Missionettes: What Every RR Commander Needs to Know

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Missionettes What Every RR Commander Needs to
Know

• Jonathan Trower

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Session Overview

• Structure of Missionettes program
• Myths about Missionettes
• Why a strong Missionettes program is vital in the
  local church
• Ways Royal Rangers can help the Missionettes
  ministry

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Missionettes Program

• The Missionettes program was started in 1956 by
  the Womens Missionary Council (WMCs, now WMs)
• The ultimate purpose of Missionettes was, and is,
  to win girls to Jesus Christ and teach them to
  live victoriously
• Over the 50 years of Missionettes, they have
  honored over 40,000 Honor Stars

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Missionettes Program

• Missionettes have 153,210 members and 26,443
  leaders
• In comparison, Royal Rangers have 102,057 members
  and 17,954 leaders
• Youth groups have 372,247 members

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Five-Fold Purpose of Missionettes

• To win girls to Jesus Christ through love and
  acceptance
• To teach them to obey everything Jesus commanded
  usdeveloping girls spiritually and mentally
• To provide encouragement, support, and
  accountability through lasting Christian
  relationships
• To provide an environment for girls to develop
  their gifts and abilities
• To acquaint them with the Great Commission of
  Jesus Christ our Lord

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Missionettes Program

• Missionettes revamped their program in 1998,
  releasing their new program at one time
• The goal of the new program was to update the
  program and make it more relevant for girls
• Also made the curriculum circular, similar in
  nature to what Royal Rangers went to during our
  update

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Missionettes Structure

• In the local church, Missionettes have six age
  groups
• Rainbows (for boys and girls ages 3-pre-K)
• Daisies (K)
• Prims (1-2 grade)
• Stars (3-5 grade)
• Friends (6-8 grade)
• Girls Only (9-12 grade)

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Point 1

• Royal Rangers need a strong Missionettes program
  because Rainbows feeds both Missionettes and
  Royal Rangers
• Boys in Rainbows wear a Future Royal Ranger
  patch on their vest, so they associate with the
  program early

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Missionettes Structure

• National coordinator
• District coordinator
• Sectional coordinator
• Local church coordinator

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Point 2

• Missionettes does not have the extensive
  leadership structure that Royal Rangers has
• They also dont have the extensive range of
  activities on the national and regional level to
  support

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Myths About Missionettes

• Missionettes only go through junior high
• Missionettes dont/cant go camping
• Activities are not part of the program
• Missionettes isnt/cant be fun for the girls
• Its only book work and Scripture reading/
  memorization

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Missionettes Emphasis on Activities

• Missionettes in any age group may earn Adventure
  badges and pins for participating in activities
  in the following categories
• Outdoor adventure
• Industry adventure
• Professional adventure
• Fine arts adventure
• Community adventure
• Ministry adventure

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Missionettes Emphasis on Outdoor Activities

• Girls in any club may earn the Outdoor Activities
  badge/award for participating in camping,
  hiking, mountain climbing, biking, canoeing,
  snowboarding, fishing, swimming, horseback
  riding, skiing, zoo trip
• As a sponsor, you decide what type of outing is
  appropriate for your girls considering your
  budget, location, resources available, interests,
  and capabilities of the girls in your club.

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Specific Awards

• Stars has a camping award, Prims has a nature
  award
• But even if activities are not built into the
  Missionettes program like they are in Royal
  Rangers, we can and should have activities for
  these girls

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Point 3

• Just as boys need activities, girls need them too
• The nature of the activities may vary, but many
  girls would find camping, hiking, canoeing,
  rafting, etc. just as exciting as the boys do

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Ways Royal Rangers Can Help

• Share resources
• Camping equipment, training aides, experts in
  areas of interest
• Share ideas
• Many activities that we have used in Royal
  Rangers would be exciting to Missionettes too
• Share leadership
• Just as we offer to partner with youth for their
  activities, offer to partner with Missionettes
  when they need assistance with an activity

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Ways Royal Rangers Can Help

• Share training many LTA modules would be useful
  to Missionettes leaders, including

• Working with Boys with Disabilities
• Classroom Management
• Presentation Skills
• RK Day Camps
• LTA Camp-Out

• Safety and the Church
• RK Skills
• RK Activities
• DR/AR Activities
• Child and Substance Abuse Prevention

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Ways Royal Rangers Can Help Joint Activities

• Pinewood derbies
• Field trips
• Day camps
• Hikes
• High-action activities

• Boating
• Horseback riding
• Camping
• Skiing
• Canoeing

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Why Strong Missionettes is Needed

• The girls of the church need an evangelistic
  program
• The girls of the church need extra activities
  beyond the Sunday and Wednesday activities
• If we dont have a strong Missionettes program
  for teenage girls, they will go to youth
• Where will the boys go?

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Imagine . . .

• . . . what could be accomplished if Missionettes,
  Royal Rangers, Childrens Ministries and Youth
  all cooperated in a church . . . what an impact
  we could have on the children of that church and
  community