RELIGIOUS EMBLEM LINKS
P.R.A.Y.
How to get Started on Recognitions/Emblems :
http://www.praypub.org/started_main.htm
Frequently Ask Questions :
http://www.praypub.org/faq_main.htm
Religious Emblems Display Team - RED
At the heart of the Scouting movement is “Duty to God.” The
Cub Scout Promise, Boy Scout Oath, and Venturing Oath all stress the
importance of reverence toward God.
Religious Emblems Display (RED) Teams are groups of speakers
who make presentations on the religious emblems programs in order to
increase the awareness of these programs at district and unit levels. RED
Teams do not provide religious instruction. They provide information -
information about the religious emblems of ALL faiths so that all Cub
Scouts, Boy Scouts and Ventures will have the opportunity to earn an emblem
of their own faith.
The religious emblems programs are key spiritual components
of the Scouting movement. These programs have been created by the national
religious organizations/committees. They help young people to become more
active members of their own faith group and encourage spiritual development
by providing specific religious instruction. These programs are overseen by
and/or taught by religious leaders and administered by religious
organizations, not by the Boy Scouts of America.
Religious emblems can play a vital role in the overall
development of young people. Besides providing specific religious
instruction, the religious emblems programs share many of the values that
are integral to the Scouting program, e.g., service to the community,
intergenerational relationships, friendship-making skills, and positive
self-esteem. The religious emblems programs provide opportunities for young
people to reinforce and internalize the values they have learned in Scouting
and to relate them to their faith.
Research has shown that when young people are involved in
both a religious organization and a civic youth organization, the number of
positive assets increases while their at-risk behaviors decrease. Search
Institute of Minneapolis, Minnesota has identified 40 developmental assets
that are essential for a child’s healthy development. One of these assets is
involvement in the religious community. Local Scout councils can turn to the
religious emblems programs to help develop this asset for youth. The
religious emblems programs will involve multiple sectors of the community:
the religious institution, the family, and the local council. The more
places that deliver the same message and teach the same values to youth, the
stronger the youth will be.
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