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SMC 2011:Recap

Greetings to each of you! SMC 2011 has come and gone. I’ve been reflecting on the awesome time we all had together, as well as, the tremendous accomplishment of what we had set out to obtain.
The planning for SMC 2011 started in late 2010 by defining a visionfor the camp, identifying the ideal staff qualifications, creating an organization chart, and putting a promotional campaign together. Thus, we set the ground work in place…..the staging ground for God to work with.

Church of God Adopts Royal Rangers!

The Church of God denomination for several years has been able to offer Royal Rangers as a member of the pccna (Pentecostal/Charismatic
Churches of North America.). We are pleased to announce that the Church of God has officialy adopted Royal Rangers as its primary boys ministry. We can now welcome over 400 potential outposts to the Royal Ranger family. Lets do our very best to welcome these brothers in the Lord and reach out to them!

National Royal Ranger Week

October is fast approaching and the first full week in October each year is National Royal Rangers Week. This is a time when many churches across the country, and indeed around the world, recognize the Royal Rangers ministry in a special way. Often, churches will recognize Royal Rangers during a service, or an outpost will have a special campout or plan a special community outreach. The week is a great time to promote Royal Rangers both inside AND outside of the local church environment.

In conjunction with National Royal Rangers Week, the following Friday and Saturday have been designated as the National Prayer Vigil.

The national office has prepared a list of ten things your church can do to promote Royal Rangers during National Royal Rangers Week. The list is not all inclusive. The ideas to promote Royal Rangers in your community are only limited by your imagination! Please click here to download the list.

New Outpost of Excellence Award/Outpost of the Year

At next year's RRGM conference, we will be introducing a new award and prize for the Pen. Florida District Outpost of the Year. We will base much of the decision on the work the outpost does throughout the year. The OOE Award is a good indicator of the outpost and the success they are having. Any finalist that we receive will also be discussed within the leadership at the section/division level.

Just a note on the applying points, since we have moved the RRGM Conference into early August, that event will continue to be the springboard for the Royal Ranger year, September thru August. Thus, points can be applied the same way. So points that are earned starting now (9-1), we will honor and can be applied to the 2011 form.

Download the form in the Awards Section Here

Its time to Charter!

Its time to charter again, charter benefits expire August 31st. Get Chartered now. The benefits of chartering are many. The greatest, of course, is that you benefit from the services provided by the national and district leadership teams as they endeavor to continually improve and grow Royal Rangers for local church success. The following list illustrates the many benefits of chartering available to you and your outpost.

15% discount on Ranger gear when ordered via the online Ranger Superstore
15% discount on all national and regional training events
15% discount on national and regional activities like Camporama, Rendezvous, National Council and Conference, and more
15% discount on district training events
15% discount on select district Royal Rangers activities and events
Each chartered member of your outpost will receive a free copy of Rangers NOW, the group-specific, annual magazine from the National Royal Rangers Ministries that lets boys know how to get the most from their Rangers experience during the current school year. There is an edition for leaders, too.
Your outpost will get one free copy of the Outpost Promotional Kit, which is full of resources like promotional videos, reproducible touch cards, clip art, customizable banners to advertise your ministry and/or decorate your meeting rooms, and more!
Access to download Outpost Navigator, a data-tracking tool to record and track boys’ and leaders’ advancements
An official outpost number to wear on your uniform

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	Maximized Manhood Author :COLE EDWIN
Take a look Pornography. Adultery. Television addiction. Immaturity. Edwin Cole is not afraid to tackle the tough topics that affect men today. His biblical, straightforward insights will help men and women alike to realize their full potential in Christ. Putting these principles into practice will not only revolutionize your home, but will also help you to transform your life into the powerful influence that God designed it to be! TAKE A LOOK...
	Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't Author :Jim Collins
Take a look The Challenge Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning. But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? The Study For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great? The Standards Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world's greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck. The Comparisons The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good? Over five years, the team analyzed the histories of all twenty-eight companies in the study. After sifting through mountains of data and thousands of pages of interviews, Collins and his crew discovered the key determinants of greatness -- why some companies make the leap and others don't. The Findings The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include: Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness. The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence. A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap. “Some of the key concepts discerned in the study,” comments Jim Collins, "fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people.” Perhaps, but who can afford to ignore these findings? TAKE A LOOK...