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PLANTING SEEDS
Cubmaster’s Minute Sept 2007, Adapted by
Karl Kinton
If I gave you a choice, which would you
rather have, the apple or the seeds? I guess most of us would choose the apple.
A long time ago there was a guy who
would have taken the seeds. He was a nut about apple seeds - so much so that
people called him Johnny Appleseed. For many years he walked across hundreds of
miles of our country, back when most of it was frontier land, and everywhere he
went he planted apple seeds. The trees from those seeds fed many thousands of
people in later generations. That's real long range planning!
Many of us are interested mainly in the
present. We don't think ahead like Johnny Appleseed.
Did you know The Cub Scouting Program
is a lot like “Johnny Appleseed” ???
Our seeds are :
1. The Ideals
The Cub Scout
Promise, the Law of
the Pack, the Tiger Cub
motto and Promise, and the Cub Scout sign, handshake,
motto,
and salute
all teach good citizenship and contribute to a boy's sense of belonging.
2. The Den
Boys like to belong to a group. The
den is the place where boys learn new skills and develop interests in new
things. They have fun in den meetings, during indoor and outdoor activities,
and on field trips. As part of a small group of six to eight boys, they are
able to learn sportsmanship and good citizenship. They learn how to get along
with others. They learn how to do their best, not just for themselves but also
for the den.
3. Advancement
Recognition is important to boys.
The advancement plan provides fun for the boys, gives them a sense of personal
achievement as they earn badges, and strengthens family understanding as adult
family members work with boys on advancement projects.
4. Family Involvement
Family involvement is an essential
part of Cub Scouting. When we speak of parents or families, we are not
referring to any particular family structure. Some boys live with two parents,
some live with one parent, some have foster parents, and some live with other
relatives or guardians. Whoever a boy calls his family is his family in Cub
Scouting.
5. Activities
In Cub Scouting, boys participate
in a wide variety of den and pack activities, such as games, projects, skits,
stunts, songs, outdoor activities, and trips. Also, the Cub Scout Academics and
Sports program and Cub Scouting's BSA Family program include activities that
encourage personal achievement and family involvement.
6. Home and Neighborhood Centered
Cub Scouting meetings and
activities happen in urban areas, in rural communities, in large cities, in
small towns—wherever boys live.
7. The Uniform
The Tiger Cub, Cub Scout, and
Webelos Scout uniforms help build pride, loyalty, and self-respect. Wearing the
uniform to all den and pack meetings and activities also encourages a neat
appearance, a sense of belonging, and good behavior.
Our Trees and Fruit develop:
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1.
Character
Development
2.
Spiritual
Growth
3.
Good
Citizenship
4.
Sportsmanship
and Fitness
5.
Family
Understanding
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6.
Respectful
Relationships
7.
Personal
Achievement
8.
Friendly
Service
9.
Fun
and Adventure
10.
Preparation
for Boy Scouts
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So Remember:
Everything we do this year in our Cub
Scout Pack is like the apple seed, to make you grow into Tall, Mature, Fruit
producing, Trees.
Have fun with everything we do this year, Try as many new things
as you can And Grow, Grow, Grow!
Updated 10/8/07
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THE STORY OF THE TEA CUP
Author Unknown
There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in a beautiful antique store. This trip
was to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. They both liked antiques and pottery, and
especially teacups.
Spotting an exceptional cup, they asked, "May we see that? We've never seen a cup quite so
beautiful."
As the lady handed it to them, the tea cup spoke.
"You don't understand," it said, "I have not always been a tea cup. There was a time when I was
just a lump of red clay. My master took me and rolled me pounded and patted me over and over
and I yelled out, 'Don't do that. I don't like it! Let me alone,' but he only smiled, and
gently said, 'Not yet!'
"Then. WHAM! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun around and around and
around. 'Stop it! I'm getting so dizzy! I'm going to be sick!', I screamed But the master only
nodded and said, quietly, 'Not yet.'
"When I thought I couldn't bear it another minute, the door opened. He carefully took me out
and put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. 'Oh, that felt so good! Ah, this is much better,'
I thought.
