Building Faith in Youth.
The Mission of Elizabethtown Christian Academy is to provide a Christ-centered environment where students are challenged to achieve academic and spiritual excellence. The Academy is committed to integrating Biblical values and academics into the lives of its students.
Statements by Lord Baden-Powell the founder of scouting. "The Scout, in his promise, undertakes to do his duty to his king and country only in the second place; his first duty is to God. It is with this idea before us and recognizing that God is the one Father of us all, that we Scouts count ourselves a brotherhood despite the "There is no religious "side" of the movement. The whole of it is based on religion, that is, on the realization and service of God. "Let us, therefore, in training our Scouts, keep the higher aims in the forefront, not let ourselves get too absorbed in the steps. Don't let the technical outweigh the moral. Field efficiency, back woodsmanship, camping, hiking, Good Turns, jamboree comradeship are all means, not the end. The end is CHARACTER with a purpose. "Our objective in the Scouting movement is to give such help as we can in bringing about God's Kingdom on earth by including among youth the spirit and the daily practice in their lives of unselfish goodwill and cooperation." No man is much good unless he believes in God and obeys His laws. So every Scout should have religion. Religion seems a very simple thing: First: Love and serve God. Second: Love and serve your neighbor. In doing your duty to God always be grateful to Him. Whenever you enjoy a pleasure or a good game, or succeed in doing a good thing, thank Him for it, if only with a word or two, just as you say grace at a meal. And it is a good thing to bless other people. For instance, if you see a train starting off, just pray for God's blessing on all that are in the train. |
A Scout is Reverent. Scouts can earn the religious knot: Programs of Religious Activities with Youth (P.R.A.Y.) Click on the knot for information.
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