> Hebrews 3:12-14
>
> Take care, brothers! ,lest there be any of you with an evil unbelieving
> heart leading you to fall away from the living God.
*Comment: In believing the Patrol system is desirable, don't fail to discouragement
or comparing success with other groups. Just continue to believe.
>
>
> Exhort one another everyday, as long as it is called "today", that none
> of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
*Every meeting should be a reminder of the importance of the Patrol and the boy leaders
of the outpost. Many teachable moments come when these young men work with each other..
They are the future... We represent the past. Our job is to build a bridge to
understanding
the nature of God and his wonderment in our lives..
>
>
> For we share in Christ... if only we hold our first confidence firm to
> the end.
>
> (*Oxford Bible rsv)
>
.
To TEACH----
The Patrol System needs a few Royal Ranger attitude adjustments to become real...
Each boy needs a job or needs to become busy advancing to the level where he can be
used in a job in the
outpost.
The job of encouragement is everybody's! The Bible instructs us to care and "prefer
our brother" and that
means
Rangers must look outside of their "self" and help others advance.
The Patrol system is not a top-down order machine... the patrol system is the way
things get done!
The Patrol leader is not an Order giver... but a hand up over an obstacle, a resource
the new recruit uses to
get up to speed... In any group you need "crowd Control"... thus you have formations
and ways to call attention
to the moment of "what is happening" *Attention means just that!
*Something is about to happen<G> you want to be part of it so... Listen! Watch! Yield
your spirit! Think!
The Patrol is where you "work out" who you are and what you should or should not be
doing...
The Outpost formation is a "simi-formal" assembly where things of interest to all
patrols can be
displayed at one time. *But it's NOT the main thing.. that is important<G>
*Properly using the CHAIN OF COMMAND
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What Royal Ranger rules the Outpost?
Senior Guide!---
Have him establish his "RULE"
(Back him.. council him..train him..enourage him and win him over to the Patrol
System!)
In starting out choose patrols like you choose teams for a softball game. and then
have them pick a boy best
suited to answering questions for the "patrol"
That's Patrol GUIDE!-"the toughest job in the Outpost!"
*Now Commander sit's down and slides writen requests to Sr.Guide to announce the
agenda items of the "meeting"
Lt.Cdr's "hover over" but do not interfere with the Patrols.. they listen, so that
Commander can get a
"feedback"
in adult words of the needs of the new Patrol's and leaders..
*Cover everything with PRAYER! and lots of handouts! Use Video.. Use Slides..Use
overheads!
Do everything in your power to compell the boys to join in playing this "Game"...
More to come.. LUNCH!
-=A=- out!
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