Pow Wow – October 1st – 3rd 2010
When: October 1st to the 3rd – leaving Phoenix First at 6:00 pm
Cost: $40 per boy or $80 max per family. SPECIAL: Attend Rangers each week from 9/15 to 9/29 – sign up in the Ranger office – and Pow Wow is completely FREE!
Who: Any boy 5 and up can attend. You don’t have to be in Rangers to join us! Under 3rd 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
Driving Directions here
Council of Achievement Coming Up!
The Council of Achievement will be on 9/8 in the Gym. Don’t miss it!
National Camporama July 9-13, 2012
I know it is still almost two years away but it is going to be AWESOME!
2010 Advancement Camp – 9/3 to 9/6
All Rangers 10 years and up should attend this year’s Royal Ranger Advancement Camp (RRAC)!
RRAC is a camp designed for the purpose of helping boys earn merits needed for their advancement trail. Each boy can choose from a list of merit classes offered.
Boys 10-17 can attend RRAC. The Camp is limited to 100 Boys total.
RRAC is a relaxed camp that emphasizes completion of merits in a low-key atmosphere. Each day is filled with lots of fun and accomplishment.
Friday and Saturday evening there is a camp council fire with the goal of helping each boy to get a new touch from God in his life. The list of merits that will be offered this year includes: Carpentry, First Aid Skills, Tool Craft, Archery, Rope Craft, CPR/1st Aide, Swimming/Advanced Swimming, Leather Craft, Computer Science, Black Powder, Fire Craft, Knife and Hawk, Primitive Snares, Camp Safety, Compass, Lashing, and Jr. Light for the Lost.
Jamboree – June 25-27
Join us for the biggest and best camping trip of the year. This is the perfect time of year to get out of the hear and into mountains. Spend some time with friends & with God.
Open to ALL boys 5 and up! (8 and older may attend without a dad)
- Camping in the cool pines
- Hiking
- Zip line
- Scavenger hunt
- Compass course
- Campfire service
- and much more…
Only $45 – includes food, drinks, tent, transportation and great activities. If the money becomes a problem – please let us know… we have some scholarships available.
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Want to have a blast?
Come join us in Discovery Rangers for the next three weeks as we work on the Model Rocket merit. Everyone can earn their very own rocket by working on a report – and we will all have a chance to fire off some amazing rockets from the Phoenix First football field.
Prayer Needed
Wonda Pearson – a long time contributor to Phoenix First Rangers – lost her husband this past week. Bill Pearson passed away on Tuesday and Wonda is pretty devastated. Please lift her and the family up in prayer.
Pack-in 2010 details
We are getting ready for pack-in and couldn’t be more excited.
We leave at 6am on Saturday morning to head up to the Dugas site.
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Forms available here.
Please remember to pack:
• Backpack large enough to carry your own gear and food
• Your own food
• Bible and your grade handbook
• Compass
• Hiking shoes or a good pair of tennis shoes
• 30 degree sleeping bag or better
• Flashlight with new batteries
• At least one quart of water in a canteen or water bottle more if you can carry it
• Mess kit with spoon & fork
• Ground cloth and sleeping pad
• Rain poncho
• Coat, it will get cold at night and in the morning
• Hat
• Personal toilet paper (j-john or equalevant on sight)
• Tooth brush and tooth paste
• Camp soap/biodegradable
• Change of clothes and underwear
• Two changes of socks
• Pajamas
• Sunscreen
Please DON’T bring:
• Radios or MP3 players
• Game boys
• Lasers
• Anything similar to the above
• Beepers or cell phones (what’s a beeper?)
• Matches (survival kits accepted)
• Sheath knives
• Hand axe
• No ice chest, lawn chairs, canopies, etc. It must fit in or on your back pack
Finally – remember that you need to bring your own food. Some great ideas include:
- Granola or cereal bars
- Water ( quart size water bottles )
- Bananas
- Apples
- Raisins
- Oranges
- Cup of soup
- Ramen noodles
- Hard boiled eggs
- Pop tarts
- Pre-frozen “meal-in-a- foil”
- Baked potato
- Beef jerky
- Instant oat meal
- Hot cocoa
- Freeze dry food (m r e)
Pack-in 2010 coming up
Wow. How did it get to be time for pack-in already?
This is an awesome opportunity for boys 3rd grade and up to go backpacking into the wild (well not TOO wild).
Some highlights:
- Crawdad catching
- Playing by the creek
- Beautiful (cool) weather
- A five mile hike
- Awesome campfire service
- Good food, fun and fellowship!
Sign-up details coming soon!
Check out some of the cool photos from past years.
