\Riverside

Monday, January 23, the guild meets at 2pm in the hall. “Go in joy” is the title of their discussion topic. St Blane’s Church On Sunday, the morning service and Sunday school will be held at 10am. Creche facilities for babies are available during the morning service. Tea and coffee will be served in the hall afterwards to which all are welcome. The evening service will be in St Blane’s at 6.30pm. The deadline for articles for the next issue of Chronicles is Saturday, January 28. The manse phone no is 01786 825324. Walking group Free health walk with trained leaders every Wednesday from 10.30am. Meet in front of Dunblane Cathedral. Whist Club Weekly sessions on Thursdays at the Victoria Hall from 1.30-3.30pm, all welcome. More information from Dolly Gemmell on 01786 822387. Dunblane Christian Fellowship Celebration service every Sunday at 10.30am with Kids Church and creche available. Chatty Crafters’ Club is on Tuesdays from 10am-1pm. Mother, baby and toddlers group every Tuesday from 2-4pm. For more information contact Duncan Strathdee on 07789 912259. Tea dance Next dance in the Victoria Hall is on Friday, January 20. Live music from Raymond Carse, doors open 1.30pm with dancing from 2-4pm. Tea and biscuits, bring your own mug. Cost £4. BB news There are a few tickets left for the BB Burns Supper which will be held on Saturday, January 28 at 7.30pm in the Cathedral Hall. Tickets, which include a three-course meal, are £10 and are available by calling or e-mailing using the details above. Entertainment - music, poetry and speeches - will be provided entirely by the BB boys, who will also be helping to prepare the meal. Donations of prizes for the raffle will be gratefully received. All funds raised will go to supporting the BB’s extensive programme for 180+ boys in Dunblane. To book, please call 01786 821387 or e-mail info@dunblanebb.org.uk. Anchor Boys resume for the spring term tonight (Wednesday) from 6.157.15pm at the Cathedral Hall. The BB will soon be offering the opportunity to learn chanter and eventually bagpipes. Parents of boys from P4 upwards who are interested should get in touch with Fraser Boyd to sign up. The cost of the instrument will be £25. Junior Section (P4-P6, 6.157.45pm) and Company Section (P7S6, 7.45-10pm) both meet as normal on Friday in the Cathedral Hall, with Company Section also meeting on Sunday at 9.20-10am for bacon rolls at bible class. Company Section trip to Xscape on Saturday leaves the cathedral at 5.45pm and returns at 11.15pm. For more information on the BB in Dunblane, please see www. dunblanebb.org.uk or on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @dunblanebb. Call 01786 821387. Cathedral Arts Guild On Sunday, January 22 at 3pm in the Cathedral Hall, Dick Lee’s Swingtet, featuring clarinet, guitars, bass and vocals, will give January a swinging start with the music of Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Benny Goodman and Co. Tickets are available at the door: adult £9, child/student/unemployed £2. Lodge of Dunblane No IX The annual Burns Supper will take place Friday, January 20 from 6.30pm for 7pm start. Tickets available from the club, RWM, secretary or treasurer. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Mike Robbins will be in Dunblane Library on Tuesday, January 24 at 6pm. St Mary’s Episcopal Church The coffee morning last Saturday in the cathedral halls raised £820 for Christian Aid. There will be a Youth Night in the church hall on Saturday, January 21 for P7 upwards at 6.30pm. There will be services at 8.30am and 10.30am on Sunday with coffee and tea after the later service. There is an ecumenical quiet day on Saturday, February 4 in St Mary’s Hall. Craft group meets in the committee room at 2pm on Monday, January 23. SNP Burns Supper Dunblane branch has a star-studded line-up of speakers and performers for the annual Burns Supper in the Victoria Hall on Saturday, January 28. The Toast to Scotland will be proposed by Depute First Minister John Swinney, while Billy Kay, renowned writer and broadcaster on Scots history and language, will propose the Immortal Memory. Gregor Wood will bring his unique rendition of ‘Holy Willie’s Prayer’; and two members of the Westminster Parliament, John Nicolson, MP for East Dunbartonshire, and Hannah Bardell, MP for Livingston, will cross swords in the battle of words and wits that is the Toast to the Lassies and the Reply. Gareth Perrie has assembled a talented group of musicians to maintain the high reputation of the Dunblane SNP Burns Supper for good singing, as well as for good food and good speakers. Tickets, £22, can be reserved by getting in touch with branch secretary Norman Sutherland at 01786 824661 or by email to norman.sutherland@tesco.net.

