Service for Josh Sewell

Greetings, Sisters and Brothers.

There will be a memorial service for Josh Sewell tomorrow, October 12, beginning at 1:00PM at St. Luke's Episcopal Church located at 435 Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30308. There will be free parking in the lot across the street from the church, in the lot at the Southeast corner of Peachtree and Pine, and in the lot on Courtland Street. A reception will follow the service in the parish hall.

If you are planning attend, the family has requested that all Scouts and Scouters in attendance wear their complete Scout Field Uniform (Class A).

Please keep the Sewell family in your thoughts and prayers as they navigate this difficult transition.

Joshua "Dobby” Thomas Sewell Obituary 2024 - Thomas Funeral Home (thomasfuneralhomecalhoun.com)

Yours in Service,

Rusty Royston
Lodge Adviser,Mowogo Lodge
Northeast Georgia Council, BSA

Storm Damage Assistance

Greetings, Fellow Wearers of the Arrow!

We hope you and all of yours made it safely through the effects of the hurricane. Our properties have experienced some damage and volunteers are being asked to help repair the damage. Brother Jim Edwards, our Council Vice President for Properties, has asked Mowogo Lodge to help in this effort this weekend. If you are able and willing to help at Scoutland and/or Rotary, please reach out to Jim by email: jim75e@gmail.com.

Thank you to all those that can step in and help!

Yours in Brotherhood,

Rusty Royston
Lodge Adviser, Mowogo Lodge
Northeast Georgia Council, BSA

Pow Wow! Are You Ready?!

Greetings, Fellow wearers of the Arrow!

We hope this finds you well and getting excited about our Pow Wow event next weekend. If you haven’t registered yet, please do so and join us in fellowship as we prepare for 2025 by choosing our youth leadership for next year. If you have already registered for Pow Wow, thank you and we look forward to sharing fellowship together! By attending Pow Wow, your lodge dues for next year are part of the registration for the event.

For those who are our newest members that joined us this year, Pow Wow is our time to share training in Order of the Arrow operations as well as other important aspects of Scouting as we continue to prepare for new members and celebrate the achievements of our youth. It is also a time for fellowship as our Chapters compete in the Quest for the Black Bear in games and competitions during Saturday afternoon. As a new highlight, our Lodge Chief has arranged for a Lodge Chief reunion inviting our former leaders to share their experiences, how their time in Mowogo Lodge impacted their lives, and to share some fellowship with us! In addition, leadership from our fellow lodges in Section E6 as well as Section leaders have been invited to join us in fellowship as well.

Because our youth leadership continue to reach inward to make our lodge and our council better, they have also taken the strength and talent that we have enjoyed to a broader reach beyond our borders. We will also enjoy having another Lodge Adviser from our section (in addition to being a Mowogo alum!) join us and other Scouts and Scouters from our neighboring borders as well. It is an honor to have them join with us and share in our fellowship as honored Scouts. We also want to let them see and experience what the largest youth-led program in the Northeast Georgia Council has to offer. Please take a chance to welcome them and thank them for joining with us in fellowship unique to the Order of the Arrow and Scouting in Northeast Georgia.

Thank you also to those of you who have already submitted your letter of intent to run for a lodge office. The quality of Mowogo Lodge is centered on the foundation of the outstanding quality of our youth leadership which continues to reach new heights in service and leadership in our council and in our section and region. We encourage all our youth to stretch yourselves and serve in a leadership role in Mowogo Lodge for 2025 and become a part of this legacy of exceptional leadership. The Letter of Intent (to run for a lodge office) and the Lodge Officer Expectations forms were sent by email earlier. If you have questions about being a lodge officer, we encourage you to reach out to our youth leadership, our lodge advisers, and your Chapter leadership to learn more.

Mowogo Lodge is the honor society for the Northeast Georgia Council. Thank you for continuing to show why this is true and for being role models for our Scouts and Scouters. Your presence and example will help Mowogo Lodge continue to grow as well as provide service and leadership unparalleled to our units and communities.

See you at Pow Wow!

Yours in Cheerfulness,

Rusty Royston
Lodge Adviser, Mowogo Lodge
Northeast Georgia Council, Scouting America

2024 Founder's Award

Good evening.

The Founder’s Award is among the most prestigious recognitions in Scouting, not to mention the Order of the Arrow. Below is a description of the award, and in a small yet poignant way, the qualities sought in an individual for consideration as a candidate:

“Introduced at the 1981 National Order of the Arrow Conference, the Founder's Award recognizes Arrowmen who have given outstanding service to their lodge. The award is reserved for an Arrowman who demonstrates that he or she personifies the spirit of selfless service, as advocated by founder E. Urner Goodman and cofounder Carroll A. Edson.

The award is a handsome bronze medallion bearing the likenesses of E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson, with a wooden base and a brass plate suitable for engraving. Available for uniform wear is a gold-colored arrow suspended from a red ribbon.

Lodges may petition the national Order of the Arrow committee to present between two and four awards annually, depending on the number of members in the lodge. If the lodge presents more than one award, at least one must be awarded to a youth under the age of 21.”

(The Order of the Arrow website: https://oa-bsa.org/program/awards/founders-award)

Nominations for the Founder’s Award are open to all lodge members. The members of the committee to consider nominations will hear presentations of candidates during Pow Wow. The final decision will be made later. The work of this committee is an important and serious task, to think of someone that “demonstrates that he or she personifies the spirit of selfless service”. If you plan to nominate someone, please take some time, gather some information on your candidate, and be ready to communicate your purpose behind your nomination

Please find the attached Founder’s Award nomination form.

Yours in Brotherhood,

Rusty Royston
Lodge Adviser, Mowogo Lodge
Northeast Georgia Council, BSA