Cub Scouts

Updated: 12/24/2018 Scoutbook will be free to all Units as of January 1, 2019.  For those not using this tool, it’s awesome!  Units that use it, love it.  This is being paid for every Scouter through various Scout funding (dues, Friends of Scouting, etc). *** I recommend you update your ...

Frequently Asked Questions: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Boy Scouts of America December 14, 2018

The Church announces that youth will advance in the year they turn 12, 14, 16. That means that the 11 year old-Scouts will become Boy Scouts in the Deacons Quorum.

LDS-BSA Cub Scout Leader Specific Training 2019. January 26th, 219 – 8:30AM - 12PM Mission Viejo Stake Center

Listen to the quarterly call with Stake Presidents, Mark Francis (LDS-BSA Relationship) and Elder Brough (General Young Men's Presidency)..

The Church announced that would no longer charter/sponsor Scout Units as of January 1, 2020. The Church will replace the program for all youth, worldwide 8-18 years old.

Yogi Berra, the famous catcher and manager of the New York Yankees, known for his malapropisms, said “You can observe a lot by watching.” During my many years of involvement with the Young Men program of the Church I have had the opportunity to watch a lot of LDS Scouting ...

I miss my time as a child when the only time that really mattered was knowing the street lights came on which indicated it was time to come home.  We would play bike-tag or “ditch-em” or ride bikes or explore.  Times are different now.  School is more competitive, so the ...

Because of my former service as Young Men General President for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and my continuing association with Scouting, I am often asked, especially recently, about the relationship of Scouting and the Church.  Recently, I had that conversation with a good friend and one ...

Every boy involved in Scouting pledges to “do his best” when he recites the Scout Oath. He does not vow to try to do his best; he promises he will do his best. Perhaps Yoda, the venerable Jedi Master, explains this facet of the Scout Oath succinctly when he admonishes, ...