Posts Tagged ‘quorum’
Venture Training
Last night our Council, the Snake River Council, had a Venturing Training meeting. All of the Venturing leaders and those associated with Venturing were invited to attend. We had people travel from all over the valley for this event. From Burley/Rupert area and from the Woodriver valley.
The key note speaker for the evening was Brad Harris. He was one of the main authors of the Venturing program so he really knows his stuff. He has also authored a book called, Trails to Testimony: Bringing Young Men to Christ Through Scouting .
He was an excellent speaker and really brought Venturing down to a level that everyone could understand. What is very interesting is that after he was released from the LDS Church’s Young Mens General Board last April, he was called to be the Young Mens President in his LDS home ward. Therefore, he was now tasked with the challenge of practicing what he has been preaching for so many years. It was very satisfying to hear that he was having the same issues and challenges at getting Venturing going in his Priest’s Quorum that I had when I was in that position. He has only had that calling for about 4 weeks now so I would be very interested to hear from him again in about a year so see how his little local program is doing.
I’ll be writing up my notes from this meeting this Sunday. I’ll take some of the highlights and share them with you on my blog. One of the best comments of the night was that Venturing was built and molded to help young men to prepare for LDS missions. If the program is run correctly, these young men will know how to plan, delegate and teach. All of which are key to a successful mission.
