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Transcript of The Brigade Newsletter Issue 48
Magazine of The Church Lads’ and Church Girls’ Brigade
July 2008 No 48
A Company Limited by Guarantee No 1395966
Registered Charity No 276821
Two new
Companies in
the last
twelve months –
another starting in
September and two
Churches talking
with us about the
possibility of new
Companies by
2009. It’s that kind
of interest that has
convinced us that
we must offer the
Brigade as a
relevant and
vibrant vehicle for
ministry among
children and young
people in today’s
Church.
Aided by funding
from the Faith
Communities
Capacity Building
Fund, John
Corbishley
(Manchester
Regiment) and
Martin Lambourne
have developed a
DVD presentation
to encourage
Parishes to see the
Brigade as a
serious option for
their mission to the
young. The video
features Laura
Turner, an Officer
in the Alperton
(North London)
Company and a
member of our
British Olympic
Team in Beijing this
Summer. It also
includes a
commendation
from our National
Chaplain, Bishop
Jack, as well as a
comprehensive
guide to what
makes the
Brigade tick.
This DVD,
together with a
booklet on
‘Starting Up a
Company’ and
samples of our
programme
and training
resources, will
be available for
distribution in
September.
We hope to get
it into the
hands of as
many Parishes
as possible,
but we need
local
Companies to
back up any
new contacts
that are made with
offers to welcome
enquirers to their
own Company
nights as well as
offering what
support they can in
setting up new
Brigade ventures.
Our numbers may
be down, but our
sights are set on an
upward trend of
growth and
development with
your support and a
new marketing tool
at hand.
www.nuff-
respect.co.uk/Laura
Turner.htm
Going for Growth!
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Moor versus Roman on the streets of
Cartagena.
St Mary’s Wombwell enjoying a visit to the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield.
Members of the NHQ family meet Sergeant
Bunny from Big Earswick.
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A pictorial
overview of the
Church Lads’
and Church
Girls’ Brigade
events, awards,
presentations
and community-
based activities
THE MARTINS
THE JTC
THE SENIORS
THE Y TEAM
5 - 7 YEARS
7 - 10 YEARS
10 - 13 YEARS
13 - 21 YEARS
Good Luck Laura Turner at this
Summer’s Olympics.
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HERE& THEREPictures from St Mary’s Beverley Centenary
As some of you
may already be
aware, my wife
Sarah passed away
after suffering a seizure
on Tuesday 20th May
2008.
To those of you who
have already written to
me and my family,
concerning our sad loss,
I am most grateful to
you for your thoughts
and prayers at this time.
Having been married for
48 years, indeed most
of our lives, Sarah and I
have shared many
happy years together
and have a wonderful
family, with our children
and grandchildren, who
are a great support to
me at this time.
Sarah and I recently
celebrated our wedding
anniversary and then my
birthday, both very
enjoyable and
memorable occasions at
the time, and even more
so now.
I am pleased that Sarah
was proud of the
Brigade and my role as
your Governor, and that
she accompanied me on
many of my visits to
Brigade activities, most
recently the Centenary
Celebrations and
Service for St Mary’s
Beverley Company, both
of which she thoroughly
enjoyed.
I send my good wishes
to you all for the coming
summer months of
Camps and other
Brigade activities, your
own holidays and the re-
opening of your
Companies after the
school holidays.
Anthony Baker,
Governor.
Governor's Message
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The Annual
Brigade
Remembrance
Service will be held in
the Chapel and the
Brigade’s Memorial
Garden, at the
National Memorial
Arboretum, at 2pm
on Saturday, 8th
November 2008. It
will once again
commence with a
Band performance
from 1.30pm.
All Brigade members
are invited to attend.
As the Chapel only
holds approximately
100 people, it will be
necessary to issue
(freely available)
tickets to those
indicating that they
wish to attend the
Service. Please
contact Headquarters
if you wish to attend,
indicating the number
of tickets required.
There is much of
interest to see at the
Arboretum and there
are parking and
catering facilities
available on site.
As we intend to use
the Annual
Remembrance
Service as an
opportunity to
showcase the talent
of the Brigade’s
members and to give
various Companies
and Formations
opportunities for
involvement, we are
grateful that St Mary’s
Hinckley Band has
agreed to perform at
the 2008 Brigade
Remembrance
Service.
