Empowering Scouts: Best Practices for Religious Emblems Coordinators Webinar

2. Welcome to the“R.E.C. Best Practices”Webinar Presentation!

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5. R. Chip TurnerDirector of Communication and Training P.R.A.Y.

6. So I’m the . . . Unit Religious Emblems Coordinator

7. So I’m the . . . Unit Religious Emblems Coordinator NOW WHAT DO I DO?!

8. Before we answer that question . . . “CONGRATULATIONS” & “THANK YOU” for your willingness to be a pioneer in the implementation of this very important responsibility. Also…

9. Welcome to The REC Team!

10. The Scout Motto is the Best Starting Point for Our Journey: “Be Prepared!” 1st – Know Your Resources

11. The Scout Motto is the Best Starting Point for Our Journey: “Be Prepared!” 1st – Know Your Resources. 2nd – Understand Your Responsibilities

12. The Scout Motto is the Best Starting Point for Our Journey: “Be Prepared!” 1st – Know Your Resources. 2nd – Understand Your Responsibilities 3rd - Develop a Plan of Action

13. WHERE SHALL WE BEGIN? Know Your Resources Understand Your Responsibilities

14. 1st - Know Your Resources ►www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Awards/ReligiousAwards.aspx

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19. ●Clickable Chart ●Duty to God Brochure / Printable Chart ●Frequently Asked Questions

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21. ●Clickable Chart ●Duty to God Brochure / Printable Chart ●Frequently Asked Questions ●How to Get Started

22. How To Get Started on a Religious Emblems Program • Youth members must obtain the specific booklet for their religion. • Check with your council store or contact the religious organization directly • (see the Duty to God chart) • Each youth member needs his or her own copy of the materials to • document progress. • Some religions offer adult manuals for counselors and mentors. • Parents review the program guidelines. • Some programs require participants to be official "members" • of the religious institution. • Age/grade requirements vary from program to program. • Each program sets its own guidelines as to who may serve as counselor. • (Some programs require clergy to serve as counselors; other programs • allow parents or other family members to serve as counselors.)

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24. ●Clickable Chart ●Duty to God Brochure / Printable Chart ●Frequently Asked Questions ●How to Get Started ●REC Video

26. ●Clickable Chart ●Duty to God Brochure / Printable Chart ●Frequently Asked Questions ●How to Get Started ●REC Video ●Additional Resources (praypub.org/rec)

27. 1st - Know your resources ► www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Awards/ReligiousAwards.aspx ► www.praypub.org/rec

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45. 1st - Know your resources ► www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Awards/ReligiousAwards.aspx ► www.praypub.org/rec ►Faith-Specific (not an exhaustive list) ■ Catholic – www.nccs-bsa.org ■ Protestant / Independent / Some Others – www.praypub.org ■ Jewish – www.jewishscouting.org ■ Islamic – www.islamicscouting.org ■ Numerous Other Sites Listed in the Duty to God Brochure

46. 1st - Know Your Resources 2nd – Understand Your Responsibilities

47. PURPOSE: Begin by Understanding the Purpose of Religious Emblems Coordinator Positions • Encourage All Youth to Earn the Religious • Emblem(s) of Their Faith • Promote Religious Emblems Usage Like the BSA • Promotes Other Youth Advancement • Establish Goals and Track the Number of • Religious Emblems To Be Completed Every • Year • Encourage all youth to earn the emblem of their faith • Promote religious emblems usage like BSA promotes other youth advancement • Establish goals and track the number of religious emblems to be completed every year

48. And, Don’t Forget the “Why” of Religious Emblems WHY? • Involvement in Religious Emblems Makes a Positive • Difference in the Lives of Scouts & Their Families • Religious Emblems Reinforce Scouting Values • Improve Relationships with Religious Chartered • Partners and Others • Establish Relationships with Potential Religious • Chartered Partners and Others • Religious Emblems reinforce BSA values • Improve relationships with religious chartered partners • Establish relationships with potential Religious partners ●Make a Difference in Lives of Scouts & Families

49. UREC Responsibilities • Serve as a member of the unit committee. • Participate regularly in committee meetings and planning events. • Keep the religious emblems program before the committee as well as unit completion rates. • Encourage the nomination of adults for religious recognitions offered by many of the faith groups.

50. UREC Responsibilities • Serve as a member of the unit committee. • Acquaint all youth with the religious emblems program and the emblems available from their faith group. • Use exhibits, posters, progress charts, etc. to keep religious emblems on the minds of Scouts and leaders in the unit. • Provide faith-specific information on available religious emblems. • Work with unit leadership to plan presentations for packs, dens, troops, patrols, crews, etc.