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CLUBS & SOCIETIES AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS Free, confidential help & support to the relatives & friends of problem drinkers. Local weekly groups in Highland area. Call 020 7403 0888 for a local contact number for your area or visit www.al-anonuk.org.uk ART IN STRATHDEARN Every Thursday from 2pm - 4pm in Tomatin village Hall during term time. Guest tutors and annual exhibition.

AVIEMORE & ABERNETHY ANGLING ASSOCIATION Feb - Sept (no Sunday fishing) Contact Eileen Troup (Treasurer) Tel: 01479 831615 AVIEMORE ART ASSOCIATION Every Thursday 2pm - 4pm in St, Andrew's Church Hall, Grampian Road, Aviemore. Throughout the year (not during school holidays) BADENOCH & STRATHSPEY PIPE BAND Novice Juvenille Pipe Band practice at Macdonald Aviemore resort 7pm - 9pm on Mondays and 6.30pm - 7.30pm Tuesdays.

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BADENOCH GARDENING CLUB Meet on the 3rd or 4th Wed each month in Newtonmore Village Hall (Lesser Hall) starting at 7.30 pm. Annual membership £10.00. Meetings free for members. £2.50 for visitors, who are most welcome.

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 BOAT OF GARTEN HEALTH WALK GROUP Meets every Wednesday by the Boat Hotel @ 1.30 pm. Contact Mina 01479 831502 for info.

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.

CAIRNGORM BRIDGE CLUB Meets most Tuesday evenings, arrive by 6:45pm for a prompt start, at St John's Church Hall, Rothiemurchus (opposite tennis courts, on the ski road). All welcome. It would be helpful if visitors could contact Ian on 01479 821075 to let us know.

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 CAKE WALK & STORY GROUP Regular walks for all ages. For more details call Guy on 07724 992790 / www.guyandjocelyn.org CARRBRIDGE OUTDOOR CURLING CLUB Contact: Patrick Blease on 01479 841359

COIRE CHORISTERS Thursdays, 7:15pm at St John's Church Hall, Rothiemurchus. All members of the community welcome. For info call Carolyn Turner on 01540 662294.

DUFFTOWN OVER SIXTIES Wednesday afternoon 2pm-4pm in Back Hall of Memorial Hall, Dufftown. Varied entertainment: quiz, bingo, live entertainment etc and a cup of tea every week.

Membership £3. Annual summer bus outing. Tel: 01340 820388, 01340 820582, or 01340 820264.

EDINVILLIE BADMINTON CLUB Thursdays at the Hall. There is a junior section which starts at 6pm until 7.30pm. Junior coaching for attendees only from 7.30pm - 8pm. ALL juniors MUST be accompanied by an adult.

Adult section 8pm until late. Call Paula Roberts on 01340 810620 or for the Junior Club Andrea Fuller on 01340 871745.

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.

KINGUSSIE TENNIS CLUB Coaching available for members and non-members. New members welcome. For more information call Moira Webster 01540 661484.

MORAY COELIAC GROUP 1st Saturday (except Jan & Feb), 10:30am in the cafe at Baxters, For newly diagnosed and existing members to network, ask questions, share recipes and ideas / information. 'Coffee, Cake and Catch up' sessions. All welcome. For further info email Kirsteen.pyett@btinternet.co.uk

ROTHES BABY & TODDLER GROUP Open year round on Tues & Fri, 9.15am - 11.15am term time & 10.00am - 12pm school holidays & in-service days. £2 entrance fee per family, includes snack & drinks for children & parents.

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION DUFFTOWN Meets 3rd Tuesday every month, at 7pm, 50 Balvenie Street, Dufftown. On Mondays, 7:30pm Stramash - Traditional Scottish Music. Call 01340 820 514 SPEY ART GROUP, GRANTOWN ON SPEY Wednesdays 7pm - 9pm at Grantown Grammar School.

Friendly group that welcomes new members. Tuition provided.

Call Liz Downie 01479 872085 lizdownie1@btinternet.com SALTIRE SOCIETY HIGHLAND BRANCH Meets Saturday mornings in Inverness for talks on a wide range of Scottish topics. St Andrews Day celebrations, Burns lunch and summer outing.

Call Alan Niven on 01667 459449 or email: alan.niven@hotmail.com STRATHSPEY RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Poll Creagan, Newtonmore.

Contact the secretary Ian Chadburn on 01540 673686 PLEASE NOTE: Details of Clubs & Societies are published on a rotational basis.

