Wishaw/Motherwell

Motherwell Photographic Society At the meeting of the society on Thursday of last week, members viewed the 2016 Royal Photographic Society’s wildlife portfolio. It was an extremely enjoyable, interesting and educational event and the quality of the photographs was quite extraordinary with those of birds in flight found to be exceptional. It was also the hand-in night for the first projected image competition with a good number of entries submitted. At this week’s meeting on Thursday, Nadine Dunnigan will give a presentation on portraiture, landscapes and time lapse video and it is sure to be an interesting evening. For more information visit their web page at www. motherwellphotographicsociety. co.uk or see their Facebook page. The website also has a member’s gallery. Wishaw United Reformed Church service on Sunday, September 25, at 11.15am in Coltness Community Centre will be conducted by Reverend Jan Adamson. Everyone is welcome. South Wishaw Parish Church All Wednesday daytime activities continue in the church this week with prayer group at 10am, life group at 11am and midweek service at noon followed by lunch. The Wednesday welcome continues at 1.30pm, to which all will be made welcome and Sharing Circle continues on Thursday afternoons at 1.30pm. There is no cafeteria on Saturday mornings, but this will resume for the new session on October 1. Kingdom Kids meet in the church hall on Sunday mornings at 10.50am. This week’s Sunday worship service at 11am will be conducted by Reverend Jim Munton and the Guild and fellowship meetings will begin on Monday, October 3. Holey Soles Rambling group will hold their next walk on October 2, to the Dunkeld area. The coach will leave from outside St Bernadette’s church hall, Logan’s Road, Motherwell at 10.30am. For enquiries about the group contact Margaret Campbell on 01698 269277 or Margaret on 01698 301583. The club’s weekend away will be to Fishers Hotel, Pitlochry from November 11-13. It costs £120 per person and includes the coach and hotel on a half board basis. For further information on this trip contact Norma on 01698 261394 or Margaret on 01698 301583. Dalziel St Andrew’s Parish Church The successful and interesting Essential Jesus series of talks reaches its conclusion in the church on Sunday during the morning service at 11am. All are welcome to come along or watch live on via their website at dalzielstandrews.org.uk or catch up later on YouTube. Dedicated live and YouTube sections are available for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. The Congregational Board meet on Thursday, September 22, at 7.30pm. Prayer groups meet on Monday evenings at 7.30pm and Wednesday afternoons at 1pm. Prayer request cards are available at the church or requests can be made via the website home page. On Sunday, October 2, the sacrament of communion will be celebrated at services held at 11am and 6.30pm. All are welcome. Following the worship service on Sunday, October 9, a soup and sweet lunch will be held in the large hall with all proceeds going to support the work carried of Crossreach. It costs £3 for adults and £1.50 for children. After the success of the last few years, a Christmas craft table top sale will again be held this year on Saturday, November 5, from 11am. Tables can be reserved at a cost of £10 each by contacting Alex Baird on 01698 262915. Teas, coffees, hot rolls and baking will be available in the small hall. All proceeds from the event will go towards assisting in maintaining the deaf outreach initiative carried out at the church. Wishaw Ex-servicemen’s Club This Wednesday evening the club will be closed. Entertainment will begin with cash bingo in the Tartan lounge on Friday and Sunday nights. This Saturday will be a members’ night in the main hall with cabaret provided by Kirk James. There is bingo and snowball of £150 if won on 50 numbers or less. This week’s treasure chest stands at £150. Starting on Thursday, October 6, there will be afternoon dancing to the music of Donnie Findlay from 1pm to 5pm, entrance costs £2, with a charity night on Friday, October 7, in aid of SSAFA, as charity which does great work helping the families of servicemen. Houldsworth Bowling Club There will be dancing to Satisfaction plus bingo and treasure chest at the club on Saturday, September 24. Innerwheel Club of Motherwell and Wishaw The first session of the 2016-17 session was opened by the club’s new president Margaret Keeper. Margaret has run a successful small business in the area for many years and is an example of the old adage ‘if you want something done ask a busy person!’ The theme of Margaret’s presidential year is friendship and the club is looking forward to a busy and interesting year ahead. The first speaker of the session was Amy Gibbons, who gave an interesting and insightful talk on living with ME. Amy explained how it is difficult to diagnose the disease and talked of her years struggling to live with the restrictions it has put on her life. This year the club has been lucky to have been able to book the Bearsden Fiddlers for a musical charity evening in October. The group are well known for providing toe tapping evenings of wonderful Scottish music, and all are welcome. The event will take place in South Wishaw Parish Church on October 28, starting at 7.30pm, and tickets cost £7, with light refreshments provided. All monies raised from this event will be donated to local charities. Tickets are available to buy from club members and on the night at the venue. Rotary Club Eighteen members of the Rotary Club of Motherwell and Wishaw visited the Glasgow Gurdwara on Tuesday evening of last week. The Gurdwara serves the Sikh and wider community in Glasgow by promoting free educational services, a free kitchen, faith and cultural services and political engagement activities. The new building was opened in April 2013, at a cost of £3.8 million, all of which was raised by the community. At the end of the tour the Rotarians enjoyed a freshly cooked Sikh meal including a superb mix of vegetarian dishes. The guest speaker at the meeting was Liz Macintyre Allan, who spoke about her book, Love Letters from a Desert Rat, published in 2008. She recalled tales of when she was growing up and how her mother, Nan, had told her family stories so vividly and was able to hold the attention of her audience. Later, her own grandchildren were also captivated by her stories of her life in Glasgow, - the Empire exhibition, the war years, tenement life and Alex, their grandfather. Liz was a principal teacher of English at Uddingston Grammar and it seemed natural for her to use stories from her life and background in her classroom. She found, to her great pleasure, that her classes of children from the ages of 11 to 16 loved stories to hear of these times. Following the death of her mother in 1998, the idea grew in her mind to make the life story of Alex and Nan her ‘project’ and she wanted to write their story for her own family. Since so much of their life was spent in the tenements of Glasgow which no longer exist, she wanted to capture this world, as best she could. John McGeary provided a hearty vote of thanks and the winner of the weekly bonus ball was Andrew Murray.

