District News

Alva

Alva Games Bingo Tea The next bingo tea in support of the 160th Alva Games will be held tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30pm in St John Vianney Church Hall. Alva Pensioners The monthly dance is on Saturday, April 30 with music by Raymond Carse. Age Concern Whist and dominoes are tomorrow (Thursday) at 2pm in Alva Parish Church Hall. Alva Toddler Group Meets on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9.30-11.30am in the Cochrane Hall and also runs through school holidays. Details on Facebook – Alva Toddlers. Darby and Joan The club meets on Wednesdays at 1.45pm in the Cochrane Foundation Hall. Knitting Group Meets at Parklands Centre at 7.30pm on the first and third Monday of the month for a friendly evening in the company of experienced machine and hand knitters. Carpet Bowls Carpet bowlers are wanted at Alva Parklands on Mondays and Fridays at 1.45-3.15pm. Alva Baptist Church A craft club will be held on Thursdays from 10am to noon. Card making materials are supplied or you can bring your own work (e.g. knitting, cross stitch) and enjoy the company. Community Notice Board The board is outside the CAP/library. Groups and individuals and ‘not for profit’ organisations can advertise. Please see the notice boards for further details. Wee County Walkers Walkers meet for free Monday walks at noon in Cochrane Hall car park. New walkers and walk leaders welcome. More information at www.weecountywalkers.wordpress.com. Community Council A fun day will be held on Saturday, June 11, which is the weekend of the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations so the theme will be ‘A Right Royal Affair’. If you or your group have any ideas, please email info@alvacommunitycouncil.org.uk

Bannockburn

Miners Welfare Social Club Bingo every Monday and Wednesday at 8pm. Ladywell Church Service on Sunday at 11.15am will be conducted by the minister Rev Liz Robertson. Sunday school is held during the service. Team One will be on duty. After the service there will be a meeting lasting approximately one-two hours for all office bearers taking part in the congregational visitation. A full attendance is requested. Please bring a packed lunch. Tomorrow (Thursday), the coffee morning is from 10am till noon and the craft club meets at 7.30pm. Allan Church The service on Sunday is at 11.15am and will be led by Rev Jim Cochrane. Sunday school continues to meet during the service and a creche is available. Prayer group meets at 10.45am in the small hall every Sunday and all are welcome. Tuesday coffee club is weekly from 10-11.30am. Welcome team on Sunday is Team 6 and consists of A Young, R Miller, J Russell, M Miller and J McIntyre. Masonic Bannockburn Bruce and Thistle 312 meets on Friday (April 29) at 7.30pm for a Mark Degree. All visitors welcome.

Braehead

Lunch Club The lunch club meets on Wednesdays in the Crawford Hall, Colquhoun Street from 1-3pm and the older members of the community are invited. They will be welcome to come on their own or with a friend or carer. Bingo East Argyll Centre in Colquhoun Street has bingo every Tuesday and Thursday, eyes down 7.30pm. Community Garden Applications for membership are currently being taken. If you’re interested in growing your own fruit and vegetables in your own raised bed in the garden and in the polytunnel, contact garden@ braehead.org. Instruction available for beginners.

Bridge of Allan

Bridge of Allan Parish Church Sunday worship takes place 11am and will be conducted by Rev Dan Harper. Sunday school meets at the usual time and there will be a creche. Coffee fellowship is in the Chalmers Hall afterwards. Beadle duty: Christine Paterson. Door duty: Louise Kentley, Lynda Stuart, Glen Montgomery. The social team is holding a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in the Chalmers Hall on Saturday, April 30. Tickets, £5 for adults and £2.50 for children, are on sale at the door. The next meeting of the book group will be on Tuesday, May 17. The group is reading “The Light Between The Oceans” by ML Stedman. Past, present and new members welcome. For further details, please contact the church office. Red Cross Strawberry Tea takes place in the Chalmers Hall on Saturday, May 7 from 10am-noon. Lecropt Kirk Morning service on Sunday starts at 11.30am. Creche and Sunday school meet at same time in hall. Welcome team: Adam McCrum, Ian McLure and Joyce Buchan. Evening service at 6.30pm in St Blane’s. Both services conducted by Rev Gary Caldwell. All welcome. Allanbridge Social Club The club is having a prize bingo night tonight (Wednesday) with books on sale from 8pm. The usual Wednesday bingo will resume on May 4, all welcome. Darts tournament is on Saturday, April 30. Registration for 1pm, £3 entry fee and prize money of £100 and as always everybody is welcome. Two function rooms are available to hire. Call the club on 01786 832198 or 07840 518896 or on Facebook page. Walking groups A free health walk with trained leaders is held Wednesday from 2-3pm. Contact Frances on 01786 827190 for the meeting point. The Stirling University Partnership walk group is on Saturdays from 10.30am-noon, meeting at the Macrobert. Contact Ian on 07768 984176. Dance class Young at Heart Gold for seniors is held in Bridge of Allan Parish Church Hall on Mondays from 2-2.45pm and Fridays 11-11.45am. For more info call Janice: 01786 860251 or 07565 182259. Crotchet and Knitting Group Whether you are experienced or have never knitted or crotcheted before, you are welcome to join in the library on the last Thursday of each month from 2.30-4.30pm. Even if you can’t make it, the group would welcome donations of any left over wool so members can start making items for next year’s sale, the proceeds of which go to a local charity. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Callum Campbell will be in the library on Saturday, April 30 at 10am.