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS “We love because he first loved us.” (1 Jn. 4: 19, NRSV)

Jesus was arguing, follows from this.

Love at the centre.

The weeks after Easter are full of love. Churches that follow the lectionary readings for any given week had a bit of a love-in going on throughout May! The focus was on love... God's love for us, our love for God, and our love for each other.

In the past few weeks, little red envelopes have been put through millions of doors across Britain.

There have been bake sales, coffee mornings, soup and sandwich lunches, bungee jumps, Munro climbs, and countless other sponsored somethings, all in aid of Christian Aid. Each year, millions of pounds are raised in a single act of love.

They're all tied together. When the clever lawyer thought he'd try to catch Jesus out by asking him what the greatest commandment was, Jesus was right back at him with an answer that showed him up for missing the point. “He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” (Mt. 22: 37-40, NRSV).

You can't do one without the other.

Love God, but don't love the folks around you, and then you're not really loving God. Everything else we do hangs on this. The whole of the Bible,

It's really easy to see our neighbours next door to us, and even then it's sometimes a struggle to love them!

But our neighbours out of sight, on the other side of the world....well, it's easy to forget they exist at all.

Christian Aid Week was a good reminder that our neighbours are near and far, but they're all our neighbours. Each loved by God, just as we are. Like Loko, who walks for miles and miles every day just to collect firewood, hoping she has enough spare after she uses what she needs to cook something for her children. With no other income, spare

Abernethy Parish Church Family worship service on Sunday at 9:30am, followed by refreshments. More traditional worship service at 11:45am. Contact: Rev. Donald Walker. Tel: 01479 831252.

Aberlour Parish Church The Square, Aberlour. Sunday 11.15am.

Alvie & Insh Church of Scotland Our services are at 9:30am each Sunday in Kincraig (Church beside Loch Insh). The first Sunday of the month is the All-Age interactive service, also 9:30am, held in Kincraig Church Hall beside the Cairngorms Christian Centre. Please ring 01540 661918 for details.

Badenoch Free Church Ruthven Road, Kingussie. Sundays 11am and evening service 6pm.

Boat of Garten Parish Church, St Columba's Boat of Garten.

Sunday service 10am. Evening worship at Kincardine Church, 6pm the 2nd Sunday of most months: check the weekly press.

Contact: Rev. Donald Walker Tel: 01479 831252.

Craigellachie Church Victoria Street. Sundays 9.45am.

Cromdale and Advie Church, Church of Scotland Services 9:15am. Contact Rev Gordon Strang: 01479 872084. page 6 - July 2015

firewood is the only way to make any Without money, she is money. trapped in this endless cycle.

Meanwhile, her kids are hungry, and her back is breaking doing the work of two or three people. Loko is our neighbour. Christian Aid do amazing things, and in their 70 years have been showing God's love and care to countless people all over the world.

God asks us to love, first and foremost. Not to worry about doctrine or worship styles. Not to pray in the right way or sing the right songs.

Love God and love each other. That's it. It's that simple. Everything else we do hangs on those two things.

“As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.”

(Jn. 15: 9, NRSV) Let's, all of us, abide in His love. Live in it and live it out, wherever we find ourselves.

Nothing else really matters, and won't the world be a better place?

Rev. Gordon Strang Inverallan Parish Church

Dulnain Bridge, Church of Scotland Sunday services 12noon.

All welcome. Contact Rev. Gordon Strang 01479 872084.

Duthil Parish Church Carrbridge. Sunday morning service at 11.30am. Contact Rev. Donald Walker Tel: 01479 831252.

Free Church: Dufftown monthly service, second Sunday of each month (except September) 6.30pm at the Memorial Hall, Albert Place. Contact Colin Morison on 01343 542196 Grantown Baptist Church High Street, Grantown-on-Spey.

Sundays 11am and evening service at 6pm. All welcome.

Contact Rev. Rick Moeller: 01479 873125.

Inverallan Parish Church Church of Scotland. Grantown-onSpey. Sundays 10.30am with crèche. All welcome. Rev. Gordon Strang 01479 872084. www.inverallanparishchurch.org.uk Inveravon Church of Scotland Sunday morning service 9.30am. All welcome.

