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> In a message dated 6/29/00 4:22:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > We *ain't about "building committed MEN!"
> > We ain't about providing "godly male role models for boys to admire"
> >
> OK, if this is the case, Then this is the very reason why we don't have any
> to begin with. You can't have outreach if you are not prepared for it. How
> can we teach the boys to be committed if we ourselves are not committed?
You don't teach or preach commitment.. you *Challenge and use leadership
to raise the Morale..and that breeds the drive for group action. When we
do that we "join a cause" and our hearts will seal the bond...
> We
> have to provide the Godly male role models as it is stated in the Leader's
> handbook because they will most likely not get that anywhere else. We have to
> BE the Godly male role models.
*I say we should live the CODE..
Boys learn from the example set by their adult leaders, and it is the
association with adults of high moral character that speeds a young mans
development.
Many pewsitters and Dads feel the defilement of their past precludes their active
involvement
in leadership. We need to forgive and forget and get our eyes on the prize. Good
character
is not just a trait of Godly men...
> If we don't provide this then the boys have no example to follow after.
We need to avoid the trap that comes from setting ourselves as the example, when
we must live day by day in grace. Teach the boys virtue and we will do right by
them and
their offspring. Boys did right and got saved before Royal Rangers.. we just
need to
remember the mission and keep the main thing the main thing.
> Jesus didn't just show and say get right or get
> left, He showed us, He taught us, with His commitment and dedication. He
> could just as well have said let the blind lead the blind, but he didn't
> Christ was our role model and He provided us with the tools to be role
> models. If He had not provided us with that, He would not have commanded us
> to into all the World and make disciples of all men. You can't hammer out
> nails if you have no foundation in which to build upon. Boys do not have the
> foundation, They turn to the adults to get that to inspire and instruct them
> and encourage them.
That would be good if that is what we do.. we need to additionaly encourage
them to reach out and do the same for each other, and back the boy leaders!
We "bring the light" and then share it... we do not Lord over the light or
discourage Sr.Guide....
Remember that we want the boys to advance.. to lead and to succeed in life,
and I'm not going to be there for them every step... *So what I do is point
to the trail and let them walk it out. I *Follow behind!
> They are not going to do it on their own.
Wrong- the boys have- HAVE TO DO IT ON THIER OWN!
I have to..you have to... Jesus had to... we all have to do it on our own!
You gottah walk that lonely valley!
> Boys have to
> be given the tools to work with. If the tools that they are working with are
> broken, (Being the adult lack of commitment) they have no where to turn and
> cannot build their foundation.
What do they need Commander for if they have the plan and the motivation to
make the Ranger meeting a special time and group for them and by them?
*I'm not buying this "commitment" thing.. We are a team like a chain and
many hands makes the load light... when each one does his small part the load
is easy and the burden is light...
> Hence come the point of that we are all in it
> together, we are all on the same team, so let's start proving it. Deeds, not
> words. Anyone can give a good lip service, but it takes quite a person to
> walk the talk.
>
> Iron Mike
I'll walk it or you can have my membership card and coonhat!
My name is Commander Duane Wheeler ->A No.1<-
I *BELEVE MEN ARE DIME A DOZEN! (per Sonny Green)
..and I prefere the boys! The futue is the boys! the high adventure is the boys!
Boy Leadership! the Patrol! Let the reigns go and hand it over to the boys!
Throw the DEAD WOOD ON THE FIRE and Dance!
-=A=-
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