Shawnee Trail Chapter FCF

Questions about content on this page should be directed to Frank "Jawbone" Super.

Upcoming Events

October 18-20

FCF Family Camp "Say to This Mountain - Move!"   (Matthew 17:20).  Follow the online system in order to complete your registration process. Don’t delay. The background check process must be completed by the district before an adult (18 and older) can remain at camp. Come and enjoy the fellowship and fun of the Family Days Camp. For immediate questions, please reach out to a FCF Staff Member.
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Family Camp Online Registration

Family Camp Information Packet

FCF Scout/Asst. Scout Testing at Winter Camp (Nov 8-10)

Shawnee Trail:
As we all have discussed during the year, the time is now here to get ready for scout testing - to be completed during Winter Camp. We need a chapter scout and an assistant, so please work with your young bucks to get them ready.

Remember that every time one of us volunteers to progress in FCF - when we say yes to God - we agree to give God time to work on us spiritually, mentally, physically and emotionally. I encourage all of us to continue to give God permission to work in our lives. Challenge your boys and yourselves as you ready them for scout testing.
Details will follow re: when and where testing will be done during the camp. Download Scout Application and get it submitted today.

Please do not hesitate to call me with questions or concerns.

Until then, I pray for God to bless you and your families as we surrender our lives to Him.

In Christ’s love,
Frank “Jawbone” Super

Scout Testing - More information coming soon but this will be held at Winter Camp.

Pow Wow 2024 Adventure Results

On April 26/27, during Pow Wow, the Shawnee Trail conducted a Frontier Adventure at Lakeview Camp. Six new members successfully completed the challenge set before them and made it through the suffering of “lean times”. All the candidates travelled back through time to pioneer days and finally earned enough pay to secure their entrance into the Shawnee Trail Fur Company. The new members are the following: Young Bucks: Jon Alvera, Michael Schmude, Gabriel Schmude, Noah Afuhaamango, Ryan Snow and Old Timer Pastor Brian Williams.

Please offer a salute of congratulations to these six brave souls who voluntarily stepped forward to be a “Torch Bearer” for Christ by joining the Shawnee Trail Chapter of Frontiersman Camping Fellowship (FCF).

If anyone reading this is interested in taking the necessary steps to join FCF, check out the requirements listed below. I guarantee you that you will grow closer to God and enjoy the experience when you volunteer to join the Shawnee Trail.

Calling All Young Bucks

Get your skills sharpened and become the next Shawnee Trail Chapter Scout. Scout testing will be conducted at Winter Camp this November. Find the application in the FCF section of this website, fill it out, and then submit it to Jawbone by October 31. All of the testing criteria are located in the Scout Workbook, also contained in the FCF section of this website. 

The Shawnee Trail Chapter Scout and the Assistant Scout are part of the Chapter staff. The primary role of the Chapter Scout is to be a liaison between the chapter Old Timers and the Young Bucks. I encourage all young bucks who are interested in serving others through Christian ministry to make application for this important position. I guarantee to every Young Buck who applies and then goes through testing a challenging and rewarding experience!! 

I applaud all who apply.

In Christ’s love and service,  Jawbone

Recent Event Highlights

The 2024 Shawnee Trail Brush Poppin’ Trace Camp took place February 23-25 out at the old campground in Lakeview. Many Old Timers and Young Bucks gathered from around the territory to enjoy fellowship, competition and to grow closer to their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The theme of this year’s camp was “Walk on the water”, based on Matthew 14:22-34.

Pastor Mike “Running Turtle” Eddy delivered messages from God’s word during powerful evening services around the blazing fire. Brother Ken “Coal” Harris played his banjo and led everyone in old time music that touched all. Altar times were powerful - all were filled with the Holy Spirit.

As usual, competition in black powder shooting, knife and hawk throwing, archery and flint and steel fire making took place. The Young Buck and Old Timer winners were the following:

1. Black Powder Shooting
   YB - Anthony "Buck" Gell
   OT - Kevin "Firedog" Gell

2. Tomahawk
   YB - Anthony "Buck" Gell
   OT - Rodney "Bow Breaker" Briggs

3. Knife
   YB - Anthony "Buck" Gell
   OT - Frank "Jawbone" Super

4. Archery
   YB - Nick Crafton
   OT - Glenn Hershberger

5. Flint & Steel
   YB - Anthony "Buck" Gell
   OT - Glenn Hershberger

Why Join the Shawnee Trail FCF Chapter?

Frontiersmen Camping Fellowship (FCF) is a service oriented group within the Royal Rangers ministry. The FCF motto is, “To give and to serve.” In order to highlight the FCF ministry, members dress and camp in pre-1840s attire and use pre-1840s equipment. Some of the FCF activities include tomahawk and knife throwing, black powder rifle shooting and starting fires with flint and steel. However, the primary purpose of FCF is to promote the Royal Rangers program in general and to support the local outposts and district. 

There are so many benefits to each person who joins the FCF ministry. We all need a challenge to grow our relationship with Jesus Christ. Engaging in service through FCF is a phenomenal opportunity to cause Christian growth for both leaders and young men. 

If you are a leader in a local outpost and feel like you are being called into the FCF, then check out the eligibility requirements (see below), complete the requirements, and then put in your application to join during the next Frontier Adventure. 

If you have young men who need that extra challenge of the FCF ministry, then get them ready to join by helping them to complete the eligibility requirements and then submit their applications to join during the next Frontier Adventure.