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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Shakespeare) - 25th June - 19:30 - Running time: 2hr 20min (inc 20 min interval) Suitable for all ages 8+ (Tickets £14 adult, £8 child, £12 concession) Everyone wants to marry mild-mannered Bianca. No-one wants to marry her acidtongued older sister Kate. Their father won’t let anyone marry Bianca until a husband can be found for Kate – but no-one knows anyone mad enough to take her on. Until Petruchio comes to town, when sparks are guaranteed to fly!

THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE 14th July - 18:30 - Running time: Ihr 30min (inc 20 min interval) Family Fun. Suitable for all ages 5+ (Tickets £14 adult, £8 child, £12 concession) Bored of chores, the apprentice waves a wand and a broom magically fetches water.

But he can’t find a spell to make it stop. In desperation he saws it in half - and everything rapidly spirals out of control… The show features the original music by Paul Dukas (as used in Fantasia), more water then you have EVER seen in a play before - and eyepopping magical illusions designed by the world famous illusionist Paul Daniels.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS 23rd July - Running time: 2hr 40min (inc 20 min interval) Swashbuckling Family Fun. Suitable for all ages 8+ (Tickets £14 adult, £8 child, £12 concession)

All for One; One for All! Young D’Artagnan is desperate to join the King’s Musketeers. He plunges headlong into a thrilling adventure, dodging Cardinal Richelieu and crossing swords with the deadly seductress Milady de Winter.

Romance! Swashbuckling! Intrigue! Murder! Betrayal! Revenge...! It’s got the lot!

IOLANTHE 13th August - Running time: 2hr 0mins (inc 20 min interval) Musical comedy. Suitable for all ages 5+ (Tickets £17 adult, £10.50 child, £15 concession) Gilbert and Sullivan's most magical comic opera is set half in Fairyland, half in Westminster. Its surprisingly topical satire pokes fun at Love, Class and Politics – and on how people from different backgrounds form uneasy coalitions…. Many believe its sumptuous harmonies to be the most beautiful Sullivan wrote.

Food & Drink You are most welcome to bring a picnic to outdoor theatre at Logie Steading. Logie Whisky and Wine will be open for each Outdoor Theatre performance and have a range of bottled beers and small bottles of wine as well as their usual extensive range of wine and spirits - don't forget to bring some glasses! The Olive Tree Cafe are normally open selling drinks & cakes (details tbc).

Tickets available online at www.logie.co.uk, click on events link and follow onscreen instructions or phone 01309 611378

Let Us Know ‘What’s On’ In Your Area *Deadline for the August Issue: Friday, 3rd July* Email: tamsyn@spotlighton.co.uk Telephone: 01309 690063 Inclusion of events in What’s On is free.

We do not accept submissions for classes, courses or workshops.

Contact venues & organisers first as there may be changes to events.

Rolling Event until 24 july

ranger walk - bog life in the mossie, grantown-onspey 2pm - 5pm. meet at the town house, grantown. adults £4, conc. £3, family £11. contact saranne on 01479 873914 or saranne.bish@highland.gov.uk evening talk on stonework, pointing & render 6.30pm - 8.30pm, longmore hall, keith. informal talk and practical demonstration on the use of lime on sandstone buildings. free publications available and time for questions and advice. no charge for entry.

25 thursday

eastern illusion : an art exhibition by sherin elhegazi at elgin museum. normal opening times. for more information visit www.elginmuseum.org.uk

until 31 august scotland's gardens in moray & nairn: bruntlands bungalow alves, elgin, iv30 8uz, by arrangement: 07999 817715 or buss.shelter@virgin.net

until 31 august scotland's gardens in moray & nairn: castleview auchindoun, dufftown, ab55 4dy by arrangement: 01340 820941 or castleview10@hotmail.com

until further notice newbold house garden tasters saturdays 10am 12:30pm, 11 st. leonards road, forres. to learn more and share your own knowledge with others. all ages and abilities. for more info call 01309 672659 or visit www.newboldhouse.org

until 30 september the nelson tower, forres open every day from 2pm 4pm. manned by volunteers and managed by the forres heritage trust.

JUNE 2015 21 sunday - 28 sunday grantown 250 : after the ’45 grantown is celebrating during the week the town will host a wide diversity of related events. visit www.grantown250.org for info.

