In the 19 years that I have been in Rangers, I have had the privilege of working in 4 different outposts in every possible position. I began as a Buckaroo commander at Radiant Assembly of God in Colorado Springs, CO. I am now the senior commander, Pioneer commander, and Trailblazer commander at Belton Assembly in Belton, MO. Every church I have served at has been different. Different in the way Rangers was run, different in the support(or lack of) that Rangers received from the church, different in the way kids behaved, and different in the way commanders acted and led. When I was in Okinawa(1982-1985), I was the Pioneer commander at Neighborhood Assembly of God. All except 2 or 3 of the boys in Rangers was the son of a military family. When we had formations for saying the pledges, the boys stood at perfect attention. In the 3 years there, I only had ONE boy argue with me(he apoligized the following Sunday). Discipline there was not an issue. Quite the opposite where I am now. Discipline here is quite often a problem. The formations are less than perfect(but improving!). Roughly half of our outpost here comes from the bus ministry. The majority of these kids parents do not attend any church. I have to talked to some of the parents that did not realize what church their kids were going to! LTC teaches leaders how to deal with discipline problems. That is one of my favorite sessions to teach. There are some very good principles and ideas in the material presented. But, one thing the material does not cover is the fact that not everything covered in that section will work for every group. ****Part 2 to follow*** In His Service, Allen R. Cook - Cookie Royal Rangers Senior Commander Belton A/G -- Belton, Missouri e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web page: http:\\www.sound.net\~pabonim\index.htm ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com _______ 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]
