Each year on the first Thursday of May our nation celebrates a National Day of Prayer. On this day the nation is encouraged “to turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups and as individuals.” This year the National Day of Prayer is May 2, 2024.
In honor of this day, our Council in conjunction with the BSA’s National Religious Relationships Committee is inviting all Scouts and Scouter to participate in “Scouts Read Sacred Text – Worldwide.”
On May 2nd, BSA’s National Religions Relationships Committee has organized Scouts from around the world to read the entire sacred texts of these world religions – Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, and Protestant faith. In addition, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Christian, Eastern Orthodox, Hindu, Sikh, and other Faiths will be reading their sacred texts on this same day.
Scouts in the Far East and the Transatlantic councils will be participating in this event. That means Scouts will start reading at 5:30 pm in the Far East, eight hours later, Scouts read in Europe, we cross the Atlantic and six hours later, Scouts begin reading on the East Coast, then Midwest and finish in California. What a vision to have Sacred Texts being read starting in the Far East and sweeping west all around the world – all on the US National Day of Prayer.
At 5:30pm on May 2nd our local Scouts are invited to participate in three ways:
Participating in this event could help Scouts satisfy the Duty to God requirement necessary.
Here is a short video: https://vimeo.com/915976646
Here is the webpage: https://stlbsa.org/scouts-read-sacred-texts-worldwide/
Here is the link for to register: https://docs.google.com/…/1gQ2…/viewform…
I hope you will join us in celebrating the National Day of Prayer and showing the world that a “Scout is reverent!” If you have any questions, please contact me at TMaloney.BSA@outlook.com.
Peace,
Dcn. Tim Maloney
Scout Chaplain