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Open Meeting to learn what the Fellowship can help you with

The next committee meeting of the United Reformed Church Guide and Scout Fellowship will be held via Googlemeet on Saturday November 2^nd.  The meeting will be opened at 12.00 for anyone who would like to know more about the Fellowship and what it offers in terms of advice and products to help leaders to ensure they can help their members to progress in the understanding and observance of their Promise to do their best to do their duty to God, or to uphold the values of Scouting or Girlguiding

Everyone interested in considering how churches may interact with scouting and guiding  organisations who meet on their premises and the mission opportunities that they present or who wants suggestions for activities based on scouting/guiding values is most welcome to join us.

The Googlemeet reference has been put on the home page of the Fellowship’s website  https://www.urcgsf.org.uk/

It is https://meet.google.com/bfu-bcqn-sfs

Vacancy for Manager of the Fellowship

Rev David Marshall-Jones is stepping down as Manager of the United Reformed Church Guide and Scout Fellowship SASU.  

Following David’s retirement, we are looking to recruit a new volunteer chair for the URCGSF. This appointment is officially made in conjunction with the Scout Association (as manager of the Active Scout Support Unit).

We would welcome inquiries from anyone in the URC with links to Guiding and Scouting who would be interested in finding out more about URCGSF, joining the committee, or applying for the role of chair. The role descriptor is below. Please prayerfully consider if you could help the URC to engage with Guiding and Scouting and offer fellowship to those involved at all levels.

More information about URCGSF can be found here: www.urcgsf.org.uk.Follow the link for details about the post together with a job description.

Expressions of interested to children.youth@urc.org.uk

Roy Cadoux represented the Fellowship at the Westminster Abbey for the National Scout Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving on 23^rd February.  He writes:

It was my first visit to Central London since we moved to Torquay nearly five years ago!  I guess I was invited because I was awarded the Silver Acorn two years ago.  We had some good hymn singing accompanied by the powerful organ – including Ralph Reader’s The Scout Hymn which I’ve not sung for many years – and a couple of inspirational short talks from younger members of the movement.  The sound of the Abbey bells ringing as we left was amazing!