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Campbell is recipient of Boy Scout award
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Campbell is recipient of Boy Scout award

CMD chief gets a pleasant surprise at Presbyterian Scouters luncheon

by John Filiatreau

DENVER, May 28-The National Association of Presbyterian Scouters (NAPS)
presented the coveted God and Service Award to the Rev. Don Campbell,
director of the Congregational Ministries Division of the General Assembly
Council, during the organization's General Assembly luncheon Tuesday.

Campbell, a former Eagle Scout and longtime Scout leader, was the featured
speaker for the event, which he characterized as "something of a family
reunion," but was surprised and gratified to learn that he was being honored
for dual service to the Boy Scouts of America and the Presbyterian Church
(USA).

In his remarks, Campbell said that things he learned in his youth as a Scout,
especially "respect for all of God's creation," are "fundamental to what I am
today." He said the relationship between the PC(USA) and the Scouts is "a
covenant relationship" in which we "seek to instill the concept of duty to
God."

"We are a ministry together," he said.

Campbell noted that a controversy several years ago over "the sexual
lifestyles of leaders in the church and the Boy Scouts of America  came very
close to destroying or seriously damaging our relationship." He said that
situation - in which some said the Boy Scouts' exclusion of gay leaders was
not consistent with the PC(USA)'s commitment to inclusiveness - showed "what
can happen when a particular point of view becomes dominant," when people
feel strongly about issues "and the facts don't seem to matter."

Almost 200,000 men and boys are active in nearly 4,000 Boy Scout charters
held by Presbyterian churches in the United States.

Campbell told his listeners proudly about the first and only Boy Scout troop
whose charter is held by a PC(USA) middle governing body - a new troop "down
along the border" in New Mexico, led by Sierra Blanca Presbytery Executive
Shannon Webster.

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