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Published: Dec 21, 2020
Have you ever thought about how Scouting is much like a chain? Check out this Scoutmaster Minute...
You've heard the saying, "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link." That's absolutely true. With this chain, I can pull a car or lift a heavy load - I can perform many tasks. But, if I try to lift something that is too heavy, one of the links will break - the weakest link will let down the rest of the chain.
In Scouting, each scout works on personal advancement to strengthen and improve skills. Personal advancement increases the strength of each link in our chain so we can accomplish more.
But, there will always be a weakest link. No matter what the task at hand, some people will be less skilled than the others. Someone will not be able to tie a certain knot, or kindle a fire, or hike as fast, or recite as well as the others. At some point, each of you will be the weakest link - I guarantee it! Being the weakest link is not a shameful thing - it is an opportunity for improvement.
One of the best things about Scouting is that our "chain" is better than a simple metal chain. When we have a task to do, we are not really limited by our weakest link. The other stronger or more skilled or more experienced links support the weaker links. They help them, teach them, and guide them. As a result, we accomplish much more than if we each just did our specific task and left the rest.
Do your best not to be the weakest link - for yourself and your patrol and your troop. Learn skills, take on challenges, grow! But, be aware that around here, the weakest link one day might be the strongest the next - and the strongest may be the weakest.
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(This was originally written as part of my unpublished book "Eagle Feathers" in 2004.) A question posed to me -- surprising because of who asked the question -- made me think a lot about what the public thinks that Scouting is about and what little we've told them recently about what we do.I was standing on a platform at the Crystal City, Virginia stop along the METRO, Washington D.C.'s series of underground trains which run between most of the communities in and around the capital city of our nation. The trains run underground and above-ground as well as they snake their way around ......
Screen capture from BSA advancement website Jim wrote to me a while back and asked:"I understand that there are certain positions Boy Scouts must hold in order to earn the higher ranks. In a large Troop like ours, we run out of those positions rather quickly. I see in the book whereby the Scoutmaster can assign a project to a kid to do instead of holding a position. Isn't that against the "service project" rules or something? Have you used this "position, " and how did it turn out?"Rudy piped in and asked me: "In doing one of these special projects, ......
I have fond memories of biking parts of this trail on more than one occasion. The Little Miami Scenic Trail is a lot of fun to use. The trail stretches from the suburbs of Cincinnati to Springfield, Ohio, over bridges and through peaceful state parks and several small towns. According to https://www.traillink.com/trail/little-miami-scenic-trail/, the path is part of an extensive sequence of greater than 340 miles of off-road trails that pass through throughout Ohio’s Miami Valley. It is also a significant section of cross-state Ohio to Erie Trail, which takes you from the Ohio River in Cincinnati to Lake Erie in Cleveland ......
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Meet Life Scout Adrian Allred of Ship 818, Alexandria, VA, National Capital Area Council and a priest in the Kingstowne Ward in the Mount Vernon Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is being interviewed by a WJLA television station for his amazing and thoughtful Eagle Scout service project. Adrian’s 48 Resource Care Kits were supplied to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department’s first responders to better help children with autism, anxiety, or language barriers in medical emergencies. But more than that, it was a way for him, a teen who is high functioning autistic, to ......
This story is shared here from the Scouting magazine app. For more of the content you’re used to from Scouting magazine, download the Scouting magazine app today! It’s available now in the App Store and Google Play. In a 1996 robbery gone wrong, jewelry store owner Mark Chilutti lost the use of his legs. In 2015, a tragic auto accident made TOPGUN instructor Buddy Marshall a quadriplegic. But disability isn’t the only thing that connects the two men’s stories. Both are Eagle Scouts. Both began their recovery at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia, where Chilutti now serves as assistant vice ......
One night a viking named Rudolph the Red was looking out the window when he said, “It’s going to rain.”His wife asked, “How do you know?”He said, “Because Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear.”...
SUIYAO: Who is Santa’s favorite singer?DAVID: I don’t know.SUIYAO: Elf-is Presley!...
The iPhone 5s, with its 4-inch screen and maximum 64 GB of storage, was Apple’s latest and greatest way back in 2013 when Justine Cole was 11 years old. Iron Man 3 was the year’s top-grossing movie. Justine is 18 now, and a lot has changed in those seven years. Apple’s newest model sports a 6.7‑inch screen and tops out at 512 GB. And Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark has been in an additional five films. The difference is stark indeed between the life experiences of someone who was an 11-year-old in 2013 and someone who is 11 now. And ......
