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Lord Baden Powell's birthday at Scots Kirk
23rd February 2020 was a special day for the Scouts of Colombo and 300 scouts
joined the 17th Colombo Netherlee, Scots Kirk Scout Troop at a service at Scots Kirk
to celebrate its Founder Lord Baden Powell's birthday who was born 163 years ago.
Stanley Gooneratne, a former District Commissioner of Newara Eliya and an Elder at
Scots Kirk was the special guest.
The service led by Revd Ian Gilmour gilded the link between the birth place of Baden
Powell and Sri Lanka with such hymns as, Amazing Grace and the Hymn for Lanka
Jehovah, Thou has promised. Neranjan de Silva provided the music and Anila de Silva
was the soloist singing Give thanks and Let there be Love . Our scouts
contributed to the service with a reading from Psalm 23 and Matthew Chapter 6.
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