But, after I cooled he picked me up and he brushed and painted me all over. The fumes were
horrible. I thought I would gag. 'Oh, please; stop it, stop it!!' I cried. He only shook his
head and said. 'Not yet!'
"Then suddenly he put me back in to the oven. Only it was not like the first one. This was
twice as hot and I just knew I would suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried. I was
convinced I would never make it. I was ready to give up.
"Just then the door opened and he took me out and again placed me on the shelf, where I cooled
and waited and waited, wondering, What's he going to do to me next? An hour later he handed me
a mirror and said 'Look at yourself.' And I did. "I said, ' That's not me; that couldn't be me.
It's beautiful I'm beautiful!'
"Quietly he spoke: 'I want you to remember, then,' he said, 'I know it hurt to be rolled and
pounded and patted, but had I just left you alone, you'd have dried up. I know it made you
dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled. I know it
hurt and it was hot and disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have
cracked. I know the fumes were bad when I
brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened. You
would not have had any color in your life. If I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you
wouldn't have survived for long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a
finished product. Now you are what I had in mind when I first began with you.'"
God knows what He's doing in each of us. He is the potter, and we are His clay. He will mold us
and make us, and expose us to just enough pressures of just the right kinds that we may be
made into a flawless piece of work to fulfill His good, pleasing and perfect will So when life
seems hard, and you are being pounded and patted and pushed almost beyond endurance; when your
world seems to be spinning out of control; when you feel like you are in a fiery furnace of
trials; when life seems to
"stink", try this:
Brew a cup of your favorite tea in your prettiest tea cup, sit down, and have a little talk
with the Potter.
Updated 6/1/07
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Your Brain is like a Sponge
Cubmasters Minute Sept 26, 2006, by Karl Kinton
Hold up dry Sponge
Ask What is this?
This Sponge is just like your brain. It is very porous, it is very absorbent, It will hold a lot of Stuff.
When you were born your brain was empty, like this sponge. You did not know how to do much. You could not talk, walk,
you did not know who ”lives in a pineapple under the sea”.
As you are growing up you are filling your sponge with all sorts of
things every day. (Add liquid to sponge at each point)
You know that you need to brush your teeth everyday, to say please and
thank you, how to play soccer, How to use a knife, How to respect your
parents Teachers and adults, Learning about your belief in God, How to
clean your bedroom.
This Sponge is just like your brain, What ever we put into this sponge
will come out. (Squeeze Sponge and let it drain)
All of the good stuff that we have learned will come out in how we
treat other people and how we live.
What happens if we put Not so good stuff into our sponges?
(Add liquid to sponge at each point)
Such as Disrespect for parents and teachers, watch TV that is violent
or for adults, or listen to the wrong kind of music, hang around with
the kids your parents have told you not to, Say bad words.
This Sponge is just like your brain, What ever we put into this sponge will come out.
(Squeeze Sponge and let it drain)
All of the bad stuff that we have learned will come out in how we treat
other people and how we live.
So what kind of stuff do you want to fill your sponge with? If you only
fill your sponge with good stuff, only good stuff will come out of your
sponge.
Updated 10/27/06
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Walking Sticks are a lot like Cub Scouts
While camping with the Pack during the ‘Cub Adventure
Weekend’ I noticed during our walks around camp that most of the
Cub Scouts wanted to have a walking stick with them. Walking sticks
have many purposes, but the main purpose is to provide support and
stability for the user.
Walking sticks came in all different sizes, diameters, lengths, types
of wood. It seamed that each scout also personalized their walking
stick. Some striped the bark from the wood, some cut off parts of the
walking stick. Everyone’s walking stick was different, unique,
and served a purpose.
Each Cub Scout is much like a walking stick. Cub Scouts come in many
different sizes, shapes, personalities, and colors. All Cub Scouts are
different and unique.
All Cub Scouts have a purpose, the main purpose is to:
To DO MY BEST
To do my DUTY to GOD And my Country
To HELP other people, and
To OBEY the LAW of the Pack
The next time you pick up a walking stick, remember that walking sticks
have a purpose and so does each individual Cub Scout.
Updated 6/1/06
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