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News and information on Royal Rangers ministry in the Central Section of the Potomac District of the Assemblies of God
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The Scribe May - June 2014
May - June 2014
A Newsletter for Royal Ranger Leaders of the Potomac District Central Section
‘Race Day’ ‘Race Day’ Report Report
Recap and Results
from Pinewood Derby Page 2
Bonding Over
a Block of Wood Page 4
Gold Medal Spotlight Reflections on Adventure,
Character and Task Page 5
The Scribe May - June 2014 2
Commanders
1st Randy Johnson OP215 2nd Robert Click OP261 3rd Michael Sharp OP25 4th Mark Fero OP215 5th Daniel Pignaloso OP243
Missionettes
1st Keaton Burns OP36 2nd Abigail Shoars OP215 3rd Jayden Jenkins OP129 4th Carissa Rickman OP215 5th Emma Greening OP36
Open
1st Nathan Richters OP48 2nd Nicki Bradley OP25 3rd Steve Bradley OP25 4th Jennifer Le OP48 5th Justin Lehmer OP25
Fastest Overall
1st Marcus Fero OP215 2nd Caleb Richters OP48 3rd Kyle Jarrell OP48 4th Christopher Rickman OP215 5th Zaydan Gryder OP215
Ranger Kids
1st Marcus Fero OP215 2nd Zayden Gryder OP215 3rd Eathan Mathena OP215 4th Keaton Burns OP36 5th Brent Bakken OP48
Discovery Rangers
1st Kyle Jarrell OP48 2nd Camden Scott OP129 3rd Christopher Rickman OP215 4th Ty Pullen OP129 5th Andrew Le OP48
Adventure Rangers
1st Jacob Burton OP215 2nd Nick Whittaker OP25 3rd Thomas Jarrell OP48 4th Steven Gibson OP25 5th Daniel White OP361
Expedition Rangers
1st Caleb Richters OP48 2nd Daniel Jarrell OP48 3rd Kolin Johnson OP215 4th Austin Clark OP48 5th Eric Kennedy OP48
2014 Pinewood Derby Race Results
Race Day
O ne hundred pinewood derby cars entered this year’s
Central Section Pinewood Derby held March 22 at
Highway Assembly of God in Fredericksburg. Rang-
ers from nine outposts from throughout the section participat-
ed.
A special addition to this year’s derby activities included
static displays by the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office,
which featured the department’s SWAT vehicle, police cruis-
er and appearance by a search-and-rescue horse team.
Bob Randall’s return with his dragster was also a hit with
Rangers during their breaks from racing their pinewood cars,
as were the popular craft time and video race games.
Rev. Dick Jackson, pastor at Highway Assembly of God,
presented the devotion during the opening program for the
derby, which also featured the presentation of the colors by a
squad of Gold Medal of Achievement recipients in the sec-
tion.
Photos courtesy of Eric Kennedy
The Scribe May - June 2014 3
Ranger Kids
1st Brent Bakken OP48 2nd Marcus Bryant OP48 3rd Marcus Fero OP215 4th Hunter Gram 5th Eathan Mathena OP215
Discovery Rangers
1st Caden Greenwalt OP261 2nd Johnathan Wile OP261 3rd Christopher Rickman OP215 4th Andrew Le OP48 5th Ty Pullen OP129
Adventure Rangers
1st Daniel White OP361 2nd Jacob Burton OP215 3rd Spencer Whitman OP48 4th Isaiah McCready OP361 5th Trevor Parker OP129
Expedition Rangers
1st Caleb Richters OP48 2nd Kolin Johnson OP215 3rd Austin Clark OP48 4th Sam Bryant OP48 5th Daniel Jarrell OP48
Commanders
1st Mark Fero OP215 2nd Samuel Burton OP215 3rd Kyle Llewellyn OP215 4th Robert Click OP261 5th Ken O’Maley OP186
Missionettes
1st Abigail Wile OP261 2nd Hannah Davenport OP48 3rd Jordan Clark OP48 4th Corinne Rickman OP215 5th Abby Bryant OP48
Open Class
1st Quiana Whitehead OP48 2nd Nathan Richters OP48 3rd Jessica Pignaloso OP243 4th Jennifer Le OP48 5th Nicki Bradley OP25
2014 Pinewood Derby Workmanship Awards
Marcus Fero (above), a Ranger Kid
with Outpost 215, won a remote-
control car for having the fastest
single race time of the day at
2.3470 seconds!
The Scribe May - June 2014 4
By Mark Fero
Outpost 215
F orty years ago I entered a pinewood derby. It was a dismal car, but the joy I ex-
perienced still brings a smile to my face. Shortly thereafter, both of my parents passed away and I never built another pinewood derby car. Last year I was not involved with Royal Rangers when Outpost 215 senior commander Randy Johnson asked me if I wanted to bring my son on Wednesday nights to help him build his car. (My son is currently a Ranger Kid in the outpost.) I was amazed at how many kids hungered for adulation and instruction. My heart was broken when I realized that the kids I had seen with smiles in church on Sun-day had no father, or their father was in jail, too busy or just wasn’t interested in participating. My minimal knowledge and skill be-came an invaluable asset in the children’s lives, but best of all my son and I bonded over a block of wood. I was hooked. Our car wobbled down the track that year and ex-cept for design, was barely no-ticed. Well, it has been over a year and I have been committed ever since to teaching the Ranger Kids every Wednesday night. This year, Marcus and I com-bined every bit of knowledge and wisdom we could gather and de-signed what we thought was the
perfect car. He said it was “perfect” because he wrote on it “Son of God!” Then the night be-fore the race I dropped the car and the front end broke off just be-hind the axles. My heart sank. I panicked, but a nearby Expedi-tion Ranger had some super glue and I glued the broken car back together. My son came bounding up to me (not knowing the car had been broken) and said, “Dad, we need to pray for the car and the race.” How right he was! To my surprise he not only prayed for his car, but for the other kids, and that if he or the other
kids’ cars didn’t win that they would still be able to smile. I confessed to breaking his car and God honored his prayer. He smiled, but did not gloat when his car won just about every race, ulti-mately winning the overall fastest time. God used a broken car to teach us that the excellence of power is His and not ours.
