Subject: The Sergeants Club | December 2023
The Sergeants Club | December 2023
December 27th, 2023 at 10:18 am CSTMerry Christmas and Happy New Year! As we close out 2023 and look ahead to 2024, I have been thinking about all the changes and transitions that the ALERT staff has recently gone through, and also will go through next year. This past year we had a ma ...
Help forge men
December 20th, 2023 at 3:00 pm CSTHello, From its inception almost 30 years ago, the ALERT program has always sought to disciple young men and help them find their place in this world. Let's face it, in a world of counterfeit and confusing messages from Hollywood, social media, and o ...
ALERT Update | December 19, 2023
December 19th, 2023 at 2:00 pm CSTDecember 19, 2023 As we wrap up the year and prepare to celebrate Christmas, I wanted to share a Christmas devotional I read: And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in s ...
ALERT Update | December 12, 2023
December 12th, 2023 at 2:00 pm CSTDecember 12, 2024 We are really excited about the 30 year reunion taking place February 8-11, 2024 here in Big Sandy. We’ve already got a bunch of guys who have registered, and are working on finalizing the schedule of events. Highlights include a ...
ALERT Alumni Update | December 2023
December 11th, 2023 at 5:59 pm CSTDecember 11, 2023 Dear Alumni, During these final weeks of the year, the ALERT staff and I take a couple of days to sit down and hold end of year meetings. We spend time looking back on where we have been and where we are going. All it takes is a ...
ALERT Update | December 5, 2023
December 5th, 2023 at 6:47 pm CSTDecember 5, 2023 As we start into the season of Advent and look towards Christmas, I want to keep the end of the Christmas story in mind: the Gospel. One of my favorite Christmas songs, How Low Was Our Redeemer Brought, beautifully captures both the ...
The Sergeants Club | November 2023
November 30th, 2023 at 7:04 pm CSTHello, First of all, I apologize if you got a duplicate email. I sent the email from the wrong address on accident. We have one month left, and then we are on to 2024. In that month we have to finish out 2023, do all our end of year meetings, plan f ...
ALERT Alumni Update | November 2023
November 29th, 2023 at 2:55 pm CSTNovember 28, 2023 Dear Alumni, ALERT's 2023 training year is complete! The days are long, and the weeks are short here at the Academy, and my team and I are looking forward to the winter furlough for sure. After putting 76 men through Basic Traini ...
ALERT Update | November 28, 2023
November 28th, 2023 at 4:00 pm CSTNovember 28, 2023 Young men today are in a crisis. For example, in the 53 largest developed nations, boys fall behind girls in almost every academic subject, especially reading and writing. Boys are far more likely to drop out of both high school and ...
Do you know someone who needs ALERT?
November 24th, 2023 at 2:32 pm CSTHello, As I look around the world that we live in today, a world full of broken families, substance abuse and addiction, wars in Europe and the Middle East, and a society retreating into social media, smartphones, and digital isolation, I am continua ...