Christmas Carol Service 2022

1st Lifton Scout Group has an invitation to the local community to join the Scout Group for their 50th Anniversary Christmas Carol service on Monday 19th December 6.30pm at St Mary’s Church (the parish church of Lifton). We enjoy celebrating Christmas with a family carol service each year, so we are really looking forward to this year’s service which will be led by Revd Phillip Conway.

Life in 1972 was different in many ways, that was when our Scout Group began with just Cub Scouts, the section for those who are aged 8-10 years old. So we want to extend a special welcome to anyone who has been part of the group at any stage in the past 50 years! Just think of those Cubs from 1972, they will be aged 58-60 years old. We still have a full Cub Pack of 24 children, now in addition, we have: Squirrel Scouts, Beaver Scouts and Scouts – in total we are a Scout Group with over 100 young people and over 25 adult leaders.’

At the carol service, we will thank all the leaders who give their time and energy to enable young people to learn new skills and grow as members of a team. Each and every leader brings a wealth of experience, most have experience of working with children, some of disabilities, some have water sports expertise which is great as we are a Sea Scout group, meeting at Roadford Lake during the summer months. We will also recognise the long service of some of our leaders, several of whom have been in leadership for over ten years. We hope to be joined by some of the former leaders from the past five decades too, it will be great to say thank you for their contribution to the group’s success too. We are grateful for the donation of delicious mince pies by local business, Foxcombe Bakehouse, the support of local people and businesses is a real blessing for the group.