Volume 1 Issue 2

November 2006

Volume 1 Issue 2

November 2006

TescoSports

The Boys’ Brigade are collecting ‘TescoSports for Schools and Clubs’ tokens.These are available with every £10 spentin a Tesco store and allow the registeredgroup, in this case 5th Hull BB, to orderfree sports equipment.

Please save your Tesco tokens and passthem on to any of the Boys’ Brigade staffIt is now the last few days of the schemeso please shop at Tesco!

We will let you know what we purchaseafter Christmas. Please check out thechart on the BB cupboard door to seehow many tokens we have collected.

Due to the numerous promotions to the JuniorSection this year, we currently have a numberof spaces in the Anchors.

The Anchors meet on a Thursday evening forjust over an hour of fun and games. They meetat 6.25pm and finish at 7.30pm. Each weekthey do craft, singing, games and a story.Youngsters also do music, mime and drama,cooking and trips out. Subs are £1.00 perweek. As we are Christian organisationyoungsters have bible stories and undertakebible based activities.

If you know any youngster who would beinterested in joining us, then ask them to comealong to Derringham Bank on a Thursday Nightand see if they like what we do!

Contact Details:

For more details about anythingin this newsletter please contact5th Hull Boys’ Brigade:

Email: hull5th@aol.com

Text/Phone: 07961 851250

Website:http://5hull.boys-brigade.org.uk

Hull FairThe Company andSeniors had an outingto Hull Fair one Fridayevening in October.Seventeen youngstersand staff walked to thefair and enjoyed anevening of rides,sideshows and food!The numbers grew onthe way home as weseemed to have gaineda few soft toys —namely Piglet andTigger.

CREStaff from 5th Hullhelped to staff the Boys’Brigade stall at theChristian ResourcesExhibition in Harrogate.The staff enjoyedspeaking with BB staffpast and present andalso promoting the‘Engage a Generation’project and the idea ofthe Boys’ Brigade as asource of ChristianYouth Work within thechurch.

UniformWe are proud ofhow smart all ofmembers are.Anchors andJuniors wear a BBPolo Shirt and BBSweatshirt (red forAnchors, royalblue for Juniors).These are wornwith blacktrousers, socksand shoes. Theyalso wear anarmband for theirbadges on theirright arm.

Battalion ColoursLast Monday a small group of 5th Hullyoungsters and staff went to 7th Hull Company,based at Clowes Methodist Church, to hand overthe Battalion colours. The receiving of thecolours was a great honour for a small companylike Clowes and 5th Hull were only too happy tohelp out at the presentation ceremony.

Four youngsters from Junior andCompany Sections at 5th Hull spentthe summer holidays workingtogether on the Operation LifestyleScheme.

The team, Jack, Jaymz, Nathan andAshley, with help from their parents,organised numerous sales in thelocal area and sponsored eventsduring the school summer holidaysand raised over £150.00.

The youngsters then decided todonate the money raised to 5th HullCompany.

The money was gratefully receivedand will go towards purchasingsome new camping and expeditionequipment for the Company.

Operation Lifestyle

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TrainingPeter Spencer and Tim Miller from 5th Hullattended a Queen’s Badge LeadershipCourse this month. This weekend courseinvolved learning more about leadershipand developing their own leadership skillsin a variety of situations.

Peter Spencer has also attended a StJohn’s Ambulance First Aid Course. Thereare now 9 qualified first-aiders in theCompany!

Current ActivitiesAs part of the Boys’ Brigades Objective is“the advancement of Christ’s Kingdom”,we regularly undertake Christian Activities.

Our current topic with the Anchors andJuniors is FESTIVALS. They enjoyedwatching “Veggietales” and talking about“God is bigger than the Boogie Man” - Thiswas related to Halloween. We also held aspecial evening themed around BonfireNight. We are just starting looking atChristmas and the Nativity Story. We haverecently looked at Goat4it, a Christian Aidresource.

In Company/Seniors the topic has beenCreation and we have looked in detail atthe story, most recently we have looked atTemptation and Murder. In Company andSeniors badge classes have included campcooking, craft, snooker andpainting.

In our once monthly Seniorsmeetings our devotions werebased on Crime and Punishmentand we held a debate on “an eyefor an eye” and “turn the othercheek”. We also held a shorttraining session on AHDH.

Founders Day2006

Founders Day Parade was held at 12thHull Company on Holderness Road thisyear and members of 5th Hull Band,joined with members from Brough andMarket Weighton to create a BattalionBand for the parade around the localarea.

Other members of the Company alsojoined the parade. In total nineteenmembers of 5th Hull were on parade,which was by far the biggest Companyrepresentation on the day.

At the Church Service that followedmembers were recognised for achievingJunior Section Gold badge, PresidentsBadges and MV awards.

Sea, Field andFactory Service

Four youngsters and three members ofstaff represented Hull and East YorkshireBattalion at the Sea, Field and FactoryService at Holy Trinity Church in Hull inOctober. There were two parades, bothbefore and after the service, as well as acivic reception with the Mayor at theGuildhall.

The youngsters were all smartly turned outand they also enjoyed lunch at McDonaldsas a thank you for their attendance.

HEYDDAY 2006

HEYDDAY - Hull and East Yorkshire District Day, was a fun day organised by the staff ofHull and East Yorkshire Battalion and opened up to youngsters from all over the District.5th Hull Company Section had fun at the quiz and bowling and the Seniors helped outwith the days events and earned an evening out with a meal and bowling. Everyonejoined together for an act of worship and awards presentation at the end of the day.

Monthly AwardWinners

Since the summer holidays, there hasbeen a new member in the Anchorsand three new members in theJuniors, however the awards have stillbeen closely fought.

The Anchor winner for September/October is Connor Warton and in theJuniors the award went to AshleyHope. The awards werekept within the family,with Nathan Hope takingthe Company/Seniors

award. In the band themonthly prize went toJack Wingfield.