LDS Scouting Resources
    "In 1913, the Church adapted Scouting as part of the activity program for Aaronic Priesthood quorums and later for Primary boyes ages eight and older. By providing opportunities for boys and young men to put into practice the gospel lessons they learn in home or at Church, Scouting programs have been used to support the Priesthood . . .Under priesthood leadership, Scouting can complement the purposes of Aaronic Priesthood quorums and Primary classes in building testimonies in boys and young men. Scouting can help boys and young men love and serve the Savior and honor their parents.

    Priesthood leaders may wish to rely on the following quote by Baden-Powell as a measure of any Scouting program's effectiveness:

    'Don't let the technical outweigh the moral. Field efficiency, backwoodsmanship, camping, hiking, good works, Jamboree comradeship are all means, not the end. The end is character --character with a purpose' (Footsteps of the founder, ed. mario Sica [Milano:Editrice Anocora Milano, 1984],125)."

    ---Scouting Handbook: Relationships between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Boy Scouts of America, 1997, p.1

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