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and Bible study meet on Thursdays at 7.30pm. More from Innes Macleod on 01259 760566. Men’s breakfast at Choices coffee shop is on third Saturday of every month at 8am. Call Alasdair Lunan 07886 216593. Young at Heart Low-impact dance fitness classes for ages 50-plus are on Tuesdays in the Victoria Hall from 12.15-1pm. For more information call Janice on 07565 182259. Dunblane Christian Fellowship Celebration service every Sunday at 10.30am with Kids Church and creche available. Chatty Crafters club every Tuesday 10am-1pm. Cafe, Tuesday to Friday, 2-5pm. Alpha course, Tuesday, light meal 6.30pm followed by discussion group. Contact Duncan Strathdee on 07789 912259. Senior citizens There will be a bingo session on Tuesday, November 20 in the Victoria Hall from 2pm. Tea and coffee served afterwards. The club is also having a ceilidh/oldies disco from 8pm on Friday, November 30. All welcome. Rock and Reel Fun aerobics for the over-50s at Braeport Centre on Tuesdays from 10.30-11.15am. All welcome. Contact Tricia Chillas 07740 676639. Boys’ Brigade All sections resume after the holiday week and new members are welcome at Anchor Boys (P1-3) who meet tonight (Wednesday) 6.15-7.15pm at the Cathedral Hall; Junior Section (P4-P6) on Friday 6.30-8pm in the St. Andrew’s Room at the Cathedral Hall. On Friday, the Company Section boys are away to Nethybridge Outdoor Centre for the weekend so will not meet but Seniors (S4-S6) meet as normal 7.45-10pm and will be taking part in Playlist For Life training with Dementia-Friendly Dunblane. On Saturday, November 3, BB Project Malawi is hosting its second whisky-tasting evening at the Braeport Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets are £20, which include five drams and an expert tour around Scotland’s best malts. On Sunday, November 4, a soup-and-sweet lunch is being held at the Cathedral Hall following the morning service at 11.45am and all are welcome to join in and help the fundraising to allow 17 young people from BB and GB to renovate classrooms in Malawi next summer. On Saturday, November 10, the Boys’ Brigade Band, in partnership with the Regimental Band of the Black Watch Army Cadet Force, will host a Festival of Remembrance Concert to mark the 100th Anniversary of the end of WWI. The concert and Act of Remembrance will take place in Dunblane Cathedral at 7pm. Entry is free, with a retiring collection in aid of service charities. The event is supported by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust. All welcome. For more information on any of the above events, or to enquire about joining BB, please e-mail info@dunblanebb.org.uk or call 01786 821387. Check our pages on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @dunblanebb. St Blane’s Church Sunday morning service and Sunday school will be at 10am and tea/coffee will be served afterwards to which all are welcome. The Scottish Bible Society is holding its annual united churches service in St Blane’s at 6.30pm when the speaker will be Robert Russell, Head of Donor Services. Tea and biscuits will be served after the service. Michael Yuille is selling calendars again to support Street Pastors priced at £10 and at least half of that will be donated to the charity. Gary and Zach have set up at new church office in the vestry. Gary will be working there (subject to other appointments) most Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Feel free to pop in for a coffee and chat. On Saturday, November 3 in the Cathedral Hall, Bob Kikuyu, Christian Aid’s new theology advisor will give a talk from 10.30am entitled “Isn’t loving your neighbour enough?” and will discuss why theology matters to Christian Aid. Tea, coffee and home baking will be provided. Please contact Liz or David Reid (01786 823576). There will be a quiz in the new hall at Lecropt on Friday, November at 7pm. Leaflets for this year’s Blythswood Shoebox Appeal are in the Mitchell Room. The boxes will be collected from St Blane’s on November 4. If there are any questions, please contact Margaret Watson. St Blane’s Prayer Chain: If you would like to join the group or have a request for prayer, please let Gary or your elder know or email jeanproto@yahoo.co.uk. Dunblane Cathedral Midweek service is at its usual time of 11am tomorrow (Thursday). All welcome to attend this short service in the choir area of the church. The funeral of the late Mr Andrew Baillie will be held at 1.30pm tomorrow (Thursday). On Friday, October 26 the Handbell Ringers have organised an antiques valuation day with Anita Manning, beginning at 10am. This will be held in the Cathedral Hall. The Memorial Service for the late Mrs Doreen Black will be held on Saturday, October 27 at 11.30am. An exciting new initiative – “Music and Memories” – starts at 2pm on Friday, October 26 in the halls. This a chance for all to come along for a trip “down memory lane” with familiar and well-loved songs over a cup of tea and a friendly chat. The aim is to go forward on a fortnightly basis. On Saturday, October 27 Dunblane Museum is holding a coffee morning in the hall. There will be the usual stalls. Admission is £2. On Sunday, Communion is at 10.30am and 3pm. All groups of Cathedral Kids will meet during morning worship. That service will be followed by tea and coffee served in the hall, where the Fairtrade stall will be open. The evening service at 6.30pm will be the annual Service for All Souls, a service of thanksgiving and remembrance for those we have lost. The next meeting of the Guild will be on Monday, October 29 at 2pm for a drop-in session. All welPrayer come.. The Beyond LTQ group meets in the evening at the usual time. The next Bible Study Group meeting is on Tuesday, October 30 at 7.30pm. Tea dance Next dance in the Victoria Hall is on Friday, October 26, doors open 1.30pm and dancing from 2-4pm with live music from John Morgan. Tea and biscuits, bring your own mug. Cost £4. SWI news The meeting takes place in the Victoria Hall tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30pm. Speaker is BBC journalist Fiona Walker. Visitors welcome.

