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Pathfinders

If your sound is on, you are listening to "Faith on Fire," the theme song of the 2004 International Pathfinder Camporee, which was written by two 14-year-old Pathfinders.

We are proud to say we do offer a local Pathfinders Club called The Delaware Discoverers.

Below you will find some general information about Pathfinders as well as some info about our local chapter.

We would be happy to answer any questions you have about our local club or The Pathfinders Organization. For more information, please use the "contact us" form

 

A note from our local Pathfinder Leaders:

Hi! 

Welcome to the Delaware Discoverer Pathfinder Club. The Delaware Discoverers was established 14 years ago and has continues to grow strong. We meet on the second and fourth Wednesday and third Saturday of each month, September thru May, from 6:30-8:00 p.m., at the Delaware SDA Church.


It is our goal to help you help your child grow into a well-rounded young adult by mentoring them socially, physically, spiritually, and mentally and to have fun while they do it.


It is never too late to join our club, so we hope we will see you soon.


God Bless,
Karen Hall & Pat Crampton
Co-directors

Here are a few photos from the Ohio Conference Pathfinder Fair 2006.

 

What is a Pathfinders Club?

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

 

Pathfinders offer a wide range of activities including, but not limited to:

  • Camping & camping/survival skills

  • Grade appropriate leadership training

  • Activities promoting community pride & involvement through outreach activities such as helping in downtown soup kitchens, collecting food for the disadvantaged, cleaning & maintaining city and county parks, 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

  • Personal care and encouragement by a caring staff member! While many school classrooms have 10-30 students per teacher, Pathfinders offers AT LEAST a 1 staff member to every 5 Pathfinder ratio!

Pathfinder Pledge and Law:

 

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.

The Law is for me to:
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 errand.

Explanation -- Pathfinder Pledge

By the grace of God

Only as we rely on God to help us can we do His will.

I will be pure

I will fill my mind with everything that is right and true and spend my time in activities that will build a strong, clean character.

I will be kind

I will be considerate and kind, not only to my fellow man, but also to all of God's creation.

 

I will be true.

I will be honest and upright in study, work and play and can always be counted upon to do my very best.

I will keep the Pathfinder Law.

I will seek to understand the meaning of the Law and will strive to live up to it's spirit, realizing that obedience to law is essential in any organization

I will be a servant to God

I will pledge myself to serve God first, last, and best in everything I am called upon to be or do.

I will be a friend to man.

I will live to bless others and do unto them as I would have them do unto me.

Explanation -- Pathfinder Law

Keep the Morning Watch.

I will have prayer and personal bible study each day.

Do my honest part.

By the power of God I will help others, and do my duty and my honest share, wherever I may be.

Care for my body

I will be temperate in all things and strive to reach a higher standard of physical fitness.

Keep a level eye.

I will not lie, cheat or deceive, and will despise dirty talk or evil thinking.

Be courteous and obedient.

I will be kind and thoughtful of others, reflecting the love of Jesus in all my association with others.

Walk softly in the sanctuary.

In any devotional exercise I will be quiet, careful and reverent.

Keep a song in my heart

I will be cheerful and happy and let the influence of my life be as sunshine to others.

Go on God's errands.

I will always be ready to share my faith and go about doing good as Jesus did.