Duty to God Resources
Duty to God Requirements for Cub Scouts
Tiger Adventure: Tiger Circles: Duty to God
Complete requirement 1 plus at least two others.
Discuss with your parent, guardian, den leader, or other caring adult what it means to do your duty to God. Tell how you do your duty to God in your daily life.
With a family member, attend a religious service or other activity that shows how your family expresses reverence for God.
Earn the religious emblem of your faith that is appropriate for your age or grade.
Help with a local service project and talk with your den or family about how helping others is part of our duty to God. (Cub Master's Note: This requirement can be fulfilled by the Scout participating in one of our Pack service projects at Feed My Starving Children or Messiah.)
With the approval of your parent/guardian, den leader, or other caring adult, think of and then carry out an act of kindness or respect that you think shows duty to God.
Wolf Adventure: Duty to God Footsteps
Complete Requirement 1 or 2 plus at least two others.
Discuss with your parent, guardian, den leader, or other caring adult what it means to do your duty to God. Tell how you do your duty to God in your daily life.
Earn the religious emblem of your faith that is appropriate for your age, if you have not already done so.
Offer a prayer, meditation, or reflection with your family, den, or pack.
Read a story about people or groups of people who came to America to enjoy religious freedom.
Learn and sing a song that could be sung in reverence before or after meals or one that gives encouragement, reminds you how to show reverence, or demonstrates your duty to God.
Visit a religious monument or site where people might show reverence. Create a visual display of your visit with your den or your family, and show how it made you feel reverent or helped you better understand your duty to God.
Bear Adventure: Fellowship and Duty to God
Complete the following requirements.
Discuss with your parent, guardian, den leader, or other caring adult what it means to do your duty to God. Tell how you do your duty to God in your daily life.
Complete at least one of the following:
A. Identify a person whose faith you admire, and discuss this person with your family.
B. With a family member, provide service to a place of worship or a spiritual community, school, or community organization that puts into practice your ideals of duty to God and strengthens your fellowship with others.Complete at least one of the following:
A. Earn the religious emblem of your faith that is appropriate for your age, if you have not already done so.
B. Make a list of things you can do to practice your duty to God as you are taught in your home or place of worship or spiritual community. Select two of the items and practice them for two weeks.
Webelos Adventure: Duty to God and You
Complete requirement 1 and at least two others.
Discuss with your parent, guardian, den leader, or other caring adult what it means to do your duty to God. Tell how you do your duty to God in your daily life.
Earn the religious emblem of your faith that is appropriate for your age, if you have not done so already.
Discuss with your family, family’s faith leader, or other caring adult how planning and participating in a service of worship or reflection helps you live your duty to God.
List one thing that will bring you closer to doing your duty to God, and practice it for one month. Write down what you will do each day to remind you.
Arrow of Light Adventure: Duty to God in Action
Complete Requirements 1 and 2 plus at least two others of your choice.
Discuss with your parent, guardian, den leader, or other caring adult what it means to do your duty to God. Tell how you do your duty to God in your daily life.
Under the direction of your parent, guardian, or religious or spiritual leader, do an act of service for someone in your family, neighborhood, or community. Talk about your service with your family. Tell your family how it related to doing your duty to God. (Cub Master's Note: This requirement can be fulfilled by the Scout participating in one of our Pack service projects at Feed My Starving Children or Messiah.)
Earn the religious emblem of your faith that is appropriate for your age, if you have not done so already.
With your parent, guardian, or religious or spiritual leader, discuss and make a plan to do two things you think will help you better do your duty to God. Do these things for a month.
Discuss with your family how the Scout Oath and Scout Law relate to your beliefs about duty to God.
For at least a month, pray or reverently meditate each day as taught by your family or faith community.
Ideas for Spiritual Practices for Cub Scouts
The following is a simple list of ideas that can work in many (but not all) religious contexts and even in a family that has no faith tradition at all.
Giving Thanks/ Thankfulness
Reading a religious or inspirational texts
Prayer/mindful meditation
Prayer/writing/journaling
Fasting
Labyrinths or nature walks
Setting up and using a Sacred space/prayer stations/quiet space
This list is neither exhaustive nor is it prescriptive. The most important practice is that your Scout a conversation with their parents and family about what they believe and why they believe it.
Please keep in mind that the Scouts BSA encourages each Scout and family to interpret the requirements as they make sense in their context including the uses of the words “God” and “faith” which might not be a believe in a personal god but may refer to trust in a higher power or a commitment to a set of ethics or way of life.
Earning a Religious Emblems
No Scout is required to earn a Religious Emblem, but it does fulfill one or more of the requirements for a Scout in a given year. If you go on Scouting.org you can find a ton of religious emblems: https://www.scouting.org/awards/religious-awards/chart/. Right now, however, We aware of only nine official options to earn the religious emblem within Cub Scouts, and most Christian denominations fall under the P.R.A.Y. Program:
Most Protestants, Pentecostals and Non-Denominational Christians -> The P.R.A.Y Program
We have not been able to find good resources for Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Bahai, Tao, Shinto, Zoroastrian, or other Eastern or ancestral-based Religions.