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It is time to renew our annual charters in the North Texas district. Every August we send out charter renewal packages to every Assembly of God church, and every non-A/G and PCCNA church that is currently chartered. This year we also sent charter renewal packages to every senior commander in our database. Hopefully everyone has received their charter packet by now.
Completed charter applications are due by October 31. If your form is mailed after that date, it is subject to a $25 late fee.
Information about chartering may be found on our Chartering page of this web site. If you need forms, or if you prefer to fill them out electronically, you will find links to the forms on this page also.
You may ask “why charter?” Here are five reasons given in the cover letter that went out in the charter renewal package this year:
- High Adventure and High Adventure Leader. Every boy who charters receives the quarterly High Adventure magazine, and every chartered leader receives a copy of the quarterly High Adventure Leader magazine. Both magazines are produced by Royal Rangers for Royal Rangers.
- Signal Fire magazine. This is a district publication for each leader who charters. Because of the transition in our district we have not published a copy of this magazine yet this calendar year, but we are on track to get a new issue out in September. This district Royal Rangers magazine contains information about forthcoming district Royal Rangers events. If you have ever wondered what is happening, or what an event on the calendar is, the Signal Fire should have the answers for you.
- Discounts. Every district-level Royal Rangers event will provide a discount to chartered leaders and boys. For example, chartered outposts that attend the District Winter Camp this November will receive a $5 per person discount on their registration fee. Many sections will begin offering similar discounts for sectional events.
- Participation. In order for your boys to participate in the Ranger of the Year program and for the leaders to receive their annual leaders service awards your outpost must be chartered.
- Participation, part two. This is one of those intangible benefits to most outposts. Chartering is a main source of financial support for both the district and national Royal Rangers offices. Often commanders wonder why the district or national office can’t do more. The answer is frequently because it takes money to do more, and if outposts don’t charter, or don’t charter everyone, there are limited financial resources available to help further this ministry throughout the North Texas District and across the country.