This line of reasoning is getting tire some. Lets face it...earning all of those merits and advancements is hard work I am going to address this from the point of a boy (myself) because I grew up in Rangers 65-73 as a young man. I wish that I had been given some kind of incentive, bribe, "working relationship" or what ever you want to call it to work harder on advancements and merits. The only "compensation" I recieved for merits was this little piece of sew on cloth (remember sew on merits) for my uniform and an brief recognition in the outpost meetings. A small minority of boys respond well to this and go on to earn their GMA. But the vast bulk of boys (me included) did not earn their GMA because we did not see any real benefit to doing all of that work. If there had been some other type of incentive...for me it would have been camp gear or FCF outfit items...I know I would have worked harder and possibly went on to get my GMA. You can't point your fingers at the leaders...I had some of the best, some are still active (one was my dad), all of them did their best to motivate the outpost but not one of us went on to get a GMA. The way I see it...1% of the boys need only a ribbon and verbal praise to earn merits and go for the gold...99% need a little more. So what if it takes a little $, incentive, "bribe" to get the job done...so be it...in the process we will be keeping some of those boys around longer which means we will have that much more of a chance to reach them with the gospel...which...if my memory serves me correctly...is what we are here for. I know of young men that were "bribed in" to an outpost meeting, gave their hearts to Christ and in one instance lead his whole family to Christ...I would say that was money well spent. Hey, if Christ gave His life for us we should use any means at our disposale To reach, teach and keep these young men and who knows...maybe a whole family...go figure. OK...off the soap box ...
Mike Archer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [RR] Bribe for Salvation > > Well then, put an ad in the paper and get yur $100 bills ready!<G> > > They make those rubber finger's so's it will ease the counting out > of the fresh cash.. I think yur on to something. I'm sure your wife, > and the kids will understand you gifting boys cash for advancements. > > Most "ministers" take a collection from the people, but if you > want to dole out the do-rey-me that's fine. *I even said so in the > ORIGINAL Message.. > > Doc > > > --- Keith Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let me think here for a moment. Johnny is coming to my ranger group. > > To make it interesting so he will keep coming, I offer $100.00 for him > > and the others to start working on their advancements. The $100.00 > > keeps Johnny and the others coming week after week (instead of dropping > > out) and they are now working on their advancements, READING their > > Handbook, READING THE BIBLE, and a couple of give their hearts to Jesus. > > WOW. I think that may be $100.00 well spent. > > Keith Brooks > > > > > ===== > *High MORALE is the Index of effective Leadership. > --------------********+********-------------------- > Morale raises belief of the Leader in the follower, > of the follower in the Leader, of each in themself, > and both in the .....cause! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > _______ > Let the Golden Rule be your daily rule. > > Please pray for your list sponsor: http://eBible.org/mpj/ > > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm > http://rangernet.org > > ---------------------------------------------------- Sign Up for NetZero Platinum Today Only $9.95 per month! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 _______ Let the Golden Rule be your daily rule. Please pray for your list sponsor: http://eBible.org/mpj/ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm http://rangernet.org
