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\Alva

Alva Toddlers Tuesdays and Fridays 9.30-11.30am in the Cochrane Hall. Look on Facebook for Alva Toddlers. Darby and Joan Group Weekly whist and dominoes take place on Wednesdays at 1.45pm in the Cochrane Foundation Hall. Knitting group Meets at Parklands Centre, 7.30pm on the first and third Mondays of the month. Open doors Alva Baptist Church is open for tea/coffee and prayers on Wednesdays from 10am-noon. Wee County Walkers Meet for free Monday walks at noon from Cochrane Hall car park. New walkers and walk leaders welcome. See www. weecountywalkers.wordpress.com. Alzheimer Scotland Dementia cafe is held at 22 Viewfield Drive every Saturday from 2.30-4pm, £2.50. Contact Kerry MacPhee on 01786 831171 or email kmacphee@alzscot.org. Carpet bowls Monday and Friday sessions from 1.30-3.30pm at Alva Parklands. Call Pam on 01259 215031. Age Concern Meetings on Thursdays from 2pm in Alva Parish Church Hall. Notice board The notice board is outside the CAP/library. Anyone who wants to use it can see the notice board for details. Bridge club Club meets on Tuesdays at the Cochrane Foundation at 7pm. All levels of players are welcome and partners can be arranged. For details contact Sandra Hopkins on 01259 214963. Results from March 13: Adaline Wilson Trophy - 1 Dorothy Coulter and Alasdair Adam 59.90%; 2 Muriel Macleod and Betty Huntley 58.85%; 3 Sandra Hopkins and Pat Booth 54.17% and Hugh Logan and Brian Ramsay 54.17%; 4 Don Colquhoun and Bobby Stewart 53.65%.

\Bannockburn

Miners Welfare Social Club Bingo on Mondays and Wednesdays at 8pm. Community council Meets in Bannockburn Community Centre on the first Thursday of each month at 7pm. Stirling Christadelphian Church Bible hour is held on Sunday from 2.30pm with Sunday school at the same time. Allan Church Palm Sunday service at 11.15am with Rev Alan McKenzie. Welcome Team 3 on duty. Sunday school and creche available. Anyone interested in their children attending Sunday school please speak to Kirsty MacGowan (Sunday school superintendent). Weekly Tuesday coffee club 10-11.30am in Allan Church Hall with Team 1 on duty. Home baking served with tea or coffee, all welcome. The Community Craft Club meets today (Wednesday) from 2-4pm in Allan Church Hall. All welcome, tea and coffee 50p or donation. Any donations of wool will be gratefully received for the craft club. Donations of wool can be handed in at the coffee club, the craft club or on a Sunday. Organisers are looking for demonstrators - If you have an expertise and can assist with this please contact Margaret on 01786 813281. Nominating committee meets tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30pm in Allan Church Hall. Please note that the bus to the Macrobert Arts Centre to see Oliver! on Tuesday, March 27 will leave from the library at 6.45pm.The cost will be £4. Thank you to all who supported the Strathcarron Choir Concert last Friday evening. It was a tremendous evening and more than £400 was raised for the hospice. Anyone interested in finding out about how to use the digital hymnary please contact Lesley 07968 329764 or Douglas. On Saturday, March 31, at 10am there is an Easter coffee morning in Allan Church Hall. The local churches’ joint Palm Sunday service is in Ladywell Church at 7pm. On Easter Sunday (April 1), there will be a service in the park at 9.15am followed by breakfast in the Allan Church Hall, followed by morning worship at 11.15am. Murrayfield UF Church Acoustic concert featuring singer-songwriter Rob Halligan is tomorrow (Thursday) at 7.30pm. Tickets are £8 at the door. Palm Sunday service at 10.30am will be led by Rev Gary Barclay. Welcoming team is Mrs M White and Mr A Morgan and offering team is Mr and Mrs D Robertson. The local churches’ joint Palm Sunday service is in Ladywell Church at 7pm. The recently postponed valuation evening has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 12. Holy Week Services next week are at 7pm in the following churches: Monday – Murrayfield UF; Tuesday – Allan; Wednesday – Murrayfield UF; Maundy Thursday – Ladywell and Good Friday – Allan. Ladywell Church Coffee morning is from 10am till noon tomorrow (Thursday). Also on Thursday the Craft Club meets at 8 Park Crescent at 7.30pm. Service on Sunday at 11.15am will be led by the minister Rev Liz Robertson. Sunday school is held during the service. Team Four will be on duty. The local churches’ joint Palm Sunday service is in Ladywell Church at 7pm.

