District News
Wishaw Ex-servicemen’s Club Entertainment for members and friends begins with bingo in the Tartan lounge on Friday and Sunday nights. Members can enjoy a game of cash bingo in the Tartan lounge on Saturday nights. The main hall and upstairs lounge are available to hire for a variety of functions, including 18th and 21st birthday parties. A hall dressing service is also available to book, including cake and balloon packages. For more information telephone 01698 373371 or join the club’s Facebook page. South Wishaw Parish Church Wednesday activities continue this week with prayer group and life group at 10am and 10.45am respectively. Midweek service at noon will be followed by lunch and Wednesday Welcome starts at 1.30pm. Part four of the talks on the God question: Science or God or Both? continues this Wednesday at 7.15pm for tea and coffee with the talk itself starting at 7.30pm. Come along and join in tonight’s debate. Sharing Circle meets on Thursdays at 1.30pm, followed by the usual activities. A prayer for revival meeting is being held in the church on Friday, starting at 8pm. Members of all churches are invited to attend this meeting. A prayer breakfast will be held on Sunday at 9.30am, followed by the worship service at 11am which will be conducted by Reverend Terry Moran. A harvest service will be held on October 1, with a special offering being taken for the Christian Aid charity. This service will be followed by a congregational lunch of soup and sandwiches. The Now Church service will also take place at 2pm on that day. Women’s guild and fellowship both start on Monday at 7.30pm. A Saturday Night Live 50s and 60s Night will take place on October 7. Everyone is invited to come along and enjoy a night of nostalgia and dancing to 50s and 60s music and quizzes, etc. All are welcome. Tickets for this event are now available with prizes awarded to the best dressed person in 50s or 60s style. Congregational meeting will be held after the service on Sunday, October 8. This service will be shortened to facilitate the meeting. Motherwell Photographic Society At this week’s meeting the guest speaker was Billie Currie, an award-winning photographer with a number of interests including landscape, macros and architecture. He explained to the members that, in his opinion, the best photographs were achieved by moving from auto to manual mode and he illustrated his points with a very informative presentation. During his talk he detailed several key areas for members to consider when shooting in all weathers and conditions and stressed the importance of using a processing programme to enhance the final image. He showed examples of before and after photographs taken in poor light and bad conditions, highlighting the impressive difference made by the processing programme. The meeting on Thursday will be a practical night and members will be given the opportunity to photograph a model if they so wish. The provisional start date for the beginners’ classes this session will be Friday, October 13, and will be confirmed shortly. The Society meets on Thursdays evening at 7.30pm in Holytown Community Centre, Stevenston Street, Holytown and welcomes anyone with an interest in photography, no matter their level. For more information, visit their website at http://www.motherwellphotographicsociety.co.uk which contains a members’ gallery where further examples of their work can be viewed or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/