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    The investiture ceremony marks the moment when a Scout publicly commits to the Scout Promise and Law. It signifies the beginning of a Scout's journey. The ceremony provides an opportunity for Scouts to start asserting their independence while still feeling safe. An outdoor campfire setting enhances the importance and solemnity of the commitment, yet remains familiar and comfortable. Candles and symbolic gestures can be incorporated to represent the Scout's transition, as long as they keep the ceremony simple and meaningful. Individual Scouts should be invested one at a time to focus attention on each commitment, with other candidates waiting out of sight until called.

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    The investiture ceremony marks the moment when a Scout publicly commits to the Scout Promise and Law. It signifies the beginning of a Scout's journey. The ceremony provides an opportunity for Scouts to start asserting their independence while still feeling safe. An outdoor campfire setting enhances the importance and solemnity of the commitment, yet remains familiar and comfortable. Candles and symbolic gestures can be incorporated to represent the Scout's transition, as long as they keep the ceremony simple and meaningful. Individual Scouts should be invested one at a time to focus attention on each commitment, with other candidates waiting out of sight until called.

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    The investiture ceremony marks the moment when a Scout publicly commits to the Scout Promise and Law. It signifies the beginning of a Scout's journey. The ceremony provides an opportunity for Scouts to start asserting their independence while still feeling safe. An outdoor campfire setting enhances the importance and solemnity of the commitment, yet remains familiar and comfortable. Candles and symbolic gestures can be incorporated to represent the Scout's transition, as long as they keep the ceremony simple and meaningful. Individual Scouts should be invested one at a time to focus attention on each commitment, with other candidates waiting out of sight until called.

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    The investiture ceremony is the time when a Scout, by means of the words of the Scout Promise,

    publicly announces their commitment to the Scout Law. At the ceremony, the Scout makes the
    Promise to the Scouts and Scouters of their troop and to all the Scouts of the world. It is once the
    candidate has made the promise that he is a Scout.

    The investiture is the beginning of a special time in a young person's life. Scout-aged children
    are entering the stage of life when they desire to break away from their parents, find out about
    the world, and try to shape their own identity in it. It is Scouting's desire that a major part of the
    identity that these young people form is that of being a Scout.

    For most Scouts, making the Scout Promise means making a commitment that their parent has not.
    Because of this, the point of making the Promise is an act of breaking away from their parents; of
    asserting a separate identity. If young people have the opportunity to safely break away from their
    parents, they will not feel the need to break away in other, less-safe ways, such as by joining teen
    gangs or by the use of drugs. In support of this, parents should not be present at the investiture
    ceremony.

    The setting of an investiture ceremony should reflect the importance of the commitment, yet be
    familiar so that it feels safe. The ideal setting is at a night time campfire out-of-doors at camp. The
    campfire could also be held at the end of a day event. Suitable indoor locations include in a local
    Scout museum, in a church (for religiously closed groups), or other places that are special. The
    placewere regular Scout meetings take place is the last choice, due to it not being at all a special
    place. Wherever the ceremony is held, efforts can be made through the use of things such as candles
    to make the setting special. A campfire at camp is the best.

    The campfire can be in the centre of the horseshoe so that it lights the face of the Scoutmaster. All
    are wearing the Scout uniform and perhaps their campfire blankets. The ceremony should be
    dignified, but not solemn. The Scoutmaster's expression should be welcoming and friendly, yet filled
    with a sense of importance and excitement.

    There are many possibilities for the use of candles to enhance a ceremony. A yellow candle,
    representing Wolf Cubs, can be used by the new Scout to light a green candle, representing Scouts.
    This represents the transition for one section to the next. (People new to Scouting can use a white
    candle instead.) Candles can also be lit as parts of the Promise are recited. When elaborating
    ceremonies in this way, it is important to keep them simple enough that they have real significant for
    the Scouts.

    There is much debate about whether multiple candidates should be invested one at a time, or all at
    once. If the are invested one at a time, all the attention is focused on the candidate's individual
    commitment, however, the ceremony will not feel as special if each Scouts sees others going through
    it before they do. To solve this problem, the candidates should gather at a place away from sight and
    hearing of the ceremony until they are called, one at a time, to be invested.

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