\Fishcross

Councillor’s surgery Councillor Maureen Bennison will be in the community centre tomorrow (Thursday) at 1pm. Drop-in Stirling CAB is offering an advice drop-in service (no appointment necessary) in relation to Universal Credit, other benefits, housing issues, IT support and skills. Home visits can be arranged. The drop-in is in Cowie Library on Mondays from 10am-noon. Contact Derek Neilson at Stirling CAB on 01786 451225; mob 07927 646316 or email derekneilson@ stirlingcab.casonline.org.uk.

\Dollar

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

\Dunblane

Walking group Free health walk with trained leaders every Wednesday from 10.30am. Meet in front of Dunblane Cathedral. Contact walking@activestirling.org.uk. Free Church Sunday’s services are at 11.30am with Kidz Club and creche plus evening service at 6.30pm. Prayer and Bible study meet on Thursdays at 7.30pm. More from Innes Macleod on 01259 760566. Men’s breakfast at Choices coffee shop is on third Saturday of every month at 8am. Call Alasdair Lunan 07886 216593. St Blane’s Church Sunday service and Sunday school are at 10am. Tea/coffee in the hall afterwards, all welcome. At 5pm in the hall the next Service for All Ages will be held. Michael Yuille is selling calendars again to support Street Pastors - £10, and at least half of that will be donated to the charity. Gary and Zach have set up at new church office in the vestry. Gary will be working there (subject to other appointments) most Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Feel free to pop in for a coffee/chat. Christian Aid hosts an event on Saturday, November 3 in the cathedral hall from 10am. Bob Kikuyu, Christian Aid’s new theology advisor will give a talk “Isn’t loving your neighbour enough?” at 10.30am and will discuss why theology matters to Christian Aid. Tea, coffee and home baking will be provided. Please contact Liz or David Reid (01786 823576). Quiz in the new hall at Lecropt on Friday, November 2 at 7pm. Leaflets for this year’s Blythswood Shoe Box Appeal are in the Mitchell Room. The boxes will be collected from St Blane’s on Sunday. If there are any questions, please contact Margaret Watson. Coffee morning in aid of Alzheimer’s on Saturday, November 10 at 10am in the hall. Donations of baking and jams welcome. If you are able to help with serving, please contact Anne or Tudor Rees (01786 823716). The next Course of Your Life session will be on Sunday, November 11 at 6pm in the hall. An Advent craft group starts on November 19 at 7pm for 7.30pm in the hall. Please sign the sheet in the Mitchell Room if interested. St Blane’s Prayer Chain: If you would like to join the group or have a request for prayer, please let Gary or your elder know. or email jeanproto@yahoo.co.uk. Civic Society Next meeting is on Monday, November 12 at 7.30pm in the Braeport Centre when Kris and Blair from Team Noble will give a talk on their Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, a 3000 mile endurance race rowing across the Atlantic Ocean in their 23ft boat to raise money for the Firefighters’ Charity. All welcome, visitors’ admission £2. Dunblane Christian Fellowship Celebration service every Sunday at 10.30am with Kids Church and creche available. Chatty Crafters club every Tuesday 10am-1pm. Cafe, Tuesday to Friday, 2-5pm. Alpha course, Tuesday, light meal 6.30pm followed by discussion group. Contact Duncan Strathdee on 07789 912259. Young at Heart Low-impact dance fitness classes for ages 50-plus are on Tuesdays in the Victoria Hall from 12.15-1pm. For more info call Janice on 07565 182259. Senior citizens Bingo session on Tuesday, November 20 in the Victoria Hall, 2pm. Tea/coffee after. Ceilidh/ oldies disco from 8pm on Friday, November 30. All welcome. Rock’n’ Reel Fun aerobics for the over-50s at Braeport Centre on Tuesdays from 10.30-11.15am. All welcome. Contact Tricia Chillas 07740 676639. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Alastair Majury will be in Dunblane Library on Saturday, November 3 at 10am. Boys’ Brigade All sections meet as normal this week. New members are particularly welcome at Anchor Boys (P1-P3) on Wednesdays 6.15-7.15pm in the cathedral hall. Some Junior Section boys are off to the Glasgow Science Centre sleepover on Friday but others will meet as normal 6.30-8pm and Company Section is 7.45-10pm. On Saturday, November 3, BB Project Malawi is hosting its second whisky-tasting evening at the Braeport Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets are £20, which include five drams and an expert tour around Scotland’s best malts. On Sunday, November 4, a soup-and-sweet lunch is being held at the Cathedral Hall following the morning service at 11.45am. All welcome to join in and help the fundraising to allow 17 young people from BB and GB to renovate classrooms in Malawi next summer. On Saturday, November 10, the Boys’ Brigade Band, in partnership with the Regimental Band of the Black Watch Army Cadet Force, will host a Festival of Remembrance Concert to mark the 100th Anniversary of the end of WWI. The concert and Act of Remembrance will take place in Dunblane Cathedral, 7pm. Entry is free, with a retiring collection in aid of service charities. The event is supported by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust. All welcome. On Remembrance Day itself (November 11), the uniformed youth organisations will be parading through Dunblane beginning at 9.40am from the Victoria Hall and finishing at The Cross in front of Dunblane Cathedral. Each organisation will issue its own instructions about meeting times. The ceremony at the War Memorial will begin at 12.30pm sharp following the church services. A reminder that all Company Section BB boys are expected to attend. For more info e-mail info@dunblanebb. org.uk or call 01786 821387. Christian Aid in Dunblane New theology advisor Bob Kikuyu will host a morning discussion “Isn’t loving your neighbour enough?” on Saturday, November 3 at 10am in the cathedral hall. Through partner stories from around the world Bob will discuss why theology matters to Christian Aid and will highlight how we stand together with our global neighbours for dignity, equality and justice. This is an informal discussion with time for questions. Tea, coffee and homebaking will be provided. Dunblane Cathedral Midweek service takes place tomorrow (Thursday) at the usual time of 11am. All welcome to attend this short service in the choir area. On Saturday, November 3, the local Christian Aid committee has organised a meeting with Bob Kikuyu, the new theology advisor for Christian Aid. There will be an open discussion with Bob, entitled “Is loving your neighbour enough?” Tea, coffee and home-baking available. The Royal School of Church Music is holding a Singing Day in the cathedral on Saturday. This will conclude with a service at 4pm, to which all invited. Please gather in the choir area. Sunday worship is at the usual time of 10.30am. All groups of Cathedral Kids will meet. Following the service, members of the BB will serve soup and sweets in the hall, instead of tea and coffee. The Fairtrade stall will be open. At 3pm, Adrian Lucas, director of the Singing Day on Saturday, will give an organ recital of music by Bach, Stanley and others, with a Remembrance theme. Free admission. At 6.30pm, Prof David Fergusson returns to give a talk on the work of Craiglockhart Hospital, Edinburgh. Here WWI soldiers were treated for shell shock. Prof Fergusson will also focus on the poetry produced by some of the patients. The meeting will take place in the Cathedral Hall. Revelation Youth meets in the halls at 7pm. On Monday, November 5, the Guild meets in the hall at 20pm for Paddy Games with Mr I Brown. Christmas fundraiser On Sunday, November 3, a fundraising Christmas Market and Cafe in aid of the Glasgow Childrens Hospital Charity will take place in the Victoria Hall from 11am to 4pm. Entry is free and there will be 28 fantastic stalls with a wide range of great gift ideas.

