District News
ALVA COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Alva Community Council is hosting a family fun day in the Cochrane Park on Saturday June 4 from noon until 4pm. The Fun Day is titled A Right Royal Fun Day as a way of celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Alva Community Council is meeting online using Zoom until further notice. Members of the Alva community are welcome at all meetings and can request to join a meeting by emailing info@alvacommunitycouncil.org. uk. Please make your request to join the meeting two clear days prior to the meeting date. If you would like an item, put on an agenda, please email info@ alvacommunitycouncil.org.uk. Elected Clackmannanshire councillors, police representatives and subgroups will be sent a link by email, to Alva CC meetings automatically. Monthly updates will be announced by newspaper, public notice, Alva CC website and Alva CC social media. You can keep up to date by visiting the Alva CC website.
BANNOCKBURN COUNCILLOR’S SURGERY
Councillor Alasdair Macpherson can be contacted on 01786 233120 and can arrange to meet you in your home or hold a virtual meeting to discuss any issues you want to raise with him. He can also be emailed at: macphersona@stirling. gov.uk.
ALLAN CHURCH TUESDAY COFFEE CLUB
The club will run on the first and third Tuesday of each month due to reduced numbers of helpers. It will still be from 10-11.30am. If you would like to help out please come along and speak to a member of the team. Organisers are looking forward to seeing everyone again. If the banner is out, then the club is open, but please do a lateral flow test before attending.
BANNOCKBURN BUTTERCUP CAFÉ
The cafe in Allan Church Community Hall requires more volunteers to enable it to restart successfully. Organisers cannot run safely without volunteers and helpers so please come along and help. There will be a meeting on Monday, May 30 at 1.30pm or call Lesley on 07968 329764 if you would like to discuss. The aim is to be open every Monday once there are enough helpers.
MURRAYFIELD UNITED FREE CHURCH
Sunday’s service will be led by Rev Gary Barclay in the church hall at 10.30am and will also be available on Youtube at Murrayfield UF Online from 10.30am onwards. The Indoor Walking Group meets on zoom at 4pm on Mondays and Fridays - details from Jean Hastings. Our outdoor walking group (known as Tea in the Park) meets on Friday, May 20, with an observational walk in Ladywell Park, starting at 2pm at the Bruce Street car park. This is Christian Aid Week and donation envelopes are available in the church hall. Thanks to all who ordered plants - they will be delivered this week.
LADYWELL CHURCH
Tomorrow, Thursday, our weekly coffee morning takes place between 10.30am and noon. All welcome to come along for tea, coffee and cakes and a blether. On Saturday the monthly coffee morning is again between 10.30am and noon. Please come along and give your support. On Sunday the service is at 11.15am. There will be a retiring collection for Christian Aid. Tea and coffee will be available in the small hall after the service. The Summer
STIRLING NORTH PARISH CHURCH
The Sunday service will take place at 10.30am and will be led by Rev Scott Mcinnes. This service will also be livestreamed on the website www. stirlingnorth.org/whats-on/livestream. Future events: Saturday, May 28 – Rob Halligan Concert at 7.30pm, tickets cost £8. Sunday, June 12 - Messy Church at 3pm. All welcome.
BINGO
Cash bingo every Wednesday at 7.30pm at the Crawford Hall.
BRAEHEAD COMMUNITY PROJECT CENTRE.
The AGM will be held tonight (Wednesday) at 9pm in the Crawford Hall following the bingo.
BRIDGE OF ALLAN LECROPT KIRK
Sunday worship is at 11.30am led by Rev Gary Caldwell with service livestreamed on the Dunblane St Blane’s Youtube channel and via Lecropt’s Facebook page at 10am from St Blane’s, and available from Sunday afternoon via telephone 01786 641133 with options for whole or parts of the service. Next car boot sale is on Saturday, May 28 - to book contact Janet 07733 598830.
ROCK AND REEL
The popular seated class has resumed In Bridge of Allan Parish Church Hall on Tuesdays from 1.45-2.30pm followed by coffee and a chat. Cost £5 per session. All welcome, suitable for wheelchair users. A few spaces still Available in the aerobics classes for the over 55s also in the church hall on Mondays from 2.45-3.30pm and Wednesdays 11-11.45am. Further details from Tricia Chillas 07740 676639.
TEA’S COMPANY
Held every Monday between 2pm and 4pm in the Honeyman Hall at Bridge of Allan Parish Church, Tea’s Company is a community group for those who want a chat, make new friends, feeling lonely or isolated. Friendly atmosphere. Free cake and tea. Members play bingo, hold quizzes, singalongs and have theme days.
BRIDGE OF ALLAN PARISH CHURCH
Sunday worship will be held in the church at 11am, the service will be led by Rev David Clark. Children are invited to attend the first part of the serviced then on to Sunday Club after the children’s talk. Sunday services will continue to be live-streamed via Facebook Live and will be available on Facebook thereafter on www.facebook.com/ Bridgeofallanparishchurch.
BOWLING CLUB
On Saturday the club played the latest in the round of friendly fixtures against Bannockburn Bowling Club at their green. The result was a win for Bridge of Allan by 67 to 53. Bridge of Allan skips scores were I Wright 17 - 8, S Ingram 9 - 20, R Guy 19 - 11 and R Fairgrieve 22 - 14. On Saturday, May 21, the club plays a home friendly against Stirling Bowling Club. On Friday evening, May 20, there will be a Fun Bowls/ Cheese and Wine event at the club starting at 6.30pm. All welcome. Cost £5 per person. On Sunday, May 29 the club is holding an open day/try Bowls day at the club between 1am and 3pm. Watch out for the posters around the town.
