\Riverside

Tuesday, January 9 at the normal time of 10am in the hall at Causewayhead. There will be no lunch club tomorrow (Thursday) or Thursday, January 4 and club will resume on January 11 at the normal time of 12.30pm. Any seniors in the area wishing to join should contact Elizabeth Crozier on 01259 213016.

\City centre

Walking group A free health walk with trained leaders takes place every Monday from 2-2.45pm. Meet at Stirling bus station by the ticket office. Next walk January 8. Also meet at Stirling Community Hospital from 11am. Next walk Janaury 8. Contact walking@activestirling.org.uk. Stirling Free Church Sunday service at the Smith 11am with Rev Iain Macaskill, no evening meeting. New Year’s Day: Joint service in Dunblane Free Church at 11am. St Mary’s RC Church Sunday, December 31 - Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 6.15pm (Saturday, December 30): Vigil Mass, 11.30am: Sunday Mass. New Year’s Day (January 1) - Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God: Holy Mass at 11.30am. Church of the Holy Rude All services over the New Year period will be conducted by Rev Alan Miller. On Sunday at 11am there will be a joint service with Viewfield Erskine Church held in Holy Rude and there will be a baptism that day. On Sunday, January 7 there will be a joint service held in Viewfield Erskine Church and the Sacrament of Holy Communion will be observed. Beginning on January 14 all services in the Holy Rude will commence at 11.30am until the end of June. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church On Friday, December 29 - Holy Innocents Day - Holy Communion will take place at 11am and on Sunday, December 31 Holy Communion will be celebrated at 8.30am followed by Sung Eucharist at 10.30am. The church hall is available for hire. Please contact shaws1@talktalk.net for more information. Viewfield Erskine Church On Sunday there is a joint service at the Church of the Holy Rude at 11am with Rev AF Miller. Service on Sunday, January 7 will be another joint service, this time at Viewfield Church, at 11am.

\Cornton

Credit union Cornton and District Credit Union is open every Monday from 9am-3pm and Fridays 4pm6pm in the community centre. The office will be open on Friday, December 29, closed January 1. Needles and Pins Group returns after the festive break on Monday, January 22. Cornton Baptist Church Sunday service at 11am with Rev Hamish Wishart (Dedication - Fulfilling the Law).

\Dunblane

Walking group Free health walk with trained leaders every Wednesday from 10.30am. Meet in front of Dunblane Cathedral. Next walk January 10. Contact walking:activestirling.org.uk. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Alastair Majury will be in the library on Saturday, January 6 at 10am. Whist club Club returns on Thursday, January 11. More details from Dolly Gemmell on 01786 822387. St Blane’s Church On Sunday the morning service will be at 10am. Creche available, tea and coffee served in the hall afterwards. Check out the St Blane’s website at www. dunblanestblanes.org. Sermons are now being uploaded. Free Church Sunday’s services are at 11.30am with Kidz Club and creche plus evening service at 6.30pm. Prayer and Bible study meet on Thursdays at 7.30pm. More info from session clerk Innes Macleod on 01259 760566. Men’s breakfast at Choices coffee shop, Main Street, on the third Saturday of every month at 8am. Call Alasdair Lunan 07886 216593. Dunblane Christian Fellowship Service every Sunday at 10.30am with Kids Church and creche available. Chatty Crafters club, mother, baby and toddlers group and cafe will resume in mid-January. Call Duncan Strathdee on 07789 912259. Civic Society The first meeting of 2018 is on Monday, January 8 at 7.30pm in the Leighton Room in the Cathedral Halls when Katie Haddock will talk about her travels in mid-India. A warm welcome to all who would like to join, visitors’ admission is £2.

\Cowie

One O’Clock Gang Lunch club in the Miners Welfare Club, Mondays, 1pm. Miners Welfare New memberships for 2017/18 due.

\Menstrie

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 for walk with trained leaders. See www.weecountywalkers.wordpress. com. Parish Church There is a concert on Saturday, January 13 at 2.30pm by Ayman Jarjour, renowned international guitarist. Entry by donation. Menstrie UF Church Sunday worship will be held at 10am and will be conducted by Rev Jason Lingiah. The minister can be contacted at the manse on 01259 215 278. More information can be found on Facebook @menstrieufchurch.

\Plean

Library Bookbug sessions every other Monday in the library, 11.1511.45am for babies and pre-school children. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Alasdair MacPherson will be in the Balfour Centre on Monday, January 8 at 6pm.

\Raploch

Ochil Centre Monday 10.30am to noon, Messy Mondays toddlers playgroup. The Tuesday Club for over-60s noon-2pm – lunch with tea/ coffee free. Wednesday 11am-noon, Stay and Play parent toddler group. Bingo Wednesday and Sunday, 8pm. Call 01786 450011. Credit union The office in Raploch Campus is closed until Tuesday, January 9. Cornton Community 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 (includes snack). Call 07805 704884.

\St Ninians

Walking group Free health walk with trained leaders, Thursdays from 11am, meeting at Battle of Bannockburn Centre, Glasgow Road. Next walk is January 11. Contact walking@ activestirling.org.uk. St Ninians Community Church There is no Sunday service on December 31. The RE:Fresh Cafe is now closed until Friday, January 12. St Ninians Old Parish Church Service on Sunday at 10:30am will be conducted by Rev Gary McIntyre. Visitors welcome. St Ninians UF Church On Sunday a service to mark the end of the year will be held at 11am and conducted by Rev Martin Keane. There will be no evening service this Sunday. Civil Defence Club Two sessions of bingo on Wednesday and two on Friday, December 29 (only). Entertainment on Saturday by John Davidson plus bingo. Club closed Sunday (Hogmanany).

\Throsk

Community centre Cash bingo Wednesdays, 7.30pm. Fundraising clairvoyance night on Friday, September 22, at 7.30pm with medium Dominic Boag. Tel 01786 812021. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Alasdair MacPherson will be in the community centre on Tuesday, January 9 at 6pm.

\Tillicoultry

Wee County Walkers Meet Saturdays, 10.30am near the Nike outlet at Sterling Mills in Cochrane Hall car park. See www.weecountywalkers. wordpress.com.