Pathfinders

Pathfinders are a worldwide organisation of young people sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, though young people of any religious persuasion, or none are welcome and encouraged to join.

Pathfinders develops young people and children; physically, emotionally, mentally, socially and spiritually through a wide range of activities including, but not limited to:

  • Camping & camping/survival skills
  • Grade appropriate leadership training
  • Activities promoting community pride & involvement through community activities such as helping to feeding the homeless,collecting food for the disadvantaged, and visiting and encouraging the elderly, and many more.
  • Interactive training in a variety of recreational, artistic, nature, conservation, vocational, and outreach areas, with awards (honors) given for successful completion of the interactive training modules

Pathfinders has for its inspiration the Scouts, with several aspects of the two programs overlapping.

Joining a Local Pathfinders Club

The Pathfinder club is for young people ages 10-16 years old, enabling them to become responsible members of our society.

Objectives
The Pathfinder Club curriculum consist of six classes and nearly 250 Honors lies at the heart of the program. The following objectives can be achieved as the club leaders seek to fulfill these.

  1. Help the young people to understand that God and His church love them, care for them, and appreciate them.
  2. Encourage Pathfinders to discover their own God-given potential and to use their gifts and abilities to fulfill God’s expectations for them and the part they can play in the great plan of salvation.
  3. Inspire young people to give personal expression of their love for God by uniting them together in various outreach activities.
  4. Make the number one priority of your club program the personal salvation of every Pathfinder. The Pathfinder age is a time when many decisions are being made that will affect the youth’s future relationships and his or her own personal development. The peak time for discovering and making a relationship with God seems to be around 12 years of age.
  5. Build into a Pathfinder’s life a healthy appreciation and love for God’s creation by enjoying outdoor activity (campouts, nature walks, nature honors, etc.).
  6. Teach Pathfinders specific skills and hobbies that will make their lives more meaningful and will occupy their time with profitable accomplishments. operate.
  7. Encourage the Pathfinder to keep physically fit. This is one important way to safeguard against idleness and boredom. Teach children to care for their body and establish habits that will provide for their future happiness and usefulness (cf. 2T 536, 537; Educ. 195).
  8. Give opportunity for the development of leadership by encouraging club members to work together and share in leadership responsibility.
  9. Seek to foster the harmonious development of the physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual life of the Pathfinder by the fostering of an unselfish spirit, the attention to recreational and cultural activities, will provide stimulus for personal growth and act as an outlet for that restless energy.

AIM, MOTTO, PLEDGE, and LAW 

Aim

The Advent Message to all the world in my generation.

Motto

The love of Christ compels us.

Pledge

By the grace of God,
I will be pure and kind and true.
I will keep the Pathfinder Law.
I will be a servant of God
and a friend to man.

Law

The Pathfinder Law is for me to:

  1. Keep the morning watch.
  2. Do my honest part.
  3. Care for my body.
  4. Keep a level eye.
  5. Be courteous and obedient.
  6. Walk softly in the sanctuary.
  7. Keep a song in my heart.
  8. Go on God’s errands.


ACHIEVEMENT CLASSES
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  COMPANION       VOYAGER


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    EXPLORER          GUIDE



PATHFINDER HONORS

Each honor is designed to be a course of study that introduces a subject. This subject should have practical value and should enhance the lifestyle of the person pursuing the honor. Honor study should assist the person in his/her development as a well-rounded Christian by directly affecting the social, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of life.

THE PATHFINDER FLAG

The Pathfinder Club has a flag, bearing the Pathfinder’s Club Emblem. The flag is flown at local and conference Pathfinder programs and activities.

RESOURCES