SALT LAKE CITY — The LDS Church is ending its relationship with the Boy Scouts of America. The expiration date for the remarkably robust, 105-year alliance is Dec. 31, 2019, according to a joint statement released Tuesday night by BSA and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The decision by ...

Informally referred to as the “Green Handbook”, the replacement for 2018-2019 has been published. https://www.lds.org/callings/aaronic-priesthood/leader-resources/scouting-in-the-church?lang=eng

So tonight we were able to have the boys debate 3 topics:  Coyotes – Eliminate or Live with them (Word Doc) Gas vs Electric Cars (Word Doc) Plastic Bags – Bad for the Environment? (Word Doc) The best debaters as voted by each Patrol are Ryan G, Josiah M, and Khasien C.   ...

Tonight we had our first Official Troop Bridging Ceremony & Parent Orientation Night.  We started the night off with a single man king of the hill styled game.  We then had our Ceremony, followed by the boys working on Scout Advancement.  We had some boys complete their Scout Rank – ...

It was even more enjoyable watching the Patrol Leaders work with each of their Patrol members and help them succeed.  We were able to bridge several boys including one of our new boys. After bridging we broke into Patrols to work on advancement. It was really fun to watch how excited ...

Run a mile?  No Problem…The boys did well on their first of several fitness related Scout Meetings.  The boys also performed sit and reach, sit ups, push ups, a balloon throw.  Of course, we had 100 balloons and 20 boys, so we had a quick water balloon fight to celebrate ...

So our boys joined us on our Plane Ride to Canada (Simulation).  We had a safety video, met the pilot, were served pretzels and drinks, and even watched an in-flight movie.  *Spoiler Alert – We Crashed!  Dividing into 3 new patrols, the boys needed to save the flight crew and passengers ...

So tonight we did several stations.  We had an Orienteering Station, Pioneering (lashings/knots), Flag Care & Folding, and the popular Fry Bread station.   The boys were able to move from station to station and get things signed off that they needed as well as spend more time in areas ...

We had a great meeting on First Aid.  We talked about first response, then the boys got to visit each station that was run by one of the Scouts who had prepared a section on First Aid.  We had a bee sting & venomous bite station, a fake-blood station for ...

The boys had an opportunity to finish up on their Leatherwork Merit Badge.  They started a Square Lanyard, and a Arrowhead Neckerchief Slider.  We have included the videos for the boys to finish their square lanyard.  The other lanyard project we didn’t get to start.  Either can be done with ...