SECURITY-COLOR GUARD CAMP

 

This is a specialty for boys in Discovery, Adventure, and Expedition Rangers.

In this camp boys are taught the basics for being a member of the Southern New England Royal Rangers Color Guard.  This is done in a “boot camp” environment.  Here boys learn to work as “one” in a unit.  They are taught marching, flag presentations which include outdoor and indoor services.

More importantly there will be many devotions and a daily chapel service.

In the past the Color Guard has been involved at all Pow Wows, District events, Gold Medal of Achievement services, Memorial and Veterans Day programs.  Also numerous parades including Memorial Day parades and opening Parade at the BIG E (Eastern States Exposition) in Springfield Ma.  We have also been honored to serve in numerous funeral services for Rangers, Leaders and family.

It has just been announced that this year’s camp will be held again at the Connecticut State Fire Academy in Windsor Locks.  This is a beautiful facility with hotel style rooms and plenty of room to practice.

If you are interested at all and have more questions contact me or Comander Jerry Hickman who is in charge.  His contact info is on the application.

If you have Facebook and would like to see what it’s like go to my site and view my albums with the SCG in the title.

Application, Flyer and Medical form are in the download area  or on the SNED web site.

 

In HIS Service

Denis Levitre

Camp Staff Member

By Jay M. Woodward
NNED Publications Coordinator

On April 26-17, Trinity A/G in Derry, New Hampshire hosted the World Class Outpost seminar.  18 leaders from across New England came to attend this invaluable Ranger training event.  According to the National Royal Rangers Office, WCO designed to expose the outpost leadership team to a successful set of practices, methods, strategies, and tools that will enable them to develop into a World Class Outpost. The greatest benefit of this event is achieved when the outpost/church leadership attends and completes this event together as a team.   NNED last hosted a WCO in 2009, but many changes were made since then, including new training materials and videos accompanying the teaching.

On Friday and Saturday, several important topics were covered in the training sessions, including leadership, teamwork, relationships, and communications.  Leaders were also given surveys to assess their spiritual gifts and personality styles.  In addition, they were able to evaluate their own Outposts and come up with a strategic ministry plan. 

Northeast Regional Coordinator Dwight Walters, Regional Training Coordinator Scott Hurt, Regional Chaplain Michael Petrucci, and Southern New England District Training Coordinator David Machado served as the instructors for WCO, each sharing their experiences and individual perspectives with trainees, and inspiring them.  Indeed, they are World Class instructors!
At the end of the training, leaders headed back home with new strategies and fresh vision for their Outposts,  They also got a WCO Certificate of Completion, WCO patches, and credit towards earning the 'Advanced' level of the Rangers Ministry Academy.   The leaders who took time to attend WCO are dedicated to having World Class Outposts, and being more effective in reaching this generation of boys for Christ!
 

 

By Jay M. Woodward
NNED Publications Coordinator

On May 10-12, one of the premier events of NNED Royal Rangers took place: the annual Shooting Sports and Camping Weekend, held at the Pemi Fish and Game Club in Holderness, New Hampshire.  This year’s event saw 29 boys and several leaders come out for a fun weekend of shooting various types of guns, camping, fellowship, and time to draw closer to Christ.  It is also a time for real mentoring, as men get to spend quality time with their older boys by giving them hands-on instruction on how to safely use guns, and have fun in the process!   The event was coordinated by FCF, who made all the necessary arrangements to ensure a fun and safe weekend.    The Pemi Fish and Game Club has graciously allowed Rangers the use of their grounds each year that Shooter’s Weekend has been held, and they have truly been a blessing to the ministry!  Also, NNED was joined by members of Southern New England District’s Outpost #29 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, who got to experience shooting sports at its finest!

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Friday evening saw boys and leaders put up their tents and campsites and getting ready for the day that was to come on Saturday, which was up and at ‘em first thing in the morning!     There were several different competitive shooting activities involving different types of guns, including Black Powder rifles and pistols, .22 rifles, shotguns, handguns, and high-powered rifles.   Also, bow-and-arrow shooting took place at the Club’s Archery Range.   All of the events drew a great amount of involvement from the boys in attendance.   Also, Ken Allen from Sig Sauer Arms in Epping, NH returned for the fourth year in a row, giving instruction and hands-on training with handguns.  Ken has enjoyed working with Rangers, and his presence was greatly appreciated! 

Following an exciting day of shooting, it was time for dinner.  FCF prepared a full-course meal for the hungry boys and men, including the classic turkey-in-a-trash-can prepared by FCF President Bruce “Moose Call” Paquette, and Peach Dumpcake made by GMA recipient Ryley Paquette, who also assisted with instruction during the day.  Ryley has enlisted in the Air Force ROTC Program at the University of New Hampshire, and this has given him lots of training and hands-on experience with firearms!

