Phoenix First Rangers

Pinewood Derby District Race

pfarangers — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:43:38 +0000

Our outpost and sectional races have been big successes! Come to the state-wide District Race on March 20th, 2010 @

Casa Grande First Assembly of God

501 E. Kortsen

Casa Grande, AZ 85222

Registration 8:00 – 9:00 AM

Cost: $5 per car (limit one car per person, per category)

All cars can race – not just the winners.

District Pinewood Derby 2010

Pinewood Derby Sectional Race

pfarangers — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:26:58 +0000

March 6, 2010 – right here at Phoenix First! Registration is from 8a to 9a and the first race is at 8:30. We expect to race until about 1p but we will try to make it go faster.

In addition to the regular racing categories – there are new awards for Best Craftsmanship, Most Original, Most Patriotic and Best Royal Ranger Representation. There is also a new Best FCF Representation as well.

It is going to be a great day of racing. Check out the flyer and join us on the 6th. CVS Pinewood Derby Packet ‘10

Check out the video Max H made from our Outpost Derby!

Pinewood Derby Workshop and Race this Saturday!

pfarangers — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:08:54 +0000

Join us Saturday 2/13/10 at the Phoenix First Assembly Children’s Pavilion for a day full of Pinewood derby fun.

9am Pinewood Derby workshop. Finish up your car for the outpost race or start a new one for the Sectional race.
1pm Outpost Pinewood Derby Race. Bring your finished cars and race!

We will have tools, weight, graphite and paint available for the workshop. It is always a great time to finish up a car and learn some tricks of the trade.

Win cool medals – even trophies – at the Outpost Race starting at 1pm. We will start checking cars in starting at 12:30 and hope to be racing by 1:15.

Join us for a great day.

Pinewood Derby Rules 2010

Pinewood Derby 2010 Outpost Flyer

Pastor’s School Resources

pfarangers — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:19:55 +0000

Here are the Pastor’s School Resources we talked about. Blessings!

Plans for the air cannon
- One easy option Don’t like their idea for the bicycle valve (we went to a car parts store and bought a tire valve)
- Video of some guys making one
- We took the best ideas – visited Home Depot – and patched one together. We didn’t bother with the wiring because it was going to be a one-time shot… just unscrewed the solenoid. We’ll take some pictures for ya or answer any questions after you check out the above.
Plans for the paper gun… we came up with this on our own. Simple. (Video soon)
- Supplies: Gas leaf blower, Duct tape, 1 wire coat-hanger, 1 jumbo roll of crepe paper (300-500ft)
- Cut the wire coat-hanger into an 18″ length
- Put the roll on the wire and bend the wire into a U.
- Duct tape the wire U onto the end of the leaf blower with the roll of paper hanging in front of the air stream – AND with the unwinding end of the roll closest to the blower.
- It is helpful to bend the wire up slightly so that the air stream hits the bottom of the roll.
- Unroll a few feet of the paper and fire up the blower. Mayhem ensues.
Plans for the marshmallow shooter
List of tools for Digital Rangers
- We use WordPress.com (this site)
- Facebook
- Twitter
- CafePress – for selling our cool stuff
- Flickr - for storing pictures and video
- Google Calendar – for schedules etc
- EventBrite - for event registrations
- Vodpod – for collecting videos from Youtube and elsewhere
- DimDim – for holding free web meetings
- Anything else we can find when we come across a cool free thing…
Seek & Save 2009 – Taking Rangers to the iPod Generation

If you need something else – or if we can help – please let us know!

Pastor’s School is awesome!

pfarangers — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:34:28 +0000

So far, we’ve covered the pastors in army parachute men, puff balls, crepe paper & tiny marshmallows. What is going to happen next?

Head to church tonight (2/2) for the special presentation and then tomorrow for a praise party you won’t want to miss.

Water Baptism – January 27th at 6:30

pfarangers — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:54:55 +0000

Want to be baptized? Next week on Wednesday night is the perfect time. Join us at 6:30 in the Main Sanctuary to hear a brief talk on water baptism – and then get baptized at 7:15. Bring a towel and a change of heart – we’ll provide the robes. Register at 602-867-7117

Pinewood Derby 2010

pfarangers — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:00:14 +0000

It’s time!

This is going to be a great year!

pfarangers — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:48:15 +0000

Thank you to everyone who helped during the Christmas Cafe. We raised some much needed funds and will be able to have a discounted camp-out later in the year as a result.

Pastor’s School is coming up fast. We are going to be involved in the Parade, classes and other great activities. Don’t miss it.

Its also PINEWOOD DERBY TIME! Don’t know what that is? Check out some of the photos from last year.

February 13th is the Outpost workday and race. The sectional race is March 6th with the big District event on March 20th. Let’s bring home all the trophies this year.

We have so much in store for 2010. Checkout the latest Ranger calendar and get involved!

We need you for the Christmas Café!

pfarangers — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:19:53 +0000

Please join with the Phoenix First Royal Rangers as we serve the guests of the Star of Wonder Christmas program. There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer including:

Cooking
Cash Register
Stocking
Food Serving
Setup/Cleanup
Greeting
Selling water inside

We can use help from anyone age 5-105.

Your help makes it possible to do all of the great Ranger activities during the year. This is our big once-a-year fundraiser and we need your help!

Please click and register today so that we know you are coming!

Important Date Changes

pfarangers — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:39:10 +0000

Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming up fast. We’ve moved some Ranger dates around to make sure everyone has a chance to participate and to accommodate the Celebration of Christmas.

The Thanksgiving week service is on Tuesday 11/24. Don’t miss it!
The Council of Achievement is moving to 12/9/2009 to give everyone a chance to be ready and earn their merits.
The Celebration of Christmas starts December 11th. We always need help running the Christmas Cafe.
PFA has moved the 12/23 and 12/30 services to 12/24 and 12/31 respectively. There will not be Rangers on those evenings.

We hope you have a wonderful and blessed holiday season!