TREK 2 My RA Identity Each boy must complete all three activities. RA Shield Tic-Tac-Know Display the RA Shield in the classroom (Appendix Page 3). 5-by-7-inch cards cut from construction paper safety pins painter s tape 1. Discuss the meaning of each part of the RA Shield in language boys can understand (Example: The shield stands for faith in Christ. It is a symbol that represents a journey to learn how to be like Christ and love others as He did). At the beginning of each meeting discuss one part of the RA Shield and the significance each element represents for a boy s life. At the end of the meeting, have a review of the part of the RA Shield that was discussed during the meeting. 2. Cut 5-by-7-inch cards and mark with Xs and Os. Have a card for each boy. 3. Mark a large tic-tac-toe grid on the floor using painter s tape. 4. Prepare questions about the RA Shield to ask each team (Example: What does the bar represent? What part of the RA Shield reminds us that we represent Jesus Christ? What does the color blue represent?) Learn the significance and meaning of the RA shield. 1. Divide boys into two teams. Boys will attach an X card or an O card to his shirt using a safety pin. 2. The boys will work together as a team to answer the questions the leader asks about the RA Shield. If they answer the question correctly, as a team they can decide where one team member will stand on the large tic-tac-toe grid. 3. Once a team gets tic-tac-toe, the board is cleared, and a new game begins. Record the number of wins for each team. Give three cheers for the winning team The leader shouts, Hip, Hip and the boys shout, Hooray. We are Ambassadors for Christ. Repeat twice more. Physical Fitness Fun Physical Fitness Exercise Guide (wmu.com/ra) A Personal Exercise Worksheet (Appendix Page 2) 1. Discuss how physical fitness and regular exercise will help a person be healthy in mind and body. 2. Teach the proper form for each of the Lad 2 athletic exercises. 3. Provide time during the RA meeting to do the Lad 2 athletic exercises. Exercise to be healthy and receive the Lad 2 Physical Fitness patch. 1. Do the five Lad 2 athletic exercises. Complete all five exercises one time each (a circuit). Boys should do three circuits each day, three days a week, for 12 weeks. 2. Record progress on his Personal Exercise Worksheet (Appendix Page 2). 3. Receive the Lad 2 Physical Fitness patch. Clothesline RA Pledge Race Display the words of the Royal Ambassador Pledge, Motto, and Scripture in the classroom (available in the RA Promotion Kit, sold separately). 42 4-by-6-inch index cards As a Royal Ambassador, I will do my best: To become a well-informed, responsible follower of Christ; Clothesline RA Pledge Race To have a Christlike concern for all people; To learn how to carry the message of Christ around the world; To work with others in sharing Christ; and To keep myself clean and healthy in mind and body. 21
large flat rocks (five or six for each RA) permanent markers small plastic zippered bags (one for each RA) protection material under cairn 1. Ask for permission to display a large cairn in the church as a reminder to pray for the adopted people group. Cairn can also be set up in the RA classroom. 2. Contact the International Mission Board to get names of missionaries working with people groups. 3. Research information about people groups. 4. Explain how there are approximately 200 countries in the world. In those countries are 7 billion people in over 11,000 different people groups. A people group is a group of people who share the same language, the same culture, and the same beliefs. Approximately half of the people groups are unreached, meaning there are no Christians within the people group and need people from outside the people group to teach them about Jesus. There are many missionaries who are serving in the countries where there are unreached people groups. 5. Share with RAs information about two or three people groups (so they will have the option of choosing which people group they would like to adopt). Share about the needs and spiritual needs of the people groups. 6. Explain that a cairn is a man-made pile of rocks. Cairns are used to mark boundary lines for property or as trail markers to remind hikers to stay on a hiking path. 7. Boys will make a small cairn to take home to remind them to pray and a large one to display at church. Learn about and adopt a people group. 1. Choose a people group to adopt. 2. Pray for the missionary who is working with the people group. 3. Write the name of the people group and a prayer request on each flat rock. 4. Make a cairn by stacking the flat rocks on top of each other. Pray for the people group as each rock is placed on top of another rock. 5. Place the rocks in a small zippered bag to take home. 6. Display his cairn in his room or in his house as a reminder to continue to pray for the people group. 7. The RA chapter will make a large cairn to place in the church as a visual reminder for the church of the adopted people group. Gazebo Missions gazebo, pavilion, covered area, or tent space North American or international week of prayer information (Contact the North American Mission Board or the International Mission Board.) decorations or materials to make decorations to transform the space to reflect the week of prayer theme or a country or culture week of prayer prayer guides 1. Ask for permission to use a space at church to highlight the Week of Prayer for North American Missions or International Missions. 2. Explain how the week of prayer highlights missionaries that represent thousands who are serving around the world. The week of prayer encourages people and churches to learn more about the work of the missionaries. When people learn more about missions efforts, they will want to pray so more people will know of God s love for them. 3. Promote the week of prayer event in the church newsletter and Sunday bulletin. Lead the RA chapter and church in a week of prayer event. 1. Make decorations and set up the prayer space for the week of prayer event. 2. Have week of prayer prayer guides available for people to use while they pray. 3. Make flyers to advertise the week of prayer event. 4. Post flyers in the church. 5. As a RA chapter, visit the week of prayer prayer space to pray for the missionaries. TREK 6 My Doing and Telling Each boy must complete one activity. Dear Me writing paper for each RA pens or pencils (one for each RA) envelopes (one for each RA) 72
