Hi! My name is Roseanne Service. Yes, I’m literally “Sister Service!” I live in the Arizona Queen Creek Stake; the BSA Grand Canyon Council Agave District. A few years ago I was serving as the Primary president in my ward. At first I wasn’t exactly sure what my eleven-year-old son was supposed to be doing […]
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Grant H. couldn’t wait to put on his Cub Scout shirt. He had six more months before he turned eight, but in private he wore it around the house with pride. Grant’s mother, Laura, said to him, “I notice when you have your shirt on, you seem happier.” Grant pondered, “I think I feel, well, […]
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“Boys, this will be the hardest thing you have ever done. Are you up for the challenge?” asked Scoutmaster Beckham of his Troop 747. “We are going on a tough, possibly dangerous, hike from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, 17 miles down to the historic Phantom Ranch, then back out again. All this […]
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When Shakespeare’s Henry V spoke of his “band of brothers,” he described an empowering bond–forged under extraordinary circumstances–that elevates normal people and normal relationships above the every-day course of life. Usually with far less drama, Scouts and Scout leaders purposefully engage in such a process of taking young people out of their normal patterns to […]
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“Tanner, you have a Scout meeting this afternoon,” reminded Mom as Tanner walked into the kitchen after school. “I don’t really feel like going,” Tanner muttered. He dropped his backpack on the floor and flopped onto a chair. “But l thought you liked Cub Scouts,” Mom said as she handed him a snack. “I don’t […]
Read moreThe Power of Shadow Leadership As a father, you pray for inspired youth leaders for your children. My son was blessed to have such a leader for the better part of his time in the Young Men program. One pivotal experience occurred one night in our home. Our Young Men president, Jim Parker, was helping […]
Read moreMy name is William “Bill” Bryson and I currently serve as the council president for the Far East Council, which is headquartered in Japan, and provides BSA programs for Scouts and Scouters in Japan, Okinawa, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Over the last several years I have had many wonderful opportunities to work with […]
Read moreStory is courtesy of http:// blog.utahscouts.org Eagle Scout Charles David Fletcher was no ordinary Navy recruit, and his officers could tell there was something different about him. Unlike many recruits, he was prepared. Eagle Scout Charles David Fletcher from Orem, Utah, completed Navy Basic Training on August 9, 2014, at the Recruit Training Command in Great […]
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Recently I was riding in the car with my son. As we were talking, my son seemed discouraged and worried about little insignificant things. He said, “Life is so complicated!!” I felt prompted to tell him I had felt the exact same way and went through the same thing when I was his age. I […]
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From the time Crystal was a little girl she prayed for her future husband. “As a child, I remember asking Heavenly Father to help guide my future husband and bless him to make righteous decisions,” she recalled. When Crystal was 23 years old, she met and married her husband, Jeffrey Young. He was 10 years […]
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When I was pregnant with our second child (our first child was a girl), I went in for the ultrasound. The technician told me it was a boy. My first instinct was to cry. With tears streaming down my face, I turned to my husband and said, “Oh no! Now I am going to have […]
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Sharee Barton, from Rexburg, Idaho, saw an opportunity to strengthen a relationship between her son and his grandfather through Scouting. Sharee’s son, Cole Barton, grew up in Rexburg, Idaho, hundreds of miles from his Grandpa, Dave Howard, who lives in Orem, Utah. They spent time together at various family functions, but the miles between them […]
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