British Legion Scotland Kilbarchan Branch
We meet four times a year in Kilbarchan Bowling Club. Contact Secretary: A Harrison 702550. E-mail:fl
emingjohn6@yahoo.com, or the Bowling Club: 702175.
The Kilbarchan Singers – Thriving at Thirty Lochwinnoch Food Festival
The local food Group ‘Eat-Lochwinnoch’ are holding Lochwinnoch’s fi rst ‘FOOD FESTIVAL’ on Saturday 17th September at the Cross outside the McKillop between 12noon and 5pm.
The Festival will promote local food – growing – cooking – selling and eating. If you have produce you would like to sell, either food stuffs or local crafts please get
in touch with Rob at The Hub or Ivan at the Junction. If you would like to book a market stall (free of charge if village based, costs covered by LEAP) please get in touch soon, places are limited.
Contact:-
leap@lochwinnoch.info or phone 842530 or pop into The Hub, 22 Church Street, Lochwinnoch. Find out more at
www.lochwinnoch.info/leap
Free Thermal Image
Get a home energy check carried out by the LEAP Team during September and get a free thermal image of your property.
During September, if you live in either Kilbarchan or Howwood and have a Home Energy Check carried out by one of our trained Energy Advisors, we will provide you with a free Thermal Image of your home.
The LEAP project has now carried out over 75 Home Energy Checks in households in Kilbarchan and Howwood since April. The Home Energy Check will help you identify ways to reduce the amount of fuel you use to heat and power your home, and make sure you can take advantage of the government subsidies available to make your home more energy effi cient.
If you live in Kilbarchan or Howwood and you’d like to fi nd out more, phone 01505 70 60 70; email
leap@kipcokil.com; Visit
www.kipcokil.com/leap; or drop into The Old Library Centre, 9 High Barholm, Kilbarchan PA10 2EF. if you live in Lochwinnoch, please visit us at The Hub 22 Church Street. All of the services provided by LEAP are free of charge, funded by The Climate Challenge Fund until March 2012.
Lochwinnoch Library
• Mon: 10am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm • Tues: 10am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm • Wed: 2pm - 5pm and 6pm - 8pm • Thur: Closed
• Fri: 10am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm • Sat: 10am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm • Sun: Closed
Improving with Age
This is a class for males & females. Regular exercise “Helps” reduce blood pressure, control cholesterol, control weight, reduce the risks of strokes, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and osteoporosis, improve sleep, well being, confi dence, and seriously improve your social life
Fully qualifi ed instructor in attendance. Further details phone 01505 843393.
Knitting Group
Knit @ The Junction, Lochwinnoch - Mondays from 10am - noon. All levels and learners welcome. For more info call 07809 120577.
Lochwinnoch Choir
Senior choir started on the 22nd Aug at 8pm in the Parish Church Hall and thereafter every Monday apart from holidays, through to April next year.
We will be presenting 2 concerts again this year, one at Xmas and one in the spring. New members are very welcome - we don’t audition, so if you just enjoy singing come along. We also have a junior choir and this will start up again on the 5th September in the Church Hall but at the earlier time of 7pm. For further information, please contact Sue on 07846819362.
The Kilbarchan Singers are looking forward to their 30th Anniversary year. Since they began in 1981, the choir have sung many and varied programmes at venues throughout Renfrewshire and have also ventured further afi eld to sing in Europe, notably in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Rehearsals for this very special year restart in Kilbarchan on 5th September, and their talented young Musical Director, James Slimmings, has selected an exciting and interesting programme for the year ahead. The choir will be eagerly rehearsing for their forthcoming concerts on Sunday 4th December in St Andrews Cathedral, Glasgow (a charity event in aid of The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice) and Saturday 10th December in Kilbarchan West Church. Look out for more details nearer the time. New members would be welcomed in the Tenor and Bass sections and anyone interested should contact Alison on 0141 580 6292.
September in Kilbarchan West
Now that the summer (?) has passed us by all the Church activities are ready to start again. Junior Church, FEWsion and Crèche meet on a Sunday morning at 11am and all young people from babies to teenagers are warmly welcome to join us.
The following Saturday evening, 10th September, there will be a Quiz and Supper Evening starting at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £2 for adults and all accompanied children will be free.
The Country Dance Class resumes on Tuesday 13th September in the Hall from 7.45pm to 9.45pm. Beginners and experienced dancers will all be made most welcome.
Our Church and Hall will be open on Sunday 11th September from noon - 4pm as part of Doors Open Weekend. Tea will be served in the hall.
Our Midweek Fellowship restarts on Wednesday 7th September in the Session House at 10.30am. Come along and enjoy a chat and a cuppa and then a short informal act of worship. All old & new friends most welcome.
September in Kilbarchan East Church
Service continue at 11am, conducted by Mr Russell Banks. Sunday School and Bible Class resume on Sunday 4th from 10.45am in the halls.
On Sunday 11th, the church will be open from 12noon- 4pm for Renfrewshire Church Open Day. There will be quiz sheets for the children and refreshments will be available in the hall all afternoon. This is an opportunity to visit the 225-year old church and graveyard, a well-loved building in Kilbarchan.
The Senior Citizens’ Outing takes place to Callander on Saturday 10th, always an important day in the church year.
Kilbarchan East Church Tots’ Club starts on Monday 5th September from 9-11.30am in the hall. The club is for tots, Mums, Dads, Grans, Aunties etc and all adults are welcome to pop in for a cup of coffee and home-baking. Tots are free and adults pay only £1. There is a bouncy castle, cars, and many toys and jigsaws for children to enjoy.
Kilbarchan East Drama Group will present “Whisky Galore” on Thursday, Friday and Saturday 24th-26th November. The Ealing comedy fi lm has just been re-released, making the production a must-see! More information regarding ticket sales will be available in the October edition.
Ladies Evening. This will take place on Tuesday 18th October in the East Church hall. There will be a talk and demonstration on skincare by Decorus of Kilmacolm and jewellery, gifts and handbags for sale by the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice shop. More information in October’s edition.
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