This borders on off-topic, but it could be a situation that is being faced by some boys in your outpost. How would you respond to one of your rangers asking about this or how would you respond if it were your boy?
My oldest son who is 16 and my oldest daughter who is 13 are both in student council at their schools. My son, Allen, came home a few weeks ago and informed us that he had to be at the school at 9 on Saturday morning to set up for a school dance. We gave him permission and he went to help set up. When he returned that afternoon, he told us that he had to be at the dance and stay afterward to help clean up. The clean-up would probably last till about 1 AM. At this point we decided he would not go to the dance or be available for clean-up. We spoke to the student council sponsor(one of the teachers) the following Monday and she confirmed what Allen had told us. She explained to us that since the student council was sponsoring the dance, all the student council members were required to support the dance by setting up, attending, and cleaning up. When we told her that Allen would not attend the dance because of religous convictions, she said that he should have thought of that before joining student council. She said she would not make an exception for him and that he should consider not running for student council in the future. My son wants to continue in student council and my daughter plans to run for student council when she gets to the high school next year. I do not feel that my kids should be excluded from student council because they do not believe in dancing and refuse to attend the dances. I plan to meet with the principal of the high school and the student council sponsor to discuss this with them. What do you think? ****This is NOT meant to trigger a discussion about Christians and dancing! ...unless you want to persue it... In His Service, Allen R. Cook - Cookie Outpost Chaplain Belton A/G - Outpost #31 http://www.GodForceMinistries.org/rangers/index.htm _______ 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
