Stockade Unit 3445

2010-09-27T08:34:00.001-07:00

Just a note to anyone who might be watching the blog Stockade will be starting this Wednesday. See you at 6:30 at the church.

Father Son Campout

2010-06-08T13:00:00.000-07:00

Well the campout is now over. I can't wait for next year already. We had around 25 guys staying for the whole weekend which was really awesome. We also had another 10 or 15 who just came for the day on Saturday. The fishing wasn't as good as last year but that didn't stop us from trying. Several trout were still caught. There was also the usual hiking and dirt biking all weekend long. Saturday we cooked steak dinner for 30 which was cool. Thanks to everyone who came for that, your support is much appreciated. If you want to see all the pictures you can see them HERE.

Bikeathon

2010-05-12T09:13:00.000-07:00

http://www.gifttool.com/athon/OurTeamPage?ID=1529&AID=1089&TID=6460

If anyone is interested in joining a bikeathon to raise money for Kelowna Gospel Mission, you can join our team by following the link. Everyone is welcome, people under 18 need a parent to sign a waiver. If you want to sponsor someone on the team, follow the same link or give Ranger Dan a call.

Update

2010-02-25T12:28:00.000-08:00

Well with the car building and races all done we were back to normal at Stockade this week. This week we talked about serving in our post times. Our theme verse was Ephesians 6:7, "Serve wholeheartedly as if you were serving the Lord not men" The Sentinnels spent their post time cleaning bathrooms and the kitchen and sweeping the gym.

Chief Ranger Laird told us a story about three brothers named Joe, Ben, and DJ Mudde. They went to Angola and helped to cap a spring to give some villagers clean water, they also showed the Jesus film to the people at the end of their work days.

See you next week.

GRAND PRIX!!

2010-02-17T21:16:00.000-08:00

Well tonight was the Grand Prix and from what I saw it was not a disappointment. Cars were judged on looks as well as the fastest car, with a trophy for each. After many rounds of double elimination and a final race where you had to win twice to be the champion, Markus H ended up with the trophy for the fastest car. Simon H with his blue and yellow Formula 1 "esque" car won for the best looking car. We also had a good number of parents, friends, and family members there to watch.

After the races were over Ranger Ed shared with us about how building cars takes a team of people to complete. Even our Grand Prix cars were not made by only us we all had help doing it. He also told us how being a Christian is like being on a team of people all working together and helping each other out. He also told us that our lives are like the Grand Prix track. Our cars did well on our track because it was nice and straight but if there had been corners to it our cars wouldn't do well at all. Ranger Ed shared a verse from Proverbs that says if we trust in the Lord at all times that he will make our life straight like the track. We also learned that at the end of our lives that we all come to the finish line. The apostle Paul told us to race so that we could win the prize at the finish line, just like we raced our cars to win a trophy tonight. At the end of our lives we can await the prize of eternal life with Christ.

Big thanks to Ranger Ed for supervising and looking after this event at Stockade. I can't wait for next year. Maybe by then my car will be finished.

Thanks also to the wives of the Rangers who sent cookies for us to enjoy after.

If you would like to see all the pictures that I took you can click HERE.

Shape N Race Update

2010-02-03T23:12:00.000-08:00

Well we had a great turnout this week, 17 guys showed up. Shape N Race cars are well under way, there was some painting going on tonight. We also played scissors game tonight. If you haven't seen this game it is quite the sight. Everyone sits in a circle and pass a pair of scissors around the circle. As you pass them to the next person you must specify whether they are crossed or uncrossed. Ask your boy about it.

Shape N Race is set for February 17. Parents will be invited to come and watch the races. Watch for some specific information next week.

New Year

2010-01-20T23:27:00.000-08:00

Well first off sorry about not having posted lately. I have forgotten to take pictures a couple times now. The ones that I have posted tonight are from last week I think. One is of a new game we played called Nose Ball, ask your son about it if you get the chance,

Tonight we talked about strength which God gives to us. Our theme verse was from Psalm 28:7a, "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped,"

The other thing that you need to know is that we have started working on our Shape 'n' Race cars for our race night in early February. By now your boy should have a block of wood to shape his car from. Tonight we started cutting out the outlines for the guys. If your boy cannot get his car cut out at home then he will need to bring it with the outline drawn on the side for next week. The first picture above shows an example of a block of wood ready to be cut. Shapes can be drawn or printed from the internet and traced. Once the car is cut it can the be sanded and then painted. Once all the cars are done we will be having a race night. We should be able to gauge next week how the progress is going and then decide which Wednesday to have the races. See you all next week.

Ranger Dan

December 7

2009-12-11T13:48:00.000-08:00

Well I went to get the pictures I took this week and realized that I still had the ones from last week on the camera. I included a couple of them in the collage.

We had a fun week this week. We started with some box hockey, which was a popular one. Seems as though one or two of the guys must play it elsewhere because they were quite good. Ranger Laird had some games for us, including two variations of steal the bacon, and the memory game.

In post time we learned 1 Peter 4:10, "Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms," I like that last part about " faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms", we all have different gifts and when we use the gifts that God gives us it looks different for each of us but the result should always be God's grace being seen through what we do. We also talked about bridges and our post even saw some pictures of some famous bridges. We also learned how Jesus dying on the cross is like a bridge for us to be able to get to God.

In story circle Ranger Ed, showed us an experiment with a salt and some water that produced heat. Ranger Ed talked about how he likes to try to figure things out and so as a chemist he gets to explore some of the things that God has made and how they work. After post time we had more box hockey and a demonstration from Ranger Ed that turned a solid directly into a gas!! Ask you son about that one, as you can see from the pictures it was GREAT!

