Order of Service:

• Opening Song / How Great is Our God
• Responsive Reading / Scout Law
• Message
• Song – This is my Fathers World
• Closing Prayer — by Baden Powell. Spoken together

OPENING SONG — How Great is Our God

The splendor of a King
Clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice

He wraps Himself in light
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice

How great is our God
Sing with me
How great is our God
And all will see
How great, how great is our God

Name above all names
Worthy of our praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God

How great is our God
Sing with me
How great is our God
And all will see
How great, how great is our God

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Responsive Reading – Scout Law

Chaplain’s Aide will read a scripture — Everyone please respond with the Scout Law

Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. (Luke 16:10)	A scout is trustworthy
Someone with many friends can still be ruined, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24)	A scout is loyal
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2)	A scout is helpful

 

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.  (Romans 12:10)	A scout is friendly
Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear.  (Ephesians 4:29)	A scout is courteous
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32)	A scout is kind

 

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth. (Ephesians 6:1)	A scout is obedient
A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance.  All the days of the afflicted are evil, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.  (Proverbs 15:13)	A scout is cheerful
Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.  (1 Tim 6:6)	A scout is thrifty

 

Be strong and of good courage, do not fear or be in dread of them; for it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you.  (Deuteronomy 31:6)	A scout is brave
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. (Job 17:9)	A scout is clean
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.  (Mark 12:30)	A Scout is reverent

 

MESSAGE

 

Silent Prayer 

 

SONG — This is my Father’s world

This is my Father’s world,
And to my listening ears
All nature sings, and round me rings
The music of the spheres.

This is my Father’s world:
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas–
His hand the wonders wrought.

This is my Father’s world:
The birds their carols raise,
The morning light, the lily white,
Declare their Maker’s praise.

This is my Father’s world:
He shines in all that’s fair;
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass,
He speaks to me everywhere.

This is my Father’s world:
O let me ne’er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the Ruler yet.

This is my Father’s world:
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King: let the heavens ring!
God reigns; let earth be glad

 

 

CLOSING PRAYER – A Scout’s Prayer

by Lord Baden-Powell

Spoken together

 

Our Father, 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, for through helpfulness do we forget our selfness.

Make us Friendly, for there are so many who need a friend.

 

Train us in Courtesy, for courtesy is the carpet on life’s floor.

Make us kind for kindness is the oil in the cogs of life’s machinery.

 

Insist upon our Obedience, for victory comes only to him who obeys.

Make us Cheerful, for cheerfulness is the green grass among the rocks in the path of life.

 

Train us in Thrift, for thrifty habits brighten our future.

Make us Brave; brave in the dark and brave in the light; but save us from becoming fakers in bravery.

 

Help us to be Clean – clean in thoughts, in speech, and in deed. And may we remember that our bodies are Thy holy temples, and that any abuse thereof is to tamper with Thy Great Plans.

 

Above all, O God, help us to be Reverent toward all things which Thou hast made for our enjoyment when we are in Thy great out-of-doors, among the trees, along the streams, and on the Hillsides. May we know it was Thee who made the waters to flow, the trees to reach heavenward, the mountains to endure to all ages.

In all these things we ask that Thou wilt help us.

 

And may we never forget the Scout Oath to which we all have pledged ourselves, so that through Thy help we may live these points of our Scout Law.  Amen