This past Friday and Saturday our outpost had a campin/fishing trip. We had a real good turn out, about 22 boys and about 13 commanders and dads. We went to Stockton Lake (Missouri), but because of rain earlier this week and of jet skiers we didn't catch anything. The one thing that impressed me was that our pastor not only came but was involved in help the boys, he took them out on his boat and fried some fish for us that he had caught earlier this year. You know the more outposts I visit or talk to I find very few pastors really participate, not just approve of it. I think it very good for the boys to see their pastor helping them because he's not only their pastor he's their mentor. I have been to outposts where there most of the boys don't even know the pastors name or have never meet him. they come only on Wednesdays and the pastor never comes down to see what's going on. I also think it's good to the see pastor in Rangers once in a while just to see what's going on, it shows he really cares about the boys. I'm not sure why I brought this up but I learned a long time ago that you cannot have a successful outpost if the pastor doesn't support it. Get you pastor involved, I'm sure he will have fun. Find out what his interests are, fishing, camping, computers, cars and have him come and talk to the boys about it. Show the boys he is a more that someone who preaches on Sundays, he is a real person. If you do this I'm sure you will have more boys in church services. Travis Maddox Sectional Commander O.P 24 Republic, MO _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks!" RTKB&G4JC! Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rangernet.org
