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Clubs and Societies ACTIVE BOXING Fri, 6.15pm - 7pm, Turriff Sports Centre. Call 01888 563800 turriff.sports@aberdeenshire. gov.uk AUDREY WATT SCHOOL OF DANCE Lemonbank Place, Macduff Call 01261 833194 or email at audidancer22@gmail.com BUGGY FRIENDLY RUNNING SESSIONS Fri, 9.30am - 10.30am, Turriff sports centre. for info email turriffrunningclub@gmail.com CLANN ALBA KICKBOXING Wed, 7pm - 9pm, The Royal Oak, Turriff. Open to all CRAFTY WEDNESDAYS Wed, 1.30pm - 3.30pm, The Royal Oak, Turriff. £2. Call Mary Martin on 01888 563954 or at marymartin1953@btinternet.com DEVERON, BOGIE & ISLA RIVERS CHARITABLE TRUST The Trust's objectives are to conserve, protect & rehabilitate salmon, sea-trout & trout & other indigenous wildlife. Call 01466 711388 or at office@deveron.org GLASS BABY & TODDLER GROUP Tues, 1.30pm - 3pm, Glass Primary School. £1 per family Call Debbie Milne on 07933 726158 or email at debbiemilne89@hotmail.co.uk KENNETHMONT TODDLERS Thurs 9.30am - 11.30am, Rannes Hall, Kennethmont. For u5s. Come along to our group for a chat & a cuppa. We also have excellent toys for kids of all ages & regularly do craft & music sessions. Adults £1.50, children 50p.

LADIES BADMINTON Held weekly at Stewarts Hall, Huntly. Call Marlo Luedi on 01466 793154

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LINE DANCING Mon, 11am - 1pm., the British Legion, Turriff, Adults £5, Seniors £4. Call Linda West on 01261 851537 POUND FIT Tues, 6pm - 7pm, the Royal Oak, Turriff. A drumming inspired workshop at Yoga mat required.

RHYNIE BABIES &TODDLERS Fri (term-time only), 9.15am 11.15am, Rhynie Community Hall. u3s, £1 entry. Email Laura Allan at lallan336@gmail.com ROCK SOLID YOUTH GROUP 1st Fri of month, 7pm - 9pm & once a month on a Sun. Rock Solid is a youth group within the church & is open to anyone between the ages of S1 - S6. For information email rocksolid@ stniniansandforglen.org.uk SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Tues, 7.30pm - 9.30pm. No experience needed. Call Irene Morrison on 01888 562557 ST NINIANS & FORGLEN MENS’ DISCUSSION GROUP 2nd Thurs of month, 7.30pm 9pm. A forum for men to meet for informal discussion, from a Christian perspective, about current affairs, moral issues, Biblical texts, or anything else of interest.

ST NINIANS & FORGLEN WOMEN’S GROUP 2nd Wednesday of month. Fun, chatting & a variety of informal activities. Call Jill on 01888 563850 or 01888 560282 ST NINIANS BADMINTON CLUB Turriff Call 01888 563800 or 07791 630267 TABLE TOP SALE 1st Sun of month, 12.30pm - 4pm.

Call Jackie on 07977 447416

New members welcome! Call Gordon Hay on 01888 562763

TOWNS TOGETHER CYCLE TOUR The Towns Together Forum is looking to develop a cycle route linking together the nine participating towns. These towns are Turriff, Banchory, Banff/Macduff, Ellon, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Inverurie, Peterhead & Stonehaven. A lot of work needs to be done to progress this idea further & all comments would be welcome Call 01466 799416 or email at donald.boyd@huntly.net

TURRIFF COMMUNITY SINGERS Tues, 7.30pm - 8.30pm, the Royal Oak for £2, all welcome.