Remember next week is the last Stockade before Christmas. January 6th will be the first meeting of the New Year.

November 25

2009-11-28T21:06:00.000-08:00

Well I am a little late this week getting up a post about Stockade this week. As you can see we played floor hockey this week as well as a game where you had to ask questions with "yes" or "no" answers to figure out who was on your back. It was a great time. The Builders were doing some sort of obstacle course during their post time. The Sentinels had a story and also were talking about our theme verse this week which was 2 Corinthians 8:21, "We are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men."

We also had a planning meeting with the Rangers this week. We have a few events coming up in the New Year that will be great, stay tuned for that!

Ranger Dan

Remembrance Day

2009-11-12T23:28:00.000-08:00

Well even though it was Remembrance Day we still had Stockade. We were short a few guys but we had a great time anyway. We had a tug-of-war during game time and also played a fun animal action game. In post time we talked about integrity and what that means. We heard several stories and talked about how the people in all those stories had many opportunities to do the right thing, but they had to make a choice. Our theme verse was from Proverbs 20:11, "Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right."

Hope to see you all next week. Remember to pray for Ranger Ed, Caleb, and Simon who couldn't be with us because of the flu. Also stay tuned for a special event coming up soon!

Ranger Dan

November 4th

2009-11-04T23:23:00.000-08:00

So tonight was another week of Stockade. We had a couple Rangers missing but a good evening none the less. Thanks to Ranger Trent for saving my bacon on the games, don't ask. Anyway I think the guys only made it part way across the Sea of Peanut Butter, maybe we will have to try that sailing again.

Tonight we reviewed the verses that we had learned up until this point. They are:

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3

Live in peace with each other. Make sure nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. 1 Thessalonians 5:13+15

They devoted themselves to the apostle's teachings and to fellowship and the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. Acts 2:42+47

The Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other. Deuteronomy 4:39

He is the Rock, his works are perfect and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. Deuteronomy 32:4

So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Deuteronomy 5:32

My post had to work quite hard to remember them, maybe some of you other guys did better?

Remember to come to Grace on Sunday morning if you can. Church starts at 11:00am and we want to get everyone there IN UNIFORM to show off to the church. Hopefully even you guys who don't come to Grace can join us this week. Hope to see you all next week.

Ranger Dan

Welcome Home Chief Ranger

2009-10-30T12:41:00.000-07:00

Well this week was extra special because after two weeks of being gone Chief Ranger Laird was back. Sounds like he had a good trip even though he didn't get all the way to the ocean. You an ask him about that if you like. I think we were all happy to see him again. Ranger Ed shared with us one week about how Stockade is kind of like a family in some ways and how we can stick together and help each other out. Anyway as with a family when somebody is gone and they return I think it makes us all happy.

This week our theme verse at Stockade was Deuteronomy 5:32. "So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left."

Also a quick bit of information: next weekend, Sunday November 8th, we are having a Christian Service Brigade emphasis in the 11:00am service. We are hoping to have as many of our Stockade and Battalion guys at church as we can. If you can come make sure you wear your Stockade shirt. We would love to see all you guys and your parents out.

Ranger Dan

2009-10-16T14:04:00.000-07:00

Well first off my apologies for missing a post last week.

This week was another great week at Stockade. I didn't actually count but I think we had 15 guys out. The pictures are from the week before though because I didn't bring my camera this week. That was unfortunate because we played steal the bacon which Ranger Ed told us is one of his favorite games. I agree it is one of my favorites to. Anyway Ranger Cliff told us a story about two brothers who were trying to row a boat together and how they were busy fighting about where to go and not getting anywhere. After some time the boys got it figured that if they didn't work together they would get anywhere or enjoy it much either. Once they started rowing togehter they actually starting having fun together as well.

Our theme verse for the week was Deuteronomy 4:39, "The Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other."

What a good reminder that God is God no matter what. It doesn't matter who we are or where we are he is still God and he is constant.

Hope to see you all next week.

Ranger Dan

Year Two

2009-10-05T13:51:00.001-07:00

Well the second year of Stockade at Grace is well under way. We have had a lot of the same guys out again this year as well as some new faces as well. We are excited to have Trent, a new recruits Dad also coming out this year. As you can see we are in full swing already. Last week I believe we had 14 boys out. Ranger Cliff talked to us about working for the Ambulance Service and how you work with a partner and how you have to work together with your partner as well as with other people like the police. We talked about teamwork and how to be a good team we have to learn not to be selfish and put others ahead of ourselves. Our theme verse was from 1 Thessalonians 5:13, 15 which says, "Live in peace with each other. Make sure nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else."

We also got to have some relay races in the gym and work on the travel game. Ranger Ed told us a story about Dave and Jon who were two good buddies even though Jon's Dad wanted to hurt Dave. We learned how Jon was able to help his friend out even though it meant he might get in trouble himself.

Lots going on. Can't wait to see you all this week. Remember Chief Ranger Laird is going to test us to see if we can tell how long a minute is without a watch. He also wants to see if we can figure out how a fly lands on the ceiling, I tried to find out, Did you?? See you Wednesday.

First Stockade Hike - November 8, 2008

2008-11-13T19:34:00.000-08:00

Here we are on Knox Mountain checking out the fantastic sculptures. Returned to Church for gourmet lunch of tube steaks conplete with saurkraut as desired by some (just a few actually).

First Night

2008-10-03T12:13:00.000-07:00

Well, it finally happened, the first night of Stockade. As you can see we had 12 guys out. It seemed like they all had fun. It was a bit of a learning experience for the guys and the leaders to go through all the elements of the meeting, but I expect it won't take long to have it working smoothly.

Ranger Dan