Brigade Leader | Jim Szczodrowski | Activity https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/members/jim2047-org/activity/ Activity feed for Jim Szczodrowski. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:26:51 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 37b76847bb67175343e96e22a45ae8d6 Jim Szczodrowski replied to the discussion Home-Made or Store Bought in the forum Rocketry https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/forums/topic/home-made-or-store-bought/#post-141488 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:06:53 -0500 Reply to Home-Made or Store Bought

Stockaders we use kits and For Battalion aged guys, we always did home made. We spent a couple weeks learning about rocket design and purchased tubes/wood/nose ones in bulk. Some years we made everything from scratch, tubes/nosecones/engines. That however took a lot of prep and time.

]]> 007dde9e464e383e6b8b697e2a46aaaf Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/15651/#acomment-15667 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:04:57 -0400 @dale-kinkade Yes, the fort is listed right off a 1950’s tshirt. The shirts and jackets were sold into 70’s and early 80’s until the material update around 82. I’ve screened some shirts and hoodies for myself using the vintage design but had to reset the type in order to use our unit number and tag-line. The dont used on the original… Read more

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Every year our CSB has a different t-shirt (in addition to the uniforms we use). This year, I was surprised when they chose the old school Stockade Shirt design from the 50’s […]

]]> c15fb6179245ab36966b9eea910df1bf Jim Szczodrowski posted an update: Every year our CSB has a different t-shirt (in addition […] https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/15651/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:50:08 -0400 Every year our CSB has a different t-shirt (in addition to the uniforms we use). This year, I was surprised when they chose the old school Stockade Shirt design from the 50’s and 60’s with a bit of modification.

(We used the old design and customization with permission from CSB and added our tagline to it as well)

]]> 2 445b17310770921277f18c78247b9091 Jim Szczodrowski replied to the discussion Why Are Uniforms Important to the Brigade Experience? in the forum Trailbooks & Achievement https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/forums/topic/why-are-uniforms-important-to-the-brigade-experience/#post-112094 Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:47:44 -0400 Reply to Why Are Uniforms Important to the Brigade Experience?

Hi Andrew,

Using the Stockade pins as shown is in the Canadian materials, not the USA.

]]> 073f7684c37639d2cc8145603b5e5dff Jim Szczodrowski replied to the discussion Why Are Uniforms Important to the Brigade Experience? in the forum Trailbooks & Achievement https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/forums/topic/why-are-uniforms-important-to-the-brigade-experience/#post-111774 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:09:13 -0400 Reply to Why Are Uniforms Important to the Brigade Experience?

I’m a firm believer in uniforms, especially if your group has an active achievement program. Uniforms add the recognition to those that successfully complete the various segments in the trail books. It helps build enthusiasm.

Though my group currently does not have battalion dated design of the Battalion uniform hampered the boys adopting it.…

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]]> 39667bc1c2d5ffbce5e9c1fbef1d5797 Jim Szczodrowski posted an update: 25-26 Promo piecesSince it's August we have new road […] https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/15276/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:18:16 -0400 25-26 Promo pieces

Since it’s August we have new road side banners (3’x3′), lawn signs and brochures. We have been banned from Facebook advertising (where we receive 1/3 of our boys) so hoping the sign push will help make up for it.

The brochures will be dropped at pizzerias, barbershops, etc.

]]> 0 b1e5d4fb2a7bf52fd659ef807041db57 Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/12105/#acomment-12135 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:41:52 -0400 I was told CSB sold them at one time. These are the only ones I have seen.

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Cleaning and sorting my CSB office and came across some 1950/60s plaster molds. When we used CSB materials we would pour the plaster and then set a large paper clip in the […]

]]> c3672f7e847059932d7b0e7cc5429fc0 Jim Szczodrowski posted an update: Cleaning and sorting my CSB office and came across […] https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/12105/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:36:32 -0400 Cleaning and sorting my CSB office and came across some 1950/60s plaster molds. When we used CSB materials we would pour the plaster and then set a large paper clip in the back. The Stockaders would paint them and could hang them up at home.

]]> 4 92cf2976d5d7a3220f58901619b05c05 Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11625/#acomment-11627 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 19:22:01 -0400 These are the 1950s and 60s Battalion pins and the original copper molds.

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The 50’s and 60’s Trailblazer, Explorer and Guide Pins along with the original copper plates for the manufacturing mold.

]]> 1b4b485176eadf4b3a9b68c3dca12e8a Jim Szczodrowski posted an update: The 50’s and 60’s Trailblazer, Explorer and Guide Pins […] https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11625/ Sat, 09 Sep 2023 15:47:19 -0400 The 50’s and 60’s Trailblazer, Explorer and Guide Pins along with the original copper plates for the manufacturing mold.