TURRIFF CRICKET CLUB The Haughs Call 07769 606679 TURRIFF GOLF CLUB Rosehall, Turriff Call 01888 562982 or email at secretary@turriffgolf.sol.co.uk

TRANQUILITY & THE NORTHERN ROUGH RIDERS Sun, Tranquility, Drumblair. We do wild west re-enactment, make western movies & have weekend events. Email Alistair Baranowski (Club Organiser & Founder) at tranquility_town@hotmail.co.uk www.facebook.com/TranquilityWildWestTown/ TURRIFF & DISTRICT ACCORDION CLUB Encouraging the playing & appreciation of traditional Scottish music particulary accordion & fiddle playing. All welcome! Call Pat Steele on 01888 562486 or email at penelopefield@aol.com TURRIFF BABY, PARENT & TODDLER GROUP Tues & Thurs, 10am - 11.30am, the Turriff Baden Powell Centre, everyone welcome up to 5yrs.

For information email alieeestrath@hotmail.co.uk TURRIFF BOOK LOVERS READING CLUB 1st Mon of month. For information call 01888 562539 TURRIFF BOWLING CLUB Bowling Green Road, Turriff, Aberdeenshire. For information call 01888 562676 or turriffbc@btconnect.com TURRIFF BRIDGE CLUB Thurs, 7pm, Turriff Bowling Club.

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TURRIFF GYMNASTICS CLUB Turriff Sports Centre Email Ashley Swallow at ashswallow21@gmail.com TURRIFF JUDO CLUB Turriff Sports Centre Call Katrina Mcallister on 01888 561460 TURRIFF NETBALL CLUB Turriff Sports Centre Call Norma Brownie on 01651 821203 or email at nembrownie@aol.com TURRIFF RUNNING CLUB Wed, 7pm - 8pm starting at the Turriff Sports Centre. All abilities welcome. £1 a session TURRIFFIC ARTS - CREATIVE WORKSHOP DAYS 1st Sat of month, 10am - 3pm.

Find out whats on by calling 07936 124298 or email at turriffic.arts@hotmail.co.uk YVONNE MILNE DANCE SCHOOL Boggieshalloch, Turriff Call 01888 563563 or 07711 526043 or email at yvonne.milne@btinternet.com

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As the festive season draws near we are encouraged to spare a thought for our neighbours or people that live on their own but of course people living on the own are not just on their own at Christmas.

A kind word, a pint of milk or a cup of tea shared can brighten anybody’s day and we can actually do this at any time of the year.

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Reader, God did not give the Ten Commandments as a means of approach and acceptance with Him if you kept them, but to show you that you cannot keep them, because you are a sinner and separated by your sins from Him. You have a need of a Saviour, that your sins might be washed away. All have sinned, all need the Saviour which is Christ the Lord. He alone is the way, the truth and the life the only way back to God for you. Do you know the Lord Jesus as your Saviour?

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings I was brought up as part of a family of four in the north-east of Scotland.

Unlike many in the church family, I wasn’t brought up in a Christian home.

As I look back, I realise I didn’t really experience a true sense of love when I was growing up. And the situations that developed because of drink in the family home fuelled an insecurity within me.

As I entered my teenage years, it wasn’t long before I started to push the boundaries.

Whether through disobeying my parents within the home, misbehaving at school, or getting up to mischief with friends, trouble was never far away. My teenage experience was not unlike many in my generation. By the age of sixteen I was getting drunk every weekend, and my life revolved around Friday nights. Sexual relationships were as common, and frequent drug use followed suit. My life as they say was a recipe for disaster.

By the time I reached the age of 20, I had lost count of the wrong things I had done. I had many regrets, and was carrying a lot of guilt. So much so in fact, that many nights I would cry myself to sleep. Despite my heavy use of cannabis, many nights I couldn’t get to sleep because my conscience was so troubled.

I had been working at a fish processing factory in Peterhead for a few months when a co-worker there invited me to come along to a‘gospel service’ the following Sunday evening, I had no problems saying yes.

As I entered the church meeting that night, a lasting impression was made on me by the family seated beside us.

They welcomed me as if they had always known me, and it gave me a feeling of acceptance and belonging.

The minister stood up to speak. He spoke that night about how each person is born a ‘sinner,’ meaning we have all done and said things that are wrong. Then he explained that the reason for Jesus Christ coming to earth and dying on the cross was to take the punishment for our sin. And because He did this we have the opportunity of forgiveness and freedom from sin.

In realising for the first time what Jesus had done for me I was blown away.

