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The Scoutmaster Minute: Your Handbook for Inspiring Moments

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I was looking for good short stories to end scout meetings, and this book has great ones. The concept of the "Scoutmaster's Minute" is not new to Costa Rica, but finding stories is not an easy task. Well, the search has just become easier.

I carry this book with me daily and have several that are my favorite. Many of the stories evoke thought on the part of my Scouts, who I read to.

Will there be another?

In the last several months I have been asked to give many a scouter's minute. Usually that is all the warning I have too. This book is a lifesaver in those instances - great little thoughts and great for building blocks to use in a bigger thought too. Wonderful tool for any scouter/scoutmaster because it has so many great thoughts and ideas. I'd recommend it to anyone that has anything to do with scouting - it goes everywhere with me, just like my handbook.

I bought this for our Cubmaster - he really appreciated it. He plans to start a tradition and it pass it along to the next who takes his place...

Scoutmaster Minutes is a great resource for scoutmasters to use teaching moments to make scouts aware the scout oath and laws.

Most Boy Scouts and Scoutmasters are familiar with the Scoutmaster minute--a minute or two set aside for the Scoutmaster near the end of a Court of Honor, troop meeting, or even around a campfire. The Scoutmaster is expected to deliver a brief story with a moral point. Most Scoutmasters are good at this, but after a few years they may run out of original material. Ron Wendel's book was written to save the day.

This book contains more than 120 pages of brief stories, quotes and min-history lessons. The stories are organized into chapters my grouping important values from the Scout Oath and Scout Law. There are chapters for Character (Trustworthiness and Loyalty), Mind (Obedience and Cheerfulness), Body (Thriftiness and Cleanliness), Spirit (Bravery and Reverence), and a catch-the-rest chapter Other (Helpfulness, Friendliness, Courteousness and Kindness). There are sufficient stories for Scoutmasters with different temperaments to each find ones they can deliver comfortably.

A short quote from the Spirit chapter:

"We enjoy many freedoms in America. Freedom is a precious gift that we need to recognize and protect. Daniel Webster (1782-1852, U.S. Senator) said, "God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it."

This book is recommended for anyone who needs to give brief talks to young people about any of the Scouting values.