\Braehead

Lunch club Meets on Wednesdays in the Crawford Hall, Colquhoun Street, 1-3pm. Scouts Beavers (ages 6-8) meet on Wednesdays, Cubs (ages 8-10) meet on Mondays and Scouts (ages 10-14) meet on Fridays. Contact braeheadscouts@hotmail.com for more information. The Scouts will be holding a fundraising race night on Friday, March 30, in Bannockburn Miners Welfare Social Club. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets are available by emailing scoutleader88th@hotmail. co.uk or on the door. Adult tickets are £5, ages 5-15 are £2.50 and under-5s are free. Rainbows The 3rd Stirling Rainbows meet in North Parish Church Hall. Details from braeheadrainbows@ gmail.com. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Chris Kane will be in Braehead Primary School on Monday, March 26 at 6.30pm. Community Garden Braehead Community Garden 2018 memberships available now. Log on to www. braehead.org/garden or drop in any Tuesday or Saturday between 10.30am and noon to find out more. Stirling North Parish Church Today (Wednesday) 10am-noon Coffee Pot Cafe, all welcome. Tomorrow (Thursday) 9.30am under fives Easter event. Sunday schedule: 9.50am Elders meet; 10.30am Palm Sunday service which will include ordination of new elders (creche and zones available); 6.30pm evening service. Holy Week services as follows: Monday - Viewfield Erskine Church with Rev G McIntyre; Tuesday - Allan Park South Church with Rev S McInnes; Wednesday - St Columba’s Church with Rev Alan Miller; Maundy Thursday Stirling North Church with Rev Alex Millar and Good Friday - St Ninians Old with Jean Porter DCS. All services will begin at 7pm.

\Bridge of Allan

Parish Church Palm Sunday service takes place at the usual time of 11am and will be conducted by Rev Dan Harper. Sunday school meets at the usual time. Little Lentils - faith-based fun for pre-schoolers and their adults continues in the meeting room. Coffee fellowship will be served in the Chalmers Hall afterwards. The joint Lent Study Course continues tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30pm at St Saviour’s Episcopal Church. This week’s theme is Reformed Spirituality by Rev Dan Harper. This will be followed by a Q&A session and evening prayer. Guild is holding a Daffodil Tea on Saturday, April 7 from 2-4pm in the Chalmers Hall. Tickets, price £3, will be on sale at coffee fellowship on Sunday or from committee members. You can also pay at the door. The next meeting of the Book Group is on Monday, April 23 to discuss The Tobacconise by Robert Seethaler. For further details, please contact the church office. St Saviour’s Episcopal Church services are on Sundays at 8am and 10am sung Eucharist. Creche and young church go to the church hall for stories and activities first. Coffee and tea are served in the church hall after the 10am service. On Wednesdays at 11am in the choir vestry there is a quiet, peaceful service. Tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30pm, the Lent Course talk and discussion on Reformed Spirituality is led by Rev Dan Harper, Bridge of Allan Parish Church, concluding with Compline.Sunday, March 25 is Palm Sunday. The 10am service starts in St Saviour’s Hall followed by a short procession into the church. There will be a Start Up Stirling box at the back of church for donations of tinned soups, pasta and toiletries etc. Please give what you can it will be appreciated. Diary dates: Saturday, April 21 at 2pm - Bridge of Allan Bake Off with afternoon tea. There will be a flower demonstration during the judging of the cakes. Saturday, April 28 at 7.30pm - In memory of WFT Anderson: a concert of songs, music and memories to celebrate Artlink Central’s 30th anniversary. Includes wine, canapes and art exhibition in Holy Trinity Church, Stirling. Tickets £20. www.artlinkconcert.eventbrit. com. Lecropt Kirk Sunday worship commences at 11.30am conducted by Rev Gary Caldwell. Sunday school and Bible class meet in church at same time. Door duty: John Crozier, Karen Shaw and Janice McGuinness. Stated Annual Meeting takes place after the service. All welcome. Walking groups With trained leaders on Wednesdays 2-2.45pm. Contact Frances on 01786 821790 for the meeting point. Stirling University Partnership walk group is on Saturdays 10.30am-noon, meeting at the Macrobert. Call Ian on 07768 984176. Crochet and knitting A group meets in the library on the last Thursday of each month 2.30-4.30pm. Donations of leftover wool welcome. Allanbridge Social Club Two function rooms are available to hire. Enquiries on 01786 832198 or 07840 518896 or Facebook. Rock’n’Reel Fitness classes for the over-60s with routines set to Scottish/ contemporary music every Tuesday in Bridge of Allan Parish Church from 2-3pm. This is a seated or standing class and is suitable for wheelchair users. Cost is £4, including coffee. Call Tricia Chillas on 07740 676639. Young at Heart Low-impact dance fitness classes for ages 50-plus are on Mondays in Bridge of Allan Parish Church Hall from 2-2.45pm and Friday 11-11.45am. For more information call Janice on 07565 182259. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Alasdair Tollemache will be in Bridge of Allan Library on Saturday, March 24 at 10am. Eucharist 25. Book group ‘Knowing God’ by JI Packer is on Monday, March 26 at 7pm in the church hall. Friendship group will visit the Smith Art Gallery and Museum today (Wednesday), meeting in the church hall car park at 10am. Gents’ lunch today (Wednesday) noon for 12.30pm in the church hall. CambusBairns on Fridays in the church hall from 9.15-10.45am; Rock Solid on Fridays from 6.30-8pm in the church hall. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Jim Thomson will be in the village hall on Monday, March 26 at 7pm.