Cambusbarron

Bowling Club Junior opening day is Sunday, May 1. Bruce Memorial Church Sunday’s service will be led by Josh Milton, Community and Families Worker, who will preach from Daniel 10. There will be a short informal communion service afterwords. Sunday school will meet as usual. The first Sunday of the month brings the opportunity to donate to Start-Up Stirling food bank. Ladies’ lunch today (Wednesday) at noon in the church hall. Prayer gathering at 7pm on Sunday in the church.

Causewayhead

Baby and toddler group Every Tuesday and Thursday at Stirling County Rugby Club from 10-11.30am. Cost £2 for the first child and 50p for additional children. Cost includes snack for children and tea/coffee for the adults. Logie Kirk Sunday service in the kirk is at 11am. A further service will be held in Hanover Court at 3pm. Both services will be led by Rev Stuart Fulton and Rev Anne Shearer. All welcome, creche available. Lunch club for seniors living in the area takes place in the hall each Thursday at 12.30pm. Anyone interested in joining should contact Elizabeth Crozier on 01259 213016. Coffee morning takes place each Tuesday in the hall from 10am. All welcome. Cornerstone Community Church Meeting is on Sunday at 10.30am in Wallace High School. There are groups for children of all ages. When you arrive at the school doors just head straight in and there will be someone there to welcome you. Website is www.cornerstonestirling.org

City Centre

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 Tricia on 07557 439111. Stirling Free Church Meetings on Sunday at 11am and 6pm in the Smith Art Gallery and Museum. Speaker at both services is Rev iain MacAskill. Refreshments at the close of each service. Prayer meeting each Tuesday at 7.30pm in the Smith. All welcome. St Columba’s Church Sunday’s service at 11am will be led by Rev Alex Millar assisted by Rev John Butterfield and will include the Sacrament of Baptism. Coffee club meets in the church hall every Thursday from 10.30-11.30am. All are welcome. Kirk session meets on Wednesday, May 4 at 7.30pm in the main hall. Papers are available in the Elders’ files. Car parking permits for 2016 are now available (£15) from the church office. Each Sunday, Junior Church provides age appropriate activities for young members from baby to teenagers. St Columba’s hosts All Ages, Friendship Lunches on the second Monday of every month from noon1.30pm to which all are welcome. A transport service is available to and from church on a Sunday morning. If you wish to make use of this service, please call Helen McDonald on 01786 474283. Church office is open Tuesday-Friday 9.30am-12.30pm. Allan Park South Church The service on Sunday at 10.30am will be conducted by the minister. Tea and coffee will be served in the hall immediately thereafter. Wellbeing Choir meets every Tuesday at 7.30pm in the hall. Jubilee Lunch Club meets every Thursday in the hall from noon until 2pm. Full details of church events are on the website at www.allanparksouth.church. Contact number for all enquiries is the minister, Rev Alistair Cowper on 01786 471998; mob 07791 524504 or email minister@apschurch.com Viewfield Erskine Church Sunday worship is at 10am with Rev AF Miller. There will be choir practice at 9.30am before morning worship. Tea and coffee after service in the Upper Hall and a Traidcraft stall available. Gardening group meets every Thursday (weather permitting) between 1.30-3pm. Yoga class tomorrow (Thursday) in the Upper Hall from 6-7pm. Church of the Holy Rude Sunday’s service at 11.30am will be led by Rev Alan Miller and the Young Church meets at the same time. Following the service there will be the short monthly service of Communion in St Andrew’s Chapel and all are welcome to attend this. Tomorrow (Thursday) from 7.30-9.30pm in the Albert Halls, the Stirling Churches are holding a hustings session for the forthcoming Scottish Parliamentary elections and all are welcome to come along and question the candidates for the Stirling constituency. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church On Friday, April 29, Holy Communion will be celebrated at 11am. On Sunday, May 1, Holy Communion will be at 8.30am, followed by Sung Eucharist at 10.30am. Everyone is welcome to all services and activities. For more details, visit www.holytrinitystirling.org.

\Cornton

Credit Union Cornton Credit Union now goes under the name of Cornton and District Credit Union and will now be able to serve the Raploch community as well as Cornton. The credit union is open every Monday from 9am-3pm and Fridays 4-6pm in the community centre. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Johanna Boyd will be in the community centre tonight (Wednesday) at 5.30pm. Baptist Church Today (Wednesday) at 6pm CBC Kids Club; tomorrow (Thursday) at 10.15am is coffee morning and 7.30pm, prayer meeting in the hall. On Friday, April 29 is Noah’s Ark Parent and Toddlers at 10am and youth cafe at 7.30pm. Sunday services at 11am and 6.30pm with Rev Hamish Wishart. Children’s Explorers and Navigators meet during part of 11am service and creche available.

Cowie

Skate park On Saturday, April 30 the official skate park opening is from 2-4pm. Join CRAG in celebrating the skate park and have some fun for all the family, bouncy castle, burgers, and music. CRAG Join members for planting in the Village Square on Monday, May 2 at 11am. One O’Clock Club Lunch club for all in the miners welfare every Monday at 1pm. Bowling club On Sunday, May 1, Brian Cattigan will be performing in the lounge bar from 3pm. On Saturday, May 7, Terry Moore will be singing in the main hall when a bus party from Motherwell Miners visits the club for sing-song and dancing from 9pm to 1am. Anyone interested in joining the bowling section of the club should contact the club or any committee member. Old and new members welcome.

Dollar

Wee County Walkers Meet every Thursday, 10am beside the health centre. See www.weecountywalkers.wordpress.com