Good Job Commander. I enjoyed reading your report. It is exciting to
see a Outpost stretching out to do more and reach more for Christ.
On Uniforms: Goto Walmart get 2 - 20.00 dart gun sets and 2 packages of
ballons put the targets on a bulletin board and the ballons around it.
Make it safe I use tables and a partion divider... Those boys that wear
Uniforms get to shoot at the ballons for prizes. We generally pick one
ballon out as a major prize (big candy bar) and if the ranger hits it...
volia. This worked for us at Outpost 153. Today we have over 50 men and
boys in full class b uniform every wed night. ( I have not used the dart
guns on a Wednesday night in a couple of years...grin!)
Friday night I have 26 that I know of. (Bring your own cook your own or
go hungry campout). going to camp over night in a cave Pioneer and older.
The SA and Buckaroos are coming down during the day to visit us in the
cave. They are excited. That will be another 15 or we will have bunch
in that cave on Saturday. It is a perfect cave for all. This is our
third year camping in it.
Starting this sunday we have a 6 week sunday school classs designed for
Ranger Commanders. Soul winning, rope craft, How to organized a Outpost
meeting, honor guard and protocal, RR history, GMA.
If this works out we will do it more often.
Praise God. We have over 24 active leaders in our Outpost. God just
keeps sending them.
Thanks for your report and all you commanders. I praise God for you.
You are doing a great work!
Mark Jones, Ozark MO, [EMAIL PROTECTED] visit my website at:
http://home1.gte.net/mjones02/index.html
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 23:16:23 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hey everyone, Bama Ranger here. I haven't made a post in a while but
>I have
>been reading many of yours. God has been very good to our outpost
>with the
>addition of five newly trained commanders. We have been able to start
>up
>Trailblazers again, with three of those commanders in there. Our
>section is
>going to have booth in a Kid's Expo this weekend at our local civic
>center.
>Last years event had over 62,000 people pass through. A great chance
>to
>expose Rangers to our city.
>
> I have been looking for any way to bring more excitement into our
>program
>which is one of the ingredients for growth. We have been raising
>money to get
>all of our boys in uniform. Tonight I went into the Pioneer group and
>gave a
>big candy bar to those who wore theirs. I told them we would be doing
>special
>things like that at random for those in uniform, so they better get it
>together.
>
> But here is the craziest thing I ever did. We haven't been able to
>get our
>boys excited about advancement, so I made the Pioneers this promise.
>If ten
>boys can earn through First class this year,(two ranks for all except
>one boy)
>we would present them with a blue beret, and do a special outing just
>for
>them.
>
>But here is where I lost my mind. I told them I would have a man who
>attends
>our church who is a barber to come to a meeting and right in the
>middle of
>class to shave my head! My wife doesn't even know about it yet and I
>am
>afraid to tell her.
>To be honest I hope it happens. I will do anything like that to
>motivate the
>boys.
>Maybe we can get a local TV station to film it.
>
>Anybody else out there willing to try something like that. One of our
>former
>District commanders was quoted as saying, "when the adults think you
>have lost
>your mind, that when the boys think you are great. I just am excited
>about
>what God has been doing in our outpost and in our church services.
>Thank you
>Lord!
>
> James Styles, Sr Commander
> Outpost 45, Huntsville, Al
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