Annual Brigade Remembrance Service November 2008
St Mary’s Hinckley performing at this year Brigade Band
Competition.
As I am writing this
message it is the
last day of May
and there have been
floods in Somerset!
Where to start and what
to include? So much
has happened since my
last message.
Well, we were turned
down yet again for any
Government funding,
whilst some of our
sister, and very similar,
organisations continued
to receive such funding
(in their case, repeat
funding). We do not
have any animosity
against those who did
receive funding but we
question why CLCGB
still does not receive
such funding. Indeed,
we think that all such
organisations should get
this funding. But why
does Her Majesty’s
Government not fund
our organisation, the
only uniformed youth
organisation of the
Established Church?
Her Majesty is Head of
The Church and,
coincidentally, Patron of
the Church Lads’ and
Church Girls’ Brigade.
(We are also advised
that the Government
has not provided such
funding to the Church of
England nationally, so
that it will need to make
one of its only two
National Youth Advisers
redundant.) This at the
very time that we read
reports that the Prime
Minister is advocating
that more schools have
Cadet Corps, “Gordon’s
Army” as the press
reports it.
So, I have now written
twice to the Prime
Minister to enquire why,
on the one hand, he
appears to be
advocating the
importance of
organisations such as
ours, and why, on the
other hand, his
Government will not
provide such modest
funding, 7 pence per
member per day, to
sustain an organisation
like ours, that generates
one adult volunteer per
two young members
and provides thousands
of voluntary hours of
children’s and youth
work per year; delivering
on the Government’s
own agenda of Every
Child Matters and its
various reported criteria
of positive and
meaningful engagement
with children and young
people, providing
creative and worthwhile
activities and direction.
To date, no reply! Read
into that what you will!
I have already been
contacted by one
Commanding Officer (a
Government supporter)
asking if I will provide an
information pack, such
that he may lobby his
local MP about the
reasonableness of
providing us with
support. In real terms,
our NHQ funds will run
out in less than two
years, unless we are
able to improve our
financial situation. Thus
the national dimension
of our organisation is
seriously under threat
and we risk
disintegration into simply
a series of standalone
and self-sustaining local
groups, without any
national or HQ structure.
So we must continue
with the process of
trying to raise funds
from grant-making trusts
and other such bodies,
as well as continuing
trying to sell or lease
our Headquarters’
premises. Our builder is
keen to get on with
developing the site and
he reports that the
banks are prepared to
lend him the money to
develop our car park,
the Vicarage and the
training centre but
require him and his co-
directors to put up their
own homes as security,
which they are not
willing to do; or for us –
a charity – to guarantee
the loan to the bank, so
its risks are covered!
We continue to work
with another Christian
children’s and youth
work charity, keen on
obtaining our
headquarters but which
is not itself cash rich but
whose directors are
willing to sell their own
homes to part-finance
the purchase of the
whole site.
Additionally, we have
entered into dialogue
with the local authority
and voluntary sector
groups about potential
options for our facilities
becoming available to
their local communities.
So we are trying a
variety of options to
achieve the funding we
need, not just for the
Brigade to survive but
so that it may grow.
As may be seen
elsewhere, we have
now completed version
one of our DVD and the
accompanying booklet is
being written, such that
our Start-up Pack, will
be freely available to
Parishes without any
organised work with
children and young
people in their local
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The Brigade Secretary's Message
Y Team games - Ulster style.
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community, thus,
promoting the Brigade,
encouraging its take up
and illustrating how to
get a local Company off
the ground.
Whilst our latest returns
showed a further decline
in numbers, we are able
to report on newly
established Companies
and, potentially, a
second Company in
Wales. Ultimately, this
has to be the proof of
whether or not the
Brigade is still seen as
being relevant; will
Parishes opt for CLCGB
in preference to other
means of working with
their local children and
young people?
Our auditors finally
completed their audit
and we were able to get
our Accounts to both
Companies’ House and
the Charity Commission
by the due date.
However, this wasn’t
without much additional
work required by NHQ,
because of the number
of active and dormant
Companies and
Formations that had not
filed their Accounts and
Returns with us, long
after the due date and
despite several
‘reminders’. Well, with
the year-end looming,
we are going to have to
repeat the exercise all
over again, so I request
all Companies and
Formations to get their
Accounts and Returns
to us by the due dates
please!
