Induction Ceremony

NEW FAMILY TWO CANDLE BALANCE

PERSONNEL: Cubmaster committee or advancement chairperson may step in Bobcat candidates, Parents.

EQUIPMENT: A table and a balanced board with a candle on each end, Bobcat badges.

CUBMASTER: (addressing the audience.) We are happy to welcome all the families with their sons who are here to join our pack. (The Cubmaster calls the names of all new families.) Will you please come forward?

(Parents and sons come forward)

On the table before us is a unique candle set. There are but two candles. One candle stands for us, the parents. The other candle stands for our sons.

With both candles in place, the candle set is in balance. Should we remove the parent's candle the Cubmaster removes one candle, the Cub Scout candle goes down. This is what will happen if we, the parents, do not assist our Cub Scout sons. The Cubmaster returns the candle to bring the pair back into balance.

Now we want to receive these parents and their sons into the fellowship of Pack _____. Will all the parents please rise?

Cubmaster lights candles.