ST SAVIOUR’S CHURCH
The Wednesday morning quiet Eucharist continues this week at 11am, in the choir vestry. There will be coffee after the service. Our lay readers will be conducting the 10am worship on Sunday, May 22. Sue White will be leading the service and the preacher will be Nick Price. It is the sixth Sunday of Easter and the theme is the ‘Jesus’ Gift of Peace to his followers’. There will be refreshments in the Church Hall after the service. Our new comfortable chairs have arrived and look splendid now they are in place. The church is open every day from 10am until 4pm for private prayer and meditation everyone is welcome. With the relaxation of COVID guidance for places of worship please continue to take precautions that you are comfortable with whilst respecting the needs of those around you.
PARISH CHURCH
This Sunday, Morning Worship will be held in the church at 11am. The service will be led by Rev David Clark. Children are invited to attend the first part of the service, then on to Sunday club, after the children’s talk. Our Sunday services will continue to be live-streamed via Facebook Live and will be available on Facebook thereafter (https://www.facebook.com/ Bridgeofallanparishchurch )
CAMBUSBARRON SWI NEWS
The next meeting will take place at 1pm today (Wednesday) in the community centre. This will be the Annual General Meeting and will be followed by a seated exercise session with Laura Taylor. Competitions are a favourite calendar and a handmade bookmark. On Tuesday, May 24 there will be an outing to Bannockburn House for a guided tour followed by tea/ coffee and cake in the Victorian dining room. All members warmly welcomed.
WELLBEING GROUP
The group will be visiting the Thornhill Alpaca Trekking Centre on Tuesday, May 24 followed by a light lunch at the Lion and Unicorn Hotel. Contact Angela Samson 07977 342022.
BRUCE MEMORIAL CHURCH
The Church will be open for prayer today and every Wednesday from 10am to noon. Our ‘Fruitfulness on the Frontline’ Discussion Group is on this Thursday in the Church Hall from 7-8.30pm. We meet for Sunday worship at 11am. We will be looking at ‘Truth and Godliness in Response to God’s Grace’ from Titus 3. Sunday School will be on after the first part of the service - all children are invited. You can watch the service live or later on the Bruce Memorial Church Youtube channel.
CAUSEWAYHEAD CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH
The church has moved back to its home at Wallace High School with meetings at 10.30am on Sundays. All welcome - please book a ticket via www.cornerstonestirling. org
LOGIE KIRK
Our minister, the Rev Jan Steyn, can be contacted on 01786 271809 or at Jsteyn@ churchofscotland.org.uk. Worship is taking place every Sunday in the Kirk at 11am, It is good to announce that there are no Covid restrictions in force either in the Kirk or in the Halls in Causewayhead. We are delighted to also announce that our coffee mornings will be starting again on Tuesday June 7 in the Lesser Hall and will run from 10am to noon. Come along to give your support and bring a friend. The Kirk website is available at www.logiekirk.
HOLY TRINITY ESPISCOPAL CHURCH
On Sunday May 22 at 10.30am. There will be a Sung Eucharist for the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Tots’ Cafe meets at 10am on Monday mornings. The Wellsprings prayer group will meet every Tuesday morning until June 21. An e-envelope for Christian Aid Week donations is available online via the Church website at www.holytrinitystirling.org. See the website and Church Facebook page for online resources and details of all activities. You can also get in touch at contact@holytrinitystirling.org or tel. 01786 359821.
PARK CHURCH
Worship on Sunday, May 22, will be led by the Rev Attie Van Wyk at 11am in the church. Junior Church and crèche are provided for children. Tea and coffee will be served at tables after the service in the Main Hall and all are welcome to come for a chat and fellowship. Coffee Club will take place in the Main Hall on Thursday from 10.30-11.30am; everyone is welcome to join us for a cuppa and a chat. Sparks Pre-school playgroup meets as usual on Friday, May 20, at 9.30am. The Celebration Congregational Lunch will be held on Sunday, June 5 immediately after the service. Places should be booked by Thursday, May 26 by calling or e-mailing the administrator in the Church Office which is open Tuesday to Friday from 9.30am until noon. Messages can be left on the telephone (01786-462400) or by email: parkchurchstirling@gmail.com. In an emergency Rev Attie Van Wyk can be contacted at the Park Church Manse on 01786- 478269. E-mail: Avanwyk@ churchofscotland.org.uk
VIEWFIELD ERSKINE CHURCH
Sunday Morning Worship with the Church of the Holy Rude at Viewfield Church, Sunday, May 22 at 11am with Minister Rev AF Miller.
CHURCH OF THE HOLY RUDE
Fifth Link Study Day, June 18 with Rev Dr Liam Fraser, minister of St Michael’s Parish Church, Linlithgow and convener of the Church of Scotland’s Theological Forum on ‘The Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Church of Scotland’, Rev Dr Jock Stein, Emeritus, Kincardine Parish Church and publisher of the Handsel Press and Macher on ‘The Psalms and Poetry’ and Professor Richard Roberts, Emeritus, the chair of theology at the University of St Andrews, and Emeritus, the chair of religious studies at the Universities of Lancaster and Stirling and chairman of the Link Trust on ‘The Gospel and Catastrophe: Hugh Macdiamrid, Robert Graves, CS Lewis and the categorical imperative of Deep Adaptation’.
CORNTON CORNTON BAPTIST CHURCH
A warm welcome awaits all at services