SCOUTING AT IUCC

Our families participate in scouting through Girl Scouts the of USA (girls age 5-18) and Scouting America’s (Boy Scouts of America or BSA) programs including Cub Scouts (children age 5-10), ScoutsBSA (youth age 10-18) and Venturing (youth age 14-20).

As an Open and Affirming congregation, our members participated in the Scouting Working Group which resulted in the 2015 memorandum of understanding between the Boy Scouts of America and the United Church of Christ. Our members also contributed to the 2022 Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by BSA’s Order of the Arrow honor society.

IUCC has demonstrated its support for scouting in Irvine since the 2013 change in BSA membership policies. Over the years we have served as the charter organization for Orange County Council BSA’s Cub Scout Pack 697, ScoutsBSA Troops 602 and 691, and Venturing Crew 691. In 2025, we chartered a BSA new unit cluster of Pack, Troop and Crew 68 to serve the home school community and commemorate IUCC’s foundational scripture Micah 6:8, “To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

IUCC’s Plumer Hall hosts meetings of the Pack 654 committee (serving boys and girls age 5-10), Troop and Crew 691 (serving boys and girls ages 11-20) and the Rancho San Joaquin District (serving volunteer scout leaders of BSA units across Irvine). Several of our member families are active in their neighborhood Girl Scout USA Troops and local BSA Packs, Troops or Crews.