Centennial Gathering of Arrowmen 2015 Section NE-1 Conclave

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1 Order of the Arrow Madockawanda Lodge 271 Vol. 23, Issue 1 May June 2015 Ingredients in This Soup Brotherhood Info From the Chief Arrowmen Service Award---3 Hinds Dues Forms Centennial Gathering of Arrowmen 2015 Section NE-1 Conclave Shane Marshall, Abnaki facebook.com/madockawanda twitter.com/madockawanda PINE TREE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 146 Plains Rd Raymond, ME (207) Conclave is a gathering of Arrowmen from all twelve lodges that make up Section NE-1 ranging from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and even parts of Connecticut. Regular activities will include but are not limited to: foot ball, dodge ball, patch trading, pie eating, OA jeopardy, and ultimate frisbee. The theme for the 2015 Section NE-1 Conclave will be The Spirit Lives On. This conclave will be hosted by the Abnaki Lodge and held at Yawgoog Scout Reservation in Rockville, Rhode Island. The cost to attend will be $35 per participant. Carpooling will be available to Arrowmen who need a ride to the event. Space in the lodge s contingent will be limited. All Arrowmen wishing to attend should register ASAP. Registration forms and more information can be found on the lodge website. Brotherhood Information Page 2 Hinds Page Due Forms Page 5

2 2015 Brotherhood Conversions Dates: May Hinds June Bomazeen July Hinds July Hinds July Bomazeen July Hinds July Hinds August Hinds August Hinds September Bomazeen Please note that: All conversions during July and August will be done in conjunction with OA Service Hour. The first, second, and final conversion will be conducted during and the Ordeal weekends. There will be no conversion offered at the LLD weekend this year. If your troop attends an out of council camp, you can attend their lodge s service hour, however you can not do your brotherhood through them.. 5 Our lodge s ceremonies team will be performing the new Brotherhood ceremony for the first time at the conversion on May 30 This new ceremony is also known as The Tale of Uncas The Journey to Brotherhood 2015 Brotherhood Conversions Dennis Namin, K-Valley Are you eligible for Brotherhood this year? Are you going to camp this summer? Has it been at least 10 months since your induction into the Ordeal membership in our lodge? If so, you may now seal your membership in the order through the Brotherhood ceremony if you have continued faithfully to serve your fellow Scouts and have completed the following requirements: Completed 10 months of unit service as an Ordeal member Maintained your registered membership in Scouting Maintained your registered membership in the Order of the Arrow Memorized the obligation, the Order of the Arrow official song, the admonition, the sign of Ordeal membership, the arrow handclasp Gained a thorough understanding of the Ordeal through which you have passed It is important, not only that you meet the above requirements, but that you feel you are prepared for the Brotherhood. Write a letter to the lodge secretary expressing how you have continued to follow the OA obligation since your induction as an Ordeal member. Bring this letter with you to camp. You will also need to bring the Brotherhood fee of $20, which covers your brand new sash and a restricted lodge flap. If you haven t paid your dues yet for 2015, you can bring that too: $10. (See form on page 5) For more information about the Brotherhood, please visit /brotherhood The first conversion of the year will be at Camp Hinds, during the Ordeal weekend, May Page 2

3 Get a Patch for your Sash Arrowmen Service Award Shane Marshall, Abnaki To help promote the centennial anniversary, national has launched the Arrowmen Service Award program. Through working toward this award, Arrowmen will complete goals based around personal growth, scout service, and fellowship. After all the requirements are met, they will receive a special patch that can officially be worn on the sash. For requirement cards and more information, please visit: /arrowmenserviceaward From the Chief Hello my fellow Arrowmen, Welcome to the year I am super excited for this year. This year will be the year of the century This year we celebrate the Order s 100th anniversary and the biggest NOAC ever By attending the 2015 Section Conclave, you automatically complete a requirement for the Arrowmen Service Award Only two other patches have allowed to be worn on the OA Sash. Those patches being, the 50th and 60th Anniversary Awards. Arrowtour will be at Camp Hinds on July 16th and I am more excited than ever Section Officers will be coming to our camp to help promote the centennial anniversary Ordeals and Arrowtour and NOAC, OH MY Ordeals are coming up and we are looking for your help Think back to the first night, when you were standing by the fire with the four principles and your fellow bothers. I ask that you give back and attend another Ordeal. I promise you that food will be in greater quantities then before. 50th Anniversary Award 1965 We are going to be very busy this year and I am happy to say its gong to be filled with fun, adventure, excitement, fellowship, and service. We are a brotherhood and I look forward to meeting with all of you while in my paths in service this year. Yours in the Brotherhood Jonathan Goulet 2015 Lodge Chief 60th Bicentennial Award 1975 Page 3

