Fulfilling our Duty to God Through Scouting: 7th Annual LDS Merit Badge Pow Wow and Leader Training
When: March 21, 2015
Where: Ashburn Stake Center (LDS) 21015 Claiborne Parkway, Ashburn, VA 20147-4030 (for Merit Badges)
Sign-In Start Time: 7:30am
Event Start Time: 8:15am
Event End Time: 1:45PM
Who should attend: Open to all registered Scouts (Troops, Teams and Crews) and their Leaders. Priority registration to Goose Creek District Scouts.
Uniform: BSA Class A.
Registration: A scout can only be registered for up to 3 sessions. Sessions 1 and 4 start at 9:00am; sessions 2 and 5 start at 10:30am, and sessions 3 and 6 start at 12:10pm. One adult must attend the Merit Badge Pow Wow to address any emergencies with their Scouting Unit if one arises.
Notice: The Computer MB has been replaced by the Digitial Technilogy MB. Please register for the Computer MB sessions to take the Digital Technology MB.
This site supports the registration for the merit badge sessions.
Registration for the Adult Leader Training is also provided on this site, but the training will be done at the Tall Cedars Building 42530 Tall Cedars Pkwy, South Riding, VA20152-6732 (for Adult Scouter training)
New This Year: Religious Knot sessions are being provided this year. See the full list of sessions to see what is being offered.
Preliminary Schedule for Merit Badge Pow Wow:
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0730 – 0815 Check-in and Registration Confirmation
0815 – 0817 Call to Order, Welcome to All Scouts and Merit Badge Counselors
0817 – 0820 Invocation
0820 – 0825 Color Guard
0825 – 0828 All Rise for Scout Oath and Law
0830 – 0840 Key Note Speaker
0840 – 0850 How Does a Merit Badge Clinic Work?
0850 – 0855 Questions?
0900 – 1020 First Merit Badge Session
1030 – 1150 Second Merit Badge Session
1150 – 1210 Lunch *Eat in your third session room
1210 – 1330 Third Merit Badge Session
All Adult Leaders are Being Trained at Tall Cedars Building 42530 Tall Cedars Pkwy, South Riding, VA20152-6732 - Training starts promptly at 8:15am
0730 – 0815 Check-in and Registration Confirmation
0815 – 0817 Call to Order, Welcome to All Adult Scouters and Trainers
0817 – 0820 Invocation
0820 – 0825 Color Guard
0825 – 0828 All Rise for Scout Oath and Law
0830 – 0840 Key Note Speaker
0840 – 0850 Instructions on training locations
0850 – 0855 Questions?
0900 – 11:50 Basic Scout Adult Leader Training Sessions
0900 - 1100 On My Honor training for LDS Adult Scouters
1150 – 1210 Lunch
1210 - Until done Continuation of Basic Scout Adult Leader Scout Training Sessions
Clean Up/ “Leave No Trace”/Dismissed from your last class
*** Adults Who Need Their Boy Scout, Varsity Scout and Venturing Leader Training may register up to the end of the day on the 12th of March.***
Which Merit Badges and Training Courses: All badges offered in all three sessions:
Note:
(1)All adult training will take place at the LDS Chapel in Tall Cedars Building 42530 Tall Cedars Pkwy, South Riding, VA20152-6732 . Adult leaders will check in at the Tall Cedars Chapel and attend the opening meeting and start their training. They will not need to go to the Ashburn Chapel.
(2) LDS Ashburn Stake Units have priority registration from 24 January to 20 February. Open registration for all units is from 21 February to 12 March.
Eagle Required Merit Badges Offered:
- Citizenship in the Community
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Citizenship in the World
- Communications
- Family Life
- Personal Fitness
- Personal Management
Elective Merit Badges and Class Offered:
- Medicine
- Genealogy
- Energy
- Law
- Photography
- Game Design
- Life to Eagle
- Computers
- Music Aviation
- Entrepreneurship
Boy Scout Leader Specific Training:
- Varsity Leader Specific Training
- Venturing Leader Specific Training
- Scout Leader Specific Training
** Scouts can bring a sack lunch, no hot food, cold sandwich, fruit, and bottle water only (No sodas or juices allowed)
** BLUE CARDS must be filled out prior to the clinic; the clinic will not supply any BLUE CARDS.
** Unit leaders are highly encouraged to stay and help monitor the classes. If you can stay, please let me know.
THE FOLLOWING SESSIONS WILL TAUGHT AS TWO CLASSES IN SEPERATE ROOMS. THE SCOUTS NEED TO REPORT TO THE ROOM ADVERTISED AND THE MB CONSELORS WILL DIVID THEM INTO THE TWO ROOMS.
- Citizenship in the Community
- Citizenship in the World
- Computers/Digital Technilogy
- Personal Management