Aberfoyle

Yoga Class incorporating mindfulness on Mondays in the Memorial Hall from 7.30-9pm. Contact Gillian on 01877 387201 or 07738 225996. Car boot sale There is a new pitch for the monthly car boot sale which starts tomorrow (Saturday). It will be held on the grass area in front of the woollen mill centre on the last Saturday of each month from 10am2pm. For a pitch (cost £10) contact Chrissie on 01877 382584 or 07748 970672. All proceeds to charity. Bowls The bowling season opens on Sunday, May 1 at 1.30pm for 2pm. Old and New members welcome. Hopefully there will be a few ends played before tea. Parish Church Service on Sunday will be at the usual time of 11.15am with worship being conducted by Rev Terry Taylor. Members are reminded that the meeting with members of Port of Menteith Kirk will be held on Tuesday, May 3 at 7.30pm in the church house at Aberfoyle. Surgery Aberfoyle and Buchlyvie Surgeries are closed on Monday, May 2 as this is a local Bank Holiday. Any emergency, phone 111. St Mary’s Scottish Episcopal Church On Sunday at 11.15am is Holy Communion. Wednesday, May 4 at 11.30am, Holy Communion in Killearn Kirk Session Room. All welcome. Contact Rev Richard Grosse 01877 382887.

Balfron

Bowling club Community cafe will be open as usual on Tuesday from 2-5pm. Disabled access available and all are welcome. Tea, coffee and home baking available. Parish Church Sunday worship will be at 11.15am. Congegational prayer meeting is on Tuesday, May 3 at 7pm. Lunch club every Thursday at noon and CoSY Cafe meets on Fridays at 6pm in the church rooms. Christian Aid Week (May 15-21) collectors needed. Contact Pamela Robb. Coffee morning Balfron in Bloom will hold a coffee morning on Saturday, May 7 from 10am-noon in the McLintock Hall to raise funds for plants to make Balfron beautiful this summer. There will be plants for sale plus home baking, hand-made crafts and a raffle. Admission £2. Community Council Next meeting is on Thursday, May 5 at 7.30pm in Balfron High School. Chairman Colin Cameron will be in Doyle’s from 10.30-11.30am on Thursday for drop-in chats with any local resident who cannot make the meeting and has anything they would like to raise. Councillor’s surgery Councillor iain Muirhead will be in Balfron High School on Thursday, May 5 at 7pm.

Blanefield

Walking group With trained leaders every Thursday, 2-2.45pm, alternate weeks between Blanefield and Killearn. Call 07557 439111.

Brig o’Turk

Kirk Trossachs monthly service at 3pm conducted by Rev June Cloggie.

Buchlyvie

Otago Active adults strength and balance class to improve muscle tone and balance held on Tuesdays from 11.30am-noon in the village hall, cost £2. For further info call 01786 448308. Yoga Classes are held in the village hall on Wednesdays, 9.30-10.30am. Contact Gillian on 01877 387201 or 07738 225996. Golf society An enjoyable day was had by the members who attended the society’s first outing of 2016 at Craigie Hill in Perth on Saturday. Playing to three quarter handicaps the winner was Colin Cafferty on 38 points, with Alan Motion runner up on 36 points and Stephen Hart third on 35 points. Bryan Morrison won the prize for Nearest the Pin, with Colin Cafferty and Stephen Hart both sharing the Magic Twos prize. Surgery Aberfoyle and Buchlyvie Surgeries are closed on Monday, May 2 as this is a local Bank Holiday. Any emergency, phone 111.

Callander

Bridge club Venue: Waverley Hotel, 6.50pm every Wednesday. More details of the club can be found at the Callander Visitors Centre or InCallander website. Kirk Early service on Sunday at 10am in the kirk hall will be led by Duncan Cullens and JAM. Morning service at 11.15am in Callander Kirk will be conducted by Pastor Brian Gooding. Trossachs monthly service at 3pm conducted by Rev June Cloggie. Time for Silence at 8pm in Callander Kirk. Saturday prayer meeting is held at 9am in Room 1 in the hall. Teapot Cafe is open for business on Wednesdays in the kirk hall from 10.30am-noon. St Andrew’s Scottish Episcopal Church Holy Communion on Sunday and Wednesday at 10am. On Thursday, May 5 in Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Albert Place Stirling at 7.30pm is Ascension Day Festal Eucharist. Bowling Club Callander play Blackford at home tomorrow (Saturday) in the first West Perthshire League fixture of the season. Rink night is on Mondays, 7pm start. Rambling club Walk tomorrow (Saturday) is part one of the Rob Roy Way from Pitlochry to Aberfeldy (11 miles). Meet Ancaster Square at 8.30am, contact 01877 330032. Car Boot St Joseph’s Church starts its weekly car boot sale on Saturday, May 7 from 9am-4pm. These will run every Saturday until the end of September. To book a place, contact 01877 330359.