I started collecting Senior Scouting memorabilia after I kinda gave up tracking down all the new contrived rarities that were being issued among the OA lodges in the Carolinas. But I already had a pretty good start without even knowing it. Read more on Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 15, 2020… Related Posts: Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 17, 2015 Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 26, 2014 Collecting Senior Scouting Memorabilia Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 08, 2020 New Year = New Boy Scout Collection Focus...
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Only about 8% of all Boy Scouts advance to earn its highest rank annually. In a Newton County troop, that percentage is a little higher thanks in part to one family....
Weare Troop 529 held their Court of Honor outside at Chase Park on Sunday. The 14 boys in the troop received recognition for the 11 rank advancements, four special skill awards, and 37 merit badges ......
East Helena Boy Scouts delivered almost 1, 700 cans of coffee to veterans. It is all part of the Coffee 4 Vets program set by The Mountain States chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America ......
Quinn Johnson of Boy Scout Troop 6100 just completed his Eagle Scout project, the design and building of St. Paul on the Lake’s new crèche. New decorative Christmas lights along Lakeshore to ......
The teen created "hugging booths" as part of his Eagle Scout project. Plastic protects family members from potentially spreading a virus, but still allows for touch. After months of video calls ......
Later, he was active in North Baltimore Boy Scout Troop 315. He said he always wanted to be an Eagle Scout. “I had several older Scout friends....
Podcast
Featuring a special winter challenge for Cub Scouts! News Stories Erin, Ont. man facing sex-related charges was a former Scouts Canada volunteer, org. confirmsSalmon Arm Scouts aim to fill truck for food bankBoy Scouts to hold Christmas tree pick-up fundraiserLouisville Scout earns highest award in both Girl Scouts and Scouts BSASagamore Council BSA to hold Peace Light of Bethlehem eventLand asset transfer to Inverurie Scouts approved by area committeeWorld’s largest youth organizations, representing 250 million members, and WHO launch global mobilization to respond to disruptive impacts of COVID-19 on young people A Challenge to Cub Scouts The 36th Ottawa Cub ......
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We hope lots of Brownies, Guides and Senior Branchers (and Leaders too!) will take part in the Engineers Ireland STEPS Comp-E-tition series! All Leaders will have received details about this in an email we sent on 17 December 2020. All girls who take part in the full series will earn a special Engineers Ireland STEPS E-Badge and will be in with a chance of winning a super prize. The first live mission video will take place on 21 December at 7pm at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qSlBe-T22Qfeature=youtu.be #IrishGirlGuides #GivingGirlsConfidence #GirlsInSTEM...
Link to the Recipe: https://bit.ly/CampfireChatPastelAzteca Join us to learn how to make a rich and satisfying Pastel Azteca — a layered tortilla pie that's layered with poblanos, salsa, and cheese — with a chef at Our Cabaña in Cuernavaca. Pastel Azteca is a bit like a Mexican lasagna, and it’s an easy recipe for a weeknight dinner! Related Video: https://youtu.be/NAd3MXxwhFY This video was originally part of a Girl Scout Network Campfire Chat. You can check out videos of past Girl Scout Network Campfire Chats and register for future live virtual events — all of which ......
This is the official video from the B.S.A. for the 1997 National Scout Jamboree. (This was recorded from the VHS tape.) Did you attend this Jamboree? Did you attend as a Scout or as an adult? What was your favorite memory?...
Reducing forest fuels has been a top priority for Philmont Conservation since the Ute Park Fire in 2018. Crews of Staff and Scouts alike have been working to thin our forests by cutting down small trees and shrubs that hold the potential to exacerbate destructive crown fires. By eliminating this excess fuel, larger and healthier trees stand a better fighting chance. The excess slash is arranged into dense piles in the forest which, upon adequate snowfall, can be burned in an epic display. #philmont #pileburning #TSI #conservationcontinues #newmexicotrue #scoutmein...
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So I’m a life scout and I’m really struggling getting my Eagle so my dad wanted to “do it for me” It’s hard because if Boy Scouts has taught me anything it’s not to let my dad do it but if my dad doesn’t do it for me then I don’t think I’ll have enough motivation to do it on my own so basically if I do it then I make everyone happy except me because it goes against my ethics or make everyone disappointed except me knowing that I didn’t “cheat” and that I don’t have to worry if ......
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