CITY CENTRE

Function room available to hire. Enquiries on 01786 832198 or Facebook Membership fees are now due and must be paid before December 2.

ROCK’N’REEL

Fitness classes for over-60s with routines set to Scottish/contemporary music on Tuesday in Bridge of Allan Parish Church 2-3pm. Suitable for wheelchair users. Cost £4, including coffee. Call Tricia Chillas on 07740 676639.

YOUNG AT HEART

Low-impact dance fitness classes for ages 50-plus, Mondays in Bridge of Allan Parish Church Hall 2-2.45pm. Low impact class for 60-plus is available on Thursdays 11.15am-noon. Fridays from 11-11.45am (over 50s). Call Janice on 07565 182259.

BRIDGE OF ALLAN BOWLING CLUB

Members are reminded about Monday dominoes at 8.30pm and Wednesday’s short mat indoor bowls at 7pm. This week’s joker prize was won by Joan Lawson.

LECROPT KIRK

Sunday worship including the celebration of Communion begins at 11.30am. Door duty as per rota, creche and Sunday school available. Joint all age service in St Blane’s Hall on Sunday at 4.30pm. Friendship Circle Christmas afternoon tea takes place on Monday, December 2 from 2-4pm. “Thursday at Lecropt “continues tomorrow (November 28) from 2pm. All welcome.

BRIDGE OF ALLAN PARISH CHURCH -

Sunday, December 1 is the first Sunday of Advent and there will be a collection for Start Up Stirling of Christmas food, crackers and decorations. The service, at 11am, will be conducted by Rev Dan Harper. There will be a creche and Sunday school and coffee fellowship will take place in the Chalmers Hall after the service. Thursday Night Group will be having a musical evening tomorrow (November 28) when they are joined by Callander Chimes at 7.30pm in the Session Room. Guild meets on Tuesday, December 3 at 7.30pm in the Honeyman Hall and the topic for the evening is ‘Christmas’.

ST SAVIOUR’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

All are welcome. Work is ongoing on the roof, so please note that venues for our services have changed - Sundays 8am Eucharist in St Saviour’s Hall, Sundays 9.15am Sung Eucharist, in Bridge of Allan Parish Church. Coffee/tea are served in St Saviour’s Hall after the 9.15 service. Wednesdays 11am Eucharist in St Saviour’s Hall - tea and coffee are served after this quiet reflective service. morning in the church hall, Tuesdays and Wednesday evenings. Flyers available with details including venues are available in the vestibule. Church open for Prayer Tuesday morning 10am-1pm.

Trip down Memory Lane in Church Hall on Tuesday, December 3, from 10.30noon.

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.

STIRLING SPIRITUALIST CHURCH

The church in King Street, opposite the Golden Lion Hotel, holds Sunday divine services at 6.30pm. Healing services in the Healing Sanctuary Tuesdays 7-8pm and on Saturdays and Mondays 11am-noon. Healing is also available after Sunday divine services. More details log on to www.stirlingspiritualistchurch.com.

YOUNG AT HEART

Low-impact dance fitness classes for ages 50-plus on Fridays in Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Hall, Dumbarton Road from 9.45-10.30am. Call Janice on 07565 182259.

CHRISTMAS FAYRE

Action in Mind, a leading mental health charity, is having a Christmas Fayre on Sunday, December 1 at Allan Park South Church Hall, Dumbarton

Road, Stirling, from 2-5pm. There will be a selection of local independent stalls and a raffle. Entry is free, with tea and coffee 50p.

COUNCILLOR’S SURGERY

Councillor Scott Farmer will be in the Central Library Vasement, Corn Exchange Road on Monday, December 2 at 6.45pm.

ST COLUMBA’S CHURCH

Service of Holy Communion at 11am on Sunday, December 1, when the service will be led by Rev Gary McIntyre. Youth activities, in age appropriate groups, will be available for younger people (crèche to teens) and everyone is most welcome. The service is followed by tea and coffee and an opportunity for conversation and fellowship in the church hall. There will be an extraordinary meeting of the church trustees at 7.30pm today (Wednesday) in order to discuss matters pertaining to the proposed union between Allan Park South and St Columba’s churches. Immediately following the service on December 1, there will be a secret ballot of members and adherents only on the basis of union between St Columba’s and Allan Park South churches. The Weekly Coffee Club on Thursdays at 10.30am is a chance to catch up with old friends and new, while enjoying company and a blether. The church office is open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am to noon. NB St Columba’s church office has a new telephone number - 01786 462400, the email address is unchanged - stcolumbasstirling@ gmail.com

HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

On Friday, November 29, Holy Communion will take place at 11am and on Sunday, December 1, Holy Communion will be at 8.30am followed by Sung Eucharist at 10.30am for Advent 1. Also on Sunday at 6.30pm there will be an Advent Carol Service. This year’s Advent Study Groups will be reflecting on some of the great Advent Antiphons, featuring some of the Messianic titles which have become associated with Jesus in the Early Church. As in previous years, two groups will be held (Wednesdays at 10.30am on the 4, 11 and 18 December and Thursdays at 8.15pm on 5, 12 and 19 December). Sign-up sheets will be available from next week. The Tots Café meets in the church hall every Monday at 10am. We are looking for a volunteer co-ordinator for Tots Café. This position would be ideal for someone looking for unpaid work to build up a record of work experience, or as a volunteer commitment.Contact the Rector at the e-mail address below. They need not be a member of Holy Trinity. 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. Visit http://www.holytrinitystirling.org/

VIEWFIELD ERSKINE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND

Morning worship with the Church of the Holy Rude at the Holy Rude Church on Sunday, December 1, at 11am. The Sacrament of Holy Communion with minister Rev Alan Miller, organist Mr Ian Boulter. There will be a Church conference this Saturday, November 30, for both churches at Viewfield Upper Hall, starting at 10am.

CHRISTMAS PRIZE BINGO

The East Argyll Club, Colquhoun Street is to host a Christmas Prize Bingo on Friday December 6. Eyes down 7.30pm. Entry is £1.

CHURCH OF THE HOLY RUDE

Morning service next Sunday, December 1 will take place at 11am in Church of the Holy Rude and will be conducted by Rev Alan Miller. During