Venturing Religious and Community Life Bronze Award

The Venturing Program allows scouts to earn a Bronze Award in multiple Categories, including Sports, Arts and Hobbies, Outdoors and Sea Scouting. The one most relevant to this blog is the Religious and Community Life Bronze Award.

There are 12 Requirements that a Venturing Scout must do. All this is copied from Meritbadge.org

12 requirements from the 2006 TRUST Handbook

To complete the Religious and Community Life Bronze Award, do nine of the following. (Activities or projects that are more available in your area may be substituted with your Advisor’s approval for activities described below.)

1. Religious emblem. Receive a religious emblem appropriate for your age and religious affiliation.
2. Community service.

   a. Serve as a volunteer with a community organization for at least three months.

   b. Keep a journal of your experiences and how they affect your thoughts on community.

   c. After the three months, share your experiences and how you feel about your service and what it means to be a part of your community with others.

3. Religious service.

   a. Serve as a volunteer in your place of worship for at least three months.

   b. Keep a journal of your experiences and how they affect your religious beliefs.

   c. After the three months, share your experiences and how you feel about your service and your religious beliefs with others.

4. Cultural diversity.

   a. Participate in a discussion about cultural diversity with your crew, religious youth group, or other appropriate group.

   b. Make a presentation or tabletop display using the information you learned in the discussion.

   OR

   c. Invite someone from a different cultural background from yours and the majority of your crew's members to give a presentation on a subject of his or her choosing.

5. Service project. Plan and lead a service project such as helping to build a Habitat for Humanity house, participating in a community cleanup project, or taking on a fix-up project for a nursing home or daycare facility.
6. Religious retreat. Go on a religious retreat or religious trek lasting at least two days.
7. Religious/ethical play. Produce or be a cast member in some type of entertainment production with a religious or ethical theme, such as a play, a puppet show, or concert for a group such as a children's group, retirement home, homeless shelter, or Cub Scout or Boy Scout group.
8. Youth group leadership. Serve as a president, leader, or officer of the youth group at your school or religious institution.
9. First aid course. Complete a Standard First Aid or higher course or its equivalent.
10. Ethical Controversies.

    a. Lead or be on the staff of an Ethics Forum for your crew, your youth group, or your school class.

    b. Participate in at least two Ethical Controversies activities as a participant.

    c. Be a facilitator for at least two Ethical Controversies activities for your crew, another crew, your school class, a Boy Scout troop, or another group.

11. Teacher assistant. Serve as a teacher or an assistant to a teacher for a children's class at your religious institution or an educational institution (public school, daycare, or nursery) for at least two months.
12. Religious interview. Meet with your religious leader to explore his/her duties, the preparation necessary to assume those duties, and what he/she believes is the most important element of the position.