MISSION STATEMENT
EASTERN ORTHODOX COMMITTEE ON
FOUNDED IN 1960 AND UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE STANDING
CONFERENCE OF ORTHODOX BISHOPS IN THE AMERICAS
SUPPORT AND CONDUCT THE MISSION OF OUR LORD AND HIS CHURCH VIA THE
SCOUTING PROGRAM.
RECOGNIZE THE
YOUTH MEMBER AS OUR MOST IMPORTANT MEMBER.
PROVIDE SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, PROGRAMS AND
THE EASTERN
ORTHODOX CHURCHES
THAT SPONSOR SCOUTING AND
PARTNERS IN THE SCOUTING PROGRAM.
SUPPORT, PROGRAMS AND
TO THE SCOUTS AND SCOUTER
OF THE EASTERN ORTHODOX FAITH WHETHER IN UNITS IN THE EASTERN
ORTHODOX CHURCHES, OR REGISTERED IN UNITS SPONSORED BY OTHER
INSTITUTIONS,
RELIGIOUS YOUTH RECOGNITIONS, ADULT
FOR VOLUNTEER SCOUTERS AND CLERGY, RETREATS, CAMP-O-REES, ASSOCIATED
EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
CREATE, EXPAND, ENHANCE AND PROJECT A PRESENCE OF WTERN ORTHODOX
SCOUTING IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF
AMERICA AND
THE GIRL SCOUTS USA
THE E.O.C.S.
TO COMPLEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT THE YOUTH'S PROGRAM
AND THE UNITS PROGRAM. THE E.O.C.S. DOES NOT EXIST TO DIRECT OR REPLACE
A UNITS PROGRAM.
ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND THE GIRL SCOUTS
USA PROGRAMS AS PART OF THE YOUTH MINISTRY PROGRAM OF A CHURCH AND
COMMUNITY.
DEVELOP AND
OUR
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
