District News

ALVA COMMUNITY COUNCIL

The community council is adhering to the current pandemic restrictions, so meetings until further notice will be held virtually using Zoom. Meetings will start around 7.15pm. Members of the Alva community are welcome at all meetings and can request to join a meeting by emailing info@alvacommunitycouncil. org.uk. Please make your request two clear days prior to the meeting. These will take place on Monday, January 11; Monday, March 8; Monday, April 12 and Monday, June 14. Any changes will be announced by newspaper, public notice, Alva CC website and Alva CC social media.

BANNOCKBURN MURRAYFIELD UF CHURCH

There will be an online Watchnight Service on Christmas Eve at 11.45pm, and Christmas Day Carols at 10.30am

LADYWELL CHURCH

The church will remain closed meantime. Reflections can be found on the church’s website and Facebook page.

COUNCILLOR’S SURGERY

Councillor Alasdair Macpherson can host an online surgery at any point, to book an appointment, please email him at: macphersona@stirling.gov.uk and he will email you with instructions on how to access the meeting. Alternatively, he can be contacted on 01786 233120, if there is no answer, please leave your contact details on the answering service and he will get back you within a couple of hours.

ALLAN CHURCH

Watchnight Service on December 24 is at 11.30pm led by Rev Ken Russell. All welcome. This will be the last service for 2020; we wish you all a safe and healthy Christmas and New Year. There will be adverts in the Observer as usual to update you when services resume. Please note - new drop off date at church for Mary’s Meals has been delayed due to the covid regulations. Watch this space for further updates. The new weekly service is still available to watch from the website; check out at www.allanchurch.org. If you have no access to internet there is a recorded short message for the congregation and the community, which you can access via your home phone. Dial number 01786 641089. There will be a new message every week for you to listen to. Should you wish to contact the locum minister at this worrying time please email hiya @allanchurch.org.

BANNOCKBURN BUTTERCUP CAFÉ.

On behalf of all the team and organisers and volunteers, cafe organisers wish you all a happy Christmas with best wishes for 2021. Stay safe and take care of yourselves and hopefully we will be back sometime in 2021.

BRAEHEAD STIRLING NORTH PARISH CHURCH

The Sunday service will be live streamed at 10am. To watch please go to the website: www.stirlingnorth.org and click on livestream. An audio version will be available from 11.30am. To listen, please dial 01786 641166 (normal call rates will apply).

COUNCILLOR’S SURGERY

Councillor Bryan Flannagan will hold online surgeries by appointment. Contact him on flannaganb@stirling.gov.uk.

CLASSES

Slimming World now every Tuesday from 7.30-9.30am at the Crawford Hall. Call Marie on 07972 924638 for more info. New members welcome.

BRIDGE OF ALLAN BRIDGE OF ALLAN PARISH CHURCH

Bridge of Allan Parish Church will hold two services this Sunday, in the Chalmers Hall, both conducted by Rev Dan Harper. A family service will be held at 10am and a traditional service at 11am. To comply with social distancing rules our seating is limited and booking is recommended (but not essential). To book seats please leave a message on 07942 257596 or email: bridgeofallanparishchurch@gmail.com and state which service you would like to book for and how many seats you require. Please book your seats by midday Friday before each Sunday service.

WALKING GROUPS

Walks cancelled until further notice.

ST SAVIOUR’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

All public worship is suspended until further notice. All meetings, study groups, events and social gatherings connected to St Saviour’s are also suspended.

LECROPT KIRK

A joint Watchnight Service on December 24 will be held at11.30pm in St Blane’s Church, Dunblane. Joint Christmas Day Service is online at 10.30am. For in person services face coverings must be worn and social distancing is in place. For those unable to attend any of the services, the St Blane’s service is live-streamed and available on the Dunblane St Blane’s channel on Youtube. The service is also available from Sunday afternoon via telephone 01786 641133 with options for whole or parts of the service. Advent Bible Studies take place on Wednesdays in December at 11am via Zoom. Please contact the minister for details.

BROOMRIDGE COUNCILLOR’S SURGERY

Councillor Bryan Flannagan will hold online surgeries by appointment. Contact him on flannaganb@stirling.gov.uk to arrange.

CAMBUSBARRON VILLAGE NURSERY

Cambusbarron Village Nursery have created an amazing 2021 calendar showing photos of Gillies Hill taken during woodland play sessions. Calendars cost £6 and would make a lovely Christmas or New Year gift. Please email us (Jane@cambusbarronvillagenursery. com) to order.

