326 JULY 2022 - Gryffe Advertizer

Church Notices
HOWWOOD PARISH
CHURCH
Heading into holidays now.
On 5th June Rev Alistair Shaw
spoke of the Queen in this
her 70th Jubilee year about
her service and also about her
tremendous faith. Quite sure this
has helped her over the years.
Excellent service and tea
and cake after were very
appreciated.
Not much more this month, but
remember that our services will
be open all through the summer
at the usual time of 10am each
Sunday.
All are welcome in this place.
Kilbarchan Parish
Church
Services continue each Sunday
at 11am, conducted by Rev.
Stephen Smith and coffee and
tea are now served once again
in the hall after the service.
All welcome. Each service is
available to watch by Live Stream
by logging on to the church
website: www.kilbarchankirk.org
All are welcome in the church or
online.
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A huge thank you to John
Robertson who kindly offered to
pay the Dementia Tea Dance on
13th May.
We had a lovely afternoon at
Lochwinnoch Golf Club such a
beautiful location in the spring. We
had excellent entertainment from
Clare and Dominic a great mixture
of sing along and dancing. There
was as usual a delightful afternoon
tea provided by the Golf Club staff
thanks so much.
Our next event is a film afternoon
on Friday 24th June in the Calder
Church.
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#327 August 2022: 13th July
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We had a very successful restart in
May with our summer party ending
the session on 27th June. We hope
to see lots of new babies and tots
under 3 years after the summer
break. The club will resume on
Monday 29th August.
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During July and August, we have
a varied programme of visits and
coffee afternoons. The book
group will discuss Big Brother by
Lionel Shriver and the walking
group will continue to explore
some new walks. If you’d like more
information, please phone 348627
or visit: www.nwr.org.uk
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We were delighted to host the
hugely talented ‘Jazz Forward’ as
our second event as part of this
year long project to get musicians,
venues, sound engineers and
others who are part of the Sottish
music scene back to performing
and earning after the dreadful
pandemic.
The Lochwinnoch Golf Club again
provided the beautiful location for
the event and the audience were
treated to a wonderful evening of
musical talent.
The next SOT event is on Saturday
16th July with the Sandy Brechin
Band a wonderful evening of
Scottish music. The full year’s event
list is now complete for 2022 for
Lochwinnoch Arts Festival with
more to come in 2023!
Tickets online or in ‘Now and Then
Gifts’ Lochwinnoch
www.scotlandontour.com/venue/
lochwinnoch-golf-club/
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Senior Citizens Afternoon Tea
On 7th of June Howwood Community Council held our first afternoon tea
since before the pandemic for our Senior Citizens at The Midton Bowling
Club. Although it was held indoors, the sun shone on a beautiful summers
day and helped create a brilliant atmosphere.
It was very well attended by about 40 Howwood residents and it is fair to
say that all of us enjoyed the afternoon, full of sandwiches, an assortment
of cakes donated by The Boarding House, tea, coffee, soft drinks and
loads of blethers!
Great to see and hear!
One of the highlights of the afternoon was the appearance of the children’s
choir from Howwood Primary School who sang some great songs from a
few years gone by, adding to the party feel of the afternoon.
Our oldest villager, Peggy Moore, had just celebrated her 95th birthday.
Peggy was born in Howwood and has lived in and been very much a part
of the village ever since. As our “Queen For The Day”, she was presented
with a bouquet of flowers on behalf of us all by Coire Watkins, the youngest
of the talented youngsters from the school.
Hopefully, the day marked a welcome return to the times of meeting
up and friendship we have all enjoyed in the past - with many more to
come.
Thanks to all who made it possible from all sides of our community.
ward 9
cllr chris gilmour
Hello everyone - I would like to take this opportunity to
introduce myself. My name is Chris Gilmour and, along
with my colleague Gill Graham, I was recently elected to serve as Local
Councillor within Ward 9 Johnstone North, Kilbarchan,Howwood and
Lochwinnoch. I have previously served as a Renfrewshire Councillor for
the period 2012 until 2017 representing Ward 8 which was Johnstone
North, Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch. Having been away for five years it’s
great to be back and I am committed to ensuring Ward 9 has a strong
voice in Renfrewshire House.
I have been attending Community Council meetings since my election
and by the time you read this I with have attended all four CC.’S in the
ward and will have also attended Lochwinnoch Gala Day and Lillias Day
in Kilbarchan.
Over the summer period I shall be out and about in the Ward - please do
not hesitate to stop me for a chat. More formally I can be contacted on the
following...
Contact info: 07484 064521 / 0300 300 1289
cllr.chris.gilmour@renfrewshire.gov.uk
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