The Ceremony Support Team is a highly skilled and specialized group who are in charge of the ceremonial grounds and props. They set up all pyrotechnics and props, prepare the grounds and trails, and act as fire builders, fire tenders, and stage hands, as necessary.

How do you recognize a Ceremony Support Team member?

Look for those who wear the olive green vest.   You may have to go deep in the woods to find them but they are there, preparing the grounds for those who follow.  If you find one wearing a vest that has the Machkachten Amangachpoques (Fire Rat) patch on the back of their vest then they have earned the Ceremony Support Team Service Award.  To become a member and to find out how you can earn the Service Award, click on the links on the left.

New Service Award Patch!!

The first 50 service award patches that we purchased in 2004 have all been issued to Fire Rats.  New patches have been ordered and were first available at the 2006 Fall Fellowship.  The new patches incorporates a minor change with the removal of the "459" from the patch.  If you have earned one or more of the service awards and you want to order them you can come to the next event and talk to the Fire Rat chairman to purchase one.   All requests of course will be checked against the Service Database for eligibility. 

Hey everyone,

I know it has been a while since the last time I sent out an E-mail and I apologize for this.

This is a last minute reminder for the Annual Banquet at Belk Scout Camp on December 7th. It would be great to see as many of ya'll there as possible. I hear that there will be many new forms of entertainment and also some pretty good door prizes.

On another note I would like to have a Team meeting at some point during the month of January. Right now I am thinking about either Thursday the 13th or Thursday the 20th. Please let me know which one of these dates will work best, and I will try to select the day with the least number of conflicts. As for a meeting spot I was thinking about meeting at a Ci-Ci's pizza place. I am not sure of an exact location but I will try to find one that is relatively close to the majority of the Team, if you know of any good locations please let me know. This meeting will be good for the team because it will give us a chance to get together and look at the up com year of events.

If anyone has any comments or concerns please let me know. Again I hope to see everyone at the Annual Banquet.

TJ WARD   (11/27/2007)

Revised: November 28, 2007