Boy Scout Troop 439, Kensington MD

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Welcome to Scouts BSA Troop 439!

Troop 439 was formed in April 1951 by the United Methodist Men of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Kensington MD. Since that time, more than 1,500 "T439" Scouts have participated in Troop activities designed to build Scouting skills, leadership experiences, and friendships. Over the years, T439 Scouts have participated in international and national Scouting Jamborees; HIgh Adventue treks at Philmont, Northern Tier and Sea Base; long-distance cycling trips; and weekend hiking, canoeing and camping trips.

For more information about our organization, contact Scoutmaster Bill Stephens at scoutmaster439md@gmail.com. Feel free to stop by any of our Troop Meetings to talk to us and see the Troop in action. The Troop meets at St. Paul's UMC every Monday night when Montgomery County Public Schools are in session.

49th Annual Maryland Scout Orienteering Championships

Posted on Nov 25 2024 - 3:34pm

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CONGRATULATIONS to all our orienteering scouts who competed on November 16th! The calculated score for all events came out to 234.9, tied for 1st place with Arlington Troop 111.

As is always the case, the score we received is calculated to account for older/younger scouts, big troops and smaller troops, and somewhat level the playing field.

While we had individual scouts place high in the rankings, and some lower in the rankings, understand that every single point that every scout earned contributed to this win.

Every single point was important! This is a TEAM WIN!

Great job working together Troop 439!

Summer Eagles

Posted on Aug 12 2023 - 10:05pm

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The summer has been an active one for Eagles!

The following are our newest Eagles who passed their Boards of Review this summer.

Eagle Scout Finn Morrison (06/23/2023)

Eagle Scout Gabriel Goodwin (07/28/2023)

Eagle Scout Mike Mueller (07/28/2023)

Please congratulate them when you see them.

Well done!!!

-- SM Stephens

Website and Listserv Restored-Updated-Functioning

Posted on Jun 12 2023 - 1:45pm

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I am happy to announce that as of now:

- Our web site access has been restored

- Our troop information, including rosters, has been updated to current

- Our troop email listservs are now fully functional and ready for use

If you find any content or functions that do not appear to be as they should be, please let me know.

SM Stephens

Website & Services Not Ready For Prime Time

Posted on May 19 2023 - 8:39pm

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Troop,

SOAR has restored our website, but it is not ready for prime time. What was restored was a version from March, which is out of date with current information. It will take a few days to methodically go through the site content to update it to information that is current and can be trusted. This is particularly true for the listservs, which require us to manually update each one before you can trust that each goes to the distribution intended.

I will send an email to everyone in the troop when this restoration is complete, likely a few days. Please be patient as we sort through this tedious process.

SM Stephens

From The Echols Family

Posted on Feb 11 2023 - 9:38pm

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Dear Troop 439,

Thank you from the whole Echols family for the beautiful flowers that you provided for Scoutmaster Echols' funeral. We are confident that he would have loved them -- especially the sash. Also, as Daniel might have told you, we all liked them so much that we took them to the graveyard at UVA where we buried Tucker's ashes.

Hopefully you know how much Tucker loved scouting and each of you. His heart was always with you even when his body couldn't be. So we were very touched by how many of you came to the visitation and memorial service and wore your uniforms.

Thank you for being great scouts!

The Echols Family

Pancake Breakfast - Thank You

Posted on Dec 3 2022 - 8:28pm

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I would like to extend a special thank you to all the scouts who helped with the re-start of Saturday's UMM Pancake Breakfast.

I was particularly pleased to see so many scouts working as teams, seeking out how they could help, and having older scouts helping younger scouts. It was a very fun event, and you could sense how pleased everyone seemed to be to have the breakfast back after almost 3 years. The UMM were clearly pleased with the scout turnout and help, as were many of the patrons. Also, many scouts found that kitchen work could actually be fun. A few scouts thought that if their house had such a cool dishwashing sink and sprayer, they might do more dishes at home. Food for thought...

Now, let's get ready to help next Saturday at KVFD for Pancakes with Santa!

Great job Scouts!

SM Stephens