Greetings Wearers of the Arrow,
As 2024 comes to an end so do your 2024 OA Dues.
In order to remain active in the Order of the Arrow and receive communications from the Mowogo Lodge, it is necessary to pay your 2025 Dues.
OA dues are $16.00 per year and can be paid on the Mowogo Web Site at mowogo.org. Pay Here
Thank you for your continued support of Scouting and the Order of the Arrow.
Yours in Brotherhood,
Larry Moore
Mowogo Lodge Admin Team
registration@mowogo.org
Brothers,
Section E6 Indian Winter is approaching! Be sure to sign up here or at sectione6.oa-bsa.org!
Indian Winter is a Section event in which Arrowmen from 11 lodges all across Georgia and Alabama will participate. You will have the opportunity to network and meet with all of these Scouters! At Indian Winter, get ready for a weekend of Fellowship, fun, training, and Indian affairs! Indian Winter was the event that triggered a love of Indian affairs for several Arrowmen in our lodge and you will be in for a truly unique experience. Additionally, several trainings will be held in the morning which vary from bettering your leadership skills to learning beading.
Other activities that Arrowmen are usually excited about include patch trading and exploring a scout camp you typically won't camp at.
In addition to all these activities, there will be a plethora of new activities including Quest Events 101, and a release party for a new Section music video!
Attached below is a letter written by your Section Vice Chief Lindsey Mercer who will be leading Indian Winter!
I look forward to seeing you there!
Yours in Enthusiasm,
Tamas L. Phillips | Vice Chief of Communications
Order of the Arrow, Mowogo Lodge
Email | lodge.vcc@mowogo.org
Some of you who have been attempting to register for an event in the last several weeks may have run into a captcha error when trying to process your registration.
Captcha is an anti spam test to keep automated internet software from spamming our website. Because we present all of our forms out in the open with no password protection, we must use some type of anti spam protection to keep things running smoothly.
The captcha failure encountered occured during group registration only, and is due to a bug in our registration software. We have been in contact with the developers and have installed a workaround that uses a different type of user verification which requires entering some letters and numbers. This is a bit more tedius than the invisible or check mark form of captcha, but it has us back up and supporting group registration again. This new verification method is now used on both individual and group forms.
Once the registration software has been updated with a fix, we will move back to a less cumbersome verification method.
In the mean time, sorry for any inconvenience.
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Mowogo Website Team
Vigil Honor nominations are open and may be submitted through December 10th.
The following link will direct you to the nominations page where you can access the youth and adult eligibility lists, as well as the nomination form.
Please also consider the message below from the National Order of the Arrow website.
Alertness to the needs of others is the mark of the Vigil Honor. It calls for an individual with an unusual awareness of the possibilities within each situation.
The Vigil Honor is the highest honor that the Order of the Arrow can bestow upon its members for service to lodge, council, and Scouting. Membership cannot be won by a person's conscious endeavors.
The Vigil Honor is a high mark of distinction and recognition reserved for those Arrowmen who, by reason of exceptional service, personal effort, and unselfish interest, have made distinguished contributions beyond the immediate responsibilities of their position of office to one or more of the following:
Under no circumstances should tenure in Scouting or the Order of the Arrow be considered as reason enough for a Vigil Honor recommendation.
Any member of the Order of the Arrow registered in Scouting and in good standing in a regularly chartered lodge is eligible for recommendation to the National Order of the Arrow Committee for elevation to the Vigil Honor provided that, at the time of the recommendation, the individual has been a Brotherhood member for a minimum of two years.
In Cheerful Service,
Britt Bramblett
Hello Mowogo Lodge!
Next week at Scoutland, we will be holding an Elangomat Training!
The training will last from 9:30 A.M until roughly 12:30 P.M. There is no cost for the training but please also bring a water bottle, work gloves, work clothes, a notebook and pen, a raincoat, and your lunch. It will take place at the Pioneering Shelter of Scoutland on November 9th.
One of the most important pieces of our Ordeal weekends is the Elangomats. This is such a necessary role that has the potential to make or break the experience of the candidates. The role of the Elangomat is simple - be a friend to the candidates. You serve with them throughout the day, staying silent, and eating little. It is an opportunity for you as an Arrowman to lead by example and demonstrate the cheerful service of our brotherhood.
This is the only training before Fall Fellowship so please make sure to sign up!
The link to register will be on the Mowogo website - Registration Link
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to reach out to me at lodge.vcm@mowogo.org.
Yours in Brotherhood,
Sankalp Yeleti | 2024 Mowogo Lodge VCM
Order of the Arrow
OA Eastern Region
OA Section E6
Boy Scouts of America
Northeast Georgia Council, BSA