Summer Induction & Fellowship
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Event Schedule
Egwa Tawa Dee
2026 BASC Summer Induction Weekend
Event Schedule
Friday
- 6:00 – 8:30 PM Candidate Registration at Love Dining Hall
- 6:00– 8:45 PM Candidate Gathering at Henderson Pavilion
- 6:00 – 10:00 PM Brother Registration at Love Dining Hall
- 7:00 PM Silent Auction Begins
- 7:00 PM Candidate Crackerbarrel begins
- 8:00 – 9:00 PM Elangomat Meeting at Henderson Pavilion
- 9:30 PM Pre–Ordeal Ceremonies should be over
- 10:00 PM Cracker Barrel at Love Dining Hall
Saturday
- 7:15 AM Candidate Breakfast at Henderson Pavilion
- 7:45 AM Service Project Session 1 (Projects will be posted in DH)
- 8:00 AM Member Breakfast at Dining Hall
- 11:45 AM End of Service Project Session 1
- 12:00 PM Candidate Lunch at location of current work site
- 12:30 PM Member Lunch at Love Dining Hall & Mandatory Brotherhood meeting
- Advisers Lunch/Meeting- Dining Hall Porch
- 12:30 PM Service Project Session 2 begins (Projects will be posted in DH)
- 3:00 PM Service Project Session 2 ends leave to return tools – NOT BEFORE (Subject to change)
- 3:30 PM Crews assemble at Henderson Pavilion — (Subject to change)
- 4:00 PM Ordeal Ceremonies begin
- 4:45 PM Brotherhood Trail Begins – Meet under Dining Hall Porch
- 6:30 PM Dinner at Dining Hall
- New Ordeal Members, Elangomats , Brotherhood Ceremonialists have priority
- 8:00 -10:00 PM Tailypo Games
- 7:00 PM Brotherhood Ceremony
- 9:30 PM Silent Patch Auction Ends
- 10:00 PM Lodge Cracker Barrel at Dining Hall
Sunday
- 7:40 AM Interfaith Service at Dining Hall
- 8:00 AM Breakfast at Dining Hall
- 8:45 AM New Members receive bag
- 8:45 AM Brothers begin camp clean-up
- 10:00 AM Brothers dismissed
- *LEC as soon as camp is cleaned up – Bill Loeble Room
Bead Totem
This is just for reference, you must turn in a physical bead totem form with initals to receive beads.
Campsite Assignments
- 4 Beds Per Tent – You will be sharing, a scout is courteous, you are welcome to bring your own tent.
- “Youth Adult” are those that are 18-20 years old.
- Do not move the tent assignment cards.
- If you do not see a labeled tent matching your age (youth/young adult/adult) and gender (male/female) in your chapter associated pod below, please check your name you may have been assigned a different pod to accommodate our numbers this weekend. Please check for your name HERE
- Do not assume unlabeled tents will be empty
| AC-4 |
Osten & thennethlofkee |
| AC-5 |
Silepl & Wvhvlv |
| AC-6 |
Achewon, Nagatamen, & TQB |
| AC-7 |
Echota |
| AC-8 |
Etowah |
| AC-9 |
Kennesaw & Lowannee (YA Male) |
| AC-10 |
Lowanne |
Overflow tents/hammocks can be setup around the AC pod sites.
Interfaith Service Program
Interfaith Service
August Induction 2026
Bert Adams Scout Camp
Welcome and Thank you for coming to our Interfaith Service today. A Scout is Reverent. Let us pray.
Each morning I sing the sun awake.
Each night I greet the moon’s soft light.
The trees are the pillar of my church.
The stones my pews and pius altar.
I live as one with all the realms.
May the earth always support my body.
May the sky ever stretch above my head.
May the waters ever surround my spirit.
May I know the shape of the cosmos
Until my dying day.
And may I join it swiftly
When that day has come.
Amen.
Let Us Be Happy On Earth – from the Mohawk tribes of New York.
Oh Great Spirit, Creator of all things;
Human beings, trees, grass, berries.
Help us, be kind to us.
Let us be happy on earth
Let us lead our children to a good life and old age.
These our people; give them good minds to love one another.
Oh Great Spirit,
Be kind to us,
Give these people the favor to see green trees,
Green grass, flowers and berries this next spring;
So we all meet again.
Oh Great Spirit, We ask of you.
Beannact by John O’Donohue
On the day when
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.
And when your eyes
freeze behind
the grey window
and the ghost of loss
gets into you,
may a flock of colours,
indigo, red, green
and azure blue,
come to awaken in you
a meadow of delight.
When the canvas frays
in the currach of thought
and a stain of ocean
blackens beneath you,
may there come across the waters
a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you safely home.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
wind work these words
of love around you,
an invisible cloak
to mind your life.
Until we meet again, let me close with this benediction by Edward Abbey –
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous. Leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
Amen.
This concludes today’s service.
Camp Cleanup Assignments
| Chapter | Assignment |
| Achewon | Bill Loeble Set up, and downstairs bathroom |
| Echota | Pool House Bathrooms |
| Etowah | Pool House Bathrooms |
| Kennesaw | Fort Bathrooms |
| Lowanne Nimat | AC 10 Bathhouse |
| Nagatamen | Parade Field and Dining Hall |
| Osten Nokose | Nature and Toms Diner |
| Silepl Ilaonëtu | Dining Hall |
| Tella Qualla Boundary | Osceola |
| Thennethlofkee | AC 5 Bathhouse |
| Wesadicha | Dining Hall |
| Wvhvlv en Hvresse | Dining Hall |
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