular interest to me was the image of a whaling boat because my grandfather worked on the whaling boats. He ended up in Canada where he died. One day I must try and find out more about him. An incredible number of people these days are seeking to trace their ancestry, but there is no genealogy to match that of Jesus the Messiah as Matthew records it in the first Chapter of his Gospel (Matthew 1:1-17.) From Abraham to Joseph who married Mary who gave birth to Jesus, Matthew records a line that includes Kings and Priests. There is Abraham, the father of many nations, there is Israel and Jacob, David and Solomon and Zadok. There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen generations from David to the exile to Babylon and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah (v.17).

though this line Impressive undoubtedly is, its importance is not so much in looking back as it is in looking forward. For each generation in this line points forward to the time foretold by the prophets who proclaimed that the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means “God with us.� Matthew 1:22, 23. To me the extraordinary thing is that the people chosen by God to fulfill this prophecy seemed so ordinary until they were touched by God: Joseph a joiner, Mary a very young woman, an inn-keeper. Spare a thought for the poor inn-keeper who is often portrayed as grumpy! Luke in his Gospel (2:7) says that Jesus was born in a manger in Bethlehem because there was no room at the inn. Luke does not say the inn-keeper was grumpy, just that his inn was full. Shepherds were going about their ordinary work in the fields until suddenly and astonishingly they witnessed the heavenly host (Luke 2:814) who told them that a Saviour had been born to them. Jesus the Saviour was born for ordinary folk like us as well. This is the wonder of Christmas: Jesus came for

Kingussie Parish Church Sundays 11am. All welcome. www.kingussieparishchurch.org.uk Knockando, Elchies & Archiestown Parish Church of Scotland Sundays 10am. Tel : 01340 831381. Mortlach Parish Church Sundays at 10.30am Tel: 01340 820049 (session clerk). All welcome. Rothes Parish Church Sundays 11.30am. Tel: 01340 831381. Rothiemurchus & Aviemore Church of Scotland St Andrews Church, Grampian Road, Aviemore. Sundays 11.15am. Website: www.standrews-aviemore.org.uk St Columba Episcopal Church High Street, Grantown. Sundays 10:30am: Holy Communion. Ven. Richard Gillings: richard.gillings698@btinternet.com or phone 01479 831365. St John Episcopal Church Sunday 10.30am: Eucharist. page 4 - December 2013

us who were not even born. He came for generations as yet unborn. Let us celebrate the unspeakable joy that God is with us today. It is often said mistakenly the Christmas is for children. God who made the earth and the universe came not in political power but in love and innocence. In the season of Christmas we can all become as a child when the innocence of Jesus deep within us shines forth again. With Mary let us treasure up these things in our hearts (Luke 2:19) and with the shepherds let us glorify God for all that we have heard and seen and will be of Jesus (Luke 2:20.)

Rev. Bob Anderson Knockando, Elchies & Archiestown linked with Rothes Parish Church

Followed by refreshments in the church hall. Email: blessings@stjohns-rothiemurchus.co.uk St Michael Episcopal Church St Michael's Episcopal Church, Conval Street, Dufftown. Family Eucharist every Sunday at 11 am. All welcome. Tel: 01343 862808. St Margaret of Scotland, Episcopal Church High Street, Aberlour, AB38 9QD. Sundays 10am: Eucharist. Tel: 01340 881764. Website: www.stmargaretsaberlour.co.uk Tomintoul Church of Scotland Sunday morning service 11.15am All welcome. Listed from K - T & regularly rotated. If you are a member of a church not listed here or if there are any amendments to existing details, please email tamsyn@spotlighton.co.uk

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Good Friday Easter Sunday Early May Bank Holiday Spring Bank Holiday Summer Bank Holiday Halloween Guy Fawkes Day St Andrew’s Day Christmas Day

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for 2013/2014 (all dates inclusive) Winter Term Ends Fri 20th Dec 2013 Christmas Holiday Starts Mon 23rd Dec 2013 Christmas Holiday Ends Fri 3rd Jan 2014 Spring Term Starts Mon 6th Jan 2014 Mid-Term Holiday Fri 14th Feb 2014 Mid-Term Holiday Mon 17th Feb 2014 Spring Term Ends Fri 28th Mar 2014 Spring Holiday Starts Mon 31st Mar 2014 Spring Holiday Ends Fri 11th Apr 2014

for 2013/2014 (all dates inclusive) Winter Term Ends Fri 20th Dec 2013 Spring Term Starts Mon 6th Jan 2014 Holiday Closure Mon 17th Feb 2014 Holiday Closure Tues 18th Feb 2014 Regional Closure Wed 19th Feb 2014 Regional Closure Thurs 20th Feb 2014 Regional Closure Fri 21st Feb 2014 Spring Term Ends Fri 4th Apr 2014 Good Friday Holiday Fri 18th Apr 2014

