\City centre

\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. Noticeboard The noticeboard is outside the CAP/library. Anyone who wants to use it can see the notice board for details.

\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. Flower show This year’s show is on Saturday, September 1, at Allan Church Hall. A copy of the schedule has been pinned up in the large hall if you wish to see it. Anyone wishing to place an entry should ensure they have a copy of the schedule which is available from Margaret Baxter email: maggie47@mail.com or 01786 813281 Bannockburn House The house is open every Wednesday from 10am2pm for volunteers to continue getting it ready. The house will be open for organised tours on June 17, July 15 and August 19. These can be booked via www.bannockburnhouse.scot. Ladywell Church Service on Sunday at 11.15am led by the Rev Liz Robertson includes the Sacrament of Communion. Team Four will be on duty. Tomorrow (Thursday), coffee morning is from 10am till noon. The board will meet on Tuesday, June 19 at 7.30pm with the session immediately after. Following on from the success of the last two there will be an afternoon tea party on Saturday, July 21. Anyone wishing to have a table please speak to Evelyn. Allan Church Service on Sunday is at 11.15am led by Mrs Margaret Baxter with 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). All welcome. Weekly Tuesday coffee club from 10-11.30am in Allan Church Hall; Team 1 on duty. All welcome. Tomorrow (Thursday) at 2pm bible study is in the small hall. Lunch club will resume in September. Next board and session meeting is tonight (Wednesday) at 7pm. All members are encouraged to attend. Anyone interested in helping out on a Sunday morning - please contact Lesley 0796 832 764 or Douglas. Community Craft Club Today (Wednesday) the club meets in Allan Church Hall from 2-4pm, all wel- come, 50p or donation. Organisers are looking for demons rators - If you have a specific expertise and can assist with this please contact Margaret on 01786 813281 Bowling club On Friday there is bingo and joker draw. On Saturday there is an Overs and Unders game at the club. Murrayfield UF Church On Sunday, Mrs Audrey Ross, head teacher of Bannockburn Primary, gave an illustrated talk on her visit to Cambodia. Tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 7.30pm is Community Quiz Night in the church hall. Come on your own or as a team. The cost is £3 per person, including tea and biscuits. Sunday’s service will be conducted by Rev Gary Barclay at 10.30am. Welcome team is Ruth Newlands and Jessie Kemp; offering team is Mary Spence and Grace Robertson. On Monday, June 18 the congregational board meets at 7.30pm in the church hall and there is a Summer Club planning meeting in the Allan Church on Wednesday, June 20 at 6.30pm.

\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 available at www.braehead.org/ garden or drop in any Tuesday or Saturday between 10.30am and noon to find out more. Community council The AGM takes place on Monday, June 25 at 7pm in the primary school. Stirling North Parish Church Today (Wednesday) the Coffee Pot Cafe is from 10am-noon, all welcome. Sunday schedule: 9.50am meet for prayer; 10.30am service (creche and zones available for all children); 6.30pm service.

\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. Please note that Coffee Fellowship will not be taking place. Everyone is invited to come along to the picnic in the Memorial Park on Sunday after worship. Please bring your own picnic and a blanket/folding chair to sit on. If it’s raining, the picnic will be in the Chalmers Hall. St Saviour’s Episcopal Church Sunday 8am Eucharist, 10am sung Eucharist. Young Church and creche take place in the church hall then join the main service later. Coffee/ 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 with coffee/ tea afterwards. Lecropt Kirk Sunday worship commences at 11.30am conducted by Rev Gary Caldwell. Sunday school and bible class meet in church at same time. Welcome team: Carolyn Jones, Gerry Petrie and Janet Craigie. 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 are 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 Chilas 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. A less energetic class is available on Thursdays in the church Hall from 11.15am-noon. For more information call Janice on 07565 182259. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Alasdair Tollemache will be in the Allan Centre on Tuesday, June 19 at 7pm.

\Cambusbarron

Councillor’s surgery Councillor Neil Benny will be in the community centre on Tuesday, June 19 at 6.30pm. Bruce Memorial Church All welcome to Sunday’s service conducted by Rev Graham Nash. The theme of the service will be ‘Discovering Grace... on the Road Home’. During the service the congregation will have the thanksgiving and blessing of Liane McColl. Coffee morning tomorrow (Thursday) from 10amnoon in the church hall. Community Enterprise will be represented at the coffee morning to discuss the Community Action Plan for Cambusbarron. CambusBairns parent/toddler group on Friday from 9.15-10.45am and Rock Solid from 6.30-8pm, both in the church hall. Will Graham ‘Celebration of Hope’ is on June 1517 at Falkirk Stadium on Friday and Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 5pm. There is also a Kidzfest on Saturday from 10am-noon.