1. Explain that a testimony is a true statement about what you have seen or experienced. A testimony shares with others what is important to you. Your testimony may help another person learn information about you that may help them make a decision for their own life. Write a letter to himself as a testimony of why RAs is important to him. 1. Write a letter to himself and explain why RAs is important to him. Tell what part of RAs has affected him the most. Share a story about something cool that happened in RAs. Write the date the letter was written. 2. Seal the letter in an envelope. 3. Give the letter to a parent or an adult to keep in a safe place so he can read the letter in the future. This Is My Story hymnal pens or pencils writing paper 1. Explain a testimony is a statement about what you have seen or experienced. A testimony shares with others what your life was like before you knew Jesus and how your life is different because Jesus is your Savior. Your testimony may help another person decide if they want to know Jesus too! Write a personal testimony using music to help share his story. 1. Choose a favorite hymn or praise song. 2. Write his testimony as two verses to the song. One verse shares what life was like before he knew Jesus. The second verse shares how life is different because of Jesus. 3. The church congregation can sing the song during a worship service. Pure Water Pure Love bottles of water 8-by-2-inch pieces of paper markers tape 1. Research Pure Water Pure Love SM (wmu.com), a ministry of Woman s Missionary Union. Learn how Pure Water Pure Love provides water filters for missionaries and the people they serve so they have clean water to keep them healthy. 2. Explain how Pure Water Pure Love is a ministry of WMU and helps people around the world have clean water. Clean water helps prevent diseases and sickness. 3. Contact the coordinator of an event or organization to ask permission to distribute water (Example: a sports event, a parade, a festival). 4. Select a date and time for the Pure Water Pure Love water distribution event. Participate in a Doing and Telling project that changes the lives of people in my community. 1. Write a message about God s love on the 8-by-2-inch pieces of paper. 2. Tape the two ends of the piece of paper to cover the water bottle label. 3. Distribute the water bottles on the distribution day. 4. Smile and say words of kindness when he gives water to the people he meets. 5. As a RA chapter, pray that the bottles of water will help someone know that God loves them. TREK 6 My Missions Learning Each boy must complete one activity. Attend a Commissioning Service paper 1. Contact the International Mission Board (imb.org) or the North American Mission Board (namb.net) to learn about dates of missionary commissioning service. 2. Prepare an information sheet about the commissioning service. 3. Arrange for transportation to the service. 4. Plan a commissioning service to commission the RA chapter for their calling to serve God as Royal Ambassadors. 73
My RA Identity You are on a journey to become a Junior Ambassador. Lads learn about Jesus. Lads can do kind things for other people. You will discover how to learn and do in Jesus name. As a Lad, you will learn the Royal Ambassador Pledge and Motto. You will also learn about the RA Shield. When you understand the meaning of the RA Shield, it will identify you as a Royal Ambassador Lad. It is your RA Identity. What s the Evidence? Draw a picture of the RA Shield. Write the RA Motto under the shield you have drawn. My Praying Learning to pray for missionaries is important so you can be a helpful and useful Ambassador for Christ. The Bible says to never stop praying (1 Thessalonians 5:17 NIrV). Praying for missionaries is one way you can help them and their missions work. Your prayers are important to the missionaries. The best way to pray for missionaries is to imagine you are a missionary and have to do what they do. What s the Evidence? If you were a missionary, how would you want someone to pray for you? Write you answer here: 22 23
Trek 4 Chart Growth Area Projects Selected Activity Pages Check It Off You Did It! You completed RA Trek 4. You have earned the RA Trek 4 chevron. Not only have you completed the required activities, but you have learned how to help others in Jesus name. You also explored ways you can tell the story of Jesus and make a difference in your community and around the world. RA Identity Question/ Thought 9 (Name) My Praying Question/ Thought 10 completed RA Trek 4 on (Date) and did an excellent job of praying, doing, giving, studying the Bible, working at your church, and sharing God s love with others. My Doing and Telling 11 RA Signature My Missions Learning 12 RA Leader Signature My Giving 13 My Faith 14 Trek 4 My Church 15 8 20