The evening assembly was held in the Club’s Main Lodge, in front of a warm and crackling fireplace.  Awards were handed out in the five different competitive shooting events, the first place winner getting a shining trophy to take home.  However, the most important part of the evening was the devotion, given by none other than former District Director Jerry Love, who gave a challenging devotion about the baptism in the Holy Spirit, giving his own life story as a testimony to the Spirit’s power.  This was followed by an altar call where God showed up in a powerful way, as men prayed for boys to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and one boy gave his life to Christ!  
On Sunday morning, following breakfast, worship, and devotion, it was time to break camp and head home!  Much more than just camping and shooting guns, this year’s Shooter’s Weekend saw boys and men discovering what it really means to “power up!”
 

Attention Commanders

This is important information on

The Northern New England Royal Rangers Climbing Wall Staff Certification Program

We have been, and continue to be, fully invested in the development of the program for our climbing wall.  Many, if not most of you, were introduced to the wall at Maine Yukon Day.  In the continuing development of  that program we are building a set of safety rules & procedures for the wall as well as an ongoing plan for its use both as a recreational event and a training tool.  In order for the wall to be used effectively and safely we need a team of individuals within the district who will be certified wall attendees/operators.  We have arranged for a climbing school in Bar Harbor Maine to train a team for this purpose.  I will attempt to spell out as precisely as possible what and who we are searching out and what the training is going to consist of.

We are looking for

(1)   No more than (12) adult leaders to participate in the1st training.

(2)   The Training is scheduled for June 1st – 2nd , 2013

(3)   We will be camping in Bar Harbor the night of May 31st and June 1st.  You do not have to camp on Friday night as long as you are at the designated meeting sight for the Saturday training event.

(4)   The Training itself will cost $110.00 per trainee. I have calculated the cost of camping & food to be $35.00 per person making the total for the training $145.00.  You’re responsible to get there.  There will be a refundable deposit of $25.00 expected when you register by May 15th.  Please send your registration and Deposit to Cmdr. Kendall Sperrey and make sure to indicate on your registration whether or not you are signing up for the camping and meals plan.

(5)   The Training will consist of 1 full day of Rock Climbing in Beautiful Acadia National Park and ½ day training on the NNE Climbing wall.  The wall will be set up on the Local YMCA property and YMCA members will be participants on the wall during the half day wall training session.

 

A few thoughts and considerations . . . .

I would encourage each outpost to identify one commander from your outpost or an individual from your church to become qualified as a wall attendee.  I would also like to encourage, you, outpost coordinators to find a way to send that individual for training.  If the funding is not in your ranger budget ask your pastor if the church can help.  The plan for this program is to make this wall available to all churches and outposts in the district for outpost events, a fundraising mechanism, or a promotional tool for community events.  For instance, my church wants to use it for VBS.  In order for the wall to be used by anyone it will be required that a trained attendee be on hand for any such event.  If you do not have a trained individual, certified by the district, in your church, you will be required to pay to have such an individual on hand in order to use the wall.  For example, the youth pastor in my church plans to be a part of this team.

In Case you’re worried, the climbing will not be extreme.  It will be at an introductory level for the purpose of training in the basic techniques, terminology/commands, familiarity with equipment, etc and to introduce everyone to the sport of climbing enough so we will have an understanding of the application of what we are doing.  Then, we will use that knowledge gained and apply it to the wall.  This will be an exciting weekend, the only danger is that it’s possible someone may get hooked on the sport.  It will be a fun event!

I have attached the flyer for use in promoting this in your church or just as a personal reminder.  Times and schedules will be arranged as we get closer to the event.

Remember, It’s First-Come First-Serve so I will take names with that in mind and build a reserve list of names as necessary.

Hope to hear from you soon,
Cmdr. Kendall
 

Documents located here

 

NNED Royal Rangers would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Misty Mountain Treadworks for their generous donation of 5 program harnesses to be used for our climbing wall program.  Misty Mountain is a family run business out of Banner Elk, NC and all their harnesses are made right here in the USA.  We would encourage you to check out their site and consider supporting them with any future purchase for your climbing adventures.  Here is a link to their site www.mistymountain.com

We are actively involved in rounding up other sponsors for necessary equipment to completely outfit our new wall with the best and safest equipment.  We will be placing the logo of significant sponsors, like Misty Mountain, on the wall as promo tool for them and a reminder for us of the generous folks who support the efforts of Royal Rangers.  So, Keep your eyes and ears open over the next several weeks to see what is happening with this project.

 

Junior Leadership Training Academy

Date: 
Saturday, August 3, 2013 - 09:00 to Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 13:00

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