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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 Next meeting takes place tomorrow (Thursday) at 1pm in Alva Parish Church Hall. Notice board The noticeboard 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. Community council Monthly meeting is on Monday, May 14 at 7.30pm in Alva Baptist Church. All welcome. If you have any item you wish to have discussed you can email info@alvacommunitycouncil.org.uk or contact the community council via Alva CAP. Minutes available on the website at www.alvacommunitycouncil.org.uk, Facebook and Twitter.

\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 2.15pm with Sunday school at the same time. Allan Church Sunday service is at 11.15am led by Rev Ken Russell with Welcome Team 4 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 from 10-11.30am in Allan Church Hall. Team 2 on duty serving home baking served with tea or coffee. All proceeds from this coffee morning will go to Christian Aid. There will be a home baking stall to help raise extra funds. Tonight (Wednesday) the board and session meet at 7.15pm. Tomorrow (Thursday) prayer group meets from 2-3pm in Allan Church Hall. On Sunday, May 13 there is a Special Prayer Service for the General Assembly in Alloa Ludgate Church from 2-4pm. Lunch club is on Monday, May 14 from noon2pm, all members of the community welcome, particularly the elderly and anyone who lives alone. Cost £2.50 includes home-made soup, filled roll, tea/coffee and biscuits. Anyone interested in helping out on a Sunday morning - please contact Lesley 07968 329764 or Douglas. Flower show This year’s show is on Saturday, September 1 at Allan Church Hall. A schedule of items for the competitions will be printed in the church June magazine, but there will be a copy of the schedule pinned up in the large hall sometime next week if you wish to see it sooner. Concert Strathcarron Singers will be performing in the Albert Hall on Saturday, May 26 at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £10 available at the door on the night or from Mary Woollhead at Allan Church. Spring fling On Saturday, May 19 from 11am-1pm Bannockburn Primary School is holding a Spring Fling in the grounds of the school with lots of activites when the kids can also soak the teacher. Food also available. Ladywell Church Service on Sunday at 11.15am will include a baptism. Rev Liz Robertson will lead the service. Sunday school is held during the service. Team Three will be on duty. Tomorrow (Thursday) the coffee morning is from 10am till noon. Summer Fete is on Saturday, May 26. Bowling club Bingo and joker draw on Friday. Club pairs on Saturday. John Davidson will be entertaining on Saturday, June 2. Murrayfield UF Church Sunday’s service will be conducted by Rev Jason Lingiah, minister at Alloa and Menstrie UF Churches, at 10.30am. Murrayfield’s minister will be at Sauchie UF as all the ministers in the Presbytery swap places for the day. Welcome team is Ruth Newlands and Jessie Kemp; offering team is Grace Robertson and Mary Spence. The annual plant sale and coffee morning is on Saturday, May 19 from 10.30am12.30pm.

\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. Rainbows The 3rd Stirling Rainbows meet in North Parish Church Hall. Details from braeheadrainbows@ gmail.com. Community garden Memberships are at www.braehead.org/garden or drop in any Tuesday or Saturday between 10.30am and noon to find out more. AGM Braehead Project Centre AGM is on Sunday, May 13, at 9pm after normal Sunday bingo. All welcome. Stirling North Parish Church Today (Wednesday) from 10am-noon is Coffee Pot Café, all welcome. Friday, May 11 at 7pm is men’s curry night. Sunday schedule: 9.50am meet for prayer; 10.30am morning service with creche and zones available. The Stated Annual Meeting will be held after the morning service, followed by light lunch. Evening service is at 6.30pm. Prize Bingo On Friday, May 25, a prize bingo night is being held in the Braehead Project Centre, Crawford Hall, Colquhoun Street at 7.30pm. All welcome.

