Canyon Lake United Methodist Church formally entered into a sponsorship role for the Girl Scouts program in 2007. The church provides a meeting place as well as kitchen facilities for the troops. In addition, the church bus picks up many of these scouts from Startzville Elementary and delivers them to the church every other Monday during the school year. CLUMC also elected to give funds one year to help defray scouting costs. CLUMC. truly exhibits its motto: “The Friendly Church Worth Finding” with “Open Hearts, Open Minds and Open Doors.”

In the 2008-2009 school year, CLUMC proudly sponsored 17 girls in Junior/Cadet Troop 445, and 22 girls in Daisy/Brownie Troop 1136 all of which are part of 3.7 million Girl Scouts thought-out the U.S. including U.S. Territories.

Troop 445 and Troop 1136 have participated in many experiences and opportunities such as:

• Girl Scout Cookie Sales
• Collecting Food for the CRRC Food Bank
• Visiting several Assisted Living Facilities
• Caroling trips
• Live Aboard U.S.S. Lexington
• Texas State Aquarium
• My Guy & Me Camp Outs
• Texas Corn-Maze
• Horseback Riding
• Sailing lessons
• Mom & Me Spa Overnight
• N.A.S.A. Space Program Overnight
• Several Parades
• Family-Style Thanksgiving Dinners
• Donating the gift of a Peace Pole on the CLUMC grounds in appreciation of their sponsorship
• Too many camping trips to list, as well as crafts, gifts and learning experiences!

A Girl Scout Rally is being planned for early September, 2009. Please check this web-site for date and time.

For more information on Girl Scouts, please contact:
Junior/Cadet, Troop 445 leader, Karen Rodgers, 830-481-3628
Daisy/Brownie, Troop 1136 leader, Michelle Wisdom, 210-240-6301

        Girl Scout Promise:    On my honor, I will try
                                                To serve God and my country,
                                               To help people at all times and
                                              To live by the Girl Scout Law.

Girl Scout Mission:  Girl Scouting builds girls of courage and
                                  character, who make the world a better place.

Peace Pole

Have you seen our new garden-type addition to recently grace our church?  (It is between the upper and lower parking lots.) Have you wondered, “What is that?” and “What does it mean?” It is called a Peace Pole….and it is almost finished!

A Peace Pole is a hand-crafted monument that displays the message and prayer ‘May Peace Prevail on Earth’ on each of its four or six sides, usually in different languages. There are more than 200,000 Peace Poles in 180 countries all over the world dedicated as monuments to peace. They serve as constant reminders for us to visualize and pray for world peace.  When you plant a Peace Pole in your community, you are linking with people all over the world who have planted Peace Poles in the same spirit of peace.

This particular Peace Pole is dedicated to Canyon Lake United Methodist Church from Girl Scout Troops 445 & 1136. This beautiful garden was given as a thank you to the church for its continued sponsorship of our Girl Scout programs. There will be an official dedication ceremony hopefully in September.

Thank You CLUMC for all you do for Girl Scout Troops #445 and 1136.