FCF Staff

Jonathan has been in Royal Rangers since 1969, and the FCF since 1974. As a young buck in FCF he advanced to Buckskin in 1975 and served as the assistant district scout from 1975 to 1978. He advanced to Wilderness in 1995 and has served as the territorial chairman since 2004 and the chapter chairman since 2007. His FCF name is Bigfoot.

Art started in Rangers in 1970 as a boy for 9 years, and then served as an assistant group leader and youth staff worker for the next 20. As an assistant group leader Art helped guide his 2 sons through their years in the Rangers ministry, attending every campout and activity with them. He achieved Wilderness in FCF where he goes by the name Flintlock.  Art served as outpost coordinator of Outpost #72 from 2002 to the beginning of 2010; he currently works as a commander with the Expedition Rangers. He is a NRA Certified Instructor, an Archery Certified Instructor, and a Royal Rangers Certified Instructor.  Art served as our chapter’s FCF vice president for six years and is currently serving as both our chapter’s FCF president and the South Central Regional FCF territorial representative.

Rodney “Bow Breaker” Briggs has attended Bethel Temple Assembly of God in Fort Worth since 1981. He helped get Outpost 5 running again and has worked with all age groups since its reinstatement in 1995. He currently serves as the Expedition Rangers commander.

Rodney has served in various capacities within the district. He served as an area commander in the South Fort Worth Section in 2002, and then as sectional commander from 2003 through 2006. He then served as a divisional commander until 2009.

Bow Breaker (Psalm 18:34) was inducted into the Frontiersmen Camping Fellowship in 2003. He advanced to Buckskin in 2006 and hopes to achieve Wilderness in 2011. He has served our chapter as Buckskin representative and has served as vice-president of the chapter since 2009.

Ron has been in Royal Rangers since 2006. He has found that Rangers has been great at helping him and his boys become leaders and teachers for God. He has been a member of the FCF since 2007 and will participate in a Wilderness Vigil in 2011. He feels that it is important for leaders to continue working on advancements because it sets a good example for the boys in the outpost. He currently serves as the Buckskin rep for the Shawnee Trail Chapter and as the Adventure/Expedition Rangers leader at Outpost 561 at That Church in Corsicana. In 2010 he served as project manager for our Pathfinder trip where we took 10 boys and 6 men to help another church.

Ron is always looking for quality men and boys who are willing to put forth the effort to advance to Buckskin. He particularly likes it when a father and son to advance together as he and his son Matthew did.

Jeff “Sky Watcher” Kersey has been in Royal Rangers since 1989. He has served as a commander in all age groups during that time. Jeff has served in several roles for the South Fort Worth section including currently serving as sectional coordinator. He also serves in Outpost 55, Christ Church Fort Worth, as the assistant outpost coordinator and the Expedition Rangers commander.

Jeff has spent years in the North Texas district serving in many roles, including Pow Wow coordinator, junior camps coordinator, Instructor Trainer, FCF staff, and initiated 2 new camps in the district, Frontier Brigade Camp, a camp for boys to work on merits in a frontier setting, and the Wilderness Trail camp, a camp for FCF members to work and earn their wilderness advancement merits.

Jeff spent 2 years in the Wyoming district, starting an outpost and serving as senior commander for Outpost 32 in Sundance, Wyoming. He also served as the Northeast Sectional commander for the Wyoming District.

“Sky Watcher” has been a member of Frontiersman Camping Fellowship for 14 years. During that time he has been active in many aspects of the Shawnee Trail and served as vice president and currently serves as the Wilderness representative, encouraging and helping members reach the wilderness advancement. Other than “Sky Watcher” Jeff is also known as “cookie” and “kind and generous Bourgeois.”

He is excited to have his family be part of FCF along with him. His wife is a regular at the Family Days camp and all three sons have been members.