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Call Brenda on 493361 or email gbshone@btinternet.com CHILDREN’S HIGHLAND DANCE Wednesdays at Nairn British Legion Hall. Preschool 3:30pm 4:30pm and Beginners 4:30pm 5:30pm. Call Elizabeth Fraser on 01463 729477 HIGHLAND QUILTERS 3rd Tuesday of the month, SeptJune (December meeting 2nd Tuesday). Meet in Smithton Free Church Hall at 7:30pm. New members and visitors welcome.

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Riding for the Disabled (Forres, Nairn & District) Volunteer with this small, friendly group at Burgie on Monday mornings during term time. 9:15am - 11:15am, 11am - 1pm or all morning.

No experience necessary as training will be given.

The time you give will provide long-lasting, therapeutic benefit to the children.

Email: forresnairnrda@gmail.com or call 01343 890745 HIGHLAND RUSSIA CONNECTION Russian language lessons, art and craft workshops, Russian dancing, educational talks, displays and exhibitions. Call Elena Reid 456245 or e-mail elena.k.reid@homecall.co.uk www.highlandrussia.org.uk INVERNESS CANOE CLUB Inland, sea and surf kayaks, open canoe SCA affiliated club.

SCA Coaches provide in club training and courses. Pool lessons throughout the year.

Contact Emma Garden pinkpaddler@yahoo.co.uk www.invernesscc.org.uk NAIRN ARTS SOCIETY We meet in the Laing Hall, Fishertown. Regular exhibitions, demonstrations & sales of art works. Groups meet daily at various times. for Information call Frances Hendry (secretary) on 01667 454653 or visit www.nairnarts.co.uk NAIRN CARDIACTIVE GROUP Mondays, 7pm - 8pm, Nairn Community Centre.

Physiotherapist led exercise group. Intended mainly to help people recovering from heart & stroke problems, but all welcome. Call 01667 456397.

NAIRN COMMUNITY TRANSPORT Call 01667 459337 or email nairncommunitytransport@googl email.com NAIRN COUNTY CRICKET CLUB Friendly & eager to involve all ages in cricket. Games on Saturdays. Practice night Tuesday at Nairn Links

NAIRN COUNTY FOOTBALL CLUB LTD Contact 453286 NAIRN LADIES CURLING CLUB Friendly club offering good fun social curling. New members welcome. Contact 404256 NAIRN LACE GROUP Self-help lace group meets Thursdays from 7.00 - 9.30 pm in Nairn Community Centre, Contact number 01667 453521 NAIRN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND CAMERA CLUB Tuesdays at 7:30pm in Nairn Community Centre. Sept - April.

For info contact Dave Freeman (President) on 360026 or email dave@nairncameraclub.co.uk NAIRN SOCCER SEVEN'S Mondays 6pm - 7.15pm, Easter to October. Qualified SFA coaches provide coaching and games. P2 - P7. Contact 452930 NAIRN ST NINIAN BADMINTON CLUB Currently held at Nairn Academy gym hall every Thursday, September to Easter from 6pm 7.30pm. Age between 8 & 15 years. Contact 454716 or email mariadicarlo46@hotmail.com RSCDS (FORRES BRANCH) Nairn class. Scottish country dance class. Sep - Mar. Adults: Thurs 7.30pm - 9.30pm at Nairn Community Centre. Secretary: Mrs E Grant. Tel: 01309 675187.

SOUNDS FAMILIAR SINGING GROUP Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesday every month at 2:30pm - 4pm in the Craigmonie Hotel, Annfield Rd, Inverness. For people with dementia & their carers. Come and enjoy our friendly, popular group. For details call 01463 233231 or 01463 230803 or email soundsfamiliarmusic@aol.com

SSPCA INVERNESS Contact 455012 SUPPORT GROUP NAIRN PARKINSON'S Last Wednesday of the month, 2pm in Nairn Hospital. For people with Parkinson’s, carers & family members. Speakers & discussions on medical matters and topics of general interest. Call 455236 T-EXCHANGE MAKERSPACE Make things, build things and exchange ideas. Third Friday of every month 7:30pm at Findhorn Village Centre. Details on www.t-exchange.net or contact Bill on 07925 551191.

TREES FOR LIFE GREEN DAYS OUT For people in Moray & Invernessshire. Spend a day carrying out conservation tasks. Transport, tools and training free of charge.

Pick ups available. Volunteers over 18 with a reasonable level of fitness. Every Wed & last Sun of the month. Booking essential.

Call Mick on 01309 691292 or email mick@treesforlife.org.uk WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION We hold 9 meetings per year on Saturday afternoons in Elgin Library. Open to anyone with an interest in WW1. Contact Derek Bird on 01343 870562 or email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk PLEASE NOTE: Details of Clubs & Societies are published on a rotational basis.