In the last issue of The
Brigade magazine we
reported on the
Centenary celebrations
of the CLB at St
Martin’s, Castleton,
Rochdale. The format of
a three day celebratory
weekend seems
infectious, as St Mary’s
Beverley celebrated
their Centenary over a
similar time span and
great it was too. The
Friday evening saw a
display reminiscent of
the Royal Tournament
that used to be televised
from London each year
when I was a child.
Saturday evening was a
dinner and dance, with a
superb band, a disco,
and drums and bugles
of the Royal Marines -
with ex-Brigade
members. On Sunday
there was a special
Church Service and
Parade, including a
strong contingent of
former Brigade
members and with the
Salute being taken by
the Lord Lieutenant and
the Governor.
Throughout the week, a
special, highly
professional and
edifying exhibition about
the CLB, CGB and
CL&CGB was held in
The Treasury at
Beverley, reportedly the
most visited exhibition
that The Treasury had
ever mounted.
The Centenary
celebrations in Beverley
were all the more
poignant as this would
be the last time that
Sarah Baker would
accompany our
Governor, Anthony
Baker, to any Brigade
events. Sarah attended
both the Friday
evening’s display and
the Sunday morning
Service and Parade,
thoroughly enjoying
both, very different,
celebrations. Sarah’s
funeral was held on a
warm and sunlit morning
in the little Church of St
Peter’s, Letwell. As with
Sir Desmond’s funeral in
a similar village Church,
there was standing
room only.
Anthony was flanked by
his children, grand
children and other family
members, for a Service,
largely following Sarah’s
own stipulations – she
was always well
organised and well in
advance – with humour
injected by Tim and
Patricia, Sarah and
Anthony’s children, as
they recounted features
of their mother’s life and
involvements. Then
Sarah was laid to rest in
the adjoining
Churchyard, in the
grave of their infant son,
who had died in 1966.
For Sir Desmond’s
funeral, The Governor,
Hon Treasurer and
Brigade Secretary
represented the
Brigade; with former
Deputy Governor, Ted
Storey and former
Brigade Secretaries
Stewart Creswell and
Tony Reed Screen and
their wives also present.
I attended Sarah
Baker’s funeral to
represent the Brigade,
my uniform causing
much speculation – I
was even asked if I was
the High Sherriff! But
the wife of Canon
Matthews, who
conducted the Service,
recognised it
immediately and came
to talk about her time
with the Brigade, when
she could only be an
Hon Member, as their
town just had CLB not
CGB.
For both Sir Desmond
and Sarah, the
overriding sense of their
funerals was of
celebration of Christian
lives well lived, that they
were people who gave
great service, were well
loved and respected,
and who in turn loved
people, especially their
own families, and their
Saviour.
The Brigade Secretary’s Report continued from page 5
Royal Tournament - Beverley style!
The Brigade
Chaplain, Bishop
Jack, is to retire
from his role as Lord
Bishop of Sheffield on 9th
June 2008. He and his
wife Judith, who have two
sons and two daughters,
will make their new home
in the Peak District and,
we are pleased to say,
Bishop Jack will continue
as Brigade Chaplain.
Bishop Jack became the
Sixth Bishop of Sheffield
in 1997, having
previously been Bishop of
Lancaster. His ministry
spans 40 years and there
was a Eucharist of
Thanksgiving for his
Priesthood on the Feast
of St Columba, 9th June
2008 in Sheffield
Cathedral and the
Cuttlers’ Hall,
accommodating the
overflow and the after
Service Reception.
Representatives of many
faiths were present at the
Service, as was the Lord
Lieutenant and Bishop
Jack’s History teacher
from his primary school
days! All stages of Bishop
Jack’s life and friendships
were represented,
including the then 13 year
old Server who helped
Bishop Jack as a then
Curate in Salford, whilst
Celebrating his first
Eucharist after
Ordination; only that
Server is now Dean of
Lichfield.
Bishop Jack’s prescription
for the Christian Faith?
Prayer and Parties!
Born in Rossendale,
Lancashire, son of a
bakery worker, when
Bishop Jack became a
Member of the House of
Lords, he was intrigued to
see that sitting across
from him was a childhood
friend from Rawtenstall,
only now she was a
Baroness! Not bad for
valley folk – as we say in
Lancashire!
