Hello All, My outpost as many of you already know is fairly new, Since my joining it, we have been to 2 pow-wows and have made many advancements. Presently we are just all about 5 Pioneers, but October is going to be a month of change. One of my Pioneers will become a Trailblazer, his birthday is at the end of the month and that is when I plan on holding our first Council of Achievement at our church since 1988. Our church is somewhat unique in that our Youth group meets on Mondays instead of Wednesdays, so tomorrow night I will be taking the news to the Youth Group that they can still meet for Youth and be a part of Rangers too. In our church, we have not had the manpower to hold any of the older than Pioneers groups. This has been the norm for some time now, the Youth didn't know that Rangers even had older groups, but what a pleasant surprise that they will be in for. There are just some things that you can do with Trailblazers and Challengers that you can't do with Pioneers. One of my big activities that I will be making an effort on is to have our outpost march in the local Christmas Parades, we will have one roll through Dumfries, and likely one on the Marine Corps Base, so I am going to see what will be better suited for us and we will spread the word about Royal Rangers just by being in the Parade. For the Local parade, I will likely hold a fundraising/recruitment campaign at the end when we get to where the parade terminates, by selling hot dogs and soda. Winter is usually pretty mild here, last year it was 80 degrees on parade day. My plan is to share about the Lord and sell a hot dog or two or three or four and something to wash it down with, but it will promote the Rangers and prayerfully cause us to grow. Our church is building a new building and we will be able to accommodate larger numbers of folks there. I'm pretty excited about it, my pastor likes the idea as it also promotes a community spirit by taking interest in the are that we live in. That is our mission field. Anyway, I had just wanted to share. SrCdr Mike Burke Outpost # 39 1st A/G Triangle, VA Potomac District. _______ 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]
