This is good stuff and right on track. Keep up the great work and be a
example on how it works.
Some of the best meetings are planned from while they arrive to after
they have left. This brings me to a good point. What are some of you
all's premeeting activities that you use?
Mark
Mark Jones, Ozark MO, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Download a Free Royal Ranger
Database visit my website at: http://home1.gte.net/mjones02/index.html
On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 17:18:16 -0600 Soaring Golden Eagle
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I would suggest simply putting the time while you wait for boys to
>arrive
>to good use. In LTC (and in the example of my mentors), we learned to
>start
>meetings with a "while the boys arrive" activity. This usually starts
>at
>about 15 minutes before the scheduled start time, and goes until 5 or
>10
>minutes after (depending on the activity, etc.). At that point, we do
>the
>"pledges" and "official" opening prayer. This activity is not lost
>time,
>but rather time put to good use. For example, last week in Buckaroos,
>I
>gave each arriving boy about 2 meters of rope, showed them a square
>knot,
>and had them practice doing it themselves while our new Ranch Boss
>checked
>the boys in and quized them on advancements. This "2-ring circus" was
>more
>orderly than it may sound. Other times, we may have a game, start on a
>craft, or any other good activity that people can join in at various
>times
>without disrupting things.
>
>An added benefit of having such an activity is that people learn that
>exactly at the scheduled starting time, the meeting is in progress,
>and
>they don't feel like they are wasting their time by coming on time or
>even
>early. That way we don't have to deal with really late stragglers
>much.
>Having many of the Royal Rangers have their parents go to our church's
>Wednesday night services helps, too, because church always starts on
>time,
>regardless of stragglers, with the musicians starting the worship
>precisely
>on time. If your church runs less promptly, you simply have to have a
>longer "while the boys arrive" segment of your meeting.
>
>At 02:46 PM 8/22/99 -0500, Spirit Rider wrote:
>>All,
>>How would I tell my Sr. Commander the importance of starting
>>the meeting on time? Church starts at 7pm. We always wait untell
>>7:15 to even start the pledges. By the time the boys say the points,
>>memory verses, ect it's about 7:30. That's 45 minutes of time that
>gets
>>used even before the groups split up. The reason we wait 15 minutes
>is
>>in case anyone shows up late. I think we should wait a little for
>late
>>commers
>>but not 15 minutes.
>___
>
>Michael Paul Johnson aka Soaring Golden Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>http://eBible.org/mpj Rocky Mountain Outpost 207 New Creation Church
>Jesus Christ is Lord! If Jesus came back today, would you be READY?
>
>_______
> 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]
___________________________________________________________________
Get the Internet just the way you want it.
Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month!
Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
_______
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]
