Patchwork

(An Investiture & Rededication Ceremony)
Materials Needed
variety of colored squares of paper, 1 per person.
Poster Board divided into grid squares, 1 square per person.
Tacky Putty, 1 dot of putty per square.
Make sure each paper square is the same size as the grid square. Put Tacky Putty dot in center of each grid square. As leaders are called forward, they choose a colored paper and place it on a grid square. The sentences between the **s are instructions, and are not to be read during the ceremony. The ceremony can be done for SU Team members, or Troop Leaders, or for the girls with a few minor wording changes.
 

Being a Girl Scout manager (leader) is like making a quilt. First, we gather together our scraps -- our team (girls) -- from different origins and cuts of materials.
Some are shy, unimposing -- like pale pastels. Others are dizzy patterns of vibrant color.
We must bind them together, matching their sameness, blending their differences.
The thread of Scouting is strong. Our own hands must be steady and sure, patiently making each stitch small and even.
Until -- finally -- the quilt is finished, with a background of the Promise and Law and a thick padding of love and understanding. And though each patch is different, together they are strong, beautiful, and warm; and the seamstress can be proud.
This then is Girl Scouting. It is the Girl Scouting of returning managers (leaders) and the Girl Scouting of managers (leaders) to come. Would the new managers (leaders) please step forward to make their Promise and a commitment toward building such a patchwork piece?
*New managers (leaders) come forward, make their Promise and put their patchwork square on the background.*
Now, would the continuing managers (leaders) rise and commit themselves to continuing their pieces of patchwork by making the Promise together?
*Continuing managers (leaders) come forward, make their Promise and put their patchwork square on the background.*
Let us all join in singing "Whene'er You Make a Promise".