Explorers
The music at the Salvation Army World Jamboree 2006 was provided by Nick and Emma pears and they’re backing band (including Ben Cotteral from our own Chatham Salvation Army).
Everyone who was at the camp thought they were great. In addition to providing the live music for the sunday meetings and the concerts, they also helped out in the Prayer tent; on the pastoral team and in leading the Gospel Choir.
If you would like to know more about the band, or perhaps buy they’re CD, take a look at they’re website, www.therattling.com
Salvation Army World Jamboree, Almere, Netherlands 2006.
Over 800 people gathered from all over the world in one of the Dutch National Parks at Kotterbos near Almere in the Netherlands fro the Salvation Army World jamboree 2006. Scouts and Guides from all over the UK were represented in that number.
The theme of the camp was very simple and synonymous with Scouting and Guiding, “Be prepared” and ran throughout every aspect of the camp. Be prepared to make friends, be prepared to challenge yourself, be prepared to do new things, be prepared to meet God.
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More information about the camp including more photos and videos will be added soon.
In the meantime, make sure you take a look at the slideshow by clicking on the photo below – there are now about 200 photos to look through!
The Scouts, Explorers and Guides have been doing lots in the past few days.
Monday
On Monday, it was Scouting activities. Everyone choose an activity they would like to do for the day and went off with Scouts and Guides from other groups in our Sub camp and joined in. The Raft Builders spent the morning building several rafts and in the afternoon sailed them on a nearby river. The Radio and Electronics group built a computer, learnt how to solder and took part in lots of activities with radios including talking to Amateur radio users back in the UK.
The Pioneering group built a Chinese swing. The Souveiner makers made items from wood and an old cow bell. Another group took part in challenged to ‘Save the Dutch’.
In the evening, everyone went along to the bible study and heard the resident band play some more, watched some videos and discussed what it means to have integrity.
Tuesday
On Tuesday we had our day out to the Zuiderzee museum. This open air museum has houses, shops and workshops representing much of the Netherlands history. It was a bit wet but everyone had a good time looking at the exhibits and enjoying the food in the restraunts.
In the evening was the first Jamboree Campfire. unfourtunalty, there is a ban on fires and even candles in Holland at the moment so there was no chance of an actual fire. Some special effects were used instead and the singing was as good as ever.
Wednesday
Wednesday was market day with each country setting up stall and selling food, services or gifts for fellow campers or the days guests. The money raised will be used for a Dutch charity.
In the evening, there was bible study again and a fantastic concert from the Band and the newly formed Jamboree Gospel Choir.
More detail later, for now, have a look at some of the pictures.
Saturday‚
The Scouts and Guides arrived safely on Saturday after an 11 hour journey!
The Camp was setup quickly and everyone got settled in.
The Opening ceremnoy was held with all members of the camp taking part. This was followed by a welcome meeting in the Big tent with lots of singing and each country giving a short presentation about where they come from.
Long into the evening everyone was meeting new friends and getting to knopw their new neighbours.
Sunday
After the first night on camp, we had breakfast and then went to the morning meeting that once again had music from Nicka nd Emma Piers.
In the afternoon there ere lots of activities around the site including a dance training session, some entertainers and some candy floss.
We will try and upload some photos as soon as we can.
Keep checking‚ back often to see what we’re up to.
Following on from the great time we had last year, the group once again held a Barbeque to celebrate the end of the Scouting year.
All the Sections joined in with many parents and friends coming along as well. In addition to the great food, excellently prepared by the Explorer Scout Unit, the Group Scout Leader presented the annual review whilst the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts explored the beach and found out about some of the Medways history.
Due to a mix up with the interpretation of the tide tables, no games were played but a good time was had talking and playing by the river.
The Beavers and Cubs are now finished for the Summer break but the Scouts and Explorers will meet next Monday for their last meeting before their Summer camp in the Netherlands.
A copy of the Annual Review will be posted here very soon. For now, be sure to click on the picture above to see more pictures from the evening
This Monday, the group will be holding it’s second annual Beach Barbeque on the beach at Lower Upnor. We will also be holding the AGM so you’ll be able to eat and find out what we’ve been doing for the last year.
We’ll be starting at 6.45 and finishing around 8.30. If the weather is bad, we’ll have to move everything back to the hall so if in doubt, check with your section leader on the day.
For a map to Lower Upnor click here.
Or if you prefer, you can follow these instructions:
Directions to Lower Upnor Car Park
Coming from Chatham via Dock Road, go through the Medway Tunnel
At the first roundabout turn left.
At the second roundabout, go around and head back down the other side, back towards the tunnel. Take the first left and follow the road all the way top Lower Upnor.
The car park is at the very end of the town and is sign posted (note it is the public car park, not the ones belonging to the Pubs or the Yacht Clubs).
The Scouts and Explorers took part in some challenges on Monday night. They did a text to win competition where they had to collect clues from the local area to get a phone number. They then sent a text message to this number to win that round.
When they got back they did some more challenges, including making human pyramids!
After that they talked about how they could support the Salvation Army’s Wathershed appeal. Chatham Salvation army are trying to raise £3000 pounds to pay for a village in Angola to get a pump to provide fresh, clean water. Click on the link below to find out more. The Scouts and Explorers both decided to donate their subs for one week to the appeal, totalling £20 pounds.
We had a new Scout Invested and an old one invested as an Explorer Scout on Monday Night. As you can see from the picture below, the Scouts and Explorers were jumping for joy!
Click on the picture to see more photos from the evening.
And a reminder to the Scouts and Explorers – bring your mobile phones – with some credit on – next Monday.
The Scouts and Explorers went out on Monday night and practised putting up the type of tent they will be camping in when they go to Holland in the summer.
It took 20 minutes to put up and ten minutes to pack away. Everyone worked well together and the Explorer Scouts helped the younger ones to get things done. Click on the photo for more pictures.
After that, we played a few wide games – the area we were using was a training area used by the army so that we can now use. This is great as since the closure of Buckmore park, the Scouts and Explorers have been limited to where they can do outdoor activities.
Look out for more outdoors events in the coming weeks.
And if you are a Scout or Explorer, don’t forget we’re starting at 7 next week to go out again.