BRUCE MEMORIAL CHURCH

There will be no service on Sunday. You can watch or listen to the service led by the Moderator of the Genreal Assembly Rt Rev Martin Fair on the website and carols on CD. Christmas Day service will be heard in church at 10am.

CAUSEWAYHEAD CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH

Services cancelled for the foreseeable future. See www.cornerstonestirling.org.

LOGIE KIRK

The church is delighted that we have been able to join together for short acts of worship on certain dates midweek. From December we will be holding some services on a Sunday as well as a midweek service. As before, the services will only be held on certain dates and the numbers we can accommodate are limited as we are following the Test and Protect Scotland procedures. To find out the dates on which services will be held and to book a place please call 07542 730493. Normal deliveries of Logie Kirk News have had to be suspended because of the present Covid situation. It will be available on our website http://logiekirk.org as is a service by our Interim Moderator the Rev Alison Britchfield, who can be contacted on 01259 750340 or abritchfield@ churchofscotland.org.uk

CITY CENTRE WALKING GROUP

Walks cancelled until further notice.

STIRLING SPIRITUALIST CHURCH

The church in King Street, opposite the Golden Lion Hotel has closed until further notice.

QUEEN STREET METHODIST CHURCH

Due to the coronavirus pandemic there will be no worship services or other meetings being held in the church. Sunday worship is now being held online by Zoom. If you wish to join in please contact jon@cameroncape.net for logging in details. For further information about the church visit the website at stirlingmethodistchurch.org.uk.

ST MARY’S RC CHURCH

Mass: Sunday 11am and 6pm; Mondaysaturday 10am. Confessions: Tuesday and Friday 9.30am; Saturday 9.30am and 5.30pm.

HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH:

Tomorrow (Thursday, Christmas Eve) there will be a Children’s Nativity Service at 4pm and a Midnight Mass at 11pm. Christmas Day Service on Friday, December 25 will be at at 10.30am. As numbers are restricted, pre-booking is essential for these services. E-mail contact@holytrinitystirling.org or tel. 01786 359821. Hygiene precautions and social distancing will be in place. On Sunday, December 27, a streamed service for the First Sunday of Christmas will be available via the church website at www.holytrinitystirling.org . For prayer, worship and other resources and updates, please check the church website or the church Facebook page.

PARK CHURCH

There will be two services on Christmas Eve, one at 2pm and another at 6.30pm both led by Rev Maggie Roderick. Coronavirus precautions apply at both services. The 2pm carols and readings service will have a more traditional format and is open to anyone in the congregation and visitors. A few places are available for the 2pm service and applications to attend this service must be made prior to the service by telephoning the church office on 01786 462400 or e-mailing the Administrator at parkchurchstirling@ gmail.com. You will be advised if you have been allocated a place. The second service at 6.30pm is a Christingle format with input from some of the young people of the church. Regretfully there are no spare places left for this service. Please note that the Christmas Eve services will be filmed and then placed on the website for those unable to attend. Audio recordings on CD will also be available later. There is no service in Park Church on Sunday. December 27. The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Rt.rev Dr W Martin Fair, will be presenting an on-line service which can be accessed either via the Church of Scotland website www.churchofscotland. org.uk or through the Park Church website www.parkchurchstirling. org.uk. We may not be able to meet together and sing carols as usual, but we are thinking of and praying for the congregation, community and nation. Wishing all a Happy Christmas from Park Church. If the services of a minister are urgently required please contact Interim Moderator Rev Alan Miller on 01786 65166. All other queries to the Dr Peter Murdoch, Session Clerk on 01786-473087 (murdochps@btinternet.com)

CHURCH OF THE HOLY RUDE

There will be no Watchnight Service this year in the Holy Rude, due to the difficulties of enforcing Covid regulations, however there will be a shortened service of Lessons and (pre-recorded) Carols in the Holy Rude tomorrow (Thursday, Christmas Eve) at 3pm and a Christingle service in Viewfield Erskine tomorrow (Thursday, Christmas Eve) at 6pm. As is now the normal all coronavirus regulations will be in place in both churches.

VIEWFIELD ERSKINE CHURCH

Service of Lessons and Carols to orrow (Thursday, Christmas Eve) at 3pm in Church of the Holy Rude and a Christingle Service at Viewfield Erskine Church