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Next deadline - Wednesday 15th April
WHAT’S
HAPPENING
THIS MONTH
Monday Bridge Club
Cargill Community Centre
7pm. For information contact
the Club Secretary, Sheena
Clayton, on 01505 873802.
Local Police Surgeries
4th Monday - local
neighbourhood officer surgery
in the Community Centre
10.30am - 11.30am.
Tuesday Crafty Play Café
Quarriers Village Café, Faith
Avenue 10am-12noon; 12noon
-2pm; 2pm - 4pm. £2 for kids
craft materials (optional)
Wednesday Knitting Group
Three Sisters Bake, Quarriers
10am - 12noon.
Babies, Bumps and Boobs
St. Columba’s Church Lesser
Hall, Duchal Road (term-time).
1st Wednesday in the
month. Contact playgroup
membership@gmail.com
Inverclyde Carers Outreach
Cargill Centre, 11am - 2pm. 2nd
Wednesday in the month.
Email: enquiries@inverclyde
carerscentre.org.uk or call:
01475 735180.
‘Outlook’
Kidston Hall, 2pm - 4pm. 1st
& 3rd Thursday in the month.
Guest speakers, afternoon tea,
local issues. All welcome.
Sòlas Bereavement Support
Group
Kidston Hall, 2pm - 4pm. 2nd
Thursday in the month.
Movie Night
Old Kirk, 7pm for 7.30pm. Last
Thursday in the month.
Saturday Volunteer Group
Greenock Cut Visitor Centre
10.30am - 2.30pm
Conservation Volunteers, adult
group. Newcomers always
welcome.
Guide Hut to Hire
Main hall, kitchen facilities
and outdoor area. Perfect for
children’s parties, weekly classes
and one off special occasions.
Contact Julie: 07967 371595 or
e: guidehutbookings@gmail.
com.
Kilmacolm | Quarriers
Easter at Mount
Zion Church
Mount Zion Church, Law View
Road, Quarriers Village, PA11 3FD
Holy week is the most important
time in the Christian Calendar,
when we remember the death
and the resurrection of the Lord
Jesus. Thursday and Friday are
usually quiet, meditative services,
and Easter Sunday is an all age
celebration. You would be made
very welcome at these meetings.
April 5th at 10.30am
Palm Sunday Service
April 9th at 7pm
Maundy Thursday Communion
April 10th at 2.30pm
Good Friday Meditation
April 12th at 10.30am
Easter Sunday Family Service
Knapps Show Cancelled
Churches in Kilmacolm & Quarriers
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Kilmacolm Dramatic Society
Rehearsals are now in full swing for Kilmacolm Dramatic
Society’s production of popular playwright Alan Bennett’s
farcical comedy Habeas Corpus. The play, which is brimful of
Bennett’s razor sharp wit, is directed by Alison Holliman, who
also directed the Society’s hugely successful production of
Calendar Girls.
If you are looking for a really good night out and a lot of
laughter, don’t miss it. It’s a classic farce of ill manners, featuring
dropped trousers, mismanaged (and generally thwarted) lust
and a veritable merry-go-round of mistaken identities. It all
takes place in the home of the outwardly respectable Wicksteed
family.
The cast of five women and six men includes some new faces,
as well as many familiar ones. They are: John Gilchrist, Liz Davie,
Kevin Curran, Claire McClatchie, Claire Fraser, John Watson,
Jean Simpson, Ruth Quigley, Paul Donnachie, Joe Robinson and
Hugh Gorman.
As with every KDS production, a host of essential people are
also working hard behind the scenes. Headed by Stage Manager
Angus Black, they have roles in lighting, sound, set, costumes,
make-up, props, print design, front of house hospitality and
publicity.
There will be three performances of Habeas Corpus in
Kilmacolm’s Kidston Hall – at 7.30pm on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday 22nd - 24th April. Doors open at 7pm and tickets
(£12, including refreshments) are available from the Cross Café
in Kilmacolm or from Rosie Thirde - tel 01505 873088 or on
rosiethirde33@gmail.com - or Claire Fraser on claire.fraser@
scotech.ltd.uk
If you’re interested in joining KDS - either to act, or to help
backstage in any way - or would like some more information
about us, just contact Claire or Rosie.
Postponed - we will update you once we have more information
Following discussion with the Directors it was agreed that the board would take the difficult decision
to cancel the Show this year. As you will be aware from the media, the situation with Corona virus is
expected to worsen over the coming weeks. The Scottish Government are advising events involving
500 people and over do not go ahead due to medical resources being required for public health duties.
We have been advised that other local shows have sadly taken the same decision as ourselves.
We have a duty of care to our volunteers, helpers, exhibitors, judges, competitors and visitors and do
not wish to add to the building pressure the NHS is already experiencing. We feel that we would be
neglecting our duty to allow the Show to proceed by having crowds of people in close proximity. We
are not confident that we would have the attendance required to fund the day, if we cancel now we
can avoid some of our costs to ensure we can continue in 2021.
Thank you to all of our supporters, sponsors and advertisers who we will be in touch with, over the
next few days.
We hope to see you all next year.
Kilmacolm & Port Glasgow Agricultural Society
KILMACOLM OLD KIRK: Church of Scotland (Charity no. SC009291). www.kilmacolmoldkirk.org.uk. Morning worship: Sundays at
11am. 5th April - Palm Sunday. 6th - 10th April - Holy Week services at 7.30pm in Old Kirk except Thursday 8th in St Columba.
12th April - Easter Sunday. 9.30am Knapps Loch Holy Communion. 10am - Easter Crafts for children in Kidston Hall. 11am - Easter
Worship with Holy Communion. Sòlas Drop-in Bereavement Group is held in Kidston Hall on the 2nd Thursday each month at
2pm. Outlook on the 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 2pm. Tea and coffee served after every service.
ST COLUMBA CHURCH OF SCOTLAND: (Charity no. SC007992) Morning Worship Sundays at 11am. All welcome.
GRACE CHURCH KILMACOLM: in association with Downavale Free Church of Scotland. Sunday Service at 10.30am in Kilmacolm
Guide Hut, Woodrow Avenue, PA13 4QF.
ST COLM’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Smithy Brae Kilmacolm. Rev. Vincent Byrne. Family mass Sundays 10am with children’s liturgy.
Eucharistic service Thursdays 11am. Rosary Tuesdays 6.30pm. Prayer group meets Thursdays 7.30pm. Further information and
contact details www.stcolmsparish.co.uk
BUDDHIST MEETINGS: Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin. Call Margaret on 01505 871343.
ST FILLAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Moss Road, Kilmacolm, PA13 4DL. Service of Eucharist on Sundays at 11.30am except the
first Sunday of the month at 11.30am is the Service of Matins: Wednesday 10.30am Holy Communion: On last Sunday of the month
6pm (Said) Evensong: Clergy: The Revd Heller Gonzalez (01505-2961); Pastoral Assistant Maureen Russell (01505-872905).
Find us on www.heartlandsec/org/KLM/index.html
MOUNT ZION CHURCH: Rev. Andy Lunn BSc, (01475 791282) Mount Zion Church, Law View Road, Quarriers Village, PA11 3FD.
Sunday Worship: 10.30am, Bible Study and Prayer Meetings: Wednesday at 7pm and Friday at 10am.
40 ALL EVENTS AND DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO COVID-19