ScoutHitch
Back to Hitch Guide

Fellowship

Cub Scouts · Adventure, Required

Printable worksheet (PDF)

Fellowship is about your family's faith, kindness, and respect for others. You'll share traditions, do something kind, and learn about a faith different from yours. You may find people share more than you'd think.

Why it's worth it

Fellowship is about your family's beliefs and traditions, and about getting to know people whose beliefs are different. You'll share holidays your family celebrates, make something for one of them, show kindness, and learn about another faith. Many people find that families who believe different things still share a lot, like caring for others and gathering for special meals.

Start this week

  1. Ask your adult to name three holidays or special days your family celebrates.
  2. Pick one and plan a craft, a drawing, or a food to make for it.
  3. Think of a friend whose family might celebrate different holidays than yours.
  4. Look for a kids' book about world religions or holidays at the library.

Requirements · 4

Every official requirement and part, numbered to match Scouting America, in plain language. Sign off against the official wording (opens in a new tab).

Note: This adventure can also be earned by completing a religious emblem of the family's choosing.

  1. Requirement 1

    With a parent or legal guardian, discuss the faith traditions of your family; name three holidays or celebrations from them and make a craft, artwork, or food item tied to your favorite

    Tip: Ask about three holidays your family celebrates, then make a craft, art, or food for one.

    For example: Make a family recipe for a holiday with your adult, decorate a card for it, or create a paper decoration. Share with your den why your family celebrates that day.

  2. Requirement 2

    Go with your family to a religious service or other gathering where your family shows reverence

    Tip: Go with your family to a service or gathering, and notice how people show reverence.

    For example: With your family, go to a service or gathering. Afterward, talk about how people there showed reverence, like quiet moments, prayer, music, or helping others.

  3. Requirement 3

    Carry out an act of kindness

    Tip: Help a neighbor, write a thank-you note, or share with a friend.

    For example: Rake leaves for a neighbor with your adult, sit with someone who's alone at lunch, or write a thank-you note to a teacher.

  4. Requirement 4

    With your parent or legal guardian, pick a religion or faith different from your own and find two things it shares with your family's beliefs

    Tip: Read about or ask a friend about another faith. Find two things it has in common with yours.

    For example: Learn about another faith from a library book or a friend's family. You might find two things in common, like a holiday with special food and a teaching about helping people in need.

Talk about it together

  • What does your favorite family tradition mean to you?
  • What did you learn about another faith that surprised you?
  • How did your act of kindness change someone's day?
  • How can you show respect to friends who believe different things than you?

Good questions to ask a friend's family or a faith leader

  • What is your favorite holiday, and how do you celebrate it?
  • What does your faith teach about helping others?
  • What's a tradition you hope kids will remember?

Helpful reads

For leaders & parents

  • Let families lead the faith parts in their own way.
  • Encourage respectful curiosity when scouts share about different faiths.

People & places that can help

Pairs well with

Counts toward

More Bear adventures

Tips, examples, and questions are ideas from experienced leaders, not extra requirements. Your unit leader or counselor decides when a requirement is complete.