\City centre
\Alva
Alva Toddlers Tuesdays and Fridays 9.30-11.30am in the Cochrane Hall. Group also runs through school holidays. Look on Facebook for Alva Toddlers. Darby and Joan Group meets on Wednesdays at 1.45pm in the Cochrane Foundation Hall. Knitting group Meets at Parklands Centre, 7.30pm, on the first and third Mondays of the month for machine and hand knitters. Carpet bowls Carpet bowlers are wanted at Alva Parklands on Monday and Friday at 1.30-3.30pm. Open Doors Alva Baptist Church is open for tea/coffee and prayers on Wednesdays 10am-noon. Noticeboard Groups and individuals and ‘not for profit’ organisations can advertise activities and display posters here. Anyone wishing to use this facility please see the notice boards for further details. Wee County Walkers Meet for free Monday walks at noon from Cochrane Hall car park. New walkers and walk leaders welcome. See www. weecountywalkers.wordpress.com. Alzheimer Scotland A dementia cafe is held in the Alzheimer Scotland bungalow at 22 Viewfield Drive every Saturday 2.30-4pm, £2.50. Contact Kerry MacPhee on 01786 831171 or email kmacphee@alzscot.org. Age Concern Club meets on Thursdays in Alva Parish Church Hall at 2pm for whist and dominoes.
\Bannockburn
Miners Welfare Social Club Bingo on Mondays and Wednesdays at 8pm. Community council Meets in the community centre on the first Thursday of each month at 7pm. Stirling Christadelphian Church hour at the church at 40 Main Street is held every Sunday from 2.30pm, with Sunday school at the same time. Murrayfield UF Church Service on Sunday will be led by Rev Gary Barclay at 10.30am. The wedding of Steven Gale and Sarah Edward takes place in the church on Saturday, August 19 at 1.15pm. Welcoming on Sunday are Mrs A Gray and Mrs N McDonald and offering are Mrs A Kerr and Mrs K Scott. Bowling club Mixed rink on Friday at 7pm followed by bingo and Chase the Ace at 9.30pm. On Sunday the invitation triples event begins at 9.30am. Craft Club The club resumes in September in Allan Church Hall. Club organisers are looking for demonstrators - if you have an expertise and can assist with this please contact by calling Margaret on 01786 813281. Flower Show On Saturday, September 2, a flower show will be held in Allan Church Hall. There will be flower and vegetable competitions as well as baking, knitting and flower arranging contests. There will also be a competition for the children. Anyone wishing to place an entry should ensure they have a copy of the schedule. Exhibitors should bring their entries to the church between 9am and 11am as judging will begin at noon. Teas will be served on the day from 1.45pm. More specific details of competition can be obtained from Margaret on 01786 813281. Allan Church Service on Sunday is at 10.30am and will be led by Rev Alan McKenzie. Welcome Team 2 on duty. Sunday school (Christian Film Club) and creche available. Volunteers wanted to help with Christian Film club over the summer. Speak to Kirsty MacGowan. Volunteers wanted to Bible help out on an occasional Sunday for holiday relief. Please contact Douglas or Lesley 01786 811103. Training will be given for Power point and/or digital hymnary. Ladywell Church On Sunday the church will be celebrating the minister’s 20 years at Ladywell with a special anniversary service at 11.15am followed by lunch in the hall. All welcome. Members and friends, old and new, are invited to come along and join in for lunch after the service. Bannockburn House History Group are looking for photos or information about Miss Mitchell. If you can help with this please speak to the minister. As part of the church’s 60th anniversary celebrations there will be a Flower Festival on September 8-9.
\Braehead
Lunch club Meets on Wednesdays in the Crawford Hall, Colquhoun Street, 1-3pm and the older members of the community are invited to go on their own or with a friend or carer. Scouts Beavers (ages 6-8) meet on Wednesdays, Cubs (ages 8-10) meet on Mondays and Scouts (ages 10-14) meet on Fridays. Contact braeheadscouts@hotmail.com for more information and to note interest. Rainbows The 3rd Stirling Rainbows meet in North Parish Church Hall. The group has vacancies for girls aged five and six years old to join in the fun. Further details from braeheadrainbows@gmail.com Bingo Eyes down at 7.30pm every Tuesday in the East Argyll Centre, Colquhoun Street. Hall for hire, enquire at the centre. Charity prize bingo On Friday, September 8 at 7.30pm in the Braehead Project Centre, Crawford Hall, Colquhoun Street, there is a charity prize bingo evening. All welcome.