4 By attending Arrowtour, you automatically complete a requirement for the Arrowmen Service Award. _ Oh, Lodge Mascot _ Are You on Board Arrowtour at Camp William Hinds Arrowtour will be heading to Camp William Hinds on July 16, The tour will offer fun activities, interactive exhibits, and free giveaways The purpose of Arrowtour is to help provide Arrowmen across the nation with a chance to participate in the centennial celebration. All youth and adult Arrowmen in Madockawanda Lodge are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity. Arrowmen from Pamola Lodge will also be invited to participate in Arrowtour at Hinds, due to no tour being scheduled to run in their geographical area. More information to be released online soon Service Above Self Don t forget to pick up your limited edition centennial items, available for this year only Items can be purchased only through the lodge store 2015 Lodge Store Dates: May 30th, Ordeal 5 June 20th, Ordeal September 19th, Ordeal October 23rd LLD December Banquet Elangomating _ Alex Couillard, Chapter Chief _ It is a Saturday morning, too early for most Vigils. You and a dozen sashless, tired faces are attempting to construct a fire to hard boil an average egg. People are quiet, annoyingly silent. The crack of what you want to be a fire is all you can hear. But as you lead them, those scouts co-operate to a point where the challenges before them become manageable. You, and your brothers build that fire. After a time, those eggs become browned in the bubbling water. It s time; your Ordeals start eating their incubated ovals of tastelessness. As you rip apart the chalky shell of your egg it feels incredibly like rubber. You just slept in the pouring rain and it s way too early in the morning. You bite into the egg, and what you thought was a solid mass of silly putty becomes a bright yellow soup. That s Scouting as it was meant to be, as an Elangomat. Elangomating is an amazing weekend of challenging service that you spend leading Scouts who are in Scouting for these challenges. Facing the challenges you have gone through before. The experience gets better and is more rewarding as you become the professional Elangomat. Some upcoming opportunities to be a leader and Elangomat are May at Camp Hinds, and June at Camp Bomazeen. ANYONE can be an Elangomat. If you are interested in this great experience, AbnakiOA@gmail.com for more information on the most rewarding weekend you will ever have as a scout. Page 4

5 Have You Paid Your 2015 Dues? Continue being an active member in the lodge by paying your annual dues It s one of the single most important things you can do as a member of the Lodge pay your dues annually Not only does paying your dues keep you as an active member, it grants you the ability to wear the Lodge flap and OA sash with pride (non active members are not entitled to wear the flap or sash), receive issues of the Turtle Soup, help finance Lodge service projects, Chapter activities and much, much more Use one of the dues coupons below for yourself, and cut out the other for a Scout or Scouter in your Troop or District 2015 MEMBERSHIP DUES Madockawanda Lodge 271 Send your 2015 dues payment (made payable to Pine Tree Council) to: OA Dues, c/o Lodge Treasurer, Pine Tree Council, BSA 146 Plains Road, Raymond, ME Cut out the coupon to the right and mail it with your 2015 dues payment to Pine Tree Council. (Please Print Clearly) 2015 Membership cards can be picked up at your chapter meeting. Phone: Chapter: Name: Address: City: State: Zip: DOB: Troop/Unit#: Verify Additional coupons can be found on the Lodge website: Unit information must be furnished. You must be currently registered in Scouting, to be a member of the Order of the Arrow. I am a(n) (circle one): Ordeal Brotherhood Vigil Indicate amount paid: $10:00 I would like contribute to the Lodge Service Projects Fund: Indicate amount donated: $5.00 $50.00 Other: $ WE NEED YOU Why is so much emphasis placed on paying dues each year? TOTAL PAYEMENT ENCLOSED $ 2015 MEMBERSHIP DUES Madockawanda Lodge 271 Send your 2015 dues payment (made payable to Pine Tree Council) to: OA Dues, c/o Lodge Treasurer, Pine Tree Council, BSA 146 Plains Road, Raymond, ME Cut out the coupon to the right and mail it with your 2015 dues payment to Pine Tree Council. (Please Print Clearly) 2015 Membership cards can be picked up at your chapter meeting. Phone: Chapter: Name: Address: City: State: Zip: DOB: Troop/Unit#: Verify Additional coupons can be found on the Lodge website: Unit information must be furnished. You must be currently registered in Scouting, to be a member of the Order of the Arrow. I am a(n) (circle one): Ordeal Brotherhood Vigil Indicate amount paid: $10:00 I would like contribute to the Lodge Service Projects Fund: Indicate amount donated: $5.00 $50.00 Other: $ Dues are important because the revenue from dues accounts for MOST of the Lodge income each year. The income from other events goes right back into the event itself. Your dues pays for your fee to national, your mailing of Turtle Soup, event publications and registrations, as well as helping fund Lodge service projects and some chapter activities. Without dues revenue the Lodge wouldn t function, it couldn t pay for its operations costs. We encourage all members to pay their dues annually, without them we would not have such a great Lodge as we do today TOTAL PAYEMENT ENCLOSED $ Page 5

6 Madockawanda Lodge Order of the Arrow Pine P Tree Council Boy Scouts of America 146 Plains Rd Raymond, ME (207) DATED MATERIAL, DO NOT DELAY Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 805 Portland, ME Vol. 23 Issue TURTLE SOUP P Have you paid your 2015 Lodge Dues? If you have not yet paid your 2015 dues, they are now overdue Please be sure to send in your dues with the coupon inside Get your updated Lodge information at our website: www. Hinds Information inside Lodge Leadership Lodge Calendar Chief Jonthan Goulet jonathan.goulet13@yahoo.com Vice Chief Steven Lord stevenmlord123@yahoo.com Secretary James Loft jrbullfrog01@yahoo.com Treasurer Andrew Aquilo luigihack64@yahoo.com Adviser Paul Conley pjc142@me.com May Ordeal, Camp Hinds May 31 LEC Meeting, Camp Hinds June 5-7 Conclave, Yawgoog Scout Reservation June Ordeal, Camp Bomazeen June Vigil Tap Out, Camp Bomazeen July 9 Service Hour, Camp Hinds July 16 ArrowTour, Camp Hinds /calendar