Mowogo Lodge - Spring Fellowship 2024, March 15th-17th
Brothers,
As March approaches, our Ordeal Season is about to begin, starting with Spring Fellowship. Spring Fellowship is taking place on March 15th-17th and is arguably the most important event our lodge hosts. It is one of our three Ordeal Weekends, and out of the three, has the most attendance.
Even as an ordeal weekend, Spring Fellowship isn’t all work! There will be awesome games and fellowship that will go on during the day. Each Chapter will bring different games and activities for us to take part in and enjoy. At the games and fellowship, you will have the ability to meet many new people and friends from across the council. Throughout the day there will be patch trading, and even a silent auction to take part. In the evening a campfire will be held with fun skits, songs, and activities from every chapter. Following all this will be a cracker barrel with some of the best desserts, snacks, and time to spend with friends. Ending off the night will be a patch auction which will certainly hold rare patches!
For the Ordeal Arrowmen, there will also be an opportunity to achieve Brotherhood that Friday night.
Even with all the fun and awesome activities, Spring Fellowship is still a service-based weekend dedicated to supporting the wonderful Camp Rainey Mountain and ensuring the camp is in proper condition. Since it is an ordeal weekend there will be several new candidates and we will need many helpers to ensure these candidates have an experience to remember.
Some roles you can have at Scoutland include serving as an Elangomat to help lead the new candidates. This allows you to meet new friends and learn valuable skills in managing service projects. The next date to get Elangomat trained will be at Scoutland, on March 9th. You can also serve on the Indian Affairs team as a ceremonialist or as an Indian Engineer which overlooks the ceremonies. These help teach you public speaking skills and what logistics would be needed for events. Some smaller roles you can hold include working in the dining hall and Trading post, as well as helping out with registration which are very important parts of the weekend.
Spring Fellowship is on March 15th-17th, you can sign up for this great weekend of fellowship and service at Mowogo.org
I look forward to both playing games, and serving with everyone at Spring Fellowship!
Yours in Enthusiasm,
Tamas L. Phillips | Vice Chief of Communications
Order of the Arrow, Mowogo Lodge
The National Order of the Arrow Conference is the largest national Order of the Arrow event. It is held every two years with as many as 6,000 Arrowmen from across the country. It is the second largest event following the BSA National Jamboree.