Equipment Needs | Troop Vespers | Taps | Scouting Taps | Scout LAW Prayer
This page was prepared with the intent to give the new scouts a little instruction and some of the information that is lacking when you first joined. Please be sure to ask plenty of questions. The Troop Guide is the guy you want to seek out for all your questions. If he does not know the answer he will find someone to help you. This page and the TROOP POLICIES PAGES are great resources in understanding the culture and methods that are used or have been used by the troop in the past.
NEW SCOUT EQUIPMENT NEEDS
When a New Scout joins the troop he is presented with The Boy Scout Handbook. Mark your name in your book right away! THIS BOOK SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO ALL SCOUT FUNCTIONS. There is certain equipment that he should obtain before the first camping activity you may wish to review the lists provided in Chapter Nine, pages 224-227, The Boy Scout Handbook. (Be sure to personalize or mark all gear items!
The following Items will be needed for advancement, but can be purchased within 2 months of joining - -
The Scouting vesper is used in the following manner as our traditional closing at Troop meetings...
Softly falls the light of day.
While our campfire fades away
Silently each Scout should ask:
"Have I done my daily task?
Have I kept my honor bright?
Can I guiltless sleep tonight?
Have I done and have I dared
everything to be prepared?"
And now may the great master
of all scouts be with us till we meet again.
BE PREPARED.
Day is done, gone the sun,
from the lake, from the hills, from the sky;
All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.
Fading light dims the sight
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright,
From afar, drawing nigh,
Falls the night.
Day is Done, Gone the Sun
Whilst clear through the gathering dusk, a whistle sounds
In quick response the campers return from play
The call resounds, from the lake, from the trees, from the sky.
From western skies the colours slowly die
The stars above, and the pines their watches keep
Another joyous day goes swiftly by,
Safetly rest, all is well, God is nigh.
Great Master of all good Scouts,
We pray that Thou will make us trustworthy, for there are those who trust us.
Make us loyal, for through loyalty we reach our highest ideals.
Teach us to be helpful; through helpfulness we forget ourselves.
Make us friendly - there are so many who need friends.
Train us courtesy, for courtesy is the carpet on life's floor.
Make us kind; the fields and woods are full of thy creatures.
Insist on our obedience, for success comes only to him who first learns to obey.
Make us cheerful, for cheerfulness is the green grass near the pebbles in the road.
Train us in thrift, for thrifty habits enable us to be generous to those in need.
May we be brave - brave in darkness and brave in the light,
but save us from becoming fakers of bravery.
Help us to be clean in thought, in speech and in deed;
and may we remember that our bodies are thy holy temples.
Above all, Father, help us to be reverent - not only toward Thee
but also toward all things that thou hast made.
We ask thy guidance in all these things and
may we never forget the Promise to which all Scouts are pledged.
Amen.