Back in June of 1980, a man came to our church on wednesday nite and said we needed to have something called Royal Rangers. Next thursday we went to the boyscout store in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and bought uniforms. Next monday we were at JLTC. District commander's wife sewed our patches on our shirt when we got there. Me and my buddy John Gibson were shipped out to the woods for 5 days and four nights. Rained the whole time. The last night we went on an overnighter. Had to build lean-to's from natural materials. I tore mine down after I got it passed off so's I could sleep on top of it and get out of the two inches of running water. That was all the bribin' I needed. Two years later, I sold my '63 chevy stepside to go to camporama. By that time I was GMA # 708, buckskin FCF, and District Ranger of the year. The best bribe is to challenge the boys to accomplish what they never knew they could achieve, then give them the tools to do it. ----- Original Message ----- From: mrkcrcl12 Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 12:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RR] Bribe for Salvation 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
> >
>
>
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