Come to the New Horizons Chapter Banquet on Monday, February 6, 2012 at the Bonhomme Presbyterian Church (14820 Conway Rd, Chesterfield, MO 63017). Meals will now be available on a first-come first-serve basis for $15.00 (for those who have yet to pay)

The entertainment for that night will be SNAKES ALIVE!

To reserve your slice of cake: click here

Please like our brand new page! Click 'like' above, or visit us at facebook.com/NewHorizonsOA

Remember:

200 Facebook Likes = Cake at the Feburary Banquet
400 Facebook Likes = Cobbler at the May Meeting, and Our Secretary Cuts His Hair

The Order of the Arrow Troop Representative is one of the most important postions in the Order. It is the key way that the Chapter and Lodge are able to communicate with the troop and visa versa. The Troop Rep program benefits both the troop and the Order. The Troop Rep should be an Arrowman that will attend Chapter and Lodge OA functions. He will recive a few emails and calls from the Chapter each month and will communicate this information to the troop to promote more troop involvement in the Order. Please click here for more information.

Be sure to let the Chapter know who your Troop Order of the Arrow Representative is...

Sign-up as an Elangomat for the Spring Conclave or Fall Reunion, simply fill-out the online Elangomat Form here. Be sure to visit Chapter Headquarters upon your arrival to the Spring Conclave or Fall Reunion and to receive further instructions.

Elangomat is the Lenni Lenape word meaning friend. As an Elangomat you'll be responsible for a "clan" of candidates whom you'll work with during their Ordeal. You will spend most of the day with your clan, eating the same food, doing the same work, and setting an example of brotherhood, cheerfulness, and service, which the candidates learn through you. A brief training course given by your chapter or the lodge will tell you all you'll need to know as an Elangomat. Because of the influence you'll have in motivating the quality of your new brothers, your service as an Elangomat is one of the most important and rewarding things you can do in the lodge.

As of January 1, 2012, online Elangomat sign-up will be mandatory. A mandatory Chapter training course will be a necessary part of the program. The course will center on what is expected of you on your day as an Elangomat  and how to influence the candidates to continue in Order of the Arrow. You will be guided and taught by the Elangomat chairman, who will prep you.

The new program will also benefit the Elangomats, who will no longer have to contact their clans. The Chapter Secretary will communicate with the newly inducted via e-mail. 

Lastly, please make note of the new requirements that will govern the program. The signed Elangomat Card will have to be presented to a Chapter Officer before being signed off  on the Brotherhood card as the Elangomat requirement.  

Arrowmen of the New Horizons Chapter: Would you like to be among the first to find-out about upcoming chapter and lodge events in the Order of the Arrow? Do you like the convenience of e-mail communication? If so, then you need to sign-up with the New Horizons OA E-Newsletter. Registration is quick and easy, and you may unsubscribe at any time. Best of all, this service is free to all arrowmen! Please click here to subscribe. Thank you for your continued dedication to the Order!

Are you looking for a replacement Brothehood Card? Do you need to re-register with the Shawnee Lodge by mailing-in your yearly postcard? Were you an elangomat, but can't seem to remember where you put your Extended Elangomat program card? We have good news for you; the New Horizons Chapter has you covered! Simply click here to access our "OA Card Download Page." You can download any of the following New Horizons & Shawnee Lodge Cards:

- Brotherhood Progress Card (Brown)

- Silver Beyond Brotherhood Card

- Gold Beyond Brotherhood Card

- Extended Elangomat Program Card

- Shawnee Lodge Centennial Pocket Flap Card

- Shawnee Lodge Yearly Registration Card

- New Horizons Ceremonialist Award

To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Scouting, the Shawnee Lodge is releasing a special edition lodge pocket flap.  The pocket flaps can be obtained by completing the requirements card below and turning the card in at any lodge event.  There is a limit of two pocket flaps per person.

Click here to download the requirement card!

Would you be interested in having a New Horizons OA ceremonial team perform at your Webelos Induction / Crossover Ceremony? If so, please download the request form, found on the Ceremonial Team page. Complete the form and fax or E-mail to Mark Shapland. This is a great opportunity for an impressive, Native American-themed ceremony that you won't want to turn down!

In August, the Lodge Executive Committee (LEC) voted to make substantial changes to our Lodge’s camp promotion program. After analyzing feedback from Scoutmasters and SPLs regarding Shawnee’s camp promotion program, the LEC noticed that it is not particularly effective, as most Boy Scouts already know about, and have been to, summer camp. Yet, at the same time, the LEC also recognized a need to better promote our council’s Cub Scouts – especially in light of recent Cub Scout summer camp numbers. Thus, the LEC voted to make the following changes:

• Instead of doing Boy Scout camp promotions, all of Shawnee Lodge’s camp promotion efforts will be focused on Cub Scouts. Instead of attempting to visit every troop, the Lodge will be contacting and visiting every Cub Pack in order to give them a camp promotion on Dad and Lad, Mom and Me, Webelos Mini Camp, Webelos Camp, and Day Camps.
• All Scoutmasters will be provided with a pack of promotional materials so that they can – if they choose to – self-promote their troop. If a Scoutmaster truly desires a camp promotion from an OA member, he may contact his chapter chief to arrange a promotion. But, such Boy Scout camp promotions will only be carried out upon request.

If any arrowmen in your troop would like to participate in this new program, which satisfies a requirement for the Brotherhood Honor, please contact the New Horizons Camp Promotion Chairman, Paddy Hennessey, to arrange your presentation to a Cub Scout Pack. In addition, camp promotion packets will be distributed at future New Horizons Roundtable meetings, as well as the February Chapter Meeting.

The NEW 2009 Camp Promotion Script for Cub Scout Packs is available for download here. For more information about the new program, please visit the Shawnee Lodge Camp Promotion website.

In order to make our chapter even better for the years to come, we need your input. By completing our online survey, you can provide comments and/or suggestions on how to improve our chapter's operation. All of your comments are welcome and we appreciate your time. You may find the online survey here.

The New Horizons website is searching for pictures of various NHOA events. If you have any photographs you would like to see on the website, please contact me to get your photos online. You may send me a link to an online photo gallery, or make arrangements to e-mail them to me.

Thank you for any images you can provide.

Michael Sobelman, Webmaster