by Vanguard Contributor | Jan 25, 2017 | Bill's Blog, LDS-BSA Blogs, The Scout-Led Troop
A couple of years ago, the eleven-year-old Scout patrol in our ward decided to join the troop at our district camporee. We were excited to have them join us but we were also a little nervous because by then we were very much a Scout-led troop and we were not sure the...
by Vanguard Contributor | Dec 19, 2016 | Bill's Blog, LDS-BSA Blogs, The Scout-Led Troop
One of my assistant Scoutmasters told me that it used to be like “pulling teeth” to get his twin boys to get on their uniform and get ready for our troop meeting each week. Then, when the Scouts started running things, he came home from work one night and his sons...
by Vanguard Contributor | Nov 21, 2016 | Bill's Blog, LDS-BSA Blogs, The Scout-Led Troop
Due to bad traffic and bad weather on the way up the mountain, we arrived at our campsite of about 7,000 feet elevation at around 10:00 p.m. on a Friday night. There were patches of snow on the ground and it was probably about 30° F. Shortly after arriving, I watched...
by Vanguard Contributor | Oct 17, 2016 | Bill's Blog, LDS-BSA Blogs, The Scout-Led Troop
Years ago, just before the beginning of an Eagle Scout court of honor, I was standing in the back of the chapel and overheard a conversation between two of our wonderful young Eagle Scout candidates. One of them said to the other, “Right after this meeting, let’s burn...
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