Black Boy Scouts: Today and Yesterday

On Sunday, February 14, 2010, I headed to the 11a service at Cascade United Methodist Church (CUMC). For some reason, I took my camera with me. I was surprised to learn that part of the day — a portion of the service, a gathering after the service, and a tree planting — was devoted to the 100 Years of Scouting of the Boy Scouts. I snapped some photos of a thriving CUMC Boy Scout Ministry:

Cake Celebrating 100th Anniversay of BSA

Pastors and Boy Scouts in Church Service

Leaders and Boy Scouts Gathered Together

Boy Scout Pile-up

Troop 579 Shares with their Display

GathGathering at CUMC Fellowship Hall

Church Planting is Hard Work

Pastor Moss, CUMC, with Shovel

Minister Thibodeaux Chips in with Some Shoveling

Back home after service, I looked for “The Outdoor Code” of the Boy Scouts:

Boy Scout Symbol

As an American, I will do my best to –

• Be clean in my outdoor manners
• Be careful with fire
• Be considerate in the outdoors, and
• Be conservation minded.

Speaking of being considerate and conservation-minded, read a bit of Scout history in an article that goes back to the 1940s titled “Negro Youth and Scouting, A Character Education Program” by Stanley A. Harris.

Consider taking your son to Join the Boy Scouts.