UNITED, WE LEAVE A LEGACY

WHAT IS A LEGACY?• VIDEO CLIP: MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS

• WEBSTER: SOMETHING FROM A PREDECESSOR

• THINK OF SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD INFLUENCE IN YOUR LIFE

– PARENT, PASTOR, TEACHER, SCOUTMASTER, LODGE ADVISER, LODGE OR SECTION OFFICER

– OTHERS?

WHAT IS A LEGACY?• QUESTION: DID YOUR LIFE CHANGE BECAUSE OF

THAT INFLUENCE?

• GIFT: FREELY GIVEN WITHOUT EXPECTATION OF REWARD, OTHER THAN TO SEE THE CHANGE IN YOU.

• WHAT ABOUT MR. HOLLAND?

• WHAT ABOUT E. URNER GOODMAN?

WHY LEAVE A LEGACY?• THERE MUST BE PERSONAL REASONS

• IMPORTANT

• VIDEO CLIP: ARMAGEDDON

• ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:– WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?– WHAT GIFT HAS BEEN GIVEN?– WHY ARE WE ARROWMEN?– DO WE HAVE AN “OBLIGATION?”– WHAT LEGACY ARE WE TO LIVE? TO LEAVE?– SAVE THE WORLD?– MARGARET MEAD

WHY LEAVE A LEGACY?• IS OUR WORK DONE?

• IS IT REALLY IMPORTANT?

• CAN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE? (PAY IT FORWARD)

• WHO WILL COME AFTER?

• ARE YOU WILLING TO LEAVE IT TO CHANCE?

• UNITED, WE HAVE POWER

WHY LEAVE A LEGACY?• CAN WE AGREE IT IS IMPORTANT?

• UNCONDITIONAL GIFT WE OFFER BECAUSE OF THE LEGACY LEFT TO US

• INFLUENCES OTHERS

• CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR ORDER

• CRITICAL TO THOSE WE SERVE

• CHOSEN TO SERVE

HOW CAN WE LEAVE A LEGACY?• MUST BE INTENTIONAL

• STARTS BY LIVING OUR LEGACY

• MEET THE CHALLENGE: STEP UP TO THE PLATE AS A LEADER. TAKE THE FIRST STEP.

• SET THE EXAMPLE: COLONEL DOOLITTLE

HOW CAN WE LEAVE A LEGACY?• GET INVOLVED, DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING!

• “HELP OTHER PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES” “UNSELFISH IN SERVICE AND DEVOTION TO THE WELFARE OF OTHERS.” WORDS?

• REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WHEN OUR ORDER WAS UNITED IN DEED: ARROWCORPS 5 AND THE SUMMIT

• JUST THINK: WHAT IF WE ARE UNITED IN PURPOSE AS WE LEAVE THIS PLACE AND UNDERTAKE TO LIVE OUT OUR OBLIGATION, BOUND TOGETHER BY LOVE?

• LIVE IT, DON’T JUST SAY IT

WHAT WILL YOUR (OUR) LEGACY BE? • HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE TODAY?

• HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW POWERFUL YOU ARE? WE ARE?

• WHAT IMPACT WILL YOU HAVE ON OTHERS?

• HOW WILL YOU MAKE YOUR SERVICE AN EXAMPLE?

• HOW WILL YOU LIVE THE LEGACY WE ALREADY SHARE, UNITED?

• WILL WE INSPIRE OTHERS TO SERVE?

• ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY IT FORWARD?

WHAT WILL YOUR (OUR) LEGACY BE?• ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

– WHO HAS LEFT A LEGACY FOR US?– WHAT SACRIFICES HAVE BEEN MADE FOR US?– WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED OF US?– THE PRINCIPLES OF OUR ORDER HAVE BEEN PASSED FROM

GENERATION TO GENERATION: WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO SHAPE IT, TO MAKE IT OURS?

– WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF EACH OF US TAKES ACTION, UNITED IN PURPOSE AS WE LEAVE THIS PLACE?

– HOW POWERFUL CAN THAT BE?

WHAT WILL YOUR (OUR) LEGACY BE?• VIDEO CLIP: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

• WORDS “EARN THIS” CAN HAUNT US

• SOMEONE CAME BEFORE EACH OF US

• HAVE YOU PURPOSEFULLY SET OUT TO LIVE THE LEGACY, TO LIVE THE OBLIGATION, TO LEAVE A LEGACY?

WHAT WILL YOUR (OUR) LEGACY BE?• HAVE YOU MADE THE SACRIFICES THAT BEING A

SERVANT LEADER REQUIRES?

• CAN WE STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

• ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE MEETING ON THE CROSS COVERED FIELD IN NORMANDY?

• IS YOUR LEGACY COMPLETE, IS OURS TOGETHER?

• WHAT WILL IT BE?

CLOSING• THOSE WHO CHOSE YOU NEED YOU, ALL OF YOU.

UNITED.

• YOUR FELLOW MAN NEEDS YOU, UNITED IN PURPOSE TO SERVE

• THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF YOUR COMMUNITY, OUR NATION. THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF YOUR TROOP, YOUR LODGE, OUR ORDER.

• THINK ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION: WHO WILL COME AFTER?

CLOSING• AS WE LEAVE THIS PLACE:

– BE UNITED IN PURPOSE

– LIVE THE OBLIGATION

– SERVE BECAUSE YOU LOVE

– BATMAN BEGINS

– YODA

– “EARN THIS”

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