*Phone rang at Rancho-deluxe
"Hey Cooter- guess who?<G>" It was Pastor Chet "Soar'nEagle" McVey of NW Dist. Marcus Whitman Chapter. He called to enquire about "spiritual ediqute" in leading Prayer at a BOY SCOUT EAGLE COURT. *It seemes a former GMA in his Outpost had joined Scouts, and now was setting up his "Eagle Honor Court" and asked Pastor Chet to be there and speek. (Chet.. in researching FCF had discovered he was part "Lakota" and that had led him to join a AoG Indian church in the Olympic forest area of Washington state. In adopting his Lakota heritage to FCF he had hit some hard bumps in the road, camping full time with a Tipi and growing out a Lakota ponytail and packing a skin drum and prayer wheel.) "What I want to know is what can't I do with a Scout service?" Cdr.Jen told him that a Scout Eagle court was about the individual Scout and he could invite anyone, and in inviteing "Soar'nEagle" to speek.. Pastor Chet was free to preach<G> "Can I bring my Drum?" Yes, said Cdr.Jen.. Drums and Indian dress are associated with Scouts via "Order of the Arrow" and historic links to Indian craft and cerimonies<G> "Can I Name Jesus as Lord?" ABSOLUTELY! *You are a Christian.. your faith is real and alive. Scouts pledge respect for your faith, and are likely Christian's themselves. The conversation went on for almost an hour- "Pastor Chet then shared that NW Dist. had turned him away and told him to leave the recent RangerCamp, and chastised him as a "Heritic" for embraceing his ethnic heritage and culture.. I guess he had reviewed his GMA's scout handbook and found the lists of Community service hours and reviewed his Eagle project with hungry eyes... "I'm beginning to see that perhaps I have suffered from some kind of brainwashing, hearing Royal Rangers speek of Scouting and the Eagle Rank.. *I know, this boy had the GMA, and as much as he was told it equaled the Eagle... *He felt. he deserved the respect granted by name recognition in public to the Eagle.. so he earned it free and clear-" We began to laugh and cry on the phone.. *This story was becomeing all too familiar<G> Here was a Ranger intimidated to speek before a Scout gathering, because He knew what the general format might be *IF a SCOUT spoke out at a Ranger event! Again, I felt my BRAIN melt<G> *Rangernet posts came back like a flood.. Royal Rangers may agree with a scouts "duty" to GOD.. but do not embrace an ethic that hold's *respect for others beliefs, in matters of culture or faith... or civil rights. *There is another road- To release control of Royal Rangers and allow it to evolve into an expression of love to a generation of youth, to join with others of kindred faith in common cause. D.Wheeler ===== *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!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______ "Treat others the same way you want them to treat you." -- Luke 6:31 (NASB95) "Do to others as you would have them do to you." -- Luke 6:31 (NIV) List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: http://RangerNet.org/faq.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm
