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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

Source: https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2017/07/11/revised-campout-requirements-aug-1-2017/ The number of overnight campouts required for a young man to earn the Second Class and First Class ranks will be reduced under new requirements that take effect Aug. 1, 2017. But the total number of camping nights a Boy Scout will experience in the program as he progresses ...

BSA has lots of resources, for Boy Scouts it’s called: TroopLeader.org.     Better troop meetings are a click away. Troop Leader Resources — available at troopleader.org — is a new, BSA-authorized website that helps Scouts and Scouters plan better meetings. With its videos of real Scouts in real troops, the site is a ...

JUST RELEASED! Program Features for Troops, Teams, and Crews – Volume 2 has been released and is now in Scout Shops.  $15 is a great value for your Scout Program.  The topics Here is a sample from First Aid (Volume 1).  The programs are almost turn-key for an entire month ...

Bonus: Check out some of the cool features below to catch a glimpse at what’s new with the “BSA Learn Center” for all Scouting roles: Customized learning plans for each registered position On-Demand delivery through short 6-12 minute modules Content grouped by experience level Automatic awarding of “trained” status upon completion ...

Updated: 9/16/2015 (Originally Posted 7/30/2015) Scoutbook is like Facebook for Scouting.  It is now owned by BSA.  It has been around for about 2 years. Features: Track Advancement: It is a great tool to track Cub Scouts and Boy Scout Advancement Communicate: Submit Emails or SMS Text Messages to the Unit ...

 It didn’t take long for BSA to put up the new Adventure Plans Online.  At Cubscouts.org you can find all of the New 2015 Adventures Lesson Plans.  These Lessons are AWESOME!  It is the best Cub Scout Program ever created.  It is fun-packed and challenging for the boys.  The new Adventures increase the ...

Here is an optional way of measuring your Unit Progress.  This has not been approved for OCBSA, yet but it is something that can help guide our Units and help them become better. From – Utah – National Parks Council: And this year the Utah National Parks Council created  “LDS ...

Rancho Santa Margarita Stake Presidency and our Stake Young Men’s President are spending quality time together at Philmont Scout Ranch with the General Young Men’s President Stephen Owen (pictured) receiving Aaronic Priesthood training. – July 2015 CIMMARON, NEW MEXICO “Silver on the sage, starlit skies above, aspen-covered hills, country that I ...