\Causewayhead

Baby and toddler group Every Thursday at Stirling County Rugby Club from 10-11.30am. £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 begins at 11am and will include presentations to the young people of the J Club and Club 1-2-6. Service will be led by Rev Ruth Halley (01786 463060). Coffee morning is held every Tuesday in the hall at Causewayhead at 10am. The annual evening service at the Old Kirk will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at 7pm. Friends of Logie Kirk The Friends will be holding their annual awards ceremony in the Halls at Causewayhead on Wednesday, June 20 at 7pm. Cornton Primary, Riverside Primary, Wallace High and Stirling University will be taking part and guest this year is Robin Downie, Moderator of the National Youth Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Hospitality will be provided afterwards. Please come along and support the young in the community. 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. RSVP Knitting Group The group is holding a coffee morning in St Columba’s Church Hall, Park Terrace on Monday, June 18 from 10-11.30am. Come along and find out what the group does. Councillors’ surgeries Councillor Christine Simpson will be in the Smith Art Gallery and Museum tonight (Wednesday) at 6.45pm. Councillor Jim Thomson will be in the Tolbooth tomorrow (Thursday) at 6.30pm. Holy Trinity Epicopal Church On Friday, June 15 Holy Communion will take place at 11am and on Sunday, Holy Communion will be at 8.30am and All Age Eucharist will be at 10.30am. Also on Friday at 7.30pm, Alistair Warwick, Director of Music, will perform a programme entitled The Organ Through the Ages. He will be performing pieces by JS Bach, Brahms, Buxtehude, Camilleri, Elgar, Hanff, Mendelssohn, Stanford, Weelkes and others. This is the third in the series of concerts to mark the church’s 140th birthday. Admission free, donations welcome. Light refreshments will be served. The church hall is available for hire. Please contact shaws1@talktalk.net for more information. All welcome to services and activities. For more details, visit www.holytrinitystirling.org. Church of the Holy Rude Service on Sunday at 11.30am will be conducted by Rev Alan Miller and at the close of the service there will be a short service for Healing and Wholeness in the St. Andrew’s Chapel. All welcome. Prayer cards are available in the St Andrew’s Chapel. The church will hold a coffee morning on Friday, June 29 hosted by the social committee. It is proposed to have a produce stall selling home made items eg jam, home baking and sweets etc. along with a book stall for good quality cookery books and a bric a brac stall. The coffee morning will be from 10.3am-1pm and entry will be £4. St Columba’s Church Sunday service at 11am will be led by Rev Alex Millar and visitors to the church are welcome. Immediately following morning service, there will be a presentation of “Giving for Growth - Our 2020 Vision” stewardship campaign to be followed by a soup and sandwich lunch to which all are invited. The same presentation will take place on Tuesday, June 19 at 7.30pm and Thursday, June 21 at 10.30am. The Sacrament of Baptism will be celebrated on Sunday, June 24. Viewfield Erskine Church Sunday worship is at 10am with Rev AF Miller and organist Mr Clive Wright. Tea and coffee served after the service in the Upper Hall. On Sunday, June 24 after the service, the Guild is hosting a brunch in the Upper Hall. From July 1, time for services will change to 11.30am for six months. Stirling Free Church The church is running transport to the Celebration Of Hope event at Falkirk Stadium on Friday, June 15, Saturday, June 16 and Sunday, June 17 with speaker Will Graham (the late Billy Graham’s grandson) and musicians. The transport will leave the car park at vue, Stirling on Friday and Saturday at 6pm and on Sunday at 4pm.

\Cornton

Credit union Cornton and District Credit Union is open every Monday from 9am-3pm and Fridays 4pm6pm in the community centre. Needles and Pins Knitting and sewing group meets every Monday from 9.30-noon in the community centre. No sewing machine needed, £1 donation for tea, coffee and biscuits. Cornton Baptist Church Tomorrow (Thursday) at 7.30pm is Praise, Prayer and Pastries. Friday, June 15 at 10am is Noah’s Ark Parent and Toddler Group. Sunday services at 11am and 6.30pm with Rev Hamish Wishart.

\Cowie

One O’Clock Gang Lunch club in the Miners Welfare Club, Mondays, 1pm.

\Dollar

Wee County Walkers Meet every Thursday, 10am, beside the health centre. See www.weecountywalkers. wordpress.com.

\Dunblane

Walking group Free health walk with trained leaders every Wednesday from 10.30am. Meet in front of Dunblane Cathedral. Contact walking@activestirling.org.uk. St Blane’s Church Sunday service and Sunday school will be at 10am. Creche available, tea and coffee will be served in the hall afterwards. There is no evening service. A Ladies Bible Study group will meet in the manse (46 Kellie Wynd) on the first and third Thursdays of the month to study the book of Joshua. The next meeting is on June 21 at 7.30pm. All ladies welcome, more details from Pamela Caldwell. The Stated Business Meeting of the congregation for 2018 will take place on Sunday, June 17 at 9.30am in the church hall, prior to morning worship. The meeting allows the congregation to scrutinise the church’s accounts, paper copies of which are available in the Mitchell Room. The kirk session’s sub-group leaders will also give short updates on the ongoing work and future plans for St Blane’s. The morning service on 24 June will be an all-age celebration during which we will present prizes to the church’s young people. Dunblane Cathedral Midweek service will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at the usual time of 11am. All welcome to attend this short service, which is held in the Choir. On Saturday, June 16 there will be a concert in the cathedral by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at 7.30pm and features music by Haydn, Krommer, Wagner and Mendelssohn. Tickets are available in advance from the HES desk within the cathedral. Sunday worship begins at the usual time of 10.30am and takes the form of the presentation service for Cathedral Kids at the close of their session. Tea and coffee will be served in the Hall after the service. 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