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Meeting Times:

We meet every Wednesday, during term time, from 6.00pm

the Rainbow's Promise:

I promise that I will do my best to love my God and to be kind and helpful.

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the 2nd Cradley Rainbows group

What do Rainbows do?

group of rainbows

Rainbows have fun! They take part in indoor and outdoor activities as part of their programme called the Rainbow Jigsaw.

Their meetings are full of games and activities which provide challenging opportunities for Rainbows to think for themselves and take an active part in unit decision-making.

Everything a Rainbow does helps her to develop – it’s an opportunity to look, learn, laugh and love.

 

Who can be a Rainbow?
Any girl aged five or over can be a Rainbow. The oldest Rainbows are usually about seven years old. In Northern Ireland only, a girl may become a Rainbow at any time after her fourth birthday.

 Our Annual Report to the church for 2006/7:

Attendance: We currently have 15 girls aged 5-7 attending on Wednesday evenings, 6-7pm, during school terms.

Leaders: Our volunteer leaders are Sandra Callard (Guider) Emma Alston (Assistant Guider) Rona Taylor (Unit Secretary). Jodie Russon joined us as a Young Leader in April 06. Laura Alston also helps at meetings as Rainbow Helper.

Finance: Parents currently pay subs of £1 per session and we ask for subs to be paid at the beginning of each term wherever possible. About 50% of the subs income is used to pay our capitation to guiding headquarters. We also need to buy craft & other materials for our programme. This year, as well as making our usual donation to church funds for use of the premises, we also made a donation towards the cost of the new heaters in the schoolroom.

Activities: At each Rainbows meeting we have a range of activities. For example, this year we have:

  • grown runner beans (and brought some to harvest)
  • had a French themed meeting (Ooh, La, La!)
  • made and eaten mud pies (okay, it was chocolate pudding)
  • tried ballet dancing (but Sandra just watched)
  • had a Burns Supper (we did the Gay Gordons and ate shortbread)

Each of the girls in our unit recently earned a ‘Roundabout’ badge for completing activities under the themes of ‘Look, Learn, Laugh and Love’

Last summer we joined a district trip to Bewdley Safari Park and at Christmas we went to see Santa at Hatton Country Park.

Some of our Rainbows attended the district carol service at St. Peters in December and the ‘Thinking Day’ service and activities held here at Overend in February.

Spiritual Input: In July we had a prayer theme for one of our meetings, to coincide with the church’s ‘Pray without Ceasing’ events.

We also had a harvest themed evening in September, to coincide with the Church’s harvest festival, where we talked about all God’s gifts to us and made some freshly squeezed orange juice. (They didn’t like the ‘floaty bits’!)

We always consider the ‘real’ story of Christmas and Easter, and invite the Rainbows to any activities being organised by the Sunday School to mark these important Christian festivals

God always gets a mention at Rainbows and we close each meeting with a prayer.

Rev. Paul has visited us on a number of occasions this year, and both the girls and the leaders have appreciated this. (Even if he did get some of them so excited it took us a while to calm them down after he’d gone!)

Emma Alston

 
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