Crianlarich

Councillor’s surgery Councillor Alycia Hayes will be in the village hall on Tuesday, May 3 at 7pm.

Doune, Deanston

Bridge club Meets on Wednesdays at 7.15pm in the Red Lion Hotel. For more info contact Irene on 01786 841785 or Derek on 01786 842224. Intermediate classes are on Tuesdays from 7-9pm in Kilmadock Information Centre. Call Susan on 01786 842684 or 07778 506406 or email susan.wilson37@tesco.net. Keep fit Classes are held on Mondays, 7-8pm in the Rural Hall. Aerobics and legs/bums/tums – suitable for beginners to advanced. Cost £5. Dance fitness Dance fitness for seniors held in the Rural Hall on Tuesdays from 9.30-10.15am and Thursdays 10am-10.45am. Call Janice on 01786 860251 or 07565 182259. St Modoc’s Episcopal Church On Sunday, Holy Communion will be celebrated at 9.30am. Area Council service for Ascension will be held at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Stirling at 7.3 pm on Thursday, May 5. Everyone welcome to all services and activities. For more details, visit www. www.stmodocsdoune.co.uk or Facebook.

Drymen

Councillor’s surgery Councillor Graham Lambie will be in the village hall on Tuesday, May 3 from 6.30pm. Bridge club Results from April 21: NS 1 April Bureau and Anne Ryan; 2 Jeff Hornby and Carol Jones; 3 Betty Laing and Joy Kirkland. EW 1 Barbara Ross and Margaret Gallacher; 2 Dorothy Duncanson and Flora Hunter; 3 Laurence and Jane Crawford. Church Sunday service is at 11.30am including a short celebration of communion. Evening prayer meeting is at 7pm. On Saturday, May 7 from 10am-2pm, Mission Aviation Fellowship will be in the village square with “just plane fun”. Enjoy getting behind the controls of a Cessna plane used by MAF to bring medical supplies, food and hope to the most desperate and needy people in the world. Also paper plane launching and refreshments.

Fintry

Kirk The afternoon teas which are normally held on the first Saturday of the month have been changed for May to the second Saturday. From June it will be back to the usual first Saturday. Next date is May 14, with the teas taking place from 2-4pm.

Gargunnock

Dance fitness Dance fitness for seniors in the community centre on Tuesdays, 11.30am-12.15pm. Call Janice on 01786 860251 or 07565 182259. Church From 2.30-4pm on the first two Sundays in May there is an opportunity to participate in Worship is a Verb, a series of interactive, informal fun sessions to do with Christian worship. The series is held in the community centre through the Presbytery of Stirling. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Alastair Berrill will be in the community centre on Monday, May 2 at 7pm.

Gartmore

Parent support Group meets in the village hall, Thursdays, 10.30amnoon. Call Elita Pulter 01877 382886 or Helen Webster 07929 861597. Circle Dance Group Meets on Thursdays every three-four weeks in Gartmore Village Hall from 2.304pm. Circle dancing is a mixture of traditional folk dances and contemporary dances to music. No experience is necessary. Future dates are May 12, June 9 and July 14. Contact Romma Clements 01877 382956 or Maria Miller 01259 220679. Church The church is holding a coffee morning in the village hall tomorrow (Saturday) from 10amnoon. Home baking, raffle, brica-brac available. Sunday service with Holy Communion at 10am, all welcome. Surgery Aberfoyle and Buchlyvie Surgeries are closed on Monday, May 2 as this is a local Bank Holiday. Any emergency, phone 111.

Inversnaid

Councillor’s surgery Councillor Alycia Hayes will be in the Inversnaid Hotel on Thursday, May 5 at 7pm.