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I think we might be pretty much on the same page. I was not LDS as a youth and also lived in Southern California. Scouting was strong in those days, mid to late 60s. I was active in Scouting and loved it even if I didn’t advance far.
Advance in time to my adult years and joining the LDS Church and being called as the Blazer Leader, 1979. What a shock. I worked in the Scouting program in the Church off and on for 20 years outside the corridor and trying to make it work. I served on committees, as assistant scoutmaster, as scoutmaster, as cubmaster. I took all the training I could including Woodbadge. I served on the district training committee and ran a basic leader training. I finally got frustrated and disillusioned with the politics of BSA at the local level, Eagle factories, and the restrictions from the Church.
It would be nice if more LDS Scout units were like yours and looked beyond the minutiae of the guidelines and saw the vision of the program.
LH, I enjoyed your 1,2,3 post and wholeheartedly concur. We have camped on sundays, having traveled on Saturday and had our own sac meeting in the forest. That way we’re in camp sun afternoon and we were ready to go. I liked this approach, it took us out of the normal church has to be indoors, etc. mindset.
and I agree with DJ AP and thoreu, the differences some good some bad, between lds and non, ym and yw, are sticking points. I believe they are inspired programs, not perfect, and not cookie cutter that they should be used in every situation regardless. There’s room for interpretation and varying implementation.
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