For those who feel the call to join and then answer the call by completing the Frontier Adventure, they will be changed forever in their walk with Jesus Christ. There is so much to enjoy as all of us within FCF work together to enhance the Royal Rangers ministry.

Accept the challenge and get started now.
 
One of the best ways to keep up with the Shawnee Trail is the FCF Facebook Page. This allows the staff to post information and answer questions for North Texas leader and boys.
 

Applications / Forms

• Frontiersmen Application (want to join FCF, you and your sponsor need to complete this form)
• Frontiersmen Workbook
• Buckskin Application
• Buckskin Workbook
• Wilderness Application
• Wilderness Workbook
• Free Trappers Brigade Application
• Scout Application
• Scout Handbook
• FCF Mentors Guide (document to help you as you mentor boys/men into FCF)
• FCF Outstanding Service Award
• FCF District/Chapter Membership Transfer
• Flame of Honor Application -- policies and procedures

How to Join FCF

If anyone is interested in joining the Shawnee Trail Chapter of FCF, first determine eligibility:

Boys

1. Be at least 11 years old and a graduate of the 5th gradeBe an active member of your local chartered outpost
2. Complete all requirements for the following skill merits: Camping and First Aid Skills (or First Aid/CPR)

Men

1. Be at least 18 years old
2. Be an active member of a chartered outpost
3. Earn the READY and SAFETY levels of the Outpost Leader Advancement Level (OLAL) of training

Boys and Men

1. After or upon attaining eligibility, each candidate needs to get a sponsor/mentor. The sponsor/mentor then fills out the FCF membership application and emails it to Frank Super (frankbisme80@yahoo.com) or mail to 7024 Valhalla Road, Fort Worth, TX 76116
2. Complete the Frontiersmen Workbook
3. Frontier Adventures will be offered three times a year during the following events: 1) Pow Wow; 2) summer JLDA and 3) Winter Camp. In order for the Frontier Adventure to take place, at least three applications must be received by April 1 for Pow Wow; May 15 for summer JLDA; and October 5 for Winter Camp
4. Each candidate will then participate in the Frontier Adventure. Upon successful completion of the Frontier Adventure the candidate will be accepted into the Shawnee Trail Chapter of North Texas FCF
5. All of the required document links are contained below

Sponsor/Mentor

1. 
   A sponsor/mentor guideline document is very helpful for those who find themselves in this role. Download Mentor/Sponsor guide.

Advancement to Buckskin

Boys

1. Earn the Knife and Hawk Merit
2. Earn one of the following skills merits (Animal Husbandry, Basketry, Blacksmith, Carpentry, Dutch Oven Cooking, Hide Tanning, Leather Craft, Masonry, Metalwork, Pottery, Woodwork, or any Arrowhead merit)
3. Earn Adventure Bronze Award or Expedition Rangers E1 Award

Men

1. Earn the TRAINED level of the Outpost Leader Advancement Level (OLAL) of training
2. Sponsor one boy into FCF

Boys and Men

1. After or upon attaining eligibility, each candidate needs to get a sponsor/mentor.  The sponsor/mentor then fills out the Buckskin application and emails it to Frank Super (frankbisme80@yahoo.com) or mail to 7024 Valhalla Road, Fort Worth, TX 76116
2. Complete the Buckskin Workbook
3. Be a FCF member in good standing for one year
4. Earned Company Trapper award in Trappers Brigade
5. Assist in a Frontier Adventure
6. Member in good standing in your church
7. An active member of your local chartered outpost
8. Buckskin testing will be scheduled whenever a member has completed the requirements. It will be conducted during a district event (preferable during Brush Poppin' Trace but can be conducted during other events as needed (Pow Wow, Winter Camp)

Sponsor/Mentor

1. A sponsor/mentor guideline document is very helpful for those who find themselves in this role. Download Mentor/Sponsor guide
   

Advancement to Wilderness

Boys

1. n the Wilderness Survival and the "Black Powder Safety or Archery" merits
2. Earn Adventure Silver Award or Expedition Rangers E2 Award
3. Sponsor a boy into FCF membership

Men

1. Complete the ADVANCED level of the Outpost Leader Advancement Level (OLAL) of training
2. Earn the Bourgeois Trapper award in Trappers Brigade
3. Assist in a second Frontier Adventure

Boys and Men

1. After or upon attaining eligibility, each candidate needs to get a sponsor/mentor.  The sponsor/mentor then fills out the Wilderness application and emails it to Frank Super (frankbisme80@yahoo.com) or mail to 7024 Valhalla Road, Fort Worth, TX 76116
2. Complete the Wilderness Workbook
3. Be a FCF member in good standing for one year
4. Earned Company Trapper award in Trappers Brigade
5. Assist in a Frontier Adventure
6. Member in good standing in your church
7. An active member of your local chartered outpost
8. Wilderness testing will be scheduled whenever a member has completed the requirements.

Sponsor/Mentor

1. A sponsor/mentor guideline document is very helpful for those who find themselves in this role. Download Mentor/Sponsor guide. 
   

Trappers Brigade

1. Complete the Trappers Brigade application

National FCF Website

The national FCF website contains the following:

• Applications

• Scout Information

• Outfit Judging

• Workbooks

• Junior Field Advisor

• Miscellaneous forms

If you have any FCF questions, please contact one of the FCF staff members.