BASIC STAFF TRAINING

South England Conference 2011Marcia John

History of Pathfindering

For the first 40 years it was taken for granted that youth were members of the church.

First Youth Society-Hazeltown Michigan

Luther Warren17 yrs Harry Fenner14 yrs

Youth groups named Sunshine Bands

Under direction of Sabbath School

department

The Seventh-day Adventist Young People’s Department of Missionary Volunteers. (M.E. Kern)

•Junior Reading CourseFirst MV Day, March 71909

Junior MV Societies organized

MV Leaflet Series

began

Harriet Holt and C. Lester Bondfounded: The “Junior Missionary Volunteers”,The “Missionary Volunteers”The “Master Guide”LeadershipAwards

• JMV (now AJY) Progressive Classes introduced particularly Friend and Companion classes

•A. W. Spalding and Harriet Hold advocated the basic idea of Pathfinder Clubs

Master Comrade (now Master Guide) was officially approved

•Southern California's first youth camp, San Gabriel Canyon

•Vocational honors introduced

"Pathfinder" name first used at a summer camp in Southeastern California

Pre-JMV/AJY Classes developed

First Master ComradeInvestiture

First JMV Pathfinder Camp, Idyllwild, purchased

Master Comrade Manual published

•The first conference-sponsored Pathfinder Club in Riverside, California

•Pathfinder Club emblem designed by John H. Hancock

Sacrifice

Purity

Excellence

Loyalty

Protection

Shield

Sword

Bible

Three sides =

Completeness

Helen Hobbs made the Pathfinder flag

Henry BerghComposed the

Pathfinder song

•General Conference authorized the JMV Pathfinder clubs for world field

•Pathfinder Staff Training Course and How to Start a Pathfinder Club booklet was published

•Explorer class added

•The first Pathfinder Fair was held on September 23 in Dinuba, California

•Master Comrade was changed to Master Guide

•Pathfinder Staff Manual published

Pathfinder song copyrighted

•MV Pathfinder Field Guide published

•Pathfinder Drill Manual published

John Hancockelected as World

Pathfinder Director

JMV Handbook was combined with Master Guide Manual as MV Handbook

Pioneer Class was added

Pioneer Class namewas changed to Ranger Class

(8th Grade)

The Pathfinder Staff Manual was revised and expanded

•Missionary Volunteer (MV) was changed to Adventist Youth (AY)

• Junior Missionary Volunteer (JMV) was changed to Adventist Junior

Youth (AJY)

•The Pre-AJY class was changed to Adventurers Club (4 yrs - 4th

grade)

MV Camp Directory was changed

to World Adventist

Youth Camp

Pathfinders Sing Songbook was

published

•The New Pathfinder World replaced the MV World

•Voyager Class added

3rd Trans European Division Camporee

•New AY Classwork Curriculum integrated in Pathfinder curriculum

•Adventurer Program became an independent program from Pathfinders

The 4th Trans-European Division Camporee

Kielder,England.

Back Row: From left, Richard Barron, Baraka Muganda, David Wong, Malcolm Allen.

Front Row: From left, Leona Ganson, Betty Brooks, Lois Covarrubias, Elsie Russell.

• The Youth Department was re-organized as a General Conference Department

• Baraka G. Muganda is elected to leader the GC Youth Department (1995 to present)

Basic Staff Training, Pathfinder Leadership Award (PLA), & Pathfinder Instructor Award (PIA) curriculum developed

Pathfinder pioneer Lawrence Paulson dies

Pathfinder Uniform changed to Black & Tan

•AY Honor Handbook added17 new Honors as well as several International Honors

• John Hancock, 2nd World Pathfinder Director and 6th World Youth Director, dies on February 22

•Laurence Skinner, 1st World Pathfinder Director

dies July 10

•8th TED Camporee Poland Zatonie

9th TED Division Camporee is held in Denmark, July 25 to August 1 2006

•On May 15, the Youth Ministries Department celebrates 100 years!

• First Trans European Division Master Guide Camporee in

Holland. 24-27 May 2007

A contingent from the SEC attended the "Courage to

Stand" International Pathfinder Camporee in Oshkosh, WI (USA) on August11-15, 2009

•SEC Adventurer scarves changed from sky blue to burgundy

•10th TED camporee in Finland

SEC pathfinder uniform changed from Tan to

Grey