]]> 8 8443c459cf7434cc218939a3756ce1f9 Jim Szczodrowski posted an update: https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11561/ Sun, 27 Aug 2023 16:18:54 -0400

]]> 0 7c9ae14f76d194a4c884be030197b327 Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11476/#acomment-11480 Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:13:20 -0400 Andrew, I sent a message to my parents to see if any of the boys on Stockade #2047 are interested. Hopefully will hear something later today.

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My 10 year old son is working on his Stockade Blockhouse #8. One of the activities he can do is write to a pen pal. Does anyone know another Stockade boy that might be interested […]

]]> fa9f1d993a40bae18d1c3daf8aca66f8 Jim Szczodrowski posted an update: Our original CSB flag from 60+ years ago is getting […] https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11384/ Sun, 28 May 2023 18:16:54 -0400 Our original CSB flag from 60+ years ago is getting fragile after using it for 4,000+ meetings. So we had a new flag made utilizing the original Stockade flag as shown in the 1955 Stockade Handbook.

]]> 0 352126b4aa8569ed76592739c6480e68 Jim Szczodrowski posted an update: Promotional Piece from Battalion, 1950's. (Interestingly, […] https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11366/ Thu, 18 May 2023 12:28:37 -0400 Promotional Piece from Battalion, 1950’s.

(Interestingly, I have never seen a promo piece from this time period for Stockade. Which is interesting as from the start (1941 merger that brought Stockade to CSB) Stockade groups outnumbered Battalions.

]]> 0 7ac85cbc9c50cafb35ef3686ec063c1d Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11225/#acomment-11296 Tue, 02 May 2023 01:59:07 -0400 Something I forgot to point out is the original CSB Shield was blue. These shields show up only in the earliest filmstrips and uniforms.

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There were 2 versions of the 1955 Stockaders Log. The first being in print for only 1 printing (I believe).Besides the cover differences there was some copy […]

]]> dae102a802ad34cb4d12cb484151aa28 Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11225/#acomment-11284 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 02:40:26 -0400 I keep looking for the green Builder Blockhouse patches but in 20 years have yet to find them. Also looking for the Stockado patch which predates “Sentinal”

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There were 2 versions of the 1955 Stockaders Log. The first being in print for only 1 printing (I believe).Besides the cover differences there was some copy […]

]]> 95bcc7648172bca1ebeec31d6b2999a4 Jim Szczodrowski posted an update: There were 2 versions of the 1955 Stockaders Log. The […] https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11225/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 03:07:12 -0400 There were 2 versions of the 1955 Stockaders Log. The first being in print for only 1 printing (I believe).Besides the cover differences there was some copy differences. Specifically, the “Stockade Flag” and the “Blockhouses”.

Has anyone ever used or actually had the flag or the green blockhouse patches? I have never seen these variations.

The…

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]]> 3 f8c9160f3cb4776052af5ef7cc20d417 Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11204/#acomment-11216 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 10:54:04 -0400 I wish I were able to find the scripts or tape recording that went with the film strips. Unfortunately CSB tossed all of their history when they sold their building years ago.

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If you are interested in CSB History –

https://www.brigadeleader.com/csb_archives



]]> 508f360d719423662fb59e527f569843 Jim Szczodrowski posted an update: If you are interested in CSB History - […] https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11204/ Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:43:00 -0400 If you are interested in CSB History –

https://www.brigadeleader.com/csb_archives

]]> 3 75132670f4b2f8e6a80dd95f2207db3f Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11122/#acomment-11134 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:05:59 -0400 Unfortunately I am unable to find the sound file. If I come across it I’ll post it.

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Does anyone have a recording of the Brigade hymn that can be shared. I would like to introduce in in our Battalion meeting

]]> 5cca4981b94afbcc965578b9e378d697 Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11122/#acomment-11133 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:52:53 -0400 There was one available on my old brigadeleader site, I will see if I can find it and post it here.

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Does anyone have a recording of the Brigade hymn that can be shared. I would like to introduce in in our Battalion meeting

]]> a8cb413a64ab46d36e01ee860ae54d3e Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/11123/#acomment-11132 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:46:05 -0400 Jim Szczodrowski 3 minutes ago
Coughlin died Oct. 2, 2005. Attached is a link to an obituary that was on the old BrigadeLeader.com website

An interesting thing about Coughlin is he was the founder of the Christian Service Squad which became Brigade a couple years later. He did not start “Stockade” and had little interest in Stockade (he… Read more

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Also, when did Joe Coughlin die?

