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Pathfinder Club
Our Pathfinder Director is
Marla Priest
(231-275-7699) and the Deputy Director is Paul Riess (231-929-3374).
The club meets at 6:00 PM on the 2nd and 4th
Thursdays of each month. Check the Calendar
for details and any other Pathfinder programs. The Pathfinder club in
Traverse City is vibrant and alive! Their activities are a mixture of
learning (earning honors), community service (helping others), and FUN!
The following pictures give you a sense of what they did in the past few months.
For more pictures, click on the links on the left
navigation bar. Pictures courtesy of Marla Priest.
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Traverse City Pathfinder Club prepared shoeboxes
for poor children in the Mission field for Christmas |
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Pathfinders at the 2006 Camporee |
Bible Achievement Challenge 2008 |
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Pathfinders working on their
Baking Honor. Looks like fun... |
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and the results were
FANTASTIC.
Photos by Marla Priest |
The Pathfinder Club:
For those who know, “Pathfindering” conjures up images of marching, camping,
curious hobbies, bugs and bats. Enlarging their windows on the world and
building a relationship with God are the dual objectives of this club designed
for children ages 10-16.
Currently with nearly 2 million members around the world, this Seventh-day
Adventist Church-sponsored club accepts any youth who promise to abide by the
Pathfinder Pledge and Law regardless of their church
affiliation.
Pledge
By the
grace of God...
I will be pure.
I will be kind.
I will be true.
I will keep the Pathfinder Law.
I will be a servant of God.
I will be a friend of man.
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Law
Keep the
Morning Watch.
Do my honest part.
Care for my body.
Keep a level eye.
Be courteous and obedient.
Walk softly in the sanctuary.
Keep a song in my heart.
Go on God's errands.
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Leadership:
The volunteer leadership, skilled in a myriad of unusual abilities and interests
are strong believers in Jesus Christ and are sure of the road they are taking
towards eternal life. They consider the Pathfinder club an experimental
laboratory where growth and learning are synonymous with fun. Failure is
not expected but rather all activity becomes a tool for learning.
Activities:
The imagination of its leadership and members are the primary limiting factors.
Activities encouraged range from community/civic service projects both in their
home community and across the globe to nature and environmental conservation
studies to camping and high adventure trips. Pathfindering challenges the unique
talents of each member. Pathfindering is built on an age-specific curriculum of
six levels along with approximately 250 specialized skill development topics
covering arts and crafts, aquatics, nature, household arts, recreation,
spiritual development, health, and vocational training. These often serve as a
launching point for lifetime careers or hobbies.
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