\Fallin

Fallin Information Exchange Support and advice on alternate Wednesdays 9.30am-noon in Fallin Library. Local office Open Fridays in the library 10-1pm and 2-5pm to pay rent/council tax and receive help and advice. An office is also available for private meetings. Drop-in Stirling CAB is offering an advice drop-in service (no appointment necessary) in relation to Universal Credit, other benefits, housing issues, IT support and skills. Home visits can be arranged. The drop-in is in Fallin Library on Thursdays from noon-2.30pm. Contact Derek Neilson at Stirling CAB on 01786 451225; mob 07927 646316 or email derekneilson@ stirlingcab.casonline.org.uk. Wee County Walkers Free walks every Tuesday, meet 2pm at Cats Protection League premises in the village.

\Kinbuck

Crook making Classes on Wednesdays 7-9pm from today in the Old School of Kinbuck. For details contact Hamish on 07770 430810.

\Menstrie

Wee County Walkers Meet on Sundays at 2pm in Dumyat Centre car park for walk. See www.weecountywalkers.wordpress.com. Menstrie Parish Church Sunday’s service at 11am will be led by Mrs Sandie Kerr. The following two weeks will be led by Rev Denny Rose and Mrs Kerr respectively. Tea in 2 will resume from today (Wednesday) at 10.30–11.30am; please pop in for a cuppa and a chat. The Guild Buffet Lunch scheduled for November 4 has been postponed until the New Year. The next Thursday at 2 event is tomorrow (November 1) at 2pm after the community council lunch. All welcome. Donations welcome for The Gate foodbank in Alloa and for this year’s Blythswood Shoebox Appeal. Wrapping and filling will take place on November 7. Menstrie UF Church Sunday worship at 10am will be conducted by the minister Rev Jason Lingiah, continuing the series in Mark’s Gospel. Prayer meeting and bible study meets in the church on Tuesday, November 6 at 10.30am, continuing studies in Esther. Advance notice is given that there will be a speaker from the Leprosy Mission on Thursday, November 8 at 7.30pm in the church and there will be an opportunity to purchase Christmas cards. There will also be a short Act of Remembrance at Menstrie War Memorial at 3pm on Armistice Sunday (November 11) led by Mr Lingiah. Donations for The Gate foodbank in Alloa can be handed into the church. The church is available for hall lets - please contact the minister on 01259 215278. More info on Facebook @menstrieufchurch

