Tomorrow (Sunday), is Remembrance Sunday, which is an important date in the Scouting calendar, and indeed the country’s calendar. This is the time we remember those who have served and died in the armed forces in the various wars. As part of this people gather around war memorials and observe the two minutes silence at 11 o’clock.
As part of this act of Remembrance, the Scouts will be our church’s service along with the Guides.
With this in mind, we met up with the Guides last night to plan what we were going to do, reminding everyone how to hold their flags, how and when to dip them and to remember not to take out the church’s door frames with the flags when walking through them!
We’ve stated to do this kind of rehearsal over the last couple of years as before it always seemed somewhat last minute and a bit messy and this year is the first time the Guides have come to rehearse. So we think we have it sorted.
The other point of this rehearsal is that no one in the church seems to know how the service is going to proceed! The current vicar is on extended holiday and is also in the process of leaving the Parish and no one really knows the vicar who is standing in! So we’ve taken it upon ourselves to sort out what we’re going to do and then we’ll gently suggest that our way is how it’s going to happen!
At least then there shouldn’t be too much chaos to detract from the reason we’re there, which is to remember the dead and those who served to ensure our freedoms.
Please take a look at the on line memorial to the members of my Scout Group who have been killed in previous wars.