Subject: The Sergeants Club | September 2022


September 21, 2022

 

Hello,


2022 marches on, and we are winding down towards the end of the ALERT calendar for the year. We have Unit 67's Advancement on November 11 and Unit 66's Graduation a week later on November 18. We'd love to see you here for either or both of those events; if you are interested in attending either one let me know and I can help take care of registration and housing logistics.


This fall, Major Jesse Boulden will hit his one-year anniversary as director of the ALERT program. In my conversations with him lately, we've discussed some of the challenges of working at an organization like ALERT where everyone is there to support the ministry, and everyone also lives where they work. Those circumstances bring a unique set of challenges and conflicts into the workplace. People are not just working for a salary, they are giving up time and effort and emotional capital to support a ministry. That emotional involvement includes not just the people on payroll, but their spouses and families as well. Further, everyone on campus subconsciously projects their personal priorities, passions, and standards onto the ALERT program, which may or may not match the direction the leadership is trying to go. Each of these variables increases the complexity of leading an organization like ALERT. Please pray for Major Boulden as he tries to navigate an emotionally complex leadership landscape as he sets ALERT's direction for the next year/years to come.

Three other matters for prayer:

  • Please pray for the cadre and men of Unit 67. This Unit has an unusually high number of men bringing additional challenges into Basic Training: difficult home situations, broken families, personality/learning difficulties, etc. Pray for the cadre as they work to disciple the men, and pray for each of the guys that they wouldn't use their background, label, or diagnosis as a crutch, but rather look to Christ and rely on His strength. The Unit completed their Micro Hike yesterday, and their 3-Hour hike is Friday. Also, you can access this Unit's Prayer Calendar at this link.

  • Speaking of Basic Training, we are still in need of a Commanding Officer for Basic Training so Major Boulden can focus on leading ALERT as a program and stop splitting his time between both ALERT administration and Basic Training.

  • Finally, please continue to pray for our instructor situation; we can't run 3rd Phase training options without instructors, but some of our courses require very specific instructor qualifications that make filling them complicated. Pray for wisdom as we look for a sustainable way to fill instructor rolls, and pray that God would bring us the right men for the positions.

Thank you all for your support for ALERT and your partnership in the Gospel. As always, let me know if there is any way that I can pray for you.

 

Posteritatis commodis servientes,

2nd Lieutenant Samuel Winkler | Unit 42

ALERT Public and Alumni Relations

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