by Vanguard Contributor | Jul 28, 2017 | LDS-BSA Blogs, Scott's Brotherhood Blog
A young man visiting our staff campsite earnestly asked our course director about how to deal with a situation that had developed while his clan attempted to carry out a task. This Scout, who was a leader in our Order of the Arrow lodge was clearly frustrated. After...
by Vanguard Contributor | Jul 17, 2017 | Bill's Blog, LDS-BSA Blogs, The Scout-Led Troop
Recently, I attended a troop meeting just as an observer. The troop was holding a “shakedown” to make sure all of the Scouts had everything they needed for their summer camp and, hopefully, did not have anything they should not be bringing. The Scoutmaster sat at the...
by Vanguard Contributor | Jul 13, 2017 | Current Events, LDS-BSA Blogs
Next week tens of thousands of young men and women and their leaders will arrive at the Summit Bechtel Reserve near Beckley, West Virginia for the 2017 National Boy Scout Jamboree. While there, they will have an opportunity to participate in whitewater rafting,...
by Vanguard Contributor | Jun 30, 2017 | LDS-BSA Blogs, Scott's Brotherhood Blog
Night was falling as I stood outside the main lodge of a Scout camp earlier this month. The air seemed to tingle with anticipation as many boys in Scout uniforms lined up with sleeping bags in tow. One boy approached me and asked when we were going to head up to the...
by Vanguard Contributor | Jun 19, 2017 | Bill's Blog, LDS-BSA Blogs, The Scout-Led Troop
As Committee Chair, I recently met with a Scout who told me he was ready to submit his Eagle Scout application and wanted some help. I asked him what his “position of responsibility” was in his unit and he looked at me like a “deer in headlights.” Unfortunately for...
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