Purposes of the Aaronic Priesthood

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The Purposes of the Aaronic Priesthood
• Become converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ and live its
teachings.
• Serve faithfully in priesthood callings, and fulfill the
responsibilities of priesthood offices.

• Give meaningful service.
• Prepare and live worthily to receive the Melchizedek
Priesthood and temple ordinances.

• Prepare to serve an honorable full-time mission.

• Obtain as much education as possible.
• Prepare to become a worthy husband and father
• Give proper respect to women, girls, and children.
My Priesthood Ordination Chart

I_________________ was ordained a Deacon by______________
Date______________________________

I was ordained a Teacher by______________________________
Date_____________________________

I was ordained a Priest by________________________________
Date_______________________________

I was ordained an Elder by_______________________________
Date______________________________

I was ordained a Seventy by______________________________
Date______________________________

I was ordained a High Priest by__________________________
Date__________________________

Line of Authority
Aaronic Priesthood

I Ordained a Deacon by________________________________
Who was ordained by__________________________________
Who was ordained by__________________________________
Who was ordained by__________________________________
Who was ordained by__________________________________
Who was ordained by__________________________________
Who was ordained by__________________________________
Who was ordained by__________________________________
Interview Schedule
Birth date: ______________
Date Completed

12th - 13th Year: Deacon Interview (Bishop) ______

Quarter Interview (YM Advisor) ______

Six month Interview (Bishop counselor) ______

Quarter Interview (YM Advisor) ______

Yearly Interview (Bishop) ______

Quarter Interview (YM Advisor) ______

Six month Interview (Bishop counselor) ______

Quarter Interview (YM Advisor) ______

14th - 15th Year: Teacher Interview (Bishop) ______

Quarter Interview (YM Advisor) ______

Six month Interview (Bishop counselor) ______

Quarter Interview (YM Advisor) ______

Yearly Interview (Bishop) ______

Quarter Interview (YM Advisor) ______

Six month Interview (Bishop counselor) ______

Quarter Interview (YM Advisor) ______

16th - 17th Year: Priest Interview (Bishop) ______

Quarter Interview (YM Advisor) ______

Six month Interview (Bishop counselor) ______

Quarter Interview (YM Advisor) ______

Yearly Interview (Bishop) ______

Quarter Interview (YM Advisor) ______

Six month Interview (Bishop counselor) ______

Quarter Interview (YM Advisor) ______
11-Year-Old Goals

I. Youth Goals
Date Completed

1. Interview with your bishop to receive your AP achievement guide. _________

2. Commit personally to serve a mission. _________
3. Read the For the Strength of Youth booklet. _________

4. Receive your Scouting Tenderfoot Rank. _________

5. Receive your Scouting 2nd Class Rank. _________
6. Receive your Scouting 1st Class Rank. _________

7. Receive the Faith in God Award _________

8. Attend your Priesthood Preview with your parent(s). _________

9. Start on the On my Honor Award. _________
II. Parent(s) Goals

1. Be present with your son at his interview with the bishop. _________

2. Read the For the Strength of Youth booklet. _________

3. Read the Guidebook for Parents and Leaders booklet. _________
4. Assist your son in the Scouting Program. _________

5. Assist your son in receiving the Faith in God Award. _________
6. Attend your son's Priesthood Preview. _________

7. Assist your son in starting the On My Honor Award. _________
Tenderfoot Requirements

Date Completed
1.____ Present yourself to your leader, properly dressed, before going on an overnight
campout. Show the camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and
carry it.
2.____ Spend at least 1 night on a patrol or troop campout.
3.____ On the campout assist in preparing and cooking one of your patrol's meals.
Tell why it is important for each patrol member to share in meal preparation and
cleanup, and explain the importance of eating together.
4.____ Demonstrate
a. How to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
b. That you know how to tie the following knots and tell what their uses are:
two half hitches and the taut-line hitch.
5.____Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during
the day and night. Explain what to do if you are lost.
6.____ Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American Flag.
7.____ Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath, Law, Motto, and
Slogan.
8.____ Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe your patrol flag.
9.____ Explain why we use the buddy system in Scouting.
10.____ Record your best in the following tests:
a. Push-ups Current:________ 30 days later: ________
b. Pull-ups Current: ________ 30 days later: ________
c. Sit-ups Current: ________ 30 days later: ________
d. Standing long jump Current: ________ 30 days later: ________
e. 1/4 Mile walk/run Current: ________ 30 days later: ________
f. Show improvement in the activities listed after practicing for 30 days.
11.____Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.
12.____Two requirements
a. Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used.
b. Show first aid for the following:
i. Simple cuts and scratches
ii. Blisters on the hand and foot
iii. Minor bums or scalds
iv. Bites or stings of insects and ticks
v. Poisonous snakebite
vi. Nosebleed
vii. Frostbite and Sunburn.
13.____ Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
14.____ Complete your board of review.
nd
2 Class Requirements
Date Completed
1a.____Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map
symbols mean.
1b.____Using a compass and a map together, take a 5-mile hike (or 10 miles by bike)
approved by your adult leader and your parent or guardian.
2a.____Since joining, have participated in 5 separate troop/patrol activities (other than
troop/patrol meetings), 2 of which included camping overnight.
