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

Come Experience Lost Valley with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stakes of Orange County. There will be an awesome Merit Badge Program, Water/Aquatics Program (Pool & lake front). Experience the last LDS Scout Camp.

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

All Units sponsored (Chartered) by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have been extended until December 31, 2019. At that time, all Units will expire. Please update your rosters.

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.

Saturday – October 29, 2016 8AM – 2PM Location: Newport Beach Stake Center 2300 Bonita Canyon Dr, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Ages: 14-15 years (Varsity only) Cost: Donuts (for Reals) Team Name: Come up with a Team Name for your Stake or Ward Team. Clothes: You can wear Halloween Costumes, create your ...

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 ...

Last Summer, 2015, the Laguna Niguel Stake organized a opt-in group to prepare for Mountain Man Rendezvous. During the summer we were able to learn how to light a fire with flint & steel, shoot with a sling shot, caber toss, cannonball/shotput toss, cook over an open fire, knife throwing, ...

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 ...

BSA’s 411 Program Updates are nearly all in place except for Boy Scouting, which makes its final changes in January 2016. Of course, the first things you will notice are the new rank requirements. These were introduced last May but take full effect on January 1st ; Scouts joining on or after Jan. 1, 2016 MUST ...

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, ...