Cambusnethan

Made4u in ML2 Activities at the centre on Greenfield Drive, Wishaw, begin on Mondays - Alternative dance group noon to 1pm, girls group 6pm to 8pm. Tuesdays - Play Time toddler group 9.30am to 11.30am, Creative Crew 10am to noon, walking group 10.30am to noon, community cafe noon to 1pm, Zumba for 5-10 years 3.30pm to 4.30pm, War Hammer gaming group 7pm to 9pm, senior bingo 6pm to 9pm. Wednesdays - card group 11.30am to 1pm, Jelly Bean after school club from 3.30pm to 4.30pm, football S1+ Cambusnethan pitches 6pm. Thursdays - Play Time toddler group 9.30am to 11.30am, lunch club noon. Your Thursday club 2pm to 4pm. The centre is open on Fridays from 9am to 1pm and the youth club meet in Coltness Community Centre on Sundays 7pm to 9pm. Made4u in ML2 are hosting a coffee morning for Macmillan Cancer Support on Friday, September 23, from 11am to 3pm with £3 entry including tea/ coffee and cake. There will be games, tombola, prizes and face painting. For enquiries contact 01698 384030. Cambusnethan Old and Morningside Parish Church The service in the church on Sunday at 11.30am will include a baptism and admission of a new adult member of the church. Rev Murdoch is available for those wishing to speak to him or for any other pastoral care matters please see him after the service or contact 01698 384235. The lunch club is looking for new members this year and anyone interested should speak to Irene Anderson or call her on 01698 359079. The Thursday club continues to meet in the small hall at 2pm and all are welcome. The Girls’ Brigade sections have resumed their normal times on Wednesdays with Explorers meeting from 6.15pm to 7.15pm, Juniors meet at 7pm to 8pm and Brigaders from 7.30pm to 9pm and welcome back all members both old and new. The Boys’ Brigade have resumed to meet in the large hall at their usual times on Mondays for the Junior section (P4-6) from 7pm to 9pm and on Tuesdays for Anchor Boys (P1-3) from 6pm to 7pm. The Company section (P7-S6) meet at Coltness High School on Fridays from 7.15pm to 9.15pm. The Guild resume their meetings in the small hall on Tuesday, October 4, at 7.15pm. The Guild is open to all members, both male and female, and new members will be made welcome. The syllabus for this year varies between the serious and the entertaining, for further information, please speak to Marna Torrance or any other members of the group. As most members are aware the church sanctuary is undergoing extensive remedial work which will take some time and will be a costly affair. A church fundraising group is being established to look at ways to raise funds to help contribute towards these costs and for the redevelopment of the sanctuary itself. Assistance and ideas are welcomed in order to make it a success, and any present or past members, who are now living outwith the area but who have close links to the church and interested in joining in, should contact the session clerk Graeme Vincent or Rev Iain Murdoch for further information. All help will be greatly appreciated. A coffee morning has been arranged by and will be held in Wishaw Orange Lodge on Roberts Street on Saturday, October 1, with all funds from this event going towards the church repairs fund. Stonehouse Male Voice Choir will also be holding a concert in the church on October 28, at 