Bishop Jack’s
involvement with the then
Church Lads’ Brigade
goes back to his time as
Curate (1969–72) at All
Saints and Martyrs,
Langley. This was a
newly built Church,
designed to serve the
large ‘overspill estate’
being created to house
families displaced under
the ‘slum clearance’
programme in
Manchester. The
legendary Canon
Whitsey, incumbent at
that time and later Bishop
of Chester, had
established a large CLB,
such that each of his
three Curates
Commanded a separate
CLB Company, with each
one heading up their own
Company as they
Paraded around the Belle
Vue Speedway track,
venue for the Manchester
Regiment’s famous
Annual Parade. Photos
from those days still have
pride of place in Bishop
Jack’s study. Bishop Jack
stayed on at Langley as
Vicar (1972-78) and most
of his ministry has been
in Lancashire,
Manchester, Salford and
Yorkshire. He fondly
recalls several former
CLB members from
Langley who entered the
Ministry. Besides
remaining as Brigade
Chaplain, Bishop Jack
will continue as Prelate of
the Order of St John,
taking him on regular
visits to Jerusalem. He
also comments that his
wife, an accomplished
Dancing Teacher, has
plans for them to take up
ballroom dancing. Bishop
Jack is not quite so
certain about that one!
We wish Bishop Jack and
Judith a long and very
happy retirement.
See:
http://www.sheffield.ang
lican.org/Bishops.htm
http://www.thestar.co.uk
/features/Sheffield39s-
Red-Devil-bishop-ready
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Bishop Jack
Phone home.
Bishop Jack with teddies.
Following the
elections, at their
April 2008 meeting
Brigade Council said
farewell and thank you
to retiring members
Martin Stubbs (North
Eastern Representative)
and Stewart Lewis
(South Eastern
Representative); and
Kyle Spence (Youth
Representative,
Manchester Regiment)
who, having reached the
age of 21years, was
ineligible to stand for re-
election. In their place
they welcomed new
Members: Cath O’Gara
(from the North West
but occupying the
vacant South East
Region seat) and
Andrew Bruton (from the
North East but
occupying the vacant
Wales and South West
Region seat) and our
two Youth
Representatives: Laura
O’Gara (Manchester
Regiment and younger
sister of Cath O’Gara)
and Gareth Campbell
(Lincoln Diocesan
Battalion).
Additionally, Brigade
Council decided to
extend the number of
Co-options to Brigade
Council, taking account
of the loss over recent
years of those members
appointed by the
Incorporated Society, at
the time that Brigade
Council was established
as its successor body.
Co-opted members
bring external view
points and experience to
the work of Brigade
Council and the
Brigade. Brigade
Council also accepted
the nomination of two
new Co-opted Members:
Professor Nicholas P
Gair, Cert Ed,
BEd(Hons), ACP, MA,
MSc, PhD, CGeog,
FRSA, FRGS, Chief
Executive of the
Association of Surgeons
of Great Britain and
Ireland, Chairman of the
London Youth Trust and
Visiting Professor to the
Carnegie Faculty of
Sport and Education at
Leeds Metropolitan
University, who is a well
qualified and
experienced outdoor
education author,
teacher and practitioner,
being, amongst other
roles: National Director
of the Duke of
Edinburgh’s Award Wild
Country Assessor
Accreditation Scheme
and a Member of the
Risk Management
Committee of the
Outward Bound Trust.
John E Smith is a
former member of the
Church Lads’ Brigade in
Manchester and is now
Director of a successful
and specialist human
resources and business
systems company
based in the Midlands.
John is most
enthusiastic about the
benefits of the Brigade
in the lives and
development of young
people and has never
forgotten the positive
impact the Brigade and
its leaders had on his
young life, with the
development of a range
of disciplines, skills,
team-working and
talents, and his belief in
his ability to succeed.
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Officers’ Conference
It is some time since
we held a National
Conference for
Brigade Officers,
Leaders and Helpers
and we think it is high
time that we did so
again. So it is being
planned for Friday 20th
to Sunday 22nd
February 2009
inclusive and will be
based in Manchester,
principally at Luther
King House in
Rusholme.
The format of the
Conference is being
planned to include
sessions for those who
want to arrive on Friday
afternoon/evening. On
Saturday we will be
joined by our Brigade
Chaplain, Bishop Jack,
and we hope that it will
prove possible for us to
hold a Communion
Service and
Conference session at
a Church in
Manchester.