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DENTISTS Aviemore Dental Practice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 810301 Inspire Dental, Kingussie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01540 661280 NHS Highland Dental Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 811019 Speyside Dental Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 871738 Your Perfect Smile Dental Clinic . . . . . . . . 01479 812846 (Aviemore) Your Perfect Smile Dental Clinic . . . . . . . . 01479 872107 (Grantown) Other useful numbers are rotated on a regular basis. If you would like to add a contact or if there are any amendments to be made to existing details, email tamsyn@spotlighton.co.uk

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2013 has seen Scotland voted the best country in the world to visit - by the news organisation CNN. 2014 will see Scotland on the world stage hosting the Commonwealth Games and the Ryder Cup. Never have we hosted larger events, nor will there be more people watching us. An estimated 500 Million will watch the golf and 70 countries take part in the games. They are, of course, for young people particularly, so it was a great pleasure once again to judge the Millburn Academy Public Speaking competition and see so many articulate young people take part. 2014 I hope, for Scotland, will be a year of aspiration.

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I was delighted to be able to open the terrific new courts at Inverness Tennis and Squash Club, this Autumn. The work that members of the club have done to attract £104,000 worth of funding from various bodies, to replace the old worn out courts, deserves great credit. Remarkably, £70,000 of the money raised was gathered together by contributions from the 450 members alone. With the popularity of tennis on the rise, thanks to icons like Andy Murray, the new courts will be very well used and of great benefit to the area. Although my tennis isn’t of the highest quality, on the day of the opening I very much enjoyed a brief match with some of the club’s youngest members. I look forward to seeing the facility help many young tennis players reach their potential with the help of the club and contribute to the future health of the game. It's fantastic to see our local sports clubs going from strength to strength.

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When the party is over... We see in the Bible that we are all unclean in God’s sight because of our sins. You may not think that you are a hell-deserving sinner, but God is Holy and He hates sin. Sin will keep you from being with God in heaven for eternity and damn you to Hell, unless you receive God’s forgiveness for sin which is found only in His Son Jesus Christ. God’s word reveals that if you die in an unclean & unforgiven state, because of your own choice, you’ll go to hell with all the other people who refused God’s mercy. There are many people, and you may be one of them, who believe that life should be one never ending party; friends to meet, places to go, and things to get and do, seeking constant amusement in the pursuit of happiness, needing non-stop activity to fill the emptiness inside, to fight the boredom that surrounds them.

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7KH %LUG 0DQ CHRISTMAS IS COMING It is good to be back in harness and finally have time to return to writing the monthly article for Spotlight magazine. With Festive period fast approaching our mantelpieces and bookshelves will be adorned with cards wishing us Seasons Greetings, a high percentage of which will depict one of Britain’s favourite birds, the Robin. It is also probably the bird I get asked most questions about at this time of year, with the two most popular being; How do you tell the difference between male and female Robins and is it the same Robin that visits my garden each day? Now to answer the problem of can you tell males and female apart? In a word the answer is “No�. In the main the males have a slightly longer wing, but this really is marginal and not obvious just by looking at the birds.

Is it the same bird that visits my garden each day? Well “Yes� it can be; some birds become very tame and these are undoubtedly the same individual. However during the UK winter our resident Robins can be joined by huge numbers of continental birds; these usually show a more orange colour to the breast than the British race which has the signature red/orange breast. However once again the difference is very slight and a practised eye is needed. I recall a few years ago catching and ringing 27 individual Robins in my garden and never once seeing a bird with a ring on its leg! Robins carry a lot of superstitions and myths. My favourite is that you must make a wish when you see the first Robin of the New Year, and your luck will increased if the bird is flying upwards.... bizarre! If this article has raised your interest in birds, why not come on one of our “for beginners guided walks.� Go to http://birdingecosse.co.uk for further details, we look forward to meeting you. Until next month “Good Birding�

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