\Bridge of Allan

Parish Church Sunday worship takes place at the usual time of 11am and will be conducted by Rev Dan Harper. There will be a creche during the service and coffee Fellowship takes place in the Chalmers Hall afterwards. There will be also be a service to mark Christian Aid Sunday at 5pm, followed by tea and coffee. ‘Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’ by Gail Honeyman is the title of the book for the next Book Group on Monday, June 4 at 7.30pm. For further details, please contact the church office. The Guild has a few tickets left for the trip to Pitlochry on Saturday, June 2. The trip includes the matinee performance of Chicago followed by high tea at Pitlochry Theatre before returning to Bridge of Allan about 6pm. If you are interested please speak to Dorothy McGowan, Margaret Kaney or any guild committee member. Lecropt Kirk Sunday worship commences at 11.30am. Sunday school and bible class also meet in church at same time. Welcome team: John Crozier, Janice McGuinness, Douglas Shaw and Karen Shaw. Joint evening service at St Blane’s at 6.30pm. Both services conducted by Rev Gary Caldwell. 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. St Saviour’s Episcopal Church Sunday 8am Eucharist, 10am sung Eucharist. Young Church and creche take place in the church hall then join in with the main service later. Coffee/ tea are served in the church hall after the 10am Eucharist. On Wednesdays at 11am in the choir vestry there is a quiet, peaceful service with coffee/ tea afterwards. Tomorrow (Thursday) at 7.30pm in St Saviour’s, the Dunblane Area Council Ascension Day Eucharist will be held. There will be a choir with organist Alastair Warwick and the preacher will be The Rev Dr. Harriet Harris, Chaplain at Edinburgh University. On Sunday, May 13 at 11.30am St Saviour’s Walking Group meeting is in the upper room for those going to Durham. Open gardens On Sunday, May 20 the open gardens event takes place in Bridge of Allan. More details available on St Saviour’s noticeboard in the porch or on Facebook. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Alasdair Majury will be in the Allan Centre on Tuesday, May 15 at 7pm. Fair will take place on Saturday, May 12 from 10am-12.30pm in the school. Entry costs £1.50 for adults and 50p for children which includes tea/coffee and biscuits. There will be lots of fun for the whole family: coconut shy, bouncy castle, cake and candy, second hand toys and books, hoopla and hook a duck. There will also be a plant stall where you can buy your bedding plants and hanging baskets. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Scott Farmer will be in the community centre on Tuesday, May 15 at 6.30pm. SWI news The AGM will be held on Wednesday, May 16 and this will be followed by a manicure with Elizabeth. Members are reminded to bring their voting papers. Competitions are for a favourite bracelet and a spring tied posy. Bruce Memorial Church The months of May and June is the “Season of Invitation” when family friends and neighbours and colleagues are invited to a church service or and another event in the church programme. Everyone is welcome to the service on Sunday conducted by Rev Graham Nash. Stated Annual Meeting is after the service. Book Group meets on Monday, May 14 at 7pm in the church hall and is the final session discussing J. I. Parker’s ‘Knowing God’, looking at Chapters 20-22. Coffee morning tomorrow (Thursday) 10am-noon iand Rock Solid on Fridays from 6.30-8pm, both in the church hall. 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 Service in the kirk on Sunday at 11am will be a celebration of Holy Communion and will be led by the Rev Ruth Halley. All welcome. Coffee morning every Tuesday in the hall at Causewayhead at 10am. Logie Kids Film Night will be held on Saturday, May 12 from 4-6.15pm in the hall at Causewayhead. Pizza, popcorn and ice cream will be provided - all for a donation of £1.50. Bring a comfy cushion to sit on. For more information or to book a place, please call Lesley on 07734 157518 or email lesleyward50@hotmail.com. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Danny Gibson will be in Wallace High School on Momday, May 14 at 7pm. Community council Next meeting is on Monday, May 14 at 7.30pm in Wallace High School. All welcome.

\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. Councillors surgeries Councillor Danny Gibson will be in the Tolbooth tomorrow (Thursday) at 6.30pm. on Monday, May 14 at 6.45pm, Councillor Christine Simpson will be in the Central Library Basement. Viewfield Erskine Church Sunday worship is at 10am with Rev AF Miller and organist Mr Lawrence Wright. Tea and coffee served afterwards in the Upper Hall. The monthly friendship lunch will take place on Monday, May 14 at St Columba’s Church Hall from noon-2pm. Christian Aid Coffee Morning is on Saturday, May 12 in St Columba’s Church Hall from 10am-noon, tickets £3 each. Allan Park South Church The service on Sunday at 10.30am will be conducted by the elders; 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 noon2pm and all are welcome. Kirk session meets tonight (Wednesday) in the church office at 7pm. Full details of all church events are on the website at www.apschurch.com. Contact number for all enquiries is Edward Morton, ed.apschurch@gmail.com or mobile 07525 005028. St Columba’s Church Sunday service at 11am will be led by Rev Alex Millar. The Christian Aid Coffee Morning will be held on Saturday, May 12 from 10am-noon. Coffee club meets every Thursday from 10.30-11.30am and all are welcome. The next Friendship Lunch is scheduled for Monday, May 14 from noon-1.30pm. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church On Friday, May 11, Holy Communion will take place at 11am and on Sunday, Holy Communion will be at 8.30am and Sung Eucharist at 10.30am. Tomorrow (Thursday) a joint service will take place at St Saviour’s Church, Bridge of Allan at 7.30pm for Ascension Day and on Saturday, May 12 the annual Christian Aid Coffee Morning will take place in St Columba’s Church, Park Terrace, Stirling from 10am-noon. Admission adults £3 and children free. Church hall is available for hire. Please contact shaws1@talktalk.net for more information. All welcome to services and activities. Stirling Free Church Service on Sunday at 11am in the Smith Art Gallery and Museum with minister Rev Iain MacAskill. Service at 5.30pm in The Well, Upper Craigs, will have representatives of the Barnabas Fund speaking about the persecuted church. Diary dates: Women for Mission AGM in Glasgow Free Church on Saturday, May 19. Passenger pickup point is the Stirling Castleview Park and Ride at noon. Celebration of Hope, Christian Life and Witness Course Catch Up Day on Saturday, May 19 in The People’s Church, West Bridge Street, Falkirk. See celebrationofhope.uk for details. House groups tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30pm in the usual venues. On Tuesdays, Wee Wellies meet in The Well at 10.30am. Church of the Holy Rude Service on Sunday at 11.30am will be conducted by Rev Alan Miller. Christian Aid Hunger Lunch will be held in the church following the service. A lunch of bread and cheese will be served. There is no charge for this but donations to Christian Aid are invited. On Saturday, May 12, The Colorado State University Choir from the USA will give an informal concert of about 45 minutes, beginning at 1pm. Donations from visitors will go to the Organ Appeal. The choir will feature works by American and European composers Stroope, Morley, Hogan, Gibbons, Tallis and many more. All welcome.