In addition to the six class levels listed above, the Florida Conference has added two additional levels inserted between Voyager and Guide. The TLT program is designed to develop the leadership skills needed to serve as staff members of a Pathfinder club. Pathfinders also provide a Teen Leadership Training (TLT) program for teens aged 14 and older. Though each class level builds on skills earned in the previous levels, earlier levels are not prerequisites to subsequent levels.

The Pathfinder program is organized around the Adventist Youth (AY) Curricula, which divides the members by age (or grade) into six class levels. Program organization Adventist Youth (AY) classes

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Participants are children and teenagers aged 10–15, progressing through different ranks called class levels each year. Staff to student ratio is said to be about 1:5, which the organization stresses as an important learning benefit for participants. Īctivities include community service, camping, crafts, classwork, marching, Bible study, Seventh-day Adventist Church history, and leadership training.

Pathfinder clubs are sponsored by a local Seventh-day Adventist Church or school and meet on a regular basis - often weekly, bi-weekly or monthly.Īnnually, each conference will hold a large event known as a camporee where Pathfinders from throughout a local conference will come together to participate in events, activities, competitions, and religious meetings.Įvery so often a camporee is held during which clubs from a large area such as North American or South Pacific divisions come together and enjoy fellowship and do activities together.Īn estimated 38% of Adventist youth aged 18 and under 'Are members of Pathfinders or a similar church-sponsored youth group', according to a 2002 worldwide survey of local church leaders. There are pathfinders all over the world. It offers a wide range of learning experiences for young people 10 to 15 years of age (and older) and is operated by the international Seventh-day Adventist church under the direction and control of the local conference youth director. The Pathfinder Club is a worldwide program organized and directed by the Youth Department of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

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