23 tuesday ranger walk - guided walk, insh marshes nnr 10am 3pm. meet at insh marshes car park. adults £5, conc. £3. contact Reserve office on 01540 661518 or insh@rspb.org.uk admin@spotlighton.co.uk

24 wednesday

garden open - bruntlands bungalow, alves 7pm 9pm. cold drinks, home bakes, plant stall, craft stall. £3 adults only. under scotland's garden scheme in aid of macmillan nurses. also open by arrangement throughout june, july, august. call 07999 817715 for more info visit www.scotlandsgardens.org

26 friday community car scheme music event - ceilidh, cake and raffle 2pm - 4pm at aviemore british legion. transport from £4 per person (must be booked in advance) £2 per person covers the cost of tea and cake. call 01479 810004 for more info.

27 saturday piping at forres - 2015 european pipe band championships grant park, forres. thousands of pipers and drummers from far and wide compete to be european champions in their grade. pipe majors and highland dancers also compete in this event. www.pipingatforres.com ranger walk - bogs, birds and birches at anagach, grantown-on-spey 2pm - 5pm. meet at town house, grantown. adults £4, conc £3, family £11. call saranne on 01479 873914 or saranne.bish@highland.gov.uk michael jackson tribute from 8pm at eight acres hotel, morriston rd, elgin. £12 per ticket, £25 to include dinner. to book call 01343 543077 or visit www.crerarhotels.com/eightacres 2010 events presents : the music farm 12pm til late at the loft, eastgrange farm, nr forres. over 20 breaking acts across 2 stages. £20 / u14 free. tickets from www.musicfarm.co.uk, at the red lion, forres, sound & vision, elgin or the music shop, invermess. scotland's gardens in moray & nairn: haugh garden college of roseisle, iv30 5ye. 2pm - 5pm, teas, home baking & plant stall.

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28 sunday brodie castle walk for parkinson's 10am registration.

1 mile walk around the pond area or 5 miles taking in woodland trails of culbin forest. start and end in the castle grounds. £10/u16 £5 - incl. fundraising pack, t-shirt and medal. call 0844 225 3781 or email scotlandfundraising@parkinsons.org.uk for info. david walliams ‘mr stink’ outdoor theatre @ brodie castle 3pm. ‘early bird discounted tickets’ and info at www.nts.org.uk/events. full price tickets available on the day or from the castle. gates open 2pm. take low back seating and dress for the weather! refreshments available before and during the interval. mighty moray drambuster - 24 hour adventure race bike, canoe and hike around moray to raise money for outfit moray, mfr cash for kids and quarriers' moray carer support service. £30 open to pairs only. visit www.outfitmoray.com/mightymoraydrambuster

afternoon teas arradoul swi 2pm - 4.30pm, near buckie. sandwiches, scones, pancakes and an assortment of cakes. £4 per person.

8 wednesday wildlife warriors kids club 2pm - 4pm, dolphin centre, spey bay. £5 per child for 3 sessions over three weeks or £2 per week. for children aged 4-10yrs and accompanied by an adult. booking essential. call 01343 820339 for more information. ranger walk - peeking into a pond, loch vaa 2pm 4pm, meet at laggantygown cemetery car park. adults £4, conc. £3, family £11. contact saranne on 01479 873914 or email saranne.bish@highland.gov.uk elgin museum handling session 11am - 2pm, elgin museum. a drop in session for families to handle geological and fossil specimens in the museum. www.elginmuseum.org.uk

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elgin museum children's activities 11am - 2pm, elgin museum. a craft session for children and parents, making "rock pets". www.elginmuseum.org.uk

ranger walk - caledonian pine guided walk, abernethy forest 9:30am - 1pm, meet at loch garten osprey centre car park. this will we every wednesday in july. adults £5, conc. £3. call the osprey centre on 01479 831476 or email abernethy@rspb.org.uk

10 friday

1 wednesday - 3 friday showtime - june roy school of dance doors open 6pm show starts 6.30pm, elgin town hall. for tickets contact elgin library 01343 562629. for more info call june roy on 01343 842426

3 friday

otter and osprey walk 7pm - 9pm, dolphin centre, spey bay. riverside ramble to discover more about these fabulous creatures and where to find them. £3 per person. booking essential. suitable for all, children to be accompanied by an adult. call 01343 820339. wear appropriate clothing and footwear. only one direction @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

10 friday - 11 saturday

seniors’ open golf competition @ abernethy golf club for ladies & men, nethy bridge. for info call 01479 821305 or visit www.abernethygolfclub.com

tomintoul motorcycle gathering the square, tomintoul. entertainment provided all weekend with beer, bbq, ride-out, games, competitions and live music. tomintoulmotorcyclegathering.yolasite.com