Bonding Over a Block of Wood
A Royal Ranger Leader’s Reflection on God’s Activity Through Pinewood Derby
Mark Fero (r.) with a few
fellow commanders from Outpost
215 take time to record a “selfie” during
this year’s Central Section Pinewood Derby.
Marcus Fero proudly displays the remote-control car
he won at this year’s Central Section Pinewood Derby.
The Scribe May - June 2014 5
Camp iGovern. All of these have been real adventures for me and I don’t plan to forget them anytime soon. The idea behind character is your hobbies, skills, talents, per-sonality, and other things that de-fine you. A well-built character means knowing what you can or cannot do well and knowing your likes and dislikes. Of course, eve-ryone has character flaws. For me, I need to not take what people say personally all the time. However,
I ’m David Hannold, born Oct. 18, 1997 and I became a Chris-tian at around age 6 and have
been part of Royal Rangers for as long as I can remember. As a re-quirement for my GMA, I read “A Guy's Journey to Manhood” by Doug Marsh. This book had been split into three parts: Adventure, Character, and Task. To me, Adventure is some kind of unusual or abnormal event that occurs to you and possibly others around you. Within “A Guy's Journey to Manhood,” it went on to point out two dif-ferent kinds of adventure. There’s a common adventure where it’s an adventure that everyone takes. For example, a road trip to see relatives, tak-ing up a business opportunity, or finding out what you’re go-ing to have for dinner. The other kind of adven-ture is a special adventure. As per the name, this is an adven-ture that is suited by God for you or for a very small group of people. My unique adven-tures have been Ranger events like Pow Wows and hiking up Old Rag Mountain. Others are going to camps about govern-ment known as TeenPact and
David Hannold is pictured with his grandmother,
Marge Creasy, during his Gold Medal of Achieve-
ment presentation ceremony on Jan. 18.
character can be improved by the adventures we take. Adventure will shape your character. Then there's your Task. This basically means your life calling or dream. I received my calling at Camp iGovern. Simply put, I was praying and God spoke in my ear. He told me to enter the world of politics. On the last day, they (the camp directors) asked people while we were all in one room if anything significant happened. I said that I was most definitely go-
ing into the world of law and government. That got some cheers let me tell you. But even knowing my life calling, I know that’s not my end goal. I can truthfully say that I have never directly wit-nessed and therefore lead someone to Christ. That is truly my highest task and goal. Overall, this book has opened my eyes to things in a new way and to help define who I need to be. I will say one thing however; any book (other than the Bible) can’t sum up how to run your life that fast. But while this book is not able to get someone fully on the right track, it will help a lot.
GOLD MEDAL SPOTLIGHT GOLD MEDAL SPOTLIGHT David Hannold, an Expedition Ranger with Outpost 361 at Harvest Church of God in Madison, became Central Section’s newest Gold Medal of Achievement recipient during a formal court of honor celebrated on Jan. 18. His was the 524th GMA awarded in the Potomac District.
By David Hannold
Adventure, Character and Task
A Ranger’s perspective on principles outlined in ‘A Guy’s Journey to Manhood’
The Scribe May - June 2014 6
CENTRAL SECTION STAFF
Sectional Commander Ken O’Maley ................................... (540) 937-6139 Email: [email protected]
Skyline Area Commander ........................... (Vacant)
Shenandoah Area Commander Tony Wilson .................................... (540) 856-8423 Email: [email protected]
Allegheny Area Commander ....................... (Vacant)
Piedmont Area Commander Julius Williamson ........................... (540) 948-4347 Email: [email protected]
Highland Area Commander ....................... (Vacant)
Rappahannock Area Commander Gary Wagner .................................. (540) 898-7415 Email: [email protected]
Training Coordinator .................................. (Vacant)
Ranger Kids Coordinator Keith Meeder ................................ (540) 635-1906 Email: [email protected]
Discovery Rangers Coordinator Dan Pignaloso ................................. (540) 720-0144 Email: [email protected]
Adventure/Expedition Rangers Coordinator Kyle Llewellyn ................................. (571) 438-5210 Email: [email protected]
Public Relations Coordinator Gary Wagner ................................. (540) 898-7415 Email: [email protected]
Boys’ Representative Isaiah Padgett ............................... (540) 899-2986
CENTRAL SECTION ROYAL RANGERS 11042 Settletown Pl., Rixeyville, VA 22737 Phone: (540) 937-6139 Email: [email protected]
May 15-18
Central Section Pow Wow
June 21
Adventure/Expedition Ranger Event
July 14-18
National FCF Rendezvous
July 19
Sectional Leadership Roundtable
August 10-13
Junior Leadership Training Academy
August 14-17
Potomac District Pow Wow
September 5-6
Leadership Training Academy
September 13
Discovery Ranger Event
September 26-28
FCF Fall Trace
October 11
Sectional Leadership Roundtable
October 24-25
Sectional Ranger of the Year
November 7-8
Sectional FCF Rendezvous
December 6
Leadership Training Academy