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Fallin Information Exchange Support and advice on alternate Wednesdays 9.30am-noon.

\Fishcross

Wee County Walkers A walk takes place every Tuesday, meet 2pm at Cats Protection League premises. See www.weecountywalkers.wordpress. com for details.

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Gaelic Parent and Child Group For children aged up to five meets Tuesdays 10am-noon in Menstrie Parish Church Hall. Cost £1.50. Wee County Walkers Meet Sundays at 2pm in Dumyat Centre car park. See www.weecountywalkers. wordpress.com for details. Menstrie Parish Church Every Wednesday T-in-2 (10.30-11.30am). All welcome. Church will also be open at this time each week. On Tuesday, January 24, guild resumes with reflexology demonstration, all welcome. Sunday, January 29 is Souper Sunday and soup will be served after the service with donations asked for in aid of the Church of Scotland’s HIV Programme. On Friday, February 3 at 7pm there is a musical evening with music from musicals and movies. Tickets £5 including refreshments. Menstrie UF Church Sunday worship at 10am will be conducted by Dr Alastair Durie. Visitors welcome.

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Bookbug Sessions are every other Monday in the library from 11.1511.45am for babies and pre-school children. Resumes in 2017.

\Raploch

Walking group Free health walks with trained leaders, Mondays from 11-11.45am, meet at the front entrance of the community campus. Contact Tricia on 07557 439111. Ochil Centre Every Monday 10.30am to noon, Messy Mondays toddlers playgroup. The Tuesday Club for the over 60s runs from noon-2pm - lunch with tea/coffee free. Every Wednesday 11am-noon, Stay and Play parent toddler group. Bingo every Wednesday and Sunday, eyes down 8pm. Call 01786 450011. Credit Union Open Tuesday and Thursday from 11.30am-2pm in community wing of Raploch Campus. Any financial requests should be made in advance of one week or at the main office in Cornton Community Centre which is open Monday from 9am-3pm and Friday from 4-6pm. St Mark’s Parish Church Tomorrow (Thursday) at 7pm the Kirk Session will meet in the small hall. Sunday services begin at 10.40am with a short prayer meeting in the session room. Intimations will be read at 10.50am, worship beginning at 11am. Parant is Paiste Gaelic Parent and child group for children up to age five meets on Mondays from 10am-noon in Riverside Primary School. £1.50 per session (includes snack). Call 07805 704884.

\St Ninians

Walking group Free health walk with trained leaders, Thursdays from 11.30am-12.15pm, meeting at the library in the Mayfield Centre. Contact Tricia on 07557 439111. Advice Citizens Advice Bureau outreach team is available every Wednesday at Hillview Community Centre, Cultenhove Place, from 1.304pm. No appointment necessary. St Ninians Community Church Sunday service is 11am with coffee/tea from 10.30am in the Mayfield Centre. All welcome. St Ninians Old Parish Church Service on Sunday at 10.30am will be conducted by Rev Jim Landels. There will be a creche and the Sunday club will meet. Articles for the next edition of the church magazine should be submitted on Sunday. The Tuesday Group Burns Supper will be held in the Parish Hall on Tuesday, January 24 at 7.30pm. Tickets costing £13 will be available on Sunday. There will be a meeting of the hall management committee on Tuesday, January 24 at noon. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Christine Simpson will be in Borestone Primary School tonight (Wednesday) at 6.30pm. Civil Defence Club Two bingo sessions every Wednesday and Sunday from 8pm. Entertainment on Saturday and Sunday by Billy Jay plus bingo. St Ninians UF Church On Sunday the service at 11am will be conducted by Rev Martin Keane. Children’s activities at the same time. Evening service at 7pm will be conducted by Mr Keane. On Tuesdays at 6.30pm XTB club for those in primary school will be held followed at 7.30pm by Source for those in P7–S2.