Phoenix First Rangers

Join us for great time at McCormick Ranch Park. Open to Ranger Kids!

9:00 AM to 12:30 PM

$6.00 per person includes train ride, attractions, craft & lunch

Door prizes for Ranger Kids, siblings, and friends!!!

Today is the big day! We are looking forward to seeing you for this great time of camping and fellowship…

Reminder: Registration starts at 5pm at the steps leading down to the Youth Walk at Phoenix First Assembly. PLEASE BE ON TIME. We plan to have the buses rolling at 5:30.

If you plan on driving, you can follow the bus (preferred) or meet us there. A map and driving directions are available here

Keep track of the travel progress by watching us on Twitter http://twitter.com/PFARangers/ or down to the right on PHXRangers.com in our “Ranger Tweets”

What to bring:

• A full stomach… we won’t eat a snack until we get to camp
• Completed medical forms if you haven’t filled them out already
• Two (2) complete changes of clothes
• Warm jacket, gloves, ball cap or stocking cap
  
• Sleeping bag or bed roll, and a pillow
  
• The Holy Bible (NIV)
  
• Canteen or water bottle
  
• Adventures in camping handbook (if you have one)
  
• Your age group handbook (if you have one)
  
• Extra shoes or boots for hiking, 2 pair of socks
  
• Towel, washcloth, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, comb or brush
  

Please do not bring:

• Loose matches (except in survival kits)
  
• Oil burning lanterns
  
• Sheath knives (a pocket knife is ok if cut and chop test has been taken)
  
• Hatchets
  
• Radios, walkmans, earphones, etc.
  
• Video games of any sort
  
• Baseball or collector type cards
  

Questions: Give us a call at 602-882-3247 or email us at Ready@PHXRangers.com

This is going to be an awesome experience with the Lord!

The Arizona Ranger District has just released their newsletter for September ‘09.  Check it out for some of the latest news affecting AZ Rangers.

 UPDATE:  PowWow 2009 is completely FREE!  Call it a “Fellowship Stimulus Program”

When:     October 2^nd to the 4^th – leaving Phoenix First at 5:30 pm

Who:    Any boy 5 and up can attend. You don’t have to be in Rangers to join us! Under 3^rd grade requires an adult male as chaperone.

What:    The most awesome time of camping, fellowship and fun ever experienced. After a long Phoenix summer – we are desperate to get out of town and into the cool pines. What better way to spend a weekend than hanging out with friends, enjoying some great events and learning more about God? Transportation, food, tents and nature are provided!

Check out some of the pictures from prior PowWows

Registration forms here or visit us in the Ranger Office!

Where: Diamond Point at Tonto Village

This camp will cover:

• Archery
• Black Powder
• Knife and Hawk
• Church (partial requirement will need to be completed outside of camp)

For whom?

ANYONE! (FCF or not). This camp will introduce you to some great FCF merits!

Suggested Donation: $10

Where: New River Assembly of God Church.

2924 W New River Rd
I-17 to New River – then 1 mile.

Time: 6pm on 9/18 to 3pm on 9/19

Call Jerry Manning at 623-465-7455 for more information and to register

              Last weekend at the Jamboree, we had an awesome time.  We went camping in the cool pines of the White Mountains.  It was soooo beautiful.  We camped near a rushing creek and a cool pasture.  You never had to take your jacket off it was so cold.  At night you had to dig deep in your sleeping bag to stay warm.  It was a great camping trip.

             When we got there on Friday afternoon, we took all our stuff off the bus and put it in the tents.  Then we went out and explored.  After that, Commander Jerry came back and asked if some of us boys would go out and bring back some dead tree limbs for lashing projects.  So we went across the creek and up the mountain in search for the dead limbs.  When we came back we were hauling instead of dead limbs, dead TREES.  Some of them were huge.  We had to cut a bunch of them in half.  By the end of that night, we had lashed a ladder and a music stand.

             That night, we had a campfire devotion led by Pastor Jerry.  Praise and worship was done by a couple guys from the Dream Center.  We had hot chocolate and roasted marshmallows by the campfire.  We weren’t in bed before 11:00. 

             The next morning we had to wake up at 6:00.  I think a couple of us just stayed in bed because we were so tired.  We had a nice breakfast of pancakes, eggs, sausage, and hot chocolate.  At 9:00 we went to our first church service.  Our speaker was a man from Southern California.  He spoke well that camp.  After the assembly, the events began.

             We had quite a few events this year.  We had an obstacle course, a water balloon launch, a chariot race, a pancake flipping contest, a compass course, and a ranger’s skill course.  Phoenix First got third in the obstacle course, second in the chariot race, and second in the pancake flipping contest.

             That afternoon Commander Mark set up an orienteering course (with some help from the Adventure Rangers).  It ran up a road across a field over the creek and back to the starting point.  Some of the rangers did it in less than 20 minutes which is very quick.

            Then it was time for dinner.

             After we finished dinner, we went to find more dead wood.  We took a small axe and a tomahawk to cut off limbs.  When the rangers came back, they were proudly carrying humongous limbs and trees.  Then they took off all the branches and cut it into smaller pieces to use for lashing.

             After the assembly that night, we roasted and ate what seemed to be millions of smores.  The commanders had a smore assembly line to keep everything moving.  Some people roasted theirs while others burned theirs.  After that, we went to bed.  

             As soon as we woke up at 6:00, we started to pack up all our gear.  Then we took down the tents.  After breakfast, we went to chapel where they handed out all the awards for the games.

             After chapel, all the rangers piled on the bus for the long ride home.  The ride home was even longer because the bus broke down 36 miles from Mesa.  The church sent out another bus to rescue them.  By the time they got back it was close to 9:00.  But overall we had an amazing time on the Jamboree.

From Adventure Ranger Z.P.

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