Its asking a lot of your boys to tell adults why they need leaders. Kind of makes me wonder who could lead whom. Even having the boys tell the congregation how much they like Rangers assumes some degree of a healthy outpost. If you can do that, wonderful! If it seems like a daunting task, your outpost might most effectively be treated as a mission outpost under the wing of an outpost of a larger church in the area. Develop close ties with other Ranger leaders in your section and make sure they are aware of your needs. Maybe you can get some of them to speak at your church. I just thught of this because we have men's cell groups at our church (not Ranger related) and we have some men who attend weekly meetings who have no cell group meetings with men of their own church. It works so well in men's ministries, maybe it will work with Rangers also. As you know, you won't bring any men into the Ranger ministry by laying a guilt trip on them. Also, it seems to be unreliable to ask them to just hang around on Ranger nights to "help out" and hope that a commitment kind of develops out of habit. Not very many men are going to be enticed by the idea of helping boys do workbooks, standing at attention and reciting pledges and general meeting routines. Men have to be grabbed by the heart and by their spirit. Some of the same things that piques an intrest in boys will also pique an intrest in men. Adventure is one of those things. Plan some adventurous events that physically can not be accomplished, with the leadership you have. Tell the men of the church what your plans are and describe how they will be needed to bring those plans to fruition. -David Perich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of weeks ago I had the duty of doing what you are about to do. Because of a church split last year we lost several commanders and boys. Now we have only one commander for both the Discovery and Adventure Ranger groups, so I brought two boys up with me, one 8 year and one 12 year to show to the church why we need to split them up. I already had two men interested but I think this helped them decide to help. So I am working with them for a few weeks to help get them started. My suggestion is to bring some of the boys up with you and let one of the best speaking boys say a word about how much they enjoy Rangers, and ask the church to help them. Maybe through the boys God will speak to a open heart. I will try to answer the other question as well.
Working for the Master Ranger, Jesus Christ Sr. Commander James Styles Outpost 45, Life Church International Huntsville, Al _______________________________________________ The Golden Rule is my daily rule. To send mail to everyone on the RangerNet mailing list, send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Only list members may post. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://lists.rangernet.org/mailman/listinfo/rangernet _______________________________________________ The Golden Rule is my daily rule. To send mail to everyone on the RangerNet mailing list, send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Only list members may post. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://lists.rangernet.org/mailman/listinfo/rangernet
