Our yuth pastor said they could shave his head if the youth could raise $1200 for the missions over a certain time. Well they did it plus and he looked funny for awhile until his hair grew out. Guess you will be a skin head for awhile :-) (it grows back Love in Christ Sid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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 > _______ > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks!" RTKB&G4JC! > Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rangernet.org
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