Families often find a warm and friendly church home where their children are involved in Scouting. Scouting provides an attractive, year-round program of activities and outdoor education with concerned and caring leadership under the supervision of the church. Single-parent families find Scouting provides for a unique need. Leaders have more than twelve times as much contact with young people as does a Sunday school teacher. Leaders-have the responsibility and opportunity to help young people recognize and fulfill their responsibility to God and , to country, to others, and self.
Leaders have the opportunity to promote spiritual development of youth.
Service projects are a vital part of the advancement program, and often can be focused on the concerns of the church for the elderly, the needy, the persons with handicapping conditions, etc. 1. Help the local church use the Scouting program effectively as a resource for its ministry with children, youth, and families. Be sure the church's Scouting unit is administered and supervised by the local church's council on ministries. Volunteer yourself for leadership and recruit others for one of the many jobs available. Encourage your local church to offer the whole Scouting Family Encourage your pastor to offer the God and Country study program for young people in your church.