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THE
CODE: Seven Principles
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LEAD
courageously by doing what is right.
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ENACT
justice
on behalf of others.
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ACCEPT
responsibility for our words, decisions and actions.
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DELIVER
our best in everything we do.
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 EMBRACE
and
encourage
others
through friendship.
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RETURN
good for evil.
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SERVE
everyone with love that engenders respect.
GUIDING
MAXIM:
"Lead,
Provide, Protect,
with Love that engenders Respect
for God through Christ"
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MANCAMP
Experiential Goals:
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Memorable.
"You'll literally be talking about it for
generations"
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Transformative.
"You'll see yourself and other men more as God
intended"
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Organic
Generational Leadership. "You will be freed to
Lead in every sphere of influence at home, work, play,
everywhere, everyday"
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Community
building. "You'll experience the secret
essential tool of a leader's life and be able to organically
teach others" (This is the single most
powerful element missing from Westernized manhood.)
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Sons
of greatness. "This next generation of Sons 14+
are at a critically transitional season of life and on the
verge of greatness if Dad will lead them there." (After
MANCAMP, you won't be alone.)
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Leaders
Legacy exists as an organic network to gather, encourage and equip
men to join together in intentional commjunity building to lead the next generation
to greatness. After years of encouraging fathers and sons through
campouts, hikes and even rock climbing to talk about manhood, the
first MANCAMP manifested itself with 18 men who gathered in real life in real
time on a rugged patch of earth
called my back yard for a two fisted man feast (fall off the bone,
outdoor wood fired, pork ribs), manly activities (tomahawk throwing, tug
of war, obstacle course and others) and a friend bagpiper that
would have made William Wallace proud.
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These men gathered in
the ancient tradition as a community of men that invests themselves in
each other as apprentices with participation of the next
generation of the same. That night we welcomed one of our own apprentices into
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AMERICAN
MEN: If
we are reading this from a western, individualistic, materialistic
culture where me, now, wow and political correctness
rules, then it probably does not make sense to us why men for
thousands of years that raised great men would intentionally seek
true community with other men to raise men. Like swimming, one can
only experience what it is like being submerged in water by
getting into the pool. We provide a rare opportunity whereby
we can get submerged in community building to experience what God
has always intended for his men and purposes for manhood. 
This year's theme is Knighthood. Dads and Sons will gather in the
spectacular mountains of Tallulah Gorge State Park, in the
highlands region of North East Georgia,
where majestic 1,000 foot river walls stand silent like an army
watching waterfalls dance below.
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There we
will share our lives as a community guild to experience genuine
manhood, hear messages of
encouragement and make unforgettable memories together. Our
bonding will conclude at a new annual local outdoor event where our group
together will follow the footsteps of
thousands who have gone before to navigate an extreme 3-mile
obstacle course. |
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In doing so, may we be reminded to continue to follow the ancient
tradition at home of men organically gathering together to raise
sons of greatness who lead others through adversity in real life in real time."
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Rick |
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