\Plean

Library Bookbug sessions every other Monday from 11.15-11.45am for babies and pre-school children. Parkrun Meet on Saturdays, 9.20am at former house in Plean Country Park. See parkrun.org.uk/plean. Drop-in Stirling CAB is offering an advice drop-in service (no appointment necessary) in relation to Universal Credit, other benefits, housing issues, IT support and skills. Home visits can be arranged. The drop-in is in Plean Library on Thursdays from 10-11.30am. Contact Derek Neilson at Stirling CAB on 01786 451225; mob 07927 646316 or email derekneilson@ stirlingcab.casonline.org.uk.

\Raploch

Remembrance Service The annual service is on Friday, November 9 at the Village Square beside Raploch Campus. Teas served in the hall at St Mark’s after and anyone wishing to help should contact Jean or Chris. Community council The inaugural meeting of the new community council will take place in Raploch Campus at 6.30pm on Monday, November 5. All successful candidates will have received notification. Credit union The office is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 11.30am-2.30pm for deposits and adare vice on helping with money matters. Christmas is fast approaching and members should be thinking about financial needs for the festive celebrations. Loan applications should be made to avoid disappointment. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Susan McGill will be in the Raploch Centre on Monday, November 5 at 6pm. St Mark’s Parish Church Sunday worship begins at 10.50am with reading of the intimations followed by worship at 11am. Family Church gathering begins at 2pm in the church hall to which all are welcome. There will be no evening Praise and Prayer. The 1-2-1 group meets on Tuesday, November 6 for bible study and for those who may be thinking of joining St Mark’s as a member. Pause with Poppies will meet again on Wednesday, November 7 from 1.303.30pm in the church.

\Riverside

Bowling Club Management committee meet on Tuesday, November 6 at 7pm in the clubhouse. Christmas and Karaoke Night on Saturday, December 1, 7.30pm, tickets (£5) from any committee member or contact John Millar 07709 058642. Councillor’s surgery Councillor Ross Oxburgh will be in the Riverbank Centre tonight (Wednesday) at 7pm.

\St Ninians

Walking group Free health walk with trained leaders, Thursdays from 11am, meeting at Battle of Bannockburn Centre, Glasgow Road. Contact walking@activestirling.org.uk. Carpet bowls Over-60s play in the Mayfield Centre from 2-4pm Mondays and Thursdays. Tea and biscuits provided at half-time. £4 per week. St Ninians Community Church Re:Fresh Cafe on Fridays from 11am to 12.45pm. Sunday service is 10.30am. Both held in the Mayfield Centre. Civil Defence Club Two sessions of bingo every Wednesday and Sunday, eyes down 8pm. Entertainment on Saturday with Billy Meredith plus bingo. Free hire of hall on Friday nights. St Ninians Old Parish Church Craft group meets tomorrow (Thursday) at 7pm in the Parish Halls. Craft fayre in the Parish Halls on Saturday, November 3 from 10.30am-noon. Tea, coffee and home baking. Lunch from noon1.30pm. All welcome. Service on Sunday at 10.30am conducted by Rev Gary McIntyre. Creche and Sunday Club. Sunday is the last day for filled shoeboxes and individual items for the Blythswood Care Shoebox Appeal to be left at the church. Articles and photographs for the winter edition of The Parishioner can be forwarded to parishioner@stniniansold.org.uk or placed in the box in the church vestibule. The hall management committee meet on Tuesday, November 6 at 12.30pm in the Parish Halls and the craft group meet on the same day, 7pm. St Ninians UF Church Sunday service, 11am conducted by Rev Martin Keane. Children’s activities at the same time. Evening service 7pm conducted by Mr Keane. On Tuesdays at 6.30pm the XTB club for those in primary school will be held followed at 7.30pm by Source for those in P7–S2.

\Throsk

Community centre Cash bingo on Wednesdays, 7.30pm.

\Tillicoultry

Wee County Walkers Meet Saturdays, 10.30am, near the Nike outlet at Sterling Mills in Cochrane Hall car park.