MISSION STATEMENT
EASTERN ORTHODOX COMMITTEE ON SCOUTING
FOUNDED IN 1969 AND UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE STANDING
CONFERENCE OF ORTHODOX BISHOPS IN THE AMERICAS
SUPPORT AND CONDUCT OF THE MISSION OF OUR LORD AND HIS CHURCH
VIA THE SCOUTING PROGRAM.
RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUAL YOUTH MEMBER AS OUR MOST IMPORTANT
MEMBER
PROVIDE SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, PROGRAMS AND CONSULTATION TO THE
EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES THAT SPONSER SCOUTING AND ARE
PARTNERS IN THE SCOUTING PROGRAM.
PROVIDE SUPPORT, PROGRAMS AND RECOGNITION TO THE SCOUTS
AND SCOUTERS OF THE EASTERN ORTHODOX FAITH WHEATHER IN
UNITS IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES, OR REGISTERED IN
UNITS SPONSERED BY OTHER INSTITUTUIONS, VIA THE: RELIGIOUS
YOUTH RECOGNITION'S, ADULT RECOGNITION'S FOR VOLUNTEER
SCOUTERS AND CLERGY, RETREATS, CAMPOREES, ASSOCIATED EVENTS
AND ACTIVITIES.
CREATE, EXPAND, ENHANCE AND PROJECT A PRESENCE OF EASTERN
ORTHODOX SCOUTING IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND THE
GIRL SCOUTS USA.
THE E.O.C.S. EXISTS TO COMPLIMENT AND SUPPLEMENT THE YOUTH'S
PROGRAM AND THE UNIT'S PROGRAM.
ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND THE GIRL
SCOUTS USA PROGRAMS AS PART OF THE YOUTH MINISTRY PROGRAM OF
OUR CHURCH AND COMMUNITY.
DEVELOP AND EXTEND OUR SCOUTING NETWORK WITH OUR MINISTRY
PARTNERS.
THE E.O.C.S. IS THE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED EASTERN ORTHODOX
RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE FOR THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND THE GIRL
SCOUTS USA.