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11 saturday - 26 sunday

scottish traditional boat festival in portsoy from 10am. dance, music, crafts and the best regional food and drink all in the beautiful natural setting of portsoy harbour. for more info call 01261 842951 or visit www.stbfportsoy.com

exhibition of paintings by jude edgar - mixed-media landscapes, vibrant still lifes, art-history - inspired collages tues-fri 10am-4pm; sat &sun 12pm-5pm, in the main gallery, moray art centre, the park, findhorn tel: 01309 692 426. www.morayartcentre.org

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forres highland games 12pm - 5.30pm, grant park, victoria road, forres. for more info call 01309 673289 or visit www.forreshighlandgames.fsnet.co.uk

abernethy open gardens relax and explore gardens of different sizes and styles. see the unusual plants they grow in our challenging climate. see vegetable & greenhouse gardening. grab a light lunch and finish the day with a pimms in one of the gardens. nethybridge.com/events/abernethy-open-gardens/ afternoon teas arradoul swi 2pm - 4.30pm, near buckie. sandwiches, scones, pancakes and an assortment of cakes. £4 per person.

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14 tuesday

scotland's gardens in moray & nairn: 10 pilmuir road west, forres, iv36 2hl, plant stall.

inverallan old tyme dancing 7:30pm - 10pm at inverallan church hall, grantown-on-spey. mixed old

exhibition of paintings by ian mclachlan scott tues fri 10am - 4pm • sat & sun 12pm - 5pm, community gallery, moray art centre, the park, findhorn. call 01309 692426 or visit www.morayartcentre.org

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tyme and country dancing to live music. no partner required. £3 incl. tea and biscuits. call 01479 851353 or email: jane.mackintosh.01@btinternet.com

15 wednesday wildlife warriors kids club 2pm - 4pm, dolphin centre, spey bay. £2 per week. for children aged 4-10yrs and accompanied by an adult. booking essential. call 01343 820339 for more information. elgin museum handling session 11am - 2pm, elgin museum. a drop in session for families to handle ceramic objects from the museum collection and learn about them. www.elginmuseum.org.uk

16 thursday ceramics painting session 11am - 2pm at elgin museum. a craft activity session to paint your own pottery. free drop in session for families. visit www.elginmuseum.org.uk

spey bay. £2 per week. for children aged 4-10yrs and accompanied by an adult. booking essential. call 01343 820339 for more information.

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lossiemouth folk festival beach bar, commerce street, lossiemouth. laid back and relaxed festival. free event. for info call 01343 813164 or visit www.lossiefolkclub.co.uk

dufftown highland games 11am held on the last saturday in july since 1892, full programme of all light and heavy events, afternoon teas and beer tent. www.dufftownhighlandgames.com

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18 saturday - 19 sunday scotland's gardens in moray & nairn: bruntlands bungalow alves, elgin, iv30 8uz. 11am - 3pm, in tribute to the daylily (or hemerocallis). daylily plants for sale, cold drinks and home bakes plus craft stall. £3 adult admission. in aid of macmillan nurses.

18 saturday - 25 saturday hopeman gala a week long family event with something for everyone. www.hopemangala.co.uk

19 sunday afternoon teas arradoul swi 2pm - 4.30pm, near buckie. sandwiches, scones, pancakes and an assortment of cakes. £4 per person.

22 wednesday wildlife warriors kids club 2pm - 4pm, dolphin centre,

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28 tuesday ranger walk - guided walk, insh marshes nnr 10am 3pm, meet at insh marshes car park. £5 adults, £3 conc. contact the reserve office on 01540 661518 or email insh@rspb.org.uk

29 wednesday wildlife warriors kids club 2pm - 4pm, dolphin centre, spey bay. £5 per child for 3 sessions over three weeks or £2 per week. for children aged 4-10yrs and accompanied by an adult. booking essential. call 01343 820339 for more information.

31 friday community car scheme music event - ceilidh, cake and raffle 2pm - 4pm at newtonmore village hall. transport from £4 per person (must be booked in advance) £2 per person covers the cost of tea and cake. call 01479 810004 for more info.

31 july - 2 august speyfest fochabers. the best in traditional and contemporary celtic music. visit www.speyfest.com

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USEFUL INFORMATION Local & Bank Holidays and Special Days Local Holiday ** Summer Bank Holiday Local Holiday Dufftown Local Holiday § British Summertime Ends Halloween Bonfire Night Rememberance Sunday St Andrew’s Day Shortest Day

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