Chuck Holman wrote: > I know, we are having trouble getting enough men to fill the postistions > of leaders. Why couldn't we use Females. I see nothing wrong with having > female leaders when we cant get the men to step forward and take > responsibility for the Ranger Program. *OK.. Critical Thinking caps on! --------------------------------- The *Mission prime is Reach-Teach-Keep *not the "man-boy" relationship, but the *Boy-Christ relationship to his life and future! All you lack is "leadership" and that can come from various sources, if we open our hearts to what is availible. "Training" can be found in media sources, as well as camps and academies, but what we need are people able to facilitate-and impliment a *plan... The new "program" is trying to take the weight off Commander for some of this "planning" or substance of each weekly meeting with prepared lessons... *I propose that we dream of the day that "anyone" can be a commander<G> Sr.Guide- Lt. Cdr.- Dad- Mom- Leadership is not a dominating presence, a stern voice or a snappy uniform on a size 16 neck! *Leadership is a virtue----- And we are in the Virtue-Character-Leaderbuilding business! *The leaders of the future are here right now! *The boys! > I know our church is not the only > church out there were our of 2 or 3 hundred or more that attend you cannot > get 10 me to work with the boys. What is wrong with this. I have to agree > with John in an earlier post. We, as commanders, need to get down on our > knees and do some serious praying that God will send us some good men and > women to help with the Rangers. Amen- but what we need are just real Royal Rangers<G> We can ease the burden and make it fun to "belong" and people will *pay to play! I speek the truth! -=A=- > One of our Outpost Council men told me he > was praying that God would bring in some good men into the church. That > shows me he has almost given up on the men in the church that we have. > > These boys are our commanders, Deacons, and Pastors of tomorrow. If we > cant get enough men to teach them one night a week how do we expect them, > except through the grace of God, to take over the rains when they get old > enough to do so. If they see all our men now just sitting in the pews and > not doing anything they will think this is how it must be. Sorry I got on > my soap box. It just seems if we had enough men willing to work we would > not have to wander why our ladies can't help. > > Chuck "Iron Buffalo" Holman > Outpost 62 > Collinsville First Assembly of God > Collinsville, Illinois > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lewis Bode [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 8:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [RR] Female leadership in RRs > > I know I would be uncomfortable if I went camping with a female commander > even if she wasn't the only leadership there. > > This is where my wife and I have a great solution. My wife and I are the > commander and lt. commander of our Trailblazer-Challenger Patrol. She is a > wonderful asset to have in our classroom. She motivates the boys where I > never could. I had this same group of boys on my own for 3 years, they > never wanted to do anything. Oh I had a couple who worked. But out of 12 > boys that's ridiculous. When my wife started helping being our outpost > secretary she "REALLY SAW" the problems I was having. Basically it was a > glorified babysitting nite. After a while I asked her to help me with the > points and general book work in class. The problem is I had forgotten that > she had been in girl scouts for 12 years, missionettes for 9 years (earn > her > honor star-old type), and help 4 other boys get their GMA. SHe knew her > stuff. I started teaching a lashing segment and she quietly approached me > during recreation time. She showed me that I was doing it wrong. So now > we > have this system. She teaches: lashing, firecraft, nature, and general > merit work. I teach: ropecraft, compass, first aid, general ranger > knowledge, fcf, toolcraft. It has worked for 2 years now. She is fully a > part of out patrol with one acception. She does not go camping with us. > She takes us to the drop points. Makes sure we have everything. Sometimes > helps us set up camp. But she does not stay overnight at camp. We have > talked about having a campout where she would stay. She would have her own > area. But we have not pressed it. I hope this helps. I feel that > sometimes male commanders can care for the boys and find that they are > hurting as easy as women. That's just one of the many things that God > blessed women with. These past 2 years have been great working with my > wife > in my class. Since she has been there the entire class has earned their > God > and Life award, 1 GMA recpient, and 3 more on their Master rating. > > God bless. > > Lewis "Quietflame" Bode > Trailblazer/Challenger Commander > Outpost 17 > 1st A/G > Hannibal, MO > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > _______ > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! > http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______ > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! > http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ��ࡱ� _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