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SPEAKERS CLUB Leisure pursuit encourages & develops proficiency in public speaking. Training manual is available & new speakers follow a 10 speak programme individually evaluated. Contact 453373

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I am going to resist the temptation to make comment on the any Referendum vote in an effort to retain the impartiality of SpotLight! Arguably one of the most important decisions for the people who live and work in Scotland, I am sure that we will all be giving it our full attention and aiming to reunite as a nation once the vote is over.

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Messiah is born! Yes, he came just as the prophets said he would.

We are approaching that season of the year when Jesus Christ was born.

It was probably during the Feast of Tabernacles, which we read of in Leviticus Chapter 23. The setting is the wilderness and Moses is leading two million people towards the Promised Land. That is not a phrase we hear frequently today.

God is giving instructions regarding Worship.

We remember that through faith in Jesus Christ, we are engrafted into Israel. We are the wild olive which is grafted into the true holy trunk and that holy trunk and root supports and feeds us.

The Feast of Tabernacles is also a celebration of the harvest. Over this Festival of eight days, Jews will live in tents or booths or temporary shelters.

They will eat and sleep in these booths built on balconies, or in their gardens, to remind people that for 40 years they had no permanent home

as they wandered in the wilderness, having been set free from slavery.

We remember too when we come to the bread and wine.

We also remember that this is when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, not the West Bank. “The word became flesh and tabernacled amongst us.” The Son of God assumed this temporary tent, this physical tabernacle, to redeem us and buy us back to God. This is a season for thanksgiving, when the people of God remember that God provided manna in the wilderness, and water from the rock, and today, rains for the crops to grow.This became a sacred week, and remains a sacred week.

The Church of Jesus Christ is a sign to society that there is a God, and a Saviour, and a way out of the bondage of sin.What a privilege to be chosen to be a sign in the world.To be chosen by God involves awesome responsibilities.

In John Chapter 7, on the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus Christ calls out, “If any man is thirsty let him come to me and drink”. Jesus offers what is real, fresh, refreshing, and lasting.

Be filled and overflow. Be a sign to the world.

We can learn from this how important it is to give time to God, to give thanks, and bring special offerings.It is a sign of how close people are to God when they come with offerings, not just of money, but time, commitment, service, worship.

For over 3,000 years they have kept this Feast, in obedience to God.

Ardersier with Petty Parish Church, Church of Scotland Sundays 10.15am. Petty Sundays 12 noon.Tel: 01667 462224.

Auldearn and Dalmore Parish Church Sundays 12noon.

Contact Fraser Turner (interim moderator) on 01463 794004 Cawdor Parish Church Sunday 10.15am. Contact Rev. JS Mathieson: 01667 493217.

Nairn Baptist Church Nairn Community Centre. Sundays 11am. Contact the Pastor: 01667 452764 or Secretary 01667 452351 or visit www.nairnbaptistchurch.org.uk Nairn Christian Fellowship Sundays 10.30am. Wednesday 7.30pm: praise and Bible study. Contact Sandy Shaw: 01667 456492.

Nairn Free Church Sundays 11am with Sunday school and crèche (Gordon St). Evening 6pm (Gordon St). Youth club for S1 up on Wednesday at 6.30pm (Rosebank Hall). Prayer and Bible study Thursday 11am or 7:30pm onalternate weeks (Gordon Street). Contact Minister Murdo MacLeod: 01667 459131.

Nairn Old Parish Church 10.30am: holiday worship and crèche. Contact Rev. Alistair S. Younger on 01463 242873

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We too have to remind those who come after us that there is a God, that Jesus Christ the Son of God is the Saviour, the Lord, the King.

Sandy Shaw Nairn Christian Fellowship

St Ninians Church Sunday services and Sunday school: 10.15am. Contact Fraser Turner (interim moderator) on 01463 794004 St Columba’s Scottish Episcopal Family Eucharist on Sundays at 10.30am. Holy Communion on Wednesdays at 10.30am. conatct Rev.Canon Alison J Simpson 01667 452458 St Mary’s Catholic Church IV12 4RJ. Saturday Vigil 6pm.

Sunday Mass 11.30am. Tel: 01667 453323.

United Reformed Church Sunday services and Sunday School with crèche 11am. Contact Rev. Steven Manders: 01667 451443.

The Pentecostal Church of God Nairn Sundays 10.30am.

Contact Minister JD Grant on 01667 456088 or visit www.churchofgodnairn.org Nairn Joint Service at Nairn St Ninian's Church of Scotland.

First Sunday each month at 6:30pm.

