Our Troop

Our troop in Clear Lake

A place where young people can belong before they have it all figured out.

Troop 1513 brings together Scouts and families from the Clear Lake area of Houston. We make room for different personalities, different experience levels, and different ways of growing.

Five Troop 1513 Scouts smiling together at a camp dining table
Scouts relaxing and talking together outside a camp cabin
Troop 1513 Scouts and adult leaders gathered with their troop flag at summer camp

What it feels like here

Welcome comes before achievement

You can start new

No prior Scouting or outdoor experience is expected. There is always a first meeting, first campout, and first time asking for help.

You can be yourself

Some Scouts arrive ready to lead. Others prefer to watch, listen, and warm up gradually. Both have a place in the troop.

You will matter

Scouts contribute to the group, help teammates, and take on responsibilities that become more meaningful with experience.

Youth-led, adult-supported

Young people learn to lead by actually leading

Scouts help choose, plan, and carry out troop activities. They practice communicating, solving problems, and looking after the people around them.

Trained adults provide safety, coaching, and perspective. We stay close enough to support success while leaving enough room for Scouts to build genuine confidence.

  • Scouts make a planThey learn to turn an idea into practical next steps.
  • Scouts work togetherThey listen, adjust, and share responsibility with the group.
  • Scouts learn from the outcomeSuccess builds confidence; mistakes become useful experience.
  • Scouts help someone newerGrowth becomes leadership when it is shared.

There is no single “type” of Troop 1513 Scout

A young person does not need to be fearless, outgoing, athletic, experienced outdoors, or certain about joining. Curiosity is enough for a first visit.

For the quiet observer

There is time to look around, understand the rhythm, and build relationships naturally.

For the eager beginner

Enthusiasm has somewhere useful to go, with new skills and challenges always ahead.

For the growing leader

Responsibility expands with experience, creating real opportunities to guide and encourage others.

Our weekly home

Meet us on a Monday

Troop 1513 meets Mondays, 7:00–8:30 p.m., at House of Prayer Lutheran Church, 14045 Space Center Blvd, Houston, TX 77062.

Visitors can observe, meet Scouts and adults, and ask questions without an application or commitment.

A tradition of following through

Troop 1513 Eagle Scouts

Eagle is one path through the troop—not the only definition of growth. This public history records Scouts who completed that long path of leadership, service, and perseverance.

  • Ian MrozinskiJuly 28, 2024
  • Antoine NguyenFebruary 3, 2024
  • Jackson HeinzDecember 7, 2023
  • Joshua SchwagerNovember 15, 2023
  • Travis WebbMarch 23, 2023
  • Samuel “Ty” WhatleyMarch 22, 2023
  • Ty AnnouraMarch 15, 2023
  • Asa WhatleyFebruary 8, 2023
  • Gabriel UpanavageSeptember 28, 2022
  • Jonathan FoltynFebruary 22, 2022
  • Will McGarityDecember 7, 2021
  • Joe AnnouraFebruary 9, 2021
  • Jonathon RigbyFebruary 9, 2021
  • Zakary UpanavageAugust 27, 2020
  • Joshua DemelMay 7, 2020
  • Jared FoltynMarch 5, 2019
  • Alex McGarityMarch 5, 2019
  • Dylan SaundersSeptember 26, 2018