I’ve often said since that before that moment, it was like I had been trying to piece together the puzzle of life without having the picture on the box to guide me. In a moment, a divine moment, my spiritual eyes were opened. I realised that I needed to ask Jesus to forgive me for the sin in my life. And that I needed to thank Him for

Gordon Presbytery Email gordoncoscotland.org.uk. www.presbyteryofgordon.org.uk Auchterless Church Rev Stephen J Potts Tel: 01888 511058.

Christ Church, Provost Street, Huntly. Rev. Michael Last.

Sundays 10:30am Huntly Christian Fellowship, 10:30am at the Linden Centre, Tim Gordon-Roberts 0146679439 Huntly Parish Church Rev. Thomas Calder, 01466792630 Marnoch New Church, Aberchirder Tel: 01466 781143. Email amacgregor@churchofscotland.org.uk Monquhitter & New Byth Tel: 01888 560304. Email jcook@churchofscotland.org.uk.

St Andrew’s Church, Turriff. Sunday 11.15am. Tel: 01888 560304.

Email jcook@churcchofscotland.org.uk St Congan’s Church, Turriff. First & second Sunday of month: Holy Communion, 10.30am; third Sunday of month: Mornig Prayer/Family Service, 10.30am; fourth & fifth Sundays of month: page 6 - December 2017

what He had done for me. And this is what I did soon after.

From that night, He began to change me from the inside out. It literally felt like the slate had been wiped clean. I’d been forgiven. Many things in my life began to change. The desire for drugs and alcohol was supernaturally taken away. The way I spoke, thought and acted changed drastically. And the desire for ‘christian’ things quickly became everything to me.

Are you carrying a weight of guilt and shame? You can find peace and forgiveness through Jesus, just as I did. You might think you don’t deserve such a thing, but realise that it’s the desire of God to forgive you, to give you salvation.

“God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” - Romans 5:8

Pastor Stuart Watt Mintlaw Community Church & Pitsligo Community Church

Holy Communion, 10.30am. Contact Gordon Brown, Lay Reader, 01345 518411. Email gordon@derbyhall.plus.com St Kanes Church, New Deer Sunday service 11:30am. Currently seeking new minister. Tel: 01771 644097. Email web@stkanes.org.uk St Margeret's Church, Huntly. Sundays 9:45am St Marnan, Aberchirder. Rev Michael Last.

St Ninian’s & Forglen Church, Turriff. Rev Kevin Gruer 01888 563850 or email minister@stniniansandforglen.org.uk Strathbogie Drumblade, Huntly Tel: 01466 792702 Turriff Baptist Church, The Town House, Turriff. 11am service. Deacon Neil Mclean: 01888 560241 If you are a member of a church not listed here or if there are any amendments to existing details, please email linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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Local & Bank Holidays and Special Days St Andrew’s Day 1st Sunday in Advent 2nd Sunday in Advent 3rd Sunday in Advent Shortest Day Christmas Day Boxing Day Hogmanay

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New Year’s Day Mon 1st Jan 2018 New Year’s Day (substitute) Tues 2nd Jan 2018 Epiphany Sat 6th Jan 2018 Burns Night Thurs 25th Jan 2018 Valentine’s Day Wed 14th Feb 2018 Ash Wednesday Wed 14th Feb 2018 St David’s Day Thurs 1st Mar 2018 Mothering Sunday Sun 11th Mar 2018

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PHARMACIES Boots Pharmacy, Turriff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01888 562413 Duke Street Pharmacy, Huntly . . . . . . . . . . 01466 792141 Largue Pharmacy, Huntly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01466 792728 Strachan Pharmacy Turriff. . . . . . . . . . . . . 01888 562403 VILLAGE HALLS AND COMMUNITY CENTRES Auchterless, Inverkeithny & Fisherford Community Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01888 511331 Fyvie, Rothienorman &Monquhitter Community Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01651 891652 Gateway Community Centre . . . . . . . . . . . 01888 562562 Linden Centre, Huntly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01466 405953 Stewarts Hall, Huntly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01467 537753 Turriff & District Community Council . . . . . . 01888 562363 VETS Deveron Vets, Turriff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01888 563217 Dunnydeer Veterinary Group . . . . . . . . . . . 01464 820235 Seafield Veterinary Group . . . . . 01542 882209 (Keith) or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01542 835207 (Buckie) Strathbogie Veterinary Centre . . . . . . . . . . 01466 792627

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Rolling Events 28 november - 2 december

bookbug rhymetime 10am - 10.30am, huntly library free. a song, rhyme & story session for babies, toddlers & pre-school children & their parents or carers. no need to book. call 01466 405950

30 thursday bond - an unauthorised parody 7.30pm, new deer public hall, turriff. bond is back… older, less fit but still wisecracking.

