Welcome back!

Welcome back, we hope you had a fantastic time over the Easter Holidays. Don’t forget that Subs are due this week! 

This week and for the rest of the month the Scouts will be looking at fitness. Check out the Scout programme page to see what their monthly themes are. The Cubs will be looking at Spies and codes, details of the themes for the Cub programme to the end of July can be found on the Cub programme page. Why not Bring a friend?

 

This Sunday,22nd April 2007 will be the annual District St. George’s Day Parade and Service held at Borden school. The District will parade to Borden School from Swale House Car park. Please meet there at 1.30pm. Directions to the school can be found by clicking on the link. It would be fantastic to see as many people as possible on parade in smart uniform this Sunday.

He is Risen!

“Christ the Lord is risen today!” 

Hallelujah! 

Greetings to everyone in the name of the risen Lord Jesus this Easter Sunday. 

May you know Christ’s peace, power and presence this day and in the days that lie ahead.

Some piercing’s cost more than others!!

It was on a poster outside a Church this caption ‘Some piercing’s cost more than others’, and four photo’s. The first showing a nose stud, the second an ear ring and the third a belly piercing. Each of the first three looked ok and attractive in their own sort of way and had a price tag, £25, £50, £75. But the fourth picture had no price tag on it and was a mess! It was horrible, covered in blood, flesh was ripped, jagged and gnarled.  

The fourth picture was of a hand; and the back of the hand was resting on a rough piece of wood that was soaked in the blood streaming from the injured hand.

The hand had a nail through the centre, not an ordinary nail that you may be forgiven for thinking may have come from any DIY enthusiast’s box this Easter weekend, this nail was rough. It was huge and rusty and thrust deep into the tissue of the hand causing great pain and injury and pinning the hand to the wood beneath.

This was not a picture from the A & E department of the local hospital! This was the hand of Jesus, suffering and bleeding in agony for us! 

“Hands that flung stars into space, to cruel nails surrendered” (Graham Kendrick) 

Jesus gave his life so that we might know friendship, forgiveness and reconciliation to God. Let’s take time this Easter to remember his sacrifice, what it cost him and think about how we respond to his love. 

‘Some piercing’s cost more than others’!!!

               

God so loved the wOrld that he gave his only Son so that whosoever believes in him will not Perish but have Everlasting Life

 

John 3:16                   Gospel!

Easter Break

Easter is now upon us and the Scout Group will close for two weeks (4th & 11th April). We will start back on Wednesday 18th April 2007. 

We look forward to seeing you back then to continue with the excitement. We still have vacancies in both the Cub and Scout sections. If you require any information please contact us at sittingbournesascouts@yahoo.co.uk