> >*No Ranger Meeting should revolve around "Merit Aquirement" > >to give purpose to the group. > >
> Involving parents and other adults is great, and highly encouraged. > That's > one reason why the Parent/Commander Association concept was launched a > few > years ago in RR, to help facilitate that involvement on the part of the > parents. *Sounds like the comming ageanda of every meeting is merit advancement<G> If you held the RR meeting in a community center, and the boys came because thay wanted to belong.. *as opposed to a drop off ministry in support of the Wed.night Bible Study by Pastor.. And Parents (Mom's and Dads) stuck around to watch- Instant Merit councilors would line the back wall and behavior problems would end<G> > > > >Commander allready has enough to do with paperwork- > > > >My *wild idea is to ask every Ranger parent to sign up as a > >merit councilor, and use a "study guide" form to walk the boy > >thru the merit requirements. *The boy and this other Adult must > >work out the requirements between themselves, in person,by phone > >E-mail anyway they want.. *But the end positive is that the boy > >becomes at ease in talking to a diverse population of Adults.. > > This works, as long as the parents will uphold the standards for the > advancements. I would recommend you work with the parents to make sure > they > know the merit and what it takes to earn it. *You don't think that's important do you?<G> *I don't.. Learning is allways about give and take.. and makeing agreements and shareing- If it was about "content", we would have some national standards in place, and we don't. *Ministry allways serves others- I think if any Parent feels good about signing off a boys workbook.. I don't need to worry about advancement "integrity" or micro manage, after all Commander has more important stuff to do.. Mom's likely know about "Family Life" *Let Sister burning heart be the Family life expert<G> > LTC is gone as of the end of 2003. LTA is replacing it even now > throughout > the nation. And the LTA guidelines for the meetings is to follow the > guidelines set forth in the Lesson Plans in the Leaders Guide. *Sounds like Sunday School to me<G> And the > lesson plans are all built around the concept of advancement. So if we > follow the meeting format as presented in our training, advancement will > be an integral part of the weekly meetings. *With respect- That is just so bogus.. and- I understand that is how it has to be- (*sigh...) The Meetings need to be to domain of the boys, to group and gather.. fellowship,play and plan. This is a complete opposite to Sunday School where boys enter sit and study a prepared lesson plan<G> This is totaly backward to CHURCH! (where you come, sit and revertly particpate in worship and lecture) Hope it works good Jonathan, *I'd hand the "script" to Sr.Guide and take a seat in the back row<G> Not to say there isn't a role > for > parental involvement -- in the meeting, outside the meeting, helping > with > advancements, crafts, etc., and on outings, but to take the advancements > out of the meeting is to gut the lesson plans. *Gut the lesson plans,amigo- *if it sinks individualisum and achievement. The "Meat" is delivered during a "Board of review" when a Raner is asked to *reflect on his individual experiance, and not be a parrot of some social engineer<G> I'm talk'n OUTCOME not "process here".. To think that some ADULT hand's wisdom to a youth is wierd<G> All of us have Grown up by *Trial and error.. Use the resources God gave us naturaly.. use the boys to work on the boys! Let them succeed and council them when they seem stalled, but get out of their way! The first use of the term "Hey guys!" in a pre-packaged lesson plan would have me on the floor with flint and steel<G> Burn baby burn! > > > >It's Royal Rangers not Sunday School<G> > > Working on advancements in the meeting doesn't make us Sunday School, > does it? > *It's another form of playing basketball all the time- We can do better... -=A=- > > >-=A=- > > > >(How out of touch am I amigo?) > > Go take Ranger Basics to see how advancements are worked into the new > lesson plans. Or in your case, since you already have your LMA, all you > need is the LMA Transitions Module that your district should be > offering. > > Jonathan > > > > > > >--- Gary Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All, > > > Folowing is an exchange of e-mails between our Sectional Cdr, Phil > > > Vieth, the Potomac District Training co-ordinator, Cdr. Paul > Douglas, > > > and Nat'l Training guy, Brian Hendrickson > > > > > > FYI > > > Gary "Burnin' Heart" > > > =============================== > > > Greetings Commanders, > > > > > > Here is some input from our District Training Coordinator. The > > > question was: When the new leaders manuals come out in the spring > will > > > > > > there be a suggested sequence that the Pioneers and TBs should earn > > > their merits? > > > > > > Phil > > > =================================== > > > Everyone, > > > I have wanted to know the order of the merits in the new > > > programs. Many outposts was wanting to be "in sync" when we get to > use > > > > > > the new leader's guides next spring. My understanding is that the > > > merit order is flexible according to your boys interests, past > merits > > > achieved, etc. But this could help make our planning easier in the > > > future. The more informed we are the better. > > > Hope this is a help. > > > In His service, > > > Paul Douglas > > > > > > I wrote: -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:15 AM > > > To: Hendrickson, Brian > > > Subject: Question on early merits > > > Brian, > > > Can you tell me the suggested merit order for the Discovery and > > > Adventure programs. Many across the district are working on merit > > > based Transition RR but if we used the suggested merits for Sept > 2002 > > > -May 2003 we will be in line with the new program. Otherwise the we > > > could be duplicating or missing the order. I understand the merits > are > > > > > > flexible, yet I feel knowing this will help our implimentation. > > > In Christ, > > > Paul Douglas > > > Potomac District Training > > > > > > Answer: ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Hendrickson, Brian > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 11:30 AM > > > Subject: RE: Question on early merits > > > > > > Paul, > > > > > > Here is the order that the merits will be suggested in the Leaders > > > Guides. > > > > > > Discovery > > > > > > Year 1 Year 2 > > > Year 3 > > > Tool Craft First Aid Skills > Safety > > > Weather Space Exploration Bird > Study > > > Church Family Life > > > Models and Design > > > Astronomy Hobby > Fingerpr > > > > > > inting > > > Ropecraft Firecraft > > > Compass > > > Insect Study Rocketry > Wildlife > > > Jr. LFTL Cooking > > > Lashing > > > Art Law Enforcement > Chess > > > > > > Adventure > > > > > > Year 1 Year 2 > > > Year 3 > > > > > > Christian Service Public Speaking Nature > Study > > > Orienteering Reptile Study > Crime > > > Prevention > > > Bachelor Home Safety > > > Christian Missions > > > Church History Wood Carving > Primitive > > > > > > Shelters > > > Camping Hiking > > > Citizenship > > > Plant Science Carpentry > Aviation > > > Physical Fitness Communications Camp > Safety > > > Dutch Oven Cooking Photography Pioneering > > > > > > Hope this helps. There may be changes based upon the editing > process > === message truncated === ===== *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!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______ "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
