Scouting and the Preparedness Principle The Scout motto is two words. Be Prepared. Baden-Powell wasn't talking about camping gear when he wrote those words. He meant something broader - a combination of readiness, mentally and physically, for whatever life brings. A...

Scouting Values In the Scriptures - Captain Moroni This is the 2nd installment of the “Scouting Values in Scriptures” weekly series. We began with the Book of Mormon and will continue with other scriptures of the Standard Works. The Book of Mormon is full of people...

Gone Home: Living a Life Worth Remembering A Scout leader in our community went home this week. His name was Joseph Francis. Most people called him Joe. At his funeral, the stories came one after another - the kind that make you laugh and cry in the same breath....

Scouting Values In the Scriptures - Nephi This is the first installment of the “Scouting Values in Scriptures” weekly series. We’ll begin with the Book of Mormon and move on to the Old & New Testaments, Doctrine & Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. The...

The Eagle Scout Project and the Law of Consecration Most people think of the Eagle Scout project as a requirement to complete. Plan it. Get it approved. Lead the volunteers. Finish the work. Check the box. But spend a few minutes thinking about what the requirement...

2026 Japan National Scout Jamboree This past week, something quiet and beautiful happened in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The 19th Nippon Scout Jamboree brought together around 8,000 Scouts, leaders, and volunteers from across Japan and around the world for a week of...

Scouting Values in the Scriptures - Series We're starting something new here on Saints In Scouting. It's called “Scouting Values in the Scriptures” At the recent Sunday worship service for Latter-day Saints at the National Scout Jamboree, a few examples were shared...

Baden-Powell's Faith Most people know Robert Baden-Powell as the man who started Scouting. Fewer people know he was deeply, personally religious - and that faith wasn't incidental to what he built. It was the foundation of it. A deeply religious man, Baden-Powell...

More from the National Scout Jamboree There's NOWHERE we'd rather be this week than shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of Scouts and Scouters, teaching, learning, testifying, and building the kind of memories that shape a lifetime of service. The Saints in Scouting...