\Causewayhead

Baby and toddler group Every Thursday at Stirling County Rugby Club from 10-11.30am. Cost £2 for the first child and 50p for additional children. Cost includes snack for children and tea/coffee. Cornerstone Community Church Service on Sundays at 10.30am in Wallace High School. Groups for children of all ages. Logie Kirk Palm Sunday service begins at 10.45am with a procession from the Old Kirk followed by the service in the kirk at 11am led by Rev Ruth Halley. Creche available. A coffee morning is held every Tuesday in the hall at Causewayhead at 10am. Lunch club meets in the hall every Thursday at 12.30pm. Any seniors in the area wishing to join should contact Elizabeth Crozier on 01259 213016. Afternoon club for retired people meets twice monthly in the hall on Wednesdays from 2pm. For more information contact Sheila Innes.

\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. Also meet at Stirling Community Hospital from 11am. Contact walking@activestirling.org.uk. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Today (Wednesday) the Lent Study Group continues at 10.30am at the Rectory and also tomorrow (Thursday) at 8.15pm in the church hall. On Friday, March 23, Holy Communion will be celebrated at 11am and on Palm Sunday (March 25) there will be Holy Communion at 8.30am followed by Sung Eucharist at 10.30am. Also on Sunday at 7pm there will be a performance of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and other music for Passiontide. Admission is by donation and light refreshments will be available. On Tuesday, March 27, Holy Week Reflection and Compline will take place at 7.30pm. Church hall is available for hire. Please contact shaws1@ talktalk.net for more information. All welcome to services and activities. Viewfield Erskine Church Sunday worship is at 10am with guest preacher Rev Scott Dennis and organist Mr Alex Christie. Choir practice at 9.30am in the church before morning service. Tea and coffee served after the morning service in the Upper Hall. Queen Street Methodist Church There will be a service for Palm Sunday on Sunday at 10.30am led by Mr Peter Mills. Creche and junior church groups will be available during the service and refreshments will be served afterwards. The StartUp boxes will be available to receive donations, particularly UHT milk, jars of cooking sauce and tinned meat. Church of the Holy Rude Sunday service at 11.30 am will be conducted by Revd. Scott Dennis PCUSA and Doctoral Student at New College. Stirling Free Church Meeting on Sunday in the Smith Museum and Art Gallery at 11am with minister Rev Iain MacAskill and at 5.30pm in The Well, Upper Craigs with speaker Mairi Dawson from The Leprosy Mission. Bible study groups will meet on Wednesday, March 28 at 7.30pm in the usual venues. Walk of Witness on Good Friday (March 30) is at 11am-12.30pm starting at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Dum,barton Road. Meetings in The Well this week: tonight (Wednesday) prayer Meeting at 7.30pm with Mizpah ministries; tomorrow (Thursday) drop In at 2pm; Tuesday, March 27 Wee Wellies at 10.30am. St Columba’s Church The Library Book Club meets today (Wednesday) at 2pm. Sunday service at 11am will be led by Rev. Alex Millar. The Annual Business Meeting will take place tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30pm Allan Park South Church The service on Sunday at 10.30am will be conducted by the minister Rev Alistair Cowper and Sunday Stars for younger children takes place during the time of worship. Tea and coffee will be served downstairs in the hall immediately thereafter. Wellbeing Choir takes place every Tuesday at 7.30pm. The lunch club meets every Thursday from noon until 2pm and all are welcome. A community spring coffee morning will be held on Saturday, March 24 in the large hall from 11am-1pm. Donations of home baking would be welcomed. Full details of all church events are on the website: www.apschurch.com. Contact number for all enquiries is Mr Cowper on 01786 471998 or 07791 524504 or by email: acowper@ churchofscotland.org.uk. Holy Week Services as follows: Monday - Viewfield Erskine Church with Rev G McIntyre; Tuesday - Allan Park South Church with Rev S McInnes; Wednesday - St Columba’s Church with Rev Alan Miller; Maundy Thursday - Stirling North Church with Rev Alex Millar and Good Friday - St Ninians Old with Jean Porter DCS. All services will begin at 7pm. St Mary’s RC Church Holy Week services: Saturday, March 24 6.15pm Vigil Mass (Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion); Sunday, March 25 - 11.30am Mass (Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion); Monday, March 26 - 7–9pm Confessions; Tuesday, March 27 - 9.40am Morning Prayer, 10am Mass, 7pm Chrism Mass (St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh); Thursday, March 29 (Maundy Thursday) - 9.40am Morning Prayer, 7.30pm Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper followed by Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament until 10pm; Friday, March 30 (Good Friday) 9.40am Morning Prayer; 3pm The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord; 7pm Novena to the Divine Mercy (1st Day); Saturday, March 31 (Holy Saturday) - 9.40am Morning Prayer, 10am Novena to the Divine Mercy (2nd day), Noon The Blessing of Easter Food. There are no scheduled Confessions on Holy Saturday.