\Fallin

Fallin Information Exchange Support and advice on alternate Wednesdays 9.30am-noon in Fallin Library. Local office Open Fridays in the library 10-1pm and 2-5pm to pay rent/council tax and receive help and advice. An office is also available for private meetings.

\Fishcross

Wee County Walkers Free walks every Tuesday, meet 2pm at Cats Protection League premises in the village. See www.weecountywalkers. wordpress.com.

\Kinbuck

Crook making Classes on Wednesdays 7-9pm from today in the Old School of Kinbuck. For details contact Hamish on 07770 430810.

\Menstrie

Wee County Walkers Meet on Sundays at 2pm in Dumyat Centre car park for walk. See www.weecountywalkers.wordpress.com. Menstrie Parish Church This week’s service was led by the Worship Group and on Sunday Rev Richard Begg will preach at 11am. The following two weeks will be led by Mrs Sandie Kerr and Rev Denny Rose respectively. Tea in 2 is cancelled today (Wednesday) but will resume on October 31 from 10.30–11.30am. The Guild Buffet Lunch scheduled for November 4 has been postponed until the New Year. The next Thursday at 2 event will be on November 1 at 2pm after the community council lunch. All welcome. Members continue to collect for The Gate foodbank and donations are always welcome. The next delivery will be after October 28. Many thanks for Harvest Thanksgiving donations which amounted to 61kg of food and £35 cash. The Blythswood Shoebox Appeal wrapping and filling will take place on November 7. Menstrie UF Church Sunday worship at 10am will be conducted by minister Rev Jason Lingiah, continuing the series in Mark’s Gospel. In the afternoon, Bannockburn District Orange Lodge will be present for the Annual Reformation Service at 3pm in the church. Advance notice is given that there will be a speaker from the Leprosy Mission on Thursday, November 8 at 7.30pm in the church and there will be an opportunity to purchase Christmas cards. There will also be an short Act of Remembrance at Menstrie War Memorial at 3pm on Armistice Sunday (November 11) led by Mr Lingiah. Donations for The Gate foodbank can be handed into the church. The church is available for hall lets - please contact Mr Lingiah at the manse on 01259 215278. More information can be found on Facebook @menstrieufchurch. Bowling Club Annual prizegiving disco will be on Saturday, October 27 starting at 7.30pm.

\Plean

Library Bookbug sessions every other Monday from 11.15-11.45am for babies and pre-school children. Parkrun Meet on Saturdays, 9.20am at former house in Plean Country Park. See parkrun.org.uk/plean.

\Raploch

Credit union The office is open from 11.30am-2pm every Tuesday and Thursday in the Raploch Campus. Bowling Club Christmas and Karaoke Night on Saturday, December 1 starting at 7.30pm, tickets £5 available from any committee member or contact John Millar 07709 058642.

\St Ninians

Walking group Free health walk with trained leaders, Thursdays from 11am, meeting at Battle of Bannockburn Centre, Glasgow Road. Contact walking@activestirling.org.uk. Carpet bowls Over-60s play in the Mayfield Centre from 2-4pm Mondays and Thursdays. Tea and biscuits provided at half-time. £4 per week. St Ninians Community Church Re:Fresh Cafe on Fridays from 11am to 12.45pm. Sunday service is “Church Around The Meal Table” at 4.30pm. Both held in the Mayfield Centre. Civil Defence Club Two sessions of bingo every Wednesday and Sunday, eyes down 8pm. Entertainment on Saturday with Billy Jay plus bingo. Prize bingo night on Friday, October 26, eyes down 8pm. Free hire of hall on Friday nights. St Ninians Old Parish Church The service on Sunday at 10.30am will be conducted by Rev Gary McIntyre. There will be a creche and the Sunday Club will meet. There will be services on Sunday at 1pm in Eccles Court and 1.30pm in Westerlands Care Home. The Tuesday Group will meet on October 30 at 7.30pm. This will be a Bring a Friend Night when Bill Simpson will give a talk on Magic and Memories. Filled shoeboxes and individual items for the Blythswood Care Shoebox Appeal can be left at the church on Sunday. The final day for donations is November 4.

\Throsk

Community centre Cash bingo on Wednesdays, 7.30pm.

\Tillicoultry

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

\Tullibody

History Group Monthly talk in the Heritage Centre tomorrow (Thursday) at 7.30pm. Talk is Scotland’s Sporting Icons and Venues by Hugh Dan MacLennan. Tea and coffee available. Entry members £1, nonmembers £1.50.