Faith is not only a belief in a God, but showing others by your actions what your faith is. You will learn about footsteps that have come before showing faith. This can help you begin to think about how the footsteps you take as a Scout as you learn lots of exciting new skills and adventures can help you show your faith in God.
Rationale for Adventure
This adventure will help each Wolf Scout develop a consistent awareness of his duty to God. He will also explore ways that he can practice his family’s beliefs as part of living out his duty to God.
Requirements
Complete requirement 1 or 2 plus at least two others.
- Discuss with your parent, guardian, den leader, or other caring adult what it means to do your duty to God. Tell how you do your duty to God in your daily life.
- Earn the religious emblem of your faith that is appropriate for your age, if you have not already done so.
- Offer a prayer, meditation, or reflection with your family, den, or pack.
- Read a story about people or groups of people who came to America to enjoy religious freedom.
- Learn and sing a song that could be sung in reverence before or after meals or one that gives encouragement, reminds you how to show reverence, or demonstrates your duty to God.
- Visit a religious monument or site where people might show reverence. Create a visual display of your visit with your den or your family, and show how it made you feel reverent or helped you better understand your duty to God
Takeaways for Cub Scouts
- We should show reverence for those of great faith who came before us.
- Religious freedom is one of the founding principles of our country, and Scouting honors that freedom.
- Practicing one’s religion – walking the “footsteps” – shows reverence and duty to God.
- A Scout is reverent.
Historical Requirements
2015 Handbook Requirements
Wolf Handbook, page 68
Wolf Den Leader Guide, page 49
Complete requirements 1 and 2.
- Do both of these:
- Visit a religious monument or site where people might show reverence.
- Create a visual display of your visit with your den or your family, and show how it made you feel reverent or helped you better understand your duty to God.
- Complete 2a and at least two of requirements 2b–2d.
- Give two ideas on how you can practice your duty to God. Choose one, and do it for a week.
- Read a story about people or groups of people who came to America to enjoy religious freedom.
- Learn and sing a song that could be sung in reverence before or after meals or one that gives encouragement, reminds you of how to show reverence, or demonstrates your duty to God.
- Offer a prayer, meditation, or reflection with your family, den, or pack.
