The Heart of Scouting
Pin for Varsity Scouts
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- The activities below are part of the Personal Development area of emphasis and they help Varsity Scouts better understand their duty to God and do it.
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- The Heart of Scouting pin for Varsity Scouts is a beautiful pin that can be worn anytime or displayed with other earned or collected pins and awards.
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- Requirements
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- Complete three of the requirements in your church's religious emblem program and four of the following activities:
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- Work with your coach to identify a member of your team who could benefit from extra attention and support. Develop a plan to help that person for at least a month. Share th results with your coach.
- Do something (talk, lesson, presentation, lead a discussion, etc.) designed to help members of your team better understand what “my duty to God” means.
- Write a fictional story or a poem about someone trying to do their duty to God who ran into opposition. Describe how they eventually found a way to overcome the opposition and reach their objective.
- Reasearch the life of a great leader and identify occasions in which their actions expressed his or her duty to God. Share what you have learned with your coach, describing sacrifices that had to be made and difficulties that had to be overcome.
- If you see behavior in your team that is unkind or inappropriate, do something to try to help improve the situation. Discuss what happened with our coach.
- Memorize a scripture that teaches something you should do to do your duty to God. Then do a service project that is based on the scripture. Discuss what happened with your coach.
- Lead an event in your team in which members voice positive feelings and appreciations for the strengths or actions of others.
Requirements may be signed off by a parent, Scout leader, or religious leader.
