While I was a Sr. Commander I wouldn't accept a staff position. I was
taught from a young age if your going to do something do it right.
Having 5 titles and neglecting each of them for the other is not doing
anyone a favor. Do one job right and if you have time take on
another..but only if you are doing the first job as it should be done.
I got a call from my Pastor yesterday. He thanked me for the years of
service and for doing a good job and we talked about the right man to
fill in the void. We also talked about the Area Commanders position and
he said we never saw a Area Commander in our Church have we? No, I
repilied just some phone calls. He said you wont' do it that way will
you? Not if I can help it.
Each aspect of the Chain of Command is important. From the Patrol guides
to the National Commander. If anyone of these neglect thier duties then
that group looses something. It is important to me to do the job right
as unto the Lord.
I am still learning so allow me to trip and fall down. That is how I
learn. GRIN!
Mark Jones, Ozark MO, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Download a Free Royal Ranger
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On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 19:57:50 -0500 Jonathan Trower
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>At 07:34 PM 6/19/1999 -0500, Mark W Jones wrote:
>>What a post! You said what I am feeling. Good job commander.
>>Congratualtions on your commission!
>>Are you still working in the Outpost?
>>
>>I figured as a Area Commander I would have at least 1 Wed a month
>where
>>I would be in my home outpost the rest of the time... out visiting
>>outposts?
>>
>>Any of you Area Commanders who have any ideas....?
>>
>>I don't have a clue!
>
>I would encourage anyone working in a staff role to stay as involved
>in the
>local outpost as possible. I know of many district and regional staff
>members who are still very involved in their local outpost, as
>commanders
>or senior commanders, or at least as lieutenant commanders. Yes, your
>staff
>position will take you out of your local outpost meetings from time to
>time, but when we let our staff positions get in the way of
>ministering to
>boys on a regular basis, we tend to get out of touch with the boys,
>and
>sometimes we may even forget that Royal Rangers is about reaching,
>teaching, and keeping boys for Christ because we will get so busy with
>our
>staff responsibilities.
>
>When I served as sectional commander, I was the chairman of our
>outpost
>council and was in every outpost meeting that I could be in. As
>district
>training coordinator, I served as a floating lt. commander, working
>with
>whatever group needed help the most, and filling in for commanders who
>couldn't be there. Now while serving as regional training coordinator,
>I've
>been assisting in the weekly meetings, and my pastor just asked me to
>serve
>as senior commander for our outpost.
>
>I think that serving on staff has helped me do a better job as a
>commander,
>but I know that serving as a commander on the local level has
>continued to
>help me be a better staff member.
>
>That's my two cents worth.
>
>Jonathan
>
>
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>Jonathan Trower
>South Central Regional Training Coordinator
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