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Segmented Jacket Patch
Ordered originally on 5/7/93. The seven sections of the patch take a minimum of three years to earn.
The segments and quantities and dates ordered are:
5/93 12/93 8/94 6/95 Total
Center (Service Weekend) 500 500
Induction (Ordeal, BH, Vigil) 1000 200 400 1600
Fall Fellowship 200 200 150 550
Winter Banquet 200 100 150 450
Service Above Self (Bottom) 200 100 150 450
Many Fires One Great Light (Scroll) 250 250
Rope (Knot) 250 250
A few Fall Fellowship segments have been found that are “backwards”. All the lettering is backwards; otherwise they look fine. It almost appears that the back was put on the wrong side of the patch.
Agaming Lodge Segmented Service Patch History
Robert Pettitt – Lodge Adviser 1994-1995
Written 6/15/94 – Revised 1/23/95, 11/2/95
During preparations for the 1992 National Order of the Arrow Conference, the idea for a service patch for Agaming Lodge was formulated. Several ideas were discussed but the idea that was adopted was a service patch based on the very recognizable first class badge of rank outline. The patch is divided into seven segments; each segment is earned by participating in specific or multiple lodge activities.
Very careful records are kept regarding which individual has received each segment and when it was earned. Each segment is only given once. When presented, the segments are a gift from the lodge to the recipient. The recipient does not have to pay for any of the segments.
The segments and their corresponding activities are:
Patch Segment Lodge Activity and Explanation
Center Service Weekend – This is the only segment that may be earned by both OA members and non-members. All other segments are for OA members only. This segment may be earned at any Lodge-sponsored Service Weekend or one+ day-long work event. A regular OA member will receive this segment or get credit for attendance, toward the scroll or the knot, if he or she already has the Service Weekend segment. If a make-up Induction, for any honor level, is run at Service Weekend, only those being inducted or actually participating in the ceremony/ies may receive the Induction segment. If, in addition to participating in the Service Weekend, they also participate in the Induction, they may choose to receive the segment for the Induction instead. It is their choice, but they may receive only one segment, or get credit for one attendance toward the scroll or the knot if they already have both the Service Weekend segment and the Induction segment.
Top Point Induction – An OA member may earn this segment at an Induction for any honor level. It is earned by both inductees and by those participating in the induction activities. If a make-up Induction, for any level, is run at any other Lodge event, only those being inducted or actually participating in the ceremony/ies may receive the Induction segment. If, in addition to participating in the Induction, they also participate in the other Lodge event, they may choose to receive the segment for the other Lodge event instead. It is their choice, but they may receive only one segment, or get credit for one attendance, toward the scroll or knot, if they already have both the other Lodge event segment and Induction segment. The other Lodge events at which make-up Inductions have been run are Spring Service Weekend (Ordeal, Brotherhood, and on occasion, Vigil) and Fall Fellowship and Winter Banquet (Brotherhood only).
Left Point Fall Fellowship – An OA member will receive this segment, or get credit for their attendance toward the scroll or knot if they already have the Fall Fellowship segment. This segment may only be earned AT Fall Fellowship. If a make-up Induction, for any honor level, is run at the Fall Fellowship, only those being inducted or actually participating in the ceremony/ies may receive the Induction segment. If they also participate in the Fall Fellowship program they may choose to receive the Fall Fellowship segment instead. It is their choice but they may receive only one segment, or get credit for one attendance, toward the scroll or knot, if they already have both the Fall Fellowship and Induction segments.
Right Point Winter Banquet – An OA member will receive this segment or get credit for attendance toward the scroll or knot if they already have the Winter Banquet segment. A Brotherhood Induction would only be run PRIOR to the actual Banquet. Patches would be presented or credited for which ever activities in which the members participated.
Bottom An OA member receives this segment when the four lodge activities above, have been attended. Any time from Service Weekend ’93 through Service Weekend ’97.
Scroll After the “Bottom” has been earned an OA member must attend all four lodge activities again, to receive the Scroll. Attendance is independent of the calendar year or OA year. The earliest that this segment can/could be received is/was Winter Banquet of 1994 or one year after the Bottom has been earned. (This requirement was modified by the Executive Committee 9/19/1995. Previously attendance at the four events had to be “in a row” with no event skipped.)
Knot After the “Scroll” has been earned an OA member must attend all four lodge activities IN A ROW, no event skipped, to receive the Knot. Attendance is independent of the calendar year or OA year. The earliest that this segment can be received is Winter Banquet 1995 or one year after the Scroll has been earned. (The requirements for the Knot were NOT changed when the requirements for the Scroll were changed on 9/19/1995.)
An even more substantial change that the Executive Committee made on 9/19/1995 was to allow one substitution a year for any event. The substitution would take the following form, participation in three Unit Elections or three Camp Promotions or a combination of Unit Elections and Camp Promotions to equal three would equal one event (Work Weekend, Induction, Fall Fellowship, Winter Banquet). To authenticate participation in the three Unit Elections or Camp Promotions a Participation Substitution Form would have to be filled out and signed by the Chapter Adviser and forwarded to the Membership Secretary or Adviser. (End of change.)
The responsibility for record keeping and distribution of the patch segments belongs to the Lodge Membership Secretary.
Distribution of patch segments was started at Spring Service Weekend in 1993. All four of the top segments could be earned as early as 1993. (Note: The OA year begins and ends with the Winter Banquet. This is where the Lodge officers for the year are installed, etc. The Winter Banquet for an OA year is usually held in January of the calendar year following the rest of the activities for the year. In spite of this, it is still considered to be in the previous “OA Year”, i.e., the ’93 Winter Banquet was held in January of ’94.)
The duration of the service patch program was planned to allow five years for the entire patch to be earned. This means that the Center would be available through the Spring Service Weekends in ’97. Likewise the Left Point through Fall Fellowship “97 and Right Point and Bottom through Winter Banquet of ’97. Since the earliest that the Scroll segment can/could be received is Winter Banquet of 1994, it will be available through Winter Banquet of 1998. The earliest that the Knot segment can/could be received is at the Winter Banquet of 1995. It will be available through the Winter Banquet of 1999.
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