\Bridge of Allan
Parish Church Sunday worship takes place at 11am and will be conducted by Rev Dan Harper. There will be a creche and coffee fellowship will be served in the Chalmers Hall afterwards. Summer coffee morning continue on Saturday in the Chalmers Hall from 10am-noon. Proceeds will be split between Neuro Central, a local charity which aims to advance the health of people living with neurological conditions and the Mother Theresa Orphanage in Goa. The Picnic in the Park takes place on Sunday at 2pm in Pullar Park. Please bring your picnic and something to sit on. If it’s raining, the picnic will be in the Honeyman Hall. Book group meets on Monday, August 28 at 7.30pm. The book for discussion is His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet - a psychological thriller relating to murders in Culduie in Wester Ross on the morning of August 10, 1869. For more information, please contact the church office on 01786 834155. St Saviour’s Episcopal Church Eucharist services are on Sundays at 8am and 10am Sung Eucharist with Choir. Young church and creche takes place in the church hall and then they join in with the main service later. Coffee/tea is served in the church hall after the 10am Eucharist. Wednesday Eucharist at 11am in the Choir Vestry; a quiet, peaceful service with coffee/tea afterwards. On Sunday, September 3 (Sea Sunday), after Sung Eucharist there will be a congregation meeting in St Saviour’s Hall. This meeting will give information and invite questions about St Saviour’s Church repairs and development. Lecropt Kirk Sunday worship is at 11.30am. Door duty: Norman Ure, Ian Tasker and Alan Hadden. Joint evening service with Dunblane Free Church at 6.30pm in St Blanes, both services led by Rev Gary Caldwell. Summer teas continue on Saturday in the hall from 2-4pm, cost £4.50. All welcome. Walking groups With trained leaders on Wednesdays 2-3pm. Contact Frances on 01786 827190 for the meeting point. Stirling University Partnership walk group is on Saturdays 10.30am-noon, meeting at the Macrobert. Contact Ian on 07768 984176. Crotchet and knitting A group meets in the library on the last Thursday of each month 2.30-4.30pm. Donations of leftover wool welcome. Allanbridge Social Club Two function rooms are available to hire. Enquiries on 01786 832198 or 07840 518896 or Facebook. Rock ‘n’Reel Fun fitness classes for the over 60s with routines set to Scottish/contemporary music every Tuesday in Bridge of Allan Parish Church from 2-3pm. This is a seated or standing class and is suitable for wheelchair users. Cost is £4 which includes an after-class coffee. All welcome, contact Tricia Chillas for further details on 07740 676639. Coffee morning Green MSP Mark Ruskell and Councillor Alasdair Tollemach are hosting a coffee morning in the Allan Centre on Saturday, August 19 from 10am-noon. All welcome.
\Cambusbarron
Funding Applications to the Cambusbarron Popular Institute Trust can be made to D Paterson, 26 Donaldson Place (01786 461732) or S Morgan, 33 The Brae, both Cambusbarron (01786 464719). Bruce Memorial Church Service on Sunday at 11am will be led by Rev Alan Dunnett. Gents’ lunch today (Wednesday) noon for 12.30pm in church hall.
\Carron Valley
Community Open Day Heritage and crafts will be the theme of the annual community open day to be held on Saturday, August 26 from noon-4pm at Craigend Farm, Auchenbowie. Organised by the Valley Renewables Group a special focus this year will be the Heritage Lottery Fund’s grant for archaeological excavation and training centred on Kirk o’ Muir graveyard and John de Graham’s castle. There will be a large variety of stalls including mosaics, willow weaving, spinning, jewellery, local produce, flower arranging. Stirling Cycle Hub will be there and there will be children’s activities, A programme of talks will include companion planting, encouraging community involvement in heritage activities, and a presentation on plans for the two historic sites. There will also be a discussion of plans for a community woodland at Carron reservoir.