2b.____On one of these campouts select your patrol site and sleep in a tent that you pitched
2c.____On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw,
and ax, and describe when they should be used.
2d.____Use the tools listed in 2c to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire.
2e.____Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a lightweight stove.
Discuss the safety procedures for using both.
2f.____Demonstrate how to light a fire and a lightweight stove.
2g.____On one campout plan and cook over an open fire one hot breakfast or lunch for
yourself, selecting foods from the 4 basic food groups. Explain the importance of
good nutrition. Tell how to transport, store, and prepare the foods you selected.
3. ____Participate in a flag ceremony for you school, religious institution, chartered
organization, or troop activity.
4. ____ Participate in an approved (min. 1 hour) service project.
5. ____ Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of wild animals found in your community.
6a.____Show what to do for “hurry” cases of stopped breathing, serous bleeding, and
internal poisoning.
6b.____Prepare a personal 1st aid kit to take with you on a hike.
6c.____Demonstrate 1st aid for the following:
*Object in the eye
*Bite of a suspected rabid animal
*Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperacntilation
*Heat exhaustion
*Shock
*Serious burns
*Puncture wounds
7a.____Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.
7b.____Demonstrate your ability to jump feet first into water over your head in depth, level
off and swim 25 feet on the surface, stop, turn sharply, resume swimming, then return to
your starting place.
7c.____ Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or leg, by reaching
with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and objects. Explain why swimming
rescues should not be attempted when reaching or tin-owing rescue is possible, and
explain why and how a rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim.
Participate in a program on the dangers of using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.
Discuss with your family.
9. ____ Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath and Law.
10. ____ Participate in a scoutmaster minute.
11. ____ Complete your board of review.
st
1 Class Requirements
Date Completed
1. ____ Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass.
2. ____Using a compass, complete an orienteering course that covers at least 1 mile and requires
measuring the height and/or width of designated items.
3. ____Since joining, have participated in 10 separate troop/patrol activities, 3 of which
included camping overnight.
4a.____Help plan a patrol menu for 1 campout including 1 breakfast, lunch, and dinner that
requires cooking.
4b.____Using the menu in 4a, make a list showing the cost and food amounts needed to
feed 3 or more boys.
4c.____Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these
meals.
4d.____Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling and storage of perishable food
products. Tell how to properly dispose of garbage, cans, plastic containers, and
other rubbish.
4e.____On 1 campout, serve as your patrol's cook.
5. ____Visit and Discuss with a selected individual your Constitutional rights and
obligations as a U.S. Citizen.
6. ____Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found in your
community.
7a.____Discuss when you should, and should not use lashings.
7b.____Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch and their use in square, shear,
and diagonal lashings by joining 2 or more poles or stave together.
7c.____Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.
8a.____Demonstrate tying the bowline know and describe several ways it can be used.
8b.____Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper
arm, and the collarbone.
8c.____Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person from a
smoke-filled room and a person with a sprained ankle (25 yards)
8d.____Tell the 5 most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps in CPR.
9a.____Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.
9b.____Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.
9c.____Demonstrate survival skills by; leaping into deep water, wearing clothes. Remove
and inflate clothing, showing you can float and swim using them as support.
9d.____With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender and as
rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep
water.)
10.____Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath and Law in your everyday life.
11. ____Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
12.____Complete your board of review.
ENTER FAITH IN GOD
BOOKLET
12-13 Year Old
Deacon Goals

I. Youth Goals
Date Completed

1. Interview with your bishop to the office of Deacon. _________
2. Commit personally to serve a mission. _________

3. Complete the Duty to God booklet for Deacon. _________

4. Receive your Scouting Star Rank. _________

5. Receive your Scouting Life Rank. _________
6. Receive the On my Honor Award. _________
II. Parent(s) Goals
1. Be present with your son at his interview with the bishop _________

2. Read the Duty to God Deacon booklet. _________
3. Read the For the Strength of Youth booklet. _________

4. Read the Guidebook for Parents and Leaders booklet. _________

5. Continue to assist your son in the Scouting Program. _________

6. Assist your son in receiving the On My Honor Award. _________
Scout Structure in an LDS Unit

IH

Bishop

COR

2nd Counselor

SPL Comt. Chr

Pres. 2nd Coun.

All DTG and Service Projects
DTG- Priesthood Duties and Standards
ASPL- Ad. Scoutmaster
1st Coun. DTG/Admin.

Mutual Activities
PatrolLeader ASM
Program Program

2nd Coun.

Sec./Scribe Secretary/

Tres./PR

Treasurer DTG-Personal Journals

Committee
Sec./ PR
Members &

Patrol Members over DTG areas and Mutual Activities Consultants

Patrol Members
& Committees

Family Assist. Patrol Leader

Activities

Quorum Instructor

Activities

Spiritual Chaplin Aide

Physical Quarter Master

Education & Librarian

Career

Citizenship & Historian
Social