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Scout Sunday

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3:04 pm
February 7, 2010


CC Nancy

Severy, KS

PTC Bear

posts 74

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Today we celebrated Scout Sunday at the church where we meet. It was a first experience for us being a new pack and for the church. The pastor did a special service in a costume of a biblical man. We only had one scout come to church. Four out of six leaders were there in uniform. I do know that we have boys that regularly go to other churches in the area. It was a great service. We really felt welcome.
So my question…..
When and How do you observe Scout Sunday?
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12:05 am
February 8, 2010


MISS Shannon

Chicago, IL

Admin

posts 58

Mrs. Nancy,

First I commend you for going out to do Scout Sunday on the first year of your pack's organization.  I have been involved in my pack for the past 5 years and today was the first time we went and the first time the local Catholic church organized something for us.  We also had one of our local Troops come out to meet with us as well as another local pack.  We had great turnout.

The Father made a point to recognize our group and the Anniversary of scouting to the congregation both before and after the service and then we took some photos in front of the church with the Father and then under a stained glass window that was donated to the church by Boy Scouts a long time ago.

After the mass, the Scoutmaster of the Troop that attended and I were talking and he said that it was so much easier when he was a scout because the CO was a church, and everyone was able to earn their religious emblems and go to Scout Sundays and so forth.  But he said it has become so much harder these days because so many of the boys go to their own congregations.  I think that might be the case for so many other units too.  I would like to see a better turn out for this and a more organized Scout Sunday event in my area too.

12:57 pm
February 8, 2010


BigMc

Houston

PTC Tenderfoot

posts 244

We were inadvertently involved in getting our chruch to do something for Scout Sunday.  when my oldest was a Webelos, he decided to earn his religious emblem, which he did in January two days before bridging.  Wehn I asked the pastor we used as a counselor about recognizing in in church (since I knew we had recognized an Eagle earning his Eagle), he found out that several scouts in the church had earned emblems and they decided to present on Scout Sunday.  They called all these scouts up in front of the congregation and had them tell their name, what they had earned and which Pack, Troop, Crew or Ship they were associated with.  This year, there was a big formal program in the traditional service.  I usher in the contemporary service (which runs somewhat simultaneously) and it was my day to usher.  One ofthe pastors was surprised that I wasn't in the other service until I pointed out to her that it was my Sunday to usher, so I was staying put.  She made it a point to recognize that, although the formal Scout Sunday service was in the other service, that there were Scout leaders in our service and she thanked us for what we do.  I had one son in and one son out of unifrom.  The one who was out had forgotten and didn't want to go to the trouble of changing.  In all fairness, I saw his uniform later, and it was badly in need of ironing, so it was probably the real reason for not changing.  I saw quite a few Scouts and Sea Scouts in uniform, so it was a nice day.

Kevin Mc.
ScoutMaster – Troop 1865;
Copperhead District;
Sam Houston Area Council;
Houston, TX;
Twitter TaxgeekKM

4:38 pm
February 21, 2010


ArvadaScout

Arvada, CO

PTC Boy Scout

posts 186

My pack and troop partner together to help on Scout Sunday.  We do a flag ceremony (led by the Boy Scouts in red berets, white gloves, followed by the Cubs), usher and collect the offering.  Generally, there will be a talk by someone from the pack or troop about what Scouting has meant to them and also thanking our Chartered Org for their assistance.  It's nothing fancy, but the boys seem to enjoy it.

Steve Waltz — Asst. Council Commissioner – Roundtables, Denver Area Council

10:16 am
February 23, 2010


Scouter Doug

Kenilworth, NJ

PTC Webelos

posts 91

Our CO is our town church. While they appreciate the work we are doing as Scouts and Scouters the relationship isn't much more than a signature on the charter. A few years ago (after a few years of nagging) we were able to get a Scout Sunday mass together. Since then the traditional dates for Scout Sunday have been overlapping with the Archbishop's Annual Appeal (like sweeps-weeks for donations for Church and diocese) so we were repeatedly getting brushed aside. The past 2 years instead of attending our chartering church the Pack has gone to a mass at the cathedral instead for religious awards presentations by the Bishop. It's a nice ceremony but there's always a part of me that feels like we should be "home" instead.

Doug Metz – Scoutmaster – Troop 83 – Kenilworth, NJ http://scoutersjourney.wordpress.com – twitter: dwmetz


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