Now that Scouting is back full speed, we need to plan for events that use BSA properties waaaaaaaaaay in advance. Here are some of interest:

Congratulations to Troop 3's newest Eagle Scout, Samuel Skaggs of the Lion patrol. Samuel successfully completed his Eagle Board of Review on August 31, 2022. Samuel's project was an outdoor classroom at Murchison Middle School.  Great work, Samuel!

Please decide by September 1st if you plan to register for Winter Camp or our October campout at Lost Pines Conservation Award weekend Oct 14-15.   Both events will fill up quickly, as in by the end of September, so committing now guarantees you a spot. 

Congratulations to Troop 3's newest Eagle Scout, Will Burgess of the Panther Patrol.  Will successfully completed his Eagle Board of Review on August 23, 2022.  Will's project was a chicken coop and outdoor classroom area at Davis Elementary School.  Great job Will!

Congratulations to Troop 3's newest Eagle Scout, Joe Gilliam of the Lion patrol. Joe successfully completed his Eagle Board of Review on August 12, 2022. Joe's project was the gaga pit at Doss Elementary School.  Congratulations, Joe!

The Star, Life, and Eagle ranks each have a requirement, something to the effect of, "Tell how you have done your duty to God and how you have lived the Scout Oath and Scout Law in your everyday life."  In fact every rank back to Tiger Cubs has something like that.  Historically I have not done enough of a job treating this requirement.  It's intentionally vague enough that it isn't specific to any religious group, and so writing down a set of detailed requirements for it is difficult.  

I want to start ticking up the significance of this requirement.  I'm going to do this in the upper ranks for now.  (Star, Life, and Eagle)  Please also remember you do NOT have to wait until you are ready for your scoutmaster conference to do this requirement.  Really it's better if you get it done sooner.  

So for now, the guidance is this - you must do this requirement as a separate conversation with me or an ASM.  In fact, I'd really prefer for now if you did it with me specifically, as I'm trying to learn better how to think about requirements and the level of understanding that's appropriate for your age group.  We're not going to do this requirement as a part of the scoutmaster conference any more.  

You must have prepared for the discussion before you have it, with something in writing, whether they're just notes or a complete essay.  

The central question:

List out things that you see being important to living the Scout Oath and the Scout Law.  Try to think through how you understand your duty to being a morally upright person, and how you determine that duty in different situations. In a world full of people who will tell you what they think your moral duty should be, who do you listen to? Who and what do you believe?