It is intended that
Saturday afternoon will
provide some free time
for those attending
(and spouses, etc if
also in attendance) to
sample the attractions
of Manchester’s city
centre. There will be a
Conference Dinner on
the Saturday evening,
along with ‘Brigade
style’ entertainment.
On the Sunday
morning there will be a
Church Service and
Parade to and from
Holy Trinity Platt, led by
the Tameside Battalion
Band. Following lunch
there will be further
Conference sessions
and with the
Conference close
aimed for 4pm.
Please put the dates in
your diary. We are
hoping to achieve
financial support for the
Conference, such that
costs will be minimised.
A warm invitation is
extended to Officers,
Leaders and Helpers
(and spouses, etc are
welcome to accompany
delegates).
Brigade Council
Brigade NHQ
regularly receives
enquiries from
Companies seeking
supplies of second-hand
uniforms and
equipment, particularly
but not exclusively the
more traditional
varieties. If you, as an
individual, or your
Company or Formation,
have items of uniform
surplus to requirements,
we would be pleased to
receive them at NHQ.
We regularly recycle
uniforms and both the
Governor and Brigade
Secretary wear their
predecessors’ uniforms,
and the Training and
Development Officer
sports a uniform
donated by a former
Brigade Chaplain!
We are currently under
request for ladies’
traditional Brigade
uniform items and both
leather and
white plastic
belts, drum
slings, etc.
So please
check out
your
wardrobe, loft
or Company
store
cupboard and
let us know at
NHQ what
you have
available; we
can usually
arrange
collection.
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Surplus Uniform
Band Instruments
Following our
recent appeal,
we have
acquired a collection
of redundant and
surplus band
instruments – mainly
side drums, tenor
drums and bass
drums, valve-less
trumpets and bugles –
mostly in reasonable
to good and usable
condition but with
some items requiring
repair/TLC. These
items are now
available from our
loan stock, to assist
new Companies in
forming bands and
existing Companies
requiring additional
band instruments or
training items. All
instruments are
available on a three
monthly renewable
loan, as against
supply and demand
requirements.
Intentionally, the
instruments are
available on loan until
Companies can afford
their own
replacements or the
instruments are
required elsewhere.
If you have or know of
redundant or surplus
band instruments,
where Companies
have ceased to exist
or no longer have a
band, or have surplus
instruments that they
are willing to loan or
donate to Brigade
NHQ’s loan stock,
please contact the
Brigade Secretary.
On Saturday the
10th of May
The Seniors
from the Ulster
Regiment held their
second annual raft
race at The Lough
Shore Antrim. The
weather and the
conditions were
perfect for the event
with the sun reflecting
on a calm Six Mile
River.
The event was to be
run in 2 heats and
then a final under the
watchful gaze of the
safety boat from
Antrim Boat Club.
Amongst the first heat
was the only Officers’
crew, who were
confident of victory.
The horn sounded
and the craft set off,
within seconds the
Officers hit problems
with their craft taking
on water. (There is
some suspicion of
sabotage as others
were observed in the
vicinity of the raft with
a drill.) However the
Officers battled on,
taking the first turn too
tight and promptly
capsized.
Once righted the
Leaders battled back
only to see St
Elizabeth’s from
Dundonald streaking
ahead in the QE1½,
who comfortably came
first in the heat with
the Leaders clinching
second.
The second heat got
off to a better start
with all the crews
making it off the
beach and into Six
Mile River proper.
Broomhedge made it
a comfortable win;
with one of the crews
from St. Hilda’s putting
on a display of
“doughnuts” for the
spectators, whilst their
other crew came a
close second.
It was tense as the
crews from St Hilda’s ,
St Elizabeth’s and
Broomhedge lined up
for the final heat and
as the horn sounded
the crews were neck
and neck round the
first turn. As the crews
entered the straight,
Broomhedge began to
edge-ahead with St
Elizabeth’s losing all
sense of direction,
and ramming the far
bank. Broomhedge
continued to pull away
but as they made the
final turn around the
buoy, St Hilda’s made
a spurt, trying to pass
Broomhedge on the
outside but it was too
late, Broomhedge
held St Hilda’s off to
pick up the blue
winners pennant for a
second year in a row.
The Brigade would
like to thank Antrim
Boat club for
supplying the safety
boat and also the first
aiders from St John’s
Ambulance; without
whose support the
event would not be
possible.
