Lutheran Recognition of Excellence Unit Award

Lutheran Recognition of Excellence

(LRE)

Unit Award

Purpose:

To recognize outstanding Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops, Explorer posts and Venturing crews that are chartered by Lutheran congregations or other Lutheran.

Criteria:

To earn the Lutheran Recognition of Excellence Award, a Scout unit must have within the past twelve (12) months (since the last charter renewal), the unit shall have accomplished the following:

    1. Earned the Centennial Quality Award of Scouting America.
    2. Ten percent or more of the registered youth members of the unit were enrolled in or have completed the appropriate Religious Emblems Program for their age level and religious affiliation.
    3. The pastor serves as the Religious Emblems Counselor or has appointed someone to serve in that capacity for the God and Me, God and Family, God and Church and the God and Life Religious Emblems Programs.
    4. The unit participated in the local Lutheran congregation’s Scout Sunday observance and completed at least one service project for the chartering Lutheran organization.
    5. The unit provided regular worship opportunities when away from their home congregations on Sundays for camping trips and outings, and provided the appropriate religious setting for banquets, ceremonies and other unit events (prayer at pack, den, troop, crew and leader meetings).
    6. The Chartered Organization Representative (COR) shall be a member of the chartering Lutheran congregation or, for other Lutheran organizations, a member of a local Lutheran congregation.
    7. *For Scouting America troops only, the Chaplain Aide(s) is/are trained and actively working with a Lutheran pastor, youth minister, or designated lay person.
LRE Pamphlet