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| Company Nights. |
| The Company meet during term time on
a Monday evening, |
| Explorers, (5-8yrs) 6:30 - 7:45 |
| Juniors, (8-11yrs) 6:45 - 8:30 |
| Seniors, (11-14yrs) 7:00 - 9:00 |
| Brigaders, (14-18yrs) 7:15 - 9:15 |
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| Badgework. |
| Company nights are spent doing a
variety of activities, these vary from Team games to
Cookery, Art and Crafts to Bible Study/Devotions. These all
form part of an activity programme, where the girls aim
to achieve a set standard in different tasks, intended to
be both challenging and interesting, so as to attain
badges, all based around 4 themes.
S -
Spiritual
P - Physical
E -
Educational
S - Service
The
word 'SPES' that these letters spell out, is the Latin
word for Hope. Which when the scheme was set up at the
beginning of the last century, it was said then that each
girl in Brigade was a Hope for the future. Just as Jesus
is The one true hope.
Like
anything, these can be as fun and enjoyable as you all
make them, and we like to have fun whilst at the same
time learning.
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| History. |
| The 1st Luton Company was originally
formed in March 1925 at Union Church, Castle Street, Luton, following
the desire of the minister and his wife for a Christian Club for Girls
in the town. Initially there were 8 girls, but this quickly grew. As
the years passed other Companies were formed and the Officers of the
1st Luton were also responsible for the Company in the village of
Caddington until 1952 and the Alexandra Hospital Company until it's
closure in 1958.
2nd Luton was
formed later in the 1920's and based at Park Street Baptist Church,
Luton, the 8th Luton Company was founded in the early 1930's at Ceylon
Baptist Church, Wellington Street, Luton.
In 1975 the 3 Churches joined together to form
Central Baptist Church, which meant that the 3 Girls'
Brigade companies were amalgamated into one, and it was decided to keep
the title 1st Luton.
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Queen's Award. |
A number of the Officers and Leaders gained their Queen's Award whilst Girls in the Company and now, in the past few years they have been able to encourage a number of the Girls to achieve theirs.
This is an extra award that the girls can opt to work for and requires alot of hard work and commitment.
Girls who have achieved their Queen's Award are: |
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| 1987 |
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Sharon Fry |
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Janice Lee |
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Melanie Quinn |
| 1999 |
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Lynn Booth |
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Ruth Chalkley |
| 2000 |
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Naomi Chalkley |
| 2010 |
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Chloe Nolan |
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Dawn Adams |
| 2011 |
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Louise Garbett |
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Nicola Thomas |
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Hannah Wright |
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