To find out more about
the work of the Ulster
Regiment The Church
Lads’ and Church
Girls’ Brigade visit
their website at:
www.ulsterregimentc
lcgb.btik.com
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The Ulster Regiment’s Second Annual Raft Race
Martin Lambourne
writes -
The Brigade is a
great vehicle for
introducing
young people to the
possibilities of Living
on a Large Map.
Sports and Band
Competitions at
Battalion, Regimental
and National levels,
together with National
Band and Choir
concerts, tours,
camps, residentials,
days out and Duke of
Edinburgh Award
expeditions all help
our members to meet
new people and see
new places.
That’s also true of
events such as our
Family Weekend at
Butlins in February
and Spring Adventure
at Easter. They
deserve more support
as they are exciting
events which bring the
Brigade Family
together in special
ways.
At NHQ, we have
been exploring further
ventures to expand
our Brigade family
programme. So, here
are a couple of new
opportunities to tempt
you to look further
afield:
Have a family
week on the
Mediterranean in
2009
Having returned to
Murcia in May, I have
been shown some
more great resources
for a stay on the
shores of the Mar
Menor at Los
Alcazares.
David Urion, our man
in Spain, took me to
see an activity centre
with a residential
facility right on the sea
shore. This centre is
run by qualified youth
and activity leaders
and has facilities for
water sports outside
the front door as well
as organising beach
sports like volleyball
and trips out to other
attractions in the
region.
The nearest road is
two hundred yards
away from the beach
and this part of the
Mediterranean is non-
tidal as it is a twenty
mile wide lagoon, so it
is as safe as these
locations can be.
Walking back along
the avenue from the
beach, you come to a
large hotel just before
the first road – an
ideal place for adults
and families who don’t
want dormitory
accommodation.
Across the road from
the hotel is a
shopping precinct,
complete with
newsagent run by a
Scotsman!
(continued)
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Widening our Brigade Horizons
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Outdoor Pursuits at Los Alcazares.
30 minutes drive away
is Cartagena, a
historic sea port city
where Hannibal began
his trek across the
Alps with his
elephants brought in
from North Africa. The
city has a Roman
Amphitheatre,
extensive cultural and
retail interest and boat
trips from the bustling
port area. With other
fascinating historic
towns and cities
nestling in the hills
away from the sea,
there is so much of
interest for anyone of
any age.
David, who lives
nearby, is an ex-
policeman, ex-youth
worker who is able to
arrange coaches and
visits as required. All it
needs is for the
Brigade to go and
enjoy the environment
and all it has to offer.
So, what about a
Brigade Family trip in
the Autumn of 2009?
Interested? Give me a
call/text/email at NHQ
or on 07796697369.
Fancy a DofE
Open Gold
Expedition
in the Sierra
De Espuna
in 2010?
Less than an
hour from
Murcia (San
Javier) airport
and you are
into the Sierra
rising to 1600
metres. It’s an
ideal location
for an
expedition, with
campsites and
rangers
scattered
through the extensive
Natural Park and
Forest area.
If anyone is
interested, I am happy
to talk with DofE HQ
about setting up an
Open Expedition. Any
older Seniors
interested?
How about a
Youth Exchange
with our Brigade
Family in the
eight dioceses of
North Kenya?
Our Dormanston
Company has already
twinned with Thika
Diocese and is
supporting some of
their work where the
Brigade is flourishing.
I am now planning to
go to Kenya in April
2009 to offer training
to the Brigades in the
eight dioceses of the
Regional Province
north of Nairobi.
On my agenda will
also be the possibility
of arranging
exchanges of older
Seniors between their
dioceses and our
Diocesan Formations.
They are very
interested in such an
exchange. It would
mean hosting some of
their young people
over here as well as
being hosted in
Kenya. Such
experiences can be
life-changing, and no
young person can fail
to have their horizons
expanded by such a
venture.
So there are the
opportunities and
challenges that have
developed recently.
There may be more!!
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Widening our Brigade Horizons continued from page 11
Roman Amphitheatre by the port of Cartagena.
DofE Gold terrain in the Sierra De
Espuna
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New Resources for the Y Team ProgrammeFrom September we have available the last
resources which Kathleen Boyland was working on
before she left us. They are two different ideas for
the Y team Databox.
The Gospel Rocky Kids’ Club is a concept
Kathleen developed in association with
a Church Army Roadshow
called Gospel Rocky.