7.30pm, in aid of the church repair funds, and tickets will be on sale from next month. Autumn fayre An autumn fayre will be held in Craigneuk Parochial Hall on Saturday, October 8, and raffles tickets are on sale now. Attractions on the day will include a tombola, bingo, knitting stall, groceries, bric-a-brac and much more. Doors open at 1pm, and support from the community would be much appreciated. St Patrick’s Parochial Hall Mondays - AA meeting at 7.30pm, jive class 7.45pm, kettle bells 7pm to 8pm, Monday to Thursday. Wednesdays - Slimming World at 9.30am, 11.30am, 3.30pm, 5.30pm and 7.30pm. Thursdays - seniors club carpet bowls and Thursday night bowls. Craigneuk Lifelong Learning Association offers CV workshops and IT for Work sessions on Tuesday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm. Open sessions are available for people who need access to computers for universal job searches. A tai chi course runs in the Jim Foley Community Centre on Mondays 1pm to 2.30pm. A clothes bank is open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 2.30pm. Citizens Advice Bureau has appointments every Tuesday morning 10am to 1pm. A drop-in advice surgery for welfare rights officers is available every Friday morning 9.30am to 12.30pm. Bookbug sessions are held every Thursday morning at 10am. Parent and toddler group is full but names can be added to the waiting list. Baby massage courses and weaning workshops run every seven weeks, call for the next start date. Selfdefence course starts on November 8. A Christmas stitch club starts on October 26. Digital inclusion starts on October 7. For more information contact Louise on 01698 373401 or email louisehealy@clla.wanadoo.co.uk. Orange Halls Craigneuk RBP 121 election meeting will take place in the hall tonight (Wednesday) at 7pm, Craigneuk Imperial Ladies Flute Band practice on Thursday at 7.30pm with Auld Boys Craigneuk Flute Band on Sunday at 6.30pm, new members welcome. Prize bingo is held on Monday nights and the halls are open at 7pm, for eyes down at 7.30pm and Craigneuk True Defenders Flute Band practice on Tuesdays at 7.30pm. Community council Craigneuk Community Council will meet in the Jim Foley Community Centre at 7pm on Monday, October 10. Anyone wishing to add to the agenda, should inform the council two weeks prior to the meeting.

Craigneuk Bonkle

Bonkle Parish Church service, Sunday school and creche will be held in the church on Sunday at 12 noon. Anyone who requires a pastoral visit should speak to the minister after this service. This week’s Shoebox appeal requires donations of notebooks, pencils, rubbers, sharpeners and pens. Charity shop at Manse Road, Newmains is open Monday to Thursday, from 9.30am to 3.30pm. School prayer network meet in the church hall every Monday morning at 10am. Computer classes meet in the church hall every Monday from 10am to 11.30am, 1pm to 2.30pm and from 2.30pm to 4pm with badminton held from 7.30pm to 9pm. Arts group meet in the church hall each Tuesday evening at 7pm. Alpha course meet in Coltness Memorial Church every Tuesday evening at 7pm or come along at 6.45pm to enjoy some tea, coffee and cakes. All are welcome. The Ladies Fellowship will resume their meetings in the church hall after their summer break on Tuesday evening at 7.30pm. Food bank thanks everyone for their