BB Asia Sept-Oct 2009 Newsletter

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Sept-Oct 2009 Issue

1st Sibu Company

Attention: No Meeting on 31 October 2009

There will be NO meeting on  Saturday (31 October 2009)  as boys are still having school exam. However, meeting will resume on next Saturday (7 November 2009) at Wesley Methodist Church.

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REACHOUT – Youth For Charity

This year from June to December, REACHOUT – Youth For Charity will mobilize BB members from Sarawak in a concerted effort to raise fund for the National Kidney Foundation, Kuching Branch to aid their objective of helping poor Malaysian suffering from kidney failure and ailments. A portion of the collection will be channeled back to BB for youth development.

What is “REACHOUT – Youth For CHarity”
REACHOUT – Youth For Charity is an initiative by The Boys’ Brigade of Malaysia to encourage young people and youth organization to be involved in social and charitable work. Through this initiative, The Boys’ Brigade of Malaysia seeks to expose young people to the hardship of people less fortunate than them, that they may learn to appreciate life and be grateful for what they have. We want to nurture young people to be more caring and sensitive to the needs of others; to REACHOUT – to help and do more in our quest to foster a caring Malaysian society.

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1st Sibu Company New President Boy

Congratulation to our Sgt. Fam Jye Cherng & L/Cpl Lee Ik Ing that your President’s badge application have been approved by BBM on 3rd October 2009.  They will be our company 21st & 22nd President boy.  In total, there are six levels to achieving a Brigade Award (Gold, President, Founder, Robert Davies, Officers’ Service and any other award introduced by the national level).

BBM National Awards Result (3 October 2009)

To find out more about applying BBM award, please do visit BBM website.

1st Sibu Company

Attention: No Meeting on Saturday (24 October 2009)

Please be reminded that there will be NO meeting on coming Saturday (24 October 2009)  due to SMK Methodist’s school examination.
However, meeting will resume on next Saturday (31 October 2009) at SMK Methodist School.

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BB Sarawak Central Region Founders’ Day Celebration

On 3rd October 2009,  all 10 BB companies in Sibu met together at SIB Hosanna church in conjunction with the Founders’ day celebration. This year, the Founders’ day were hosted by 7th Sibu Company & 9th Sibu Company. In total, there were about 800 BB members attended the celebration.

At 2:00pm, the event start with the marching of the color party. Then we had a singspiration followed by a choir presentation by 7th Sibu Company. Then Pastor Timothy’ shared the words of God with us.  In his sermon, he had shared 3 points.

• We need to see the needs of people. Often, we know the problem that exists among youth but we do not came up with a solution to overcome the problem.
• BB is a body of organisation that consists of officers, boys & girls. We should act as one body like the body of Christ.
• We need to train BB boys & girls to glorify and serve our God continuously.

After the sharing we had a “Poco-poco” dance performance by 4 girls from 9th Sibu Company. Then we had a prize giving for Central region basketball competition. We also had the priviledge to hear a sharing on the development of BB in Sarawak by Lt. Hu wei Ung. We praise God that currently we had a Sarawak state full time officer and our own depot located at MY centre.  In 2011, BB in Sarawak will also be celebrating 50th anniversary. Also we had a vision to purchase one shop for BB Sarawak.

This year, we included games into the programme.  However, leading a game for 800++ members is not an easy job. We would like to thank one of our brother-in-Christ for leading the game throughout the whole afternoon.  We believe that every members did enjoy their afternoon.

About 5pm, the games ended and we closed our Founders’ day celebration with a closing prayer by Pastor Timothy followed by Color Party marching off. We give thanks to God for allowing our Founder, Sir William Alexander Smith seeing the needs of boys and formation of The Boys’ Brigade back in 1883. Till today, we have BB in nearly all around the world and expansion is still ongoing. We pray that God will continue to bless The Boys’ Brigade and use this organisation to advance the Kingdom of God and spreading the Good news.

Lord, Bless The Boys’ Brigade.

1st Sibu Company

Founders’ Day Celebration – 3/10/2009

In conjunction of the Founders’ Day celebration for central region of The Boys’ Brigade in Sarawak, all 10 BB Sibu Companies will be celebrating Founders’ day together.
Please take note of the following details.

Date: 3 October 2009
Venue: SIB Hosanna Church (@ Sg. Merah)
Attire: Full Ceremonial Uniform (With sky blue tie & long sleeve)
Time: Before 1:45pm
Attendance: Compulsory

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BB in the news

The following news were extracted from Sin Chew Jit Poh chinese newspaper dated 24 September 2009. On 19-21 September, a BNTS was held at SMK Lanang, Sibu. We give thanks to God for the BNTS which was carried out successfully and pray that participants will always remember their serving direction in BB ministry.

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Drill Competition – 26/09/2009

1st Sibu Company annual drill competition was held on 26 September 2009 at SMK Methodist. This year we have 3 groups from 2nd years boys and 4 groups from recruits. Before the competition, a uniform inspection were carried out by Lt. Linda, Lt. Teo, Lt Jonny, Lt Constantine, W/o Lau Shiew Ping and W/o David Sii. After uniform inspection, the groups will proceed to the competition. Four judges were selected for the competition and they were Capt. Joesph Tin, Lt. Tonny Hii, Lt. Hu Wei Ung & W/o Toh Yik Kiet. The marking of the drill were divided into drill movements (60%), command’s sequence (20%) and uniform (20%). A best commander will also be selected in the end.

The following were the summarized feedback made by judges.

• It’s obvious that a lot of boys did not have enough drill practice.
• All the members fail to perform 90 degree legs movement.
• Commander didn’t prepare well enough especially in reporting to officer in charge.
• Some of the members are very nervous including commanders.
• Lack of spirit and smartness in drill.
• Boys always put their hand down before the officer when saluting.
• Commanders did not memorize well with their command’s sequence. It caused a lot of confusion.
• Lack of confidence .
• Too many ’semula’ command being called out.

To sum it all, it is obvious that all the boys did not have enough practice in their drill. Captain Joseph Tin gave a simple advice to all the boys. The only way improve the drill is to practice and do more drill. There is no shortcut to it.

After the competition, we had a drill down where participants will be eliminated upon making a mistake and the last one remain in the drill down will emerge as the champion. Unfortunately this year we didn’t have any champion. However it is a good sign to see that all the boys were  so eager to participate in the drill down.

In conclusion, there are plenty of rooms for improvement. More time and efforts need to spend in practicing drill.

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Drill Competition – 26/09/2009

ARE YOU READY ?

This coming Saturday (26/09/2009) programme is our annual drill competition.  Hence, the meeting time have been changed to 2:00pm at SMK Methodist. The competition will be divided 2 parts which is uniform inspections and drill movement. Please do prepare yourselves for the competition. All the officers will be involved in the uniform inspections on the day.

The following are the guidelines on BB uniforms.

BBM Uniform Manual General

BBM Uniform Manual Officer

BBM Uniform Senior Boys

• Starting Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00pm
• Venue: SMK Methodist
• Attire: Full Uniform

All the best in your preparation for your drill competition.

1st Sibu Company