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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 at 22 Viewfield Drive every Saturday 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 Meets tomorrow (Thursday) at 1pm in Alva Parish Church Hall. Community noticeboard The noticieboard is outside the CAP/library. Groups and individuals and ‘not for profit’ organisations can advertise activities and display posters here. Anyone wishing to use this please see the notice boards for further details. Alloa Alpha Communities Association Dance Club The first dance of this winter’s session will take place in the Cochrane Hall on Saturday, September 22. Doors open no earlier than 7pm. Come along and enjoy modern and old time dancing or just listen to the music played by Ray Carse. Membership payments will be taken at this dance. New members and visitors welcome.

\Bannockburn

Miners Welfare Social Club Bingo on Mondays and Wednesdays 8pm. Stirling Christadelphian Church Bible hour Sundays from 2.15pm with Sunday school at the same time. Community council Meets in Bannockburn Community Centre on the first Thursday of each month at 7pm. Carpet bowls Indoor carpet bowls will take place in Bannockburn Community Centre from Wednesday, October 3 from 2-4pm and every Wednesday until April 10, 2019. New members welcome, call 01786 812507. Ladywell Church Worship Group meets tonight, Wednesday, at 7pm in the manse. Anyone wishing to join welcome to come along. Thursday’s coffee morning from 10am till noon. This Friday at 7.30pm we are holding a Beetle Drive at a cost of £2 per person. Great fun for all ages. Bring your own supper. Tea, coffee and juice will be provided. This Sunday is Back to Church Sunday. If you haven’t been for a while why not join us.The service at 11.15am will be led by the minister Rev Liz Robertson. Sunday School is held during the service. Team Two will be on duty. Our Harvest Service will take place on October 7. We will be collecting tins and packet foods for Start-up Stirling Food Bank. The Welly Boot is available for donations for Farm Africa. Allan Church Service on Sunday, September 23, at 11.15am. Welcome team 5. Service led by Mrs Margaret Baxter. All welcome. Creche available. Sunday school takes place just after the start of the service. Anyone interested in their children attending Sunday school please speak to Kirsty MacGowan (Sunday school superintendent). Tuesday Coffee Club 10-11.30am. Team 1 on duty. Bring a friend or make new ones.

Today (Wednesday) craft club 2-4pm - the club would be delighted if anyone could assist in the knitting of poppies to help with the Centenary Celebration to commemorate the end of WW1. Wool and patterns available please contact Margaret Baxter on 01786 813281 or maggie47@gmail. com. Anyone interested in helping out on a Sunday morning with the digital hymnary, please contact Lesley 07968329764 or Douglas. The Allan Church is a centre for collecting for the charity “Mary’s Meals”. There are leaflets available in the vestibule of the church advising what is needed for donation. Donations can also be made at the local library. Poster with information in community notice board at shops and in church hall. Buttercup Cafe This new cafe meets in Allan Church Community Hall every Monday at 1.45-3.30pm. This is a new community venture, helping people and their carers with socialising and activities. It particularly targets the memory and wellbeing of members of our society, and we look forward to seeing you there. If you know someone you think it might help in any way bring them along, or come yourself to find out about us. You will all be made very welcome. Murrayfield United Free Church The Men’s Connect Group meets today (Wednesday) at 2pm. The Stein Square group meets tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30 pm. The “Tea in the Park” walking group meets in the car park of Ladywell Park at 2.30pm on Friday for a stroll round the park, a seat, a cuppa and a chat. Sunday’s service will be led by Rev Gary Barclay at 10.30am. The welcome team is Mary Scott and Joan Martin; the offering team is Elizabeth Hastings and John Martin. The children’s club is off next Tuesday, September 25. Advance notice of our Harvest Service on October 7 when members and friends are invited to bring along food cans to help with Start Up Stirling’s attempt to beat the current world record for the longest row of cans of food. 45.000 are needed, and we hope our “Can Harvest” will help them reach their target. After the big count, the cans will be distributed.

\Blairlogie

Councillor’s surgery Ward 4 Stirling North. Councillor Ross Oxburgh will be in the Reading Room, Blairlogie on Tuesday, September 25 at 7pm.

\Braehead

Lunch club Meets on Wednesdays in

the Crawford Hall, Colquhoun Street, 1-3pm. Community garden Memberships at www.braehead.org/garden or drop in any Tuesday or Saturday between 10.30am and noon to find out more. Bingo Wednesdays and Sundays at 7.30pm in Braehead Project Centre, Crawford Hall, Colquhoun Street. Stirlng North Parish Church Today (Wednesday) 10am-noon. Coffee Pot Café - all welcome. Sunday, September 23, 10.30am Morning Service (Crèche and Zones available for all children); Evening Service (Table) 6.30pm. Councillor’s surgery Ward 6 Stirling East. Councillor Chris Kane will be in Braehead Primary School at 6.30pm on Monday, September 24.