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Useful Contacts Nairn Community Centre ..............................01667 453476 Police Station ..................................................................101 Stagecoach Inverness ...................................01463 239292 Citizens Advice Bureau .................................01667 456677 Nairn Museum................................................01667 456791 Dalcross Airport ...............................01667 464000/462280 Inverness Job Centre........................01463 888100/888200 Highland Council ..........................................01667 458500 Victim Support................................................01463 710806 Samaritans ....................................................01463 713456 Gas - Emergency ............................................0800 111999 Water - Emergency ........................................08456 008855 British Red Cross Inverness ..........................01463 231620 Crossroads ....................................................01667 455369 National Rail Enquiries ..................................08457 484950 Railway Mission..............................................078419 85768 DENTISTS Jones Jones & Behrendt ..............................01667 453189 RM Donald & Associates ..............................01667 454603 Dental Unit at Nairn Hospital ........................01667 422722 page 8 - September 2014

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PARLIAMENT BLOG & TIDE TIMES Both the spotlight and the sun have shone on Scotland this summer. We holidayed in Lewis - or "Struay" as our six year old daughter called it, the home of Katie Morag! In the sunlight, the beaches there, as in Nairn, Lossie and along the Moray coast, rival those anywhere. This year, Scotland has risen to the challenge of hosting the Commonwealth Games, the Homecoming and Bannockburn Live and shortly, the Ryder Cup. But sadly, some people are deterred from coming to Scotland, by the UK tax on travel, Air Passenger Duty, the highest in the western world. Why? Because we in Scotland cannot decide our own tax policy. On September 18th we have a chance to claim what people in most other countries take for granted: The right to decide and determine our own affairs and accept the responsibility that comes with it. And to be a friendly country to our neighbours and the rest of the world.

I’m fortunate that as a Highland MP there has always been plenty to be proud of. But never before have we had quite so many of our Highland sportsmen and women making an impression on the world stage. Following the success of the 2012 Olympics in London, I was delighted to be at the opening of the Commonwealth Games last month. And I was privileged to be there to cheer on Stephanie Inglis in the judo. But I was not the only Highlander to travel to Glasgow to be there. It’s funny who you meet sometimes. But when I was out and about speaking to people in Milton of Leys, in July, I bumped into someone who was sitting just behind me! They were as excited as me to see Stephanie perform so well and bring a silver medal back to Inverness. As well as judo, Highland athletes competed in swimming, athletics, cycling, hockey, shooting and squash. I know that the whole of the Highlands is as proud as I am of them and their achievements.

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28 thursday - 1september tomintoul & glenlivet walking festival spectacular walks in the cairngorm national park. all events are priced at £20, except event 5, which is £90 (tents and most equipment/food is provided). call mike fletcher on 01807 580262 or visit www.tgwf.co.uk

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bruntlands bungalow - garden open for scotland's garden scheme in aid of macmillan nurses. by arrangement only. £3 entry for adults only. please phone for further details 01343 850285

1 september - 31october highland homecoming 2014 various events across the area to celebrate contemporary highland culture. visit www.invernesshighlandgames.com for info.

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technoboy, kutski, scott brown, andy whitby, phil york, mad dog & more @ ironworks 8pm. visit www.ironworksvenue.com or call 0871 7894173

30 saturday - 31 sunday inverness & district model railway club exhibition thistle hotel, millburn road, inverness. for further information visit www.invernessmrc.org.uk

31 sunday mundole equestrian hunter trial for details call 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com

cinema nairn : 'the circus' 10.50am, little theatre, king street, nairn. complete with live pianist. booking recommended via nairn community centre or www.nairnfestival.co.uk

6 saturday - 7 sunday culloden homecoming; a celebration of highland culture 11am - 3:30pm at culloden battlefield and visitor centre. celebrate all that is great about highland culture. dance, music, gaelic song. make targes, meet jacobites and visit their camp, try your hand at a bhoran. admission fees apply.

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inverness horticultural society: lorraine dingwall hosta heaven 7:30pm, mackenzie centre, culduthel road, inverness. for information call valerie on 01456 486656 or email v.weir656@btinternet.com highland literary salon 7:30pm at glen mhor hotel, inverness. guest speaker: eva salzman. for more info visit www.highlandlitsalon.com

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outsiders - falling through the dark ep launch @ ironworks 7pm. www.ironworksvenue.com or call 0871 7894173

13 saturday dancing queen : the show @ ironworks 7:30pm. visit www.ironworksvenue.com or call 0871 7894173

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mundole equestrian show jumping for details call 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com speyside kiltwalk 2014 sponsored walking event for all ages to raise funds for various scottish children’s charities. email contactus@thekiltwalk.co.uk or visit www.thekiltwalk.co.uk sharon corr @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

17 wednesday nairn u3a 1:45pm, nairn community centre. new session starts with a social afternoon so members old and new can find out more about programme for the coming year. all welcome.

19 friday beyong presents : vigo thieves @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

20 saturday cinema nairn: ‘sunshine on leith’ 7:30pm at nairn community & arts centre. for more information visit cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk nairn men’s breakfast 9:45am for 10am at dunbar golf club, nairn. testimony by ian bryce. share food & fellowship and hear what god is doing in other people’s lives. call campbell on 01667 455149 by 6.30pm fri 19th to book your place.

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