by Vanguard Contributor | Dec 13, 2018 | A Minute with Mark, Current Events, LDS-BSA Blogs
Friends we are, and friends we’ll ever be. The words of this familiar Scout song—often sung at the close of a campfire—echo the future of the LDS-BSA Relationship. As Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said during his remarks at the May 2018 National Annual Meeting, “This is...
by Vanguard Contributor | Sep 10, 2018 | Current Events, LDS-BSA Blogs
On Saturday, June 2, 2018, eleven members of BSA Troop 533 were awarded Scouting’s highest rank—the Eagle Scout Award—at a special Court of Honor celebrating their years of hard work and effort. Scouting parent Betsy Henry said, “We are so proud of all of these...
by Vanguard Contributor | Jan 8, 2018 | A Minute with Mark, LDS-BSA Blogs
On Tuesday, January 2nd 2018, President Thomas S. Monson, our beloved Prophet, passed away. The next morning the Boy Scouts of America released the following statement through Chief Scout Executive Mike Surbaugh: The Boy Scouts of America is deeply saddened to learn...
by Vanguard Contributor | Dec 18, 2017 | LDS-BSA Blogs, The Scout-Led Troop
On May 11, 2017, the First Presidency announced that effective January 1, 2018, the Church will discontinue its Varsity and Venturing Scouting programs for young men ages 14–18. However, the First Presidency letter also states that “young men over the age of 14 who...
by Vanguard Contributor | Sep 21, 2017 | Current Events, LDS-BSA Blogs
WOW! That is the one word I would use to describe the 2017 National Scout Jamboree, attended by nearly 40,000 participants, volunteers, staff and visitors at The Bechtel Summit. In 2010 and 2013 I was on the Family Life merit badge staff at the jamboree. This year I...
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