]]> ebaf13f436ad5f6262ec563077b8f263 Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/10790/#acomment-10811 Tue, 10 Jan 2023 15:01:15 -0500 Odd, they don’t have axle slots but drilled holes like PineCar kits. Whatever works for them. It’s just great they are doing a derby.

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StocKar building season begins! Many of the CSB Stockade units will work on their car kits, available at The Brigade Shop, our online store. See the DERBY category for car kits […]

]]> 943f5fff381d927f87ea9852ba49ef48 Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/10790/#acomment-10809 Sun, 08 Jan 2023 23:15:41 -0500 Those don’t look like Stockar Derby car kits?

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StocKar building season begins! Many of the CSB Stockade units will work on their car kits, available at The Brigade Shop, our online store. See the DERBY category for car kits […]

]]> 8bd5a474b2e4aaa87e4e535c2d6ce1f5 Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/10783/#acomment-10808 Sat, 07 Jan 2023 21:40:25 -0500 The T-Shirts from 1989 until now (1 a year) hanging in our Stockade Cadets room

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Our Stockade just finished silk-screening this year’s T-Shirt. As an extra we made some vintage shirts from the first Stockade T-Shirt offered from CSB in the mid 50’s. In […]

]]> 5747017cb0ca99e2820225d4467bd111 Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/10783/#acomment-10803 Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:56:28 -0500 Yes, my CSB has been doing our own screening for 8 or 9 years. We make a new T-shirt design every year. Boys receive T-shirt every year (included with registration), leaders and Junior Leaders receive a t-shiry and a sweatshirt/hoodie. It saves us about $1,000 a year and provides more flexibility.Uniform shirts/patched (non-CSB) are also… Read more

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Our Stockade just finished silk-screening this year’s T-Shirt. As an extra we made some vintage shirts from the first Stockade T-Shirt offered from CSB in the mid 50’s. In […]

]]> e7cb737894f4af25ff4dfe25a904a173 Jim Szczodrowski posted an update: Our Stockade just finished silk-screening this […] https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/10783/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:30:09 -0500 Our Stockade just finished silk-screening this year’s T-Shirt. As an extra we made some vintage shirts from the first Stockade T-Shirt offered from CSB in the mid 50’s. In the next few months we will be making a reproduction of the 40’s/50’s CSB t-shirt from before Stockade merged with Brigade. I was able to scan the old designs from old…

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]]> 5 7c28287d64d69637f89739e4158373b3 Jim Szczodrowski posted an update: Stockade Cadets #2047 started our Wednesday group this week. https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/10525/ Mon, 19 Sep 2022 12:50:24 -0400 Stockade Cadets #2047 started our Wednesday group this week.

]]> 2 84542cb358febfcf27dd5bf8be131891 Jim Szczodrowski posted an update: Stockade Continental Kickoff, Thursday September 8, […] https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/10404/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:07:14 -0400 Stockade Continental Kickoff, Thursday September 8, 7pm eastern with a possible west coast edition at 6pm western.

Webcast will have Game Time, Post Time, Story Circle and we will be taking live phone calls (with parents pemission)!

Watch on Stockade.TV or to participate in game – Twitch.tv/csbstockade (register a Twitch account to participate…

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]]> 0 8a9ac6f7f1ef9f5c7b48243663f6aa42 Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/10359/#acomment-10372 Thu, 12 May 2022 19:12:21 -0400 Agreed they need to know the truth. 

In my town, 38% of the population is Catholic. (In the county 47% is catholic). 

How the message is presented plays a large role in how it is received.

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Finishing up World Religions tonight. We are going to talk about Secular Humanism which is, what I think, one of the greatest enemies we face as it has penetrated every part […]

]]> a758d1b6cf062039cfb34e36e7bc035e Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/10359/#acomment-10369 Thu, 12 May 2022 15:19:54 -0400 Oddly, I was unable to post a reply on an iPad, it kept erroring.

I’m curous, do you not have have any catholics, mormons, muslims, etc in your CSB unit?  Probably 20% of my group is currently catholic and we have had mormon, jewish, muslim boys participate/join in the past pretty regular.

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Finishing up World Religions tonight. We are going to talk about Secular Humanism which is, what I think, one of the greatest enemies we face as it has penetrated every part […]

]]> c435558aea572b995dce896a5239ad9f Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/9504/#acomment-9509 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:54:34 -0500 It’s been my experience that it is easier getting help for Battalion, Tree Climbers (surrogate dad) and then Stockade. CSB unfortunately (at least in my region) has had non-existent leadership training for years and not surprisingly we have lost a good amount of CSB units in that same time period.

