BB International
The Boys’ Brigade was founded by Sir William Alexander Smith on 4 October 1883 in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the world’s first uniformed youth organization and has spread all over the world with companies in over 60 countries.
Sir William Smith, a businessman, was a volunteer officer in Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, and a Sunday School teacher. He realized the difficulty of maintaining order in a crowd of unruly Boys and keeping them in the church after Sunday School. To solve the problem, he devised a unique system of starting an organization for Boys as part of the church, based on Christianity and Discipline.
Simple forms of foot-drill, gymnastics, and games were introduced proved very popular. In 1886, the first BB Camp was held, in fact the start of camping for the youth. Scouting as an activity was introduced to the BB later by Lord Baden Powell, who was a Vice-President of the BB, even before the formation of the Boy Scouts.
The impact of The Boys’ Brigade lead to the formation of other uniformed youth organizations such as The Girls’ Brigade (1902), the Boy Scouts (1908) and the Girl Guides (1910). All trace their genesis to 1883 and William Smith.
BB Singapore
The Boys’ Brigade in Singapore was established in 12 January 1930 by Mr James Milner Fraser and was an architect by profession. He was a member of the 23rd Aberdeen Company and an officer in the 23rd London Company. The 1st Singapore Company was established in Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church. BB Singapore has over 100 companies in different secondary and primary schools as well as polytechnics and Junior Colleges.
BB 30th Singapore Company (Grace Methodist Church)
30th Singapore Company was formed in May 1978 in Grace Methodist Church by Rev. Dr Daniel Lee Kok Pheng, our current Pastor in Charge. During then, 14 church members were approached and recruited to become the pioneer batch of Officers. Our aim then was two-fold, to reach out to the Boys in the church and the Telok Blangah estate. The other objective was to bring the Good News and the BB programme to the Boys at Pasir Panjang Boys’ Hostel at Labrador.
Currently, we are the official Co-Curricular Activity of Bukit Merah Secondary School with an official strength of 32 Boys and 7 officers. We enjoyed the support of the principal and staff of the school. We have a mixed of different nationalities such as Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese and Myanmar Boys. Our weekly parades are held on Saturdays, 0830AM to 1230PM.
BB Objective
The advancement of Christ's Kingdom among Boys and the promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-Respect and all that tends towards a true Christian Manliness.
30th Company’s Achievements
JM Fraser Award for Excellence (Bronze)
BB Week ( Bronze Honour Roll)
BB National Bible Quiz (Silver Honour Roll & Top 4 Newcomers)
The BB Ministry Leadership Team
Asst. Chaplain: Mr Cheang Cheng San, LTA
Treasurer: Mdm Barbara Chng
Captain : Mr Christopher Lim, LTA
Officers :
Ms. Dawn Yeo, 2LT ( Teacher-in-Charge)
Mr. Steven Wu, LTA
Mr. Joseph Loy, LTA
Mr. Vincent Kong, OCT
Mr. Cresens Tey, Trainer
How To Contact Us?
Mr Cheang Cheng San : cheng_san_cheang@nuh.com.sg or Hp: 9622 9109
Mr Christopher Lim : sqchris@hotmail.com or Hp: 9623 5977
How Can You Be Involved?
You can be a musician teaching our Boys to play the musical instruments or a sportsman teaching our Boys to play a certain sports? BUT Most importantly, we need Christians who have a heart to touch the lives of these Boys for Christ. We believe in Character Building and we hope to shape these lives positively during their most impressionable, teenage years. Do prayerfully consider, and talk to any one of our BB officers regarding this Ministry.