It is different from the other resources
in the Databox,
but has a wide ranging
sessional programme
ranging from Abraham
to Jesus.
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New Resources cont...
The other unit is under the
Exploring God’s World banner
and is an outdoor based
programme looking at the
environment around the local
church. It links in with the JTC
material on the Eco Friendly
Church.
We’ve enclosed some sample
pages to give you a taste of what
is on offer...
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Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Training Day - Saturday December 13th
We have been saddened to hear of the following losses within our Brigade fellowship and
send to the families our heartfelt condolences. “May the souls of the faithful departed,through the mercy of God, rest in peace and rise again in glory.”
Mrs Sarah Baker. (see Governor’s message on page 4 and Brigade Secretary’s message
page 6)
Mr Len Robson. (81), 1st May, Shotton, Durham Regiment.
Mr. Stuart Mellish (50), 25th May, served in St. Andrew’s, Denton Company.
Stuart met his wife Gill on a DofE Gold Expedition in the 1970s. Gill also served the Brigade in
the Manchester Regiment. Our condolences to Gill, Paul and Andrew.
In Memoriam
Expeditions and Assessor accreditation and training has been revamped by The Award and we
are keen to keep up to date with guidelines and training requirements.
Our Yorkshire and Humber Regional Office has kindly agreed to join us for a Training Day on
Saturday, December 13th at NHQ, Wath.
The day will begin with refreshments at 9.30
am for a 10.00 am start and finish at 3.30
pm.
Lunch and all refreshments will be provided.
All involved in or interested in running DofE
programmes are invited to join us for the day.
A booking form for the day is included in the
Summer mailing.
The form will give you the opportunity to offer
other issues for the day’s agenda which you
would like to be addressed
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A Time to Reflect by Martin Lambourne
Bishop Jack, was ordained 40 years ago on June 9th. His retirement Eucharist as Bishop of Sheffield was
a moving service as he handed over his Bishop’s Crook to the Dean of the Cathedral after over ten years
as Pastor Pastorem.
His sermon focussed on the character of the Priest which, for him, was summed up in the phrase, ‘you
have to know what it is like to be in the gutter as well as catching sight of the stars’. Bishop Jack will
continue his ministry in new ways in retirement and will, I believe, never cease to be a priest. Thankfully,
for us, he will continue to be our National Chaplain.
Jesus as Saviour and Lord, we are called to be priests to one another.
The late Archbishop of San Salvador, Oscar Romero, who was
assassinated in 1980 while saying Mass knew both the gutter and the
stars. He lost his life because he dared to be a champion for the poor in
South America – the voice of the voiceless. He proclaimed that we are
all Priests – the taxi driver in his cab, the doctor, the market stall holder if
we work with honesty and faithfulness to Christ.
In the end our legacies are determined by who and what we are to
others, not how long we have served in whatever office or none. Bishop
Jack and Judith his wife are special people because of what they mean
to so many people on both sides of the Pennines and far beyond.
I hope that may be our legacies too – that we are judged to be special
people in our priestly offices.
Having been
ordained in the
Baptist tradition, I
still subscribe to
the New
Testament concept
of the Priesthood
of all Believers. I
suspect Bishop
Jack does too.
Which means that
when we are
called to follow
Bishop Jack requested that this prayer of St Columba be printed in
the service sheet of his Thanksgiving Eucharist on the Feast of St.
Columba:
Almighty Father, Son, and
Holy Ghost,
eternal, ever blessed gracious
God;
to me the least of saints,
to me allow that I may keep a
door in paradise.
That I may keep even the
smallest door,
the farthest, darkest, coldest door,
the door that is least used, the stiffest door.
If so it be but in your house, O God,
if so it be that I can see your glory even from afar,
and hear your voice, O God,
and know that I am with you, O my God.
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Brigade Association
The Annual General Meeting
Saturday Oct 4th/5th 2008 – St. Mary’s Beverley
Agenda.
11am Arrival of Members.
11.30am- AGM
1pm- Lunch.
2pm- Display by Host Company.
Tea & Coffee at close of Display.
7.30pm- Evening Dinner at the Beverley Arms.
Sunday Oct 5th. Morning Service at St Mary’s.
Booking Form Reservations.
Name……………………………
Address…………………………………………….
……………………………………………………..
Telephone Number……………………..
E-Mail Address…………………………………….
