TLUSA - A Godly-Worldview of our Trail

 

The photographer of this photo¹ has unknowing captured for me, the big picture of the Trail Life USA (TLUSA) movement. www.TrailLifeUSA.com

The imagery in this photo brings out the beauty of God’s creation and three primary colors that represent the trail of our national Christ-centered, Biblically-based boys program, developed to lead our youth to learn, understand, and become wise walking with God.
 
The journey begins as we go ahead of the boys to lead them to take the higher path and to “Walk Worthy”.² The Green represents of the Woodlands Trail program (K-5th grade) to grain knowledge.

Next we walk along side our youth on an upward trail, climbing together through the various Gray areas of life as Navigators (6-8th grade), to more fully understand and choose Christian values.

Then we ask our Adventurers, young men (9-12 grade) to stretch themselves, reaching up to the Blue heavens, to gain wisdom in the develop of their own God-honoring worldview of life, and then to share these values and principles with those that follow them.

What a great picture -- But await, there is a bonus!

This picture from Timberline Lake also reminds me of the special TLUSA award, simply called the Timberline Award. The Timberline Award is the highest award a Woodlands Trail trailman can achieve. It is to celebrate a boy’s entrance into the new world of TLUSA’s Navigators program experiencing and exploring God’s great outdoors and life’s high adventures.

The Woodlands Trail Leaders Guide³ states – “Just as the tall timbers stop at the Timberline’s edge, so must a Mountain Lion’s time stop in the Woodlands Trail program. As the Trailman proceeds on his individual path, he leaves the Woodlands Trail and embarks on a new trail of exploration and experiences. The Trailman leaves with many good wishes and prayers that he will continue to Walk Worthy with the God that created him, loves him, and guides him.”

 The four Manhood Principles taught are: To live boldly and avoid being passive, To live responsibly, To live courageously, To live for the greater rewards of God. The principles and requirements for the Timberline Award are in the Woodlands Trail Leaders Guide.

 

Let Him find us Walking Worthy...

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¹Matthew Lemke www.summitpost.org Silver Run Peak from Timberline Lake - July 2012.

² TLUSA Motto – “Walk Worthy” taken from Col.1-10

³ Woodlands Trail Leaders Guide, pdf download version 1.1
Published by Youth Adventure Program, Incorporated, dba Worthy Trailman Press
4853 S. Orange Avenue, Suite C
Orlando, FL 32806

AHG & TLUSA - Baltimore Pointer

 

 Well it's finally official -- I have been accepted as a Ministry Expansion Lead (MEL) volunteer for the American Heritage Girls (AHG) and a Point man (PM) volunteer for Trail Life USA (TLUSA) here in the Baltimore, MD I-695 Area. I’m very excited to be able to work to help promote both of these Christ-centered faith-based youth programs to Christian organizations here in the Baltimore, Maryland Area.



Now the challenge is to recruit Baltimore Area Teams to promote and support these two worthy Biblically-base youth organizations.

So who's ready to serve together with us!

In these new roles I look forward with anticipation to work with other like-mined individuals to promote a Biblical world view. My desire is to help participate in the future development of an alliance between these two biblically-based youth organizations for the entire family unit. I see both AHG & TLUSA as organizations dedicated to reaching out with the Love of Christ to today’s youth and their families with a biblical world view. I’m proud to be affiliated with both youth programs.

Check out these links for more information:

 

Local Baltimore Area Information

http://ahg-pointer.blogspot.com/   

http://tinyurl.com/o5aorax

National Information

http://www.ahgonline.org/

https://www.facebook.com/AmericanHeritageGirl

https://twitter.com/ahgnews

 



 

Local Baltimore Area Information

http://traillifeusa-pointer.blogspot.com/ 

https://www.facebook.com/TL.MD.I695

National Information

http://www.traillifeusa.com  

https://www.facebook.com/TrailLifeUSA

https://twitter.com/traillifeusa



Trail Life USA -- Point Man

Pointing others onto a new trail...

...from my BSA WAY to Trail Life USA

I've greatly enjoyed my years in Scouting both as a boy and as an adult leader, and give thanks to many for their help, friendships and support, but sadly for me my current scouting trail is coming to an end.  In my previous post back in May (Fight or Flight), I truly thought I was going to battle public opinion and work with those within the BSA that support (or are indifferent to) the new membership change coming January 1, 2014, but I've since come to see I was wrong.

I’m not leaving Scouting – Scouting has left me! 

So today I've officially applied to become a member of the newly forming Trail Life USA organization as a Point Man.

As a Point Man my role is to oversee the development of a thriving youth outdoor adventure and character development program in a geographic area.  The Area Team is the local Troop’s point of contact for any and every need.  Skill set needed for Point Men:  organizer, strategic planner, influencer, recruiter. 

I will have much more to say about my trail in the days and months to follow on my Trail Life USA - pointer blog.

 May I be found Walking Worthy
 Eph. 4:1

 Together <iHs>< ~keith