\Bridge of Allan

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. Health walk Meet on Thursdays at rear entrance to Bield Housing at Strathallan Court, Cornton Road for free health walk from 10.30-11.15am. Parking available at Haws Park. Contact Sandra Nicol on 01786 832815. 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. This year’s AGM will be held on Friday, September 21 at 7.30pm. Rock’n’Reel Fitness classes for the over-60s with routines set to Scottish/ contemporary music every Tuesday in Bridge of Allan Parish Church 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. A less energetic class is available on Thursdays 11.15amnoon. Call Janice on 07565 182259. Lecropt Kirk Morning worship this Sunday at 11.30am. Sunday school meets in new hall at same time. Welcome team is John Crozier, Janice Mc Guinness, Douglas and Karen Shaw.

Joint evening service in St Blanes at 6.30pm. Both services conducted by Rev Gary Caldwell. Afternoon tea in Hall on Saturday from 2.30-4pm. Everyone welcome to join us in Worship. Bridge of Allan Parish Church This Sunday, September 23, Morning Worship takes place at 11am and will include the celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism. Sunday School meets at the usual time and there will be a Creche. Coffee Fellowship will be held in the Chalmers Hall when Craig Mair’s ‘History of Bridge of Allan’ will be on sale. The Church secretary is on holiday until Monday, October 1. The office will be manned but hours may be restricted. The Thursday Night Group resumes tomorrow, Thursday, at 7.30pm in the Session Room. Shelley Batty will present a talk on the Sunlite Community Café in the Cowane Centre. The first meeting of the new Guild session is next Tuesday, September 25. Copies of the syllabus are available at the door today. Entry forms for the Harvest Scarecrow competition are available from the Church office. The winning entry will be announced at our Harvest Thanksgiving Service on October 7. The next meeting of the Book Group is on Monday, October 8. The book for discussion is “Grey is the Colour of Hope” by Irina Ratushinskaya. For more, contact the Church office. Lodge Aberromby 531 Regular meeting is on Tuesday, September 25, at 7.30pm in the Masonic Temple in Bridge of Allan. Business will be the Fellowcraft Degree, All welcome.

\Cambusbarron

Trust of Popular Institute The Trustees of the Popular Institute intend putting a seat on the pavement on the brace in commemoration of Cambusbarron Social Club. Should anyone in the community have any objections please phone S Morgan on 01786 464719 or D Paterson on 01786 631308. SWI news The first meeting of the new session will take place at 7.30pm tonight (Wednesday) in the community centre. For this first meeting there is a speaker from the Air Ambulance Service. Competitions: a medical memento and a vegetable cake. All members and visitors welcome. Gala The AGM takes place on Thursday, September 27 in the community centre at 7pm. All residents of the village are welcome to attend. Cambusbarron Memorial Church All welcome to our service Councillor’s surgery Ward 4 Stirling North. Councillor Jim Thomson will be in Cambuskenneth Village Hall at 7pm on Monday, September 24.

\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. Italian Classes in Logie Kirk Hall on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Spaces available at various levels. Contact Daniela on 07833 994990 or see www.italianforall.co.uk for more. Cornerstone Community Church Service on Sundays at 10.30am in Wallace High School. Groups for children of all ages. Logie Kirk Minister the Rev Ruth Halley can be contacted on 01786 463030 or 075360307413 and at RHalley@churchofScotland.org.uk. The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be celebrated in the Kirk on Sunday, September 23. The service will begin at 11am. All are welcome including visitors to the area. The next Afternoon Club will be on Wednesday September 26 between 1.30-3pm in the Church Hall, Causewayhead. Come along and listen to Dream Boats and Petticoats, take part in our quiz and enjoy tea, cakes and some chat. Coffee morning is held every Tuesday in the hall at Causewayhead at 10am.

\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. Allan Park South Church Church Service on Sunday, September 23, is at 10.30am and will be led by the Rev Elinor Gordon. There is tea and coffee downstairs after the service. Bairns Rock Tuesday 9.30am-11.30am. A pre-school group for children and their carers. Enjoy free play, craft time, bible story, songs and snack time. Wellbeing Choir Tuesday 7.30-9pm. Come, sing and feel better. Lunch Club Thursday noon-2pm. Boys’ Brigade - no session this Friday, resumes Friday September 28. See website for full details: www.apschurch.com Contact for all enquiries is Sally Forshaw, tel 01786 818414 or email: sally.apschurch@gmail.com. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church On Friday, September 21, Holy Communion will take place at 11am for St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist and on Sunday, September 23, Holy Communion will be at 8.30am followed by Sung Eucharist at 10.30am. The Fellowship Group will meet today (Wednesday) at 10.30am in the Rectory and also tomorrow (Thursday) at 8.15 pm in the Church Hall. Our beautifully refurbished Church Hall is available for hire. Please contact shaws1@talktalk.net for more information. Everyone is welcome to all our services and activities. For more details, visit http://www.holytrinitystirling.org. St Columba’s Church Sunday Service at 11am on Sunday, September