Guides Collect Baden-Powell Award: 50th Bath Guides

On 10th December 2008, 4 girls from 50th Bath (Bathford) Guides were presented with their Baden-Powell Awards at a special ceremony held in the Guildhall, Bath. Alice, Hannah, Gina and Gemma received their awards from the Mayor of Bath, along with the Mayoress, and Chairman of the Council.
Whilst visiting the Guildhall the girls got sign the Guildhall’s visitors’ book and see the signatures of some very famous people, including Olave Baden-Powell, and the Queen. Afterwards, the Guides celebrated at Bath Divisions HQ’s with food and games!

Nativity Service: 1st South District Rainbows, 24th Bath Brownies

Rainbows and Brownies from the United Reformed Church, Odd Down, Bath have ended the term with a Carol Service and Nativity play. The Rainbows dressed as Angels and the Brownies came as Shepherds and Kings. Some of the 24th Bath Guides also attended and a promise ceremony was held, during the service, for one Brownie and one Guide. Family and friends packed the church and there was even a visit at the end from Father Christmas. You can see pictures from the nativity here.

Everyone at the URC Rainbows, Brownies and Guides wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Prize Winners Visit Bristol Zoo: 1st Bath (St Luke's) Rainbows

On Saturday 8th November 1st Bath (St Luke’s) Rainbows went to Bristol Zoo. The trip was our prize for winning the Scrapheap Challenge Competition.

We went to visit lots of animals – the lions, the lemurs, the Gorillas, the hippopotamus, the kangaroo rats, the meerkats, the fish, the crocodiles the hamsters, the flamingos and the frogs. We saw rats in a house; they were in the oven, in a glass cake box and in the suitcases.

We played on the playground. We had our faces painted by Jasper. We had a photo taken all together then we went to the shop and bought things.
We had a lovely time, it was great fun.

Written by
Meg (aged 7) and Katrina (aged 7)

Christmas Celebration Craft Evening: 1st South District Rainbows, 24th Bath Brownies

Rainbows and Brownies from the United Reformed Church at Odd Down have been taking part in a joint Christmas Celebration Craft Evening. The girls aged 5-10 took part in a variety of Christmas themed activities with a host of crafts and cooking on offer.

Each Rainbow and Brownie who attended received the unique U.R.C. Rainbows and Brownies Christmas Celebration Badge.

Everyone involved had a lovely evening and the Christmas Theme kicked off the festive celebrations perfectly!

You can see some pictures of the evening here.

Allison Dagger
1st South Bath Rainbows

Christmas at Ascension: 21st Ascension Guides

As Christmas arrives the Guides at Ascension Church Bath have been celebrating by making mince pies as you can see a good time was had by all!

We also spent an evening discussing the Christmas story with the aid of a Posada which was travelling around the Parish spending every night of Advent at a different house! Posada is an old Mexican tradition where young people dressed as Mary and Joseph travelled from house to house asking for a room for the night and telling people about the imminent arrival of Jesus in the weeks leading up to Christmas. On Christmas Eve they would visit the local church to re-enact the nativity and place figures of Mary and Joseph in a crib.

Modern day Posada uses nativity figures of Mary and Joseph who travel from place to place. This gives each host the chance to create their own celebration in their home or place in the community, worshipping and reaching out to their communities with the real message of Christmas.

After we had built the Nativity Scene we then went on to reinact the story with Mary heavy with child

Bev Samways