We have arranged a weekend deal for accommodation at the Beverley Arms Hotel if anyone
wishes to stay for Friday/Saturday nights .
B&B £70 per double room or Dinner B & B £85 per double room per night.
Full English Breakfast will be served.
Saturday lunch only - £4 per head.
Details of the Evening Dinner menus will be sent on receipt of bookings.
To book- please send a deposit of £15 per room or money in full if only meals are required, with
your details and requirements to,
Brigade Association Secretary (Duane Trevena-Tow).
Cheques to be made payable to ‘Brigade Association’.
Note. Rob Bolton, Chairman of the Brigade Historical Group, was interviewed by the BBC Radio4 about the CLB in the First World War on Tuesday 22nd April at 3.00pm the edition was aboutMaking History. For anyone who had the chance to listen to it, your comments will be welcome.
We would also welcome articles, letters, comments etc. For inclusion in the next edition of LINK
which will be appearing in the Autumn issue of the Brigade Magazine.
Send items to:
Granville Higson
65 Edinburgh Drive
Prenton
Wirral CH43 0RJ
Email [email protected]
On Saturday, 17th
May 2008 the
Brigade’s Bands’
Competition once again
took place at Hinckley
Leisure Centre,
Leicestershire. Bands
from various parts of the
country came together
in a superb display of
the talent of our young
members. Whether
Novice or Championship
category, the standards
were high and the
musical entertainment
excellent, to the delight
of the contingents of
supporters who formed
the audience. Standards
of dress and intricate
marching whilst playing
instruments were
exceptionally high.
Overall Championship
Band was St Mary’s
Beverley, in their year of
Centenary celebrations.
Last year the Mayor of
Hinckley was unable to
stay for the entire day
and this year organised
his diary so as to be
present throughout the
event; having enjoyed
last year’s Competition
so much. We are
grateful to the
organisers and judges
of the Competition, the
Bands, individual
performers and their
leaders for all the hard
work undertaken. A full
list of the results is
contained on page 20
and here’s a picture of
St Mary’s Beverley
Band, Championship
Class winners.
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National Brigade Bands’ Competition
Let’s put things right!
In the March 2008
issue of The Brigade,
we ran a feature
Band of Brothers (and
Sisters!). One of the
pictures correctly
showed the
Championship Class
winners of the National
Bands’ Competition in
2007 but incorrectly
stated who they were! It
wasn’t “Beverley Band”,
as stated in the caption
but St Andrew’s New
Earswick Company
Band. So here’s a
photograph of them by
way of apology and
celebration!!
St Mary’s marching through Beverley.
St Andrew’s New Earswick performing at this years Brigade Band Competition.
Lads’ Five-a-Side Football
Group A
1st Manchester B & Beverley
2nd Manchester A
3rd Ulster
Group B
1st Chorley & Ribblesdale
2nd Ulster A
3rd Beverley
Group C
1st Ulster A
2nd Manchester
3rd New Waltham
Girls’ Five-a-Side Football
Group A
1st Chorley & Ribblesdale
2nd Beverley
3rd Manchester
Group B
1st Manchester A
2nd Manchester B
3rd Durham & Manchester
Group C
1st Cheltenham
2nd Chorley & Ribblesdale
3rd York
Netball
Group A
1st Chorley & Ribblesdale
2nd Beverley
3rd Manchester
Group B
1st Manchester A
2nd Manchester B
3rd Durham & Manchester
Group C
1st Cheltenham
2nd Durham
3rd Chorley & Ribblesdale
Novice Class
Best Band (Non-Valve)
1st St Peter’s &
St Lawrence’ Tameside
2nd St Marys’ Barwell
Best Band (Valve)
1st St Mary’s Barwell
Novice Inspection 1st St. Peter’s &
St Lawrence’ Tameside
2nd St Mary’s Barwell
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National Competitions
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Brigade Band Competition
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results Football/Netball Competitions
Championship Class
Best Band (Non-Valve)
1st St Wilfrid’s Standish
2nd St. Mary’s Hinckley
Best Band (Valve)
1st St Mary’s Beverley
2nd St James’ Darwin
Contest and Championship Class
Inspection
1st St James’ Brightlingsea
2nd St Peter’s Whetstone
Drum Major
1st St. James’ Darwin
Supreme Championship Band
1st St Mary’s Beverley
2nd St James’ Darwin
ContestBest Band (Valve)1st St. Peter’s Chorley