In reply to - Jim Szczodrowski posted an update in the group Leader Discussion Group I was hoping to get to the zoom meeting but by the time I finished my Tuesday Stockade meeting and getting setup for Wednesday Stockade […] ]]> 869c95ed565c32067d4a2b03c74ec0c5 Jim Szczodrowski posted a new activity comment https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/9504/#acomment-9505 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:24:19 -0500 part 2 (wouldn’t let me post as one message)

Attracting a leader for Battalion is quite different then one for Stockade. Stockaders and Battalion guys are two very different animals and require a different personality and different skills.
Attracting new leaders/replacements/etc will be dependent on how you sell and market your group. To me,… Read more

In reply to - Jim Szczodrowski posted an update in the group Leader Discussion Group I was hoping to get to the zoom meeting but by the time I finished my Tuesday Stockade meeting and getting setup for Wednesday Stockade […] ]]> d8a672591467c982d82519874c09be4f Jim Szczodrowski posted an update in the group Leader Discussion Group: I was hoping to get to the zoom meeting but by the time […] https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/9504/ Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:23:17 -0500 I was hoping to get to the zoom meeting but by the time I finished my Tuesday Stockade meeting and getting setup for Wednesday Stockade the meeting had ended.

One point not brought up (unless I missed it) is a way to retain or atract new leaders is to make use of proven materials. Many men lack the knowledge, skills or time to come up…

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]]> 4 2eebcfce35a242862d96a70f1b1ccb91 Jim Szczodrowski joined the group Leader Discussion Group https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/9493/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:01:43 -0500 0 254b5aa9fc4143523e463f12e67a896a Jim Szczodrowski replied to the discussion Question on TLU in the forum Open Discussion https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/forums/topic/question-on-tlu/#post-19330 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:24:32 -0400 Reply to Question on TLU

>>>Are you afraid of losing your influence? Are you afraid that this merge will cause us to become …

1. We as local leaders have no influence to lose?!?!?

>>> The vibe I am getting is one that is rooted in your identity of CSB, not >>>your identity as a Son of God.

That’s a rather bizarre comment. Anyone from CSB that knows me knows my…

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]]> 7401a18758abc266f3e6a5d8ac6e25f5 Jim Szczodrowski replied to the discussion Question on TLU in the forum Open Discussion https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/forums/topic/question-on-tlu/#post-19322 Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:55:39 -0400 Reply to Question on TLU

Respectfully, you are wrong.

The plan was announced and that I clarified and since then no announcement of any change – the weekly CSB groups will be “sunsetted” and I was told this means they will go away and no longer exist. The original plan was this would happen after a year or two. CSB units wil be expected to become Trail Life. CSB is…

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]]> d0d3fd07078c2c92c8c79b2b382396a9 Jim Szczodrowski started the discussion Question on TLU in the forum Open Discussion https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/forums/topic/question-on-tlu/ Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:54:40 -0400 Question on TLU

My RD has been away and not available for questions – can someone on CSB Staff please supply an explanation that if Trail Life scores so low on this graphic (downloaded today from the CSB webiste) – how are they a viable organization to take ovre CSB Units?

]]> 8e9d9ac3fb84fba5569e76fd5945e3e7 Jim Szczodrowski started the discussion Removed threads in the forum Open Discussion https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/forums/topic/removed-threads/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:35:56 -0400 Removed threads

I see CSB is removing discussion that has to do directly with CSB and it’s future that is strated by their own staff?!?!

Shouldn’t this be the place where discussion can take place and CSB can give direct answers and factual information?

If a person or organization has confidence in their decisions they encourage discussion and supply answers.

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]]> 6960d6f43555101cb85e26ff43f92b79 Jim Szczodrowski replied to the discussion Treeclimbers Without Church Support in the forum Tree Climbers https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/forums/topic/treeclimbers-without-church-support/#post-18752 Sat, 06 Feb 2021 01:13:38 -0500 Reply to Treeclimbers Without Church Support

]]> 5ea49352520ed69daead5b5f1f929132 Jim Szczodrowski replied to the discussion What are your tentative protocols/policies for starting up in the fall? in the forum Open Discussion https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/forums/topic/what-are-your-tentative-protocols-policies-for-starting-up-in-the-fall/#post-17391 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 15:27:11 -0400 Reply to What are your tentative protocols/policies for starting up in the fall?

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]]> 8013acea852c39df41a6ce4b2d0a450d Jim Szczodrowski became a registered member https://brigadeleader.csbministries.org/activity/p/159/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:19:23 -0400 0