December 2017 1 friday - 2 saturday "snow white and the magnificent seven": cullen disasters fri, 7pm sat, 2pm & 7pm, hall church cullen. adult £7, primary children £3 call isobel addison on 01542 840610 ianaddison43@hotmail.com http://cullen-deskford-church.org.uk

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aurora productions: sleeping beauty 7.30pm; fri 5pm & 8pm; sat matinee 2.30pm, stewarts hall, huntly. stalls £12, balcony £14 tickets and more times at auroramusic.co.uk

November 2017 27 monday - 3 december

fyvie castle christmas festival 10am - 4pm, fyvie castle, turriff. over three days fyvie castle will be transformed into a festive treat for all adults £4 (at the door), children free. art, craft & food plus carol singers with festive (non alcoholic) mulled wine in the library &, of course, santa!! call 01381 621962

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turriff winter wonderland 9am - 5pm, various venues, turriff. an illuminated pathway through the festive woodland

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with stalls, food & drink, etc. also santa's grotto & reindeer

2 saturday- 3 sunday victorian christmas 2017 10am - 4pm , delgatie castle, turriff. £5 (price for children incl present from Santa). crafters selling food & crafts throughout the castle. adults get a glass of mulled wine on arrival

3 sunday buckie choral union christmas concert: guest artists keith silver band 7.30pm, bellie church,

fochabers. £10 adult, £5 children (incl refreshments). tickets from choir members, christies chemist & at door. call claire menzies on 01542 850378 or email at menziesenzie@btopenworld.com www.buckiechoral.org the den dasher featuring the tinsel trot 11am, the haughs, turriff. 5k timed christmas themed run, as well as a kids fun run at 10:40am. £5.

9 saturday andy hall tour 2pm, turriff library. free. andy hall will be visiting to give a talk and slideshow followed by a q & a on his new book. call 01888 530830 turriff.library@aberdeenshire.gov.uk banffshire field club: walking in the dolomites; speaker - bob davis 2.15 pm - 3.45 pm, st rufus church hall, turner street, keith. members £2, visitors £3. call dr alistair mason on 01261 812941 or email bfc.1880@gmail.com. www.banffshirefieldclub.co.uk

10 sunday calum mackenzie jones live 3pm - 6pm, the northern lights, buckie. all welcome

4 monday messy play huntly:messy christmas party 10.30am - 11.30am, stewart's hall, huntly. suitable 6 months to 10yrs. for more information & to book your place see website. www.messarounduk.com/morayaberdeenshire

6 wednesday the arts society speyside lecture: glad tidings; the story of the annunciation 11 am - coffee & tea served from 10.15am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome/£7 for visitors. call membership secretary on 07789 880481

7 thursday foodie favourites evening 7pm, new deer st kanes church. free. come along & watch cooking demonstrations along with top tips & ideas at our foodie favourites evening.

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fraserburgh super saturdays - christmas event 10am, saltoun square, fraserburgh. free though some attractions may cost. themed street market christmas event, including an ice-skating rink

17 sunday huntly crafters’ christmas fayre 11am 3:30pm, stewart's hall, huntly. christmas shopping & farmer's market all in one day and one place!

18 monday networks of wellbeing: tea dance 1pm - 4pm, stewarts hall, huntly. £3. free dance lessons for beginners 1pm – 2pm. call 01466 793732

22 friday tea dance in aid of alzheimer scotland 1.30pm - 4pm, stewarts hall, huntly. £3. normal tea dance with all proceeds going to alzheimer scotland. there will be a few competitions & home-bakes

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