Praise God you have hit the target right on. Its not about youth vs Rangers.
I want to serve the young folks. The age of 12-13 is a pivotal and uncertain
time for boys. Many of them feel more comfortable with their own age rather
than go into a group of much older teens. They should be given an
opportunity to decide for themselves which group to attend. If they don't
get the choice they may choose to stay home. As for a church not allowing
Trailblazers even if there was a qualified commander I don't understand that.
Could it be that the higher powers view Rangers only as a baby-sitting
service and not as a ministry.
James
Styles
In a message dated 8/6/99 6:31:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> My only concern with the "Ranger vs. Youth" is the situation which my son is
> in. The pastoral staff mandated that Dan *must* go into Youth, despite the
> fact that there were situations making it much wiser for him to be in
> Rangers with me... situations which ultimately lead to Dan's attempted
> suicide a year or so ago. (It's related to his Tourette Syndrome, and how
> the other kids were responding.)
>
> There *has* to be room made for exceptions. If a teen feels more
comfortable
> working in Rangers in a junior leadership role instead of being "promoted"
> to youth, we need to make allowances for such teens. "Painting" all with
the
> same "brush" is _not_ a good idea!
>
>
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