Our Troop has been chartered by the same United Methodist Church since 1957.
We are moving charters to a local Lutheran Church and will be using their facilities as well. While we looked at chartering with a local group where we would keep a FUA in place with he current church we felt there was too much uncertainty with the Methodists going forward. Our local council had no desire to charter units unless it was an emergency bridge to another charter.
With the division and splits on the horizon for the Methodist Church our current congregation will be aligned with the existing church. While the local congregation wanted us to stay it was becoming more and more apparent that the National and Local Methodist conferences want to distance themselves from scouting and we were nervous that even a facility use agreement could be short term.
Making a clean break from the UMC was difficult but definitely the best way forward for our Troop.
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Our Troop has been chartered by the same United Methodist Church since 1957.
We are moving charters to a local Lutheran Church and will be using their facilities as well. While we looked at chartering with a local group where we would keep a FUA in place with he current church we felt there was too much uncertainty with the Methodists going forward. Our local council had no desire to charter units unless it was an emergency bridge to another charter.
With the division and splits on the horizon for the Methodist Church our current congregation will be aligned with the existing church. While the local congregation wanted us to stay it was becoming more and more apparent that the National and Local Methodist conferences want to distance themselves from scouting and we were nervous that even a facility use agreement could be short term.
Making a clean break from the UMC was difficult but definitely the best way forward for our Troop.