\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. Cornerstone Community Church Service on Sundays at 10.30am in Wallace High School. Groups for children of all ages. Logie Kirk Service on Sunday will begin at 11am. All welcome, creche is available. The service will be led by Rev Anne Shearer. During the vacancy the Interim Moderator, Rev Liz Robertson may be contacted by phone on 01786 812467 or by e-mail: lizrobertson@churchofscotland.org. uk. The kirk will be open to visitors from 2-5pm every Sunday during July and August. Every Tuesday a coffee morning is held in the hall from 10am. Lunch club for seniors living there will resume on Tuesday, August 24. For more information contact Elizabeth Crozier on 01259 213016. Afternoon club for retired people will resume in September. For more information contact Sheila Innes on 01786 822942. For more information see Logie Kirk page on Facebook or log on to www.logiekirk.co.uk. 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. Queen Street Menthodist Church There will be a service on Sunday at 10.30am led by RevDr Mark Jason. Junior Church Summer Club will be available for young people of all ages during the service and refreshments will be served afterwards. St Columba’s Church of Scotland Service at 11am on Sunday will be led by Rev Alex Millar. Each Sunday our junior church provides age appropriate activities for young members from baby to teenagers. St Columba’s hosts friendship lunches on the second Monday of every month from noon-1.30pm to which all are welcome. Coffee club meets in the church hall every Thursday 10.3011.30am. All welcome. St Columba’s has a wide range of venues for hire within its premises at competitive rates, please contact the church office for further details. Church office is open Tuesday-Friday 9.30am12.30pm. Tel: 01786 449516. Log on to website at www.stcolumbasstirling. org. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church On Friday, August 18, Holy Communion will be celebrated at 11am and on Sunday, August 20 Holy Communion will be at 8.30am followed by Sung Eucharist at 10.30am. On Wednesday, August 23 at 11am, the church will be marking the centenary of the death of Lt Maurice C Mowbray MC, Royal Engineers who was a member of Holy Trinity. The service will be conducted by Rev. Seoras Mackenzie, Chaplain to 39 Engineer Regiment, Corps of Royal Engineers. Local dignitaries and Royal Engineers from across Scotland will be attending. The service is open to the public and all are welcome. Light refreshments will be served after the service. The recently refurbished church hall is available for hire. Please contact shaws1@ talktalk.net for more information. Church of the Holy Rude Service on Sunday at 10am will be conducted by Mr Derek Neilson. Immediately following morning service there will be a short service for Healing and Wholeness in the St. Andrew’s Chapel. All members and visitors are welcome to attend, and Prayer Cards are available in the Chapel. A coffee morning in aid of church funds will be held in the church on Saturday, August 19 from 10am until noon. Anyone who would like to donate home baking should contact Sara McKinlay on 01786 832361. A fund-raising concert by Solasta and Moyenda on behalf of the Iona Community Capital Appeal will take place in the Church on Saturday, August 26 at 7pm. Tickets - £12 (£10 Concessions) are available from Eventbrght, the organiser on 01786 462366, or at the door. Hospitality will be given in the church at the end of the concert. Stirling Free Church Meetings in the Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road at 11am and 6pm every Sunday. Service on Sunday with minister Rev Iain Macaskill. Refreshments after both services. Today (Wednesday) at The Well, Upper Craigs, Stirling at 2pm there is a review and planning meeting for all involved in The Well ministeries. Prayer meeting at The Well tomorrow (Thursday) at 7.30pm when Rona Matheson will speak on the work of Blythswood in Europe. Tuesday, August 22 at 7.30pm in The Well - Road to Recovery. Allan Park South Church The service on Sunday at 10.30am will be conducted by the minister and Sunday Stars for younger children takes place during the time of worship. Tea and coffee will be served downstairs in the hall immediately thereafter. The Wellbeing Choir is on holiday until August 22. The lunch club meets every Thursday from noon- 2pm and all are welcome. Full details of all church events are on the website www.apschurch.com. Contact number for all enquiries is the minister Rev Alistair Cowper on 01786 471998 or 07791 524504 or by email: acowper@churchofscotland.org.uk. Viewfield Erskine Church Sunday worship at 11.30am with guest preacher Mr Derek Neilson. Organist is Ian Boulter and Beadle George Scott. Items for September edition of Viewfield News should be in the hands of the editor (Chris Hope) by Sunday, August 20.