*My Ranger "head" says right-on.. *My "spiritual" side says watch how you
present this argument to the leadership of your church.. They are elected
and answer to the congregation as well as have the "resources" in hand.
Present it in a non-judgemental forum, with reasonability as the rule and
you get a go ahead...
You want to avoid any form of sewing seeds of controversy, and be open
about what you think and why you think it. Boil down what you want to say
and write it out three times then pray about it and leave it overnight,
before sending the message!
I know<G>
Duane -=A=-
On Fri, 6 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > 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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