Pathfinders

July 11 Directors’ Meeting

Welcome to 2021-2022 Pathfinder Year

July 1 is the beginning of our 2021-2022 Pathfinder Year.  It was good to have our club directors and their deputies join us for our July 11 directors’ meeting. Pastor Sherilyn O’Ffill and the Potomac Conference Coordinators are looking forward to a wonderful and challenging year filled with many opportunities to share Jesus Christ with your Pathfinders. We are posting the full video of the meeting here for you to review so club directors can successfully plan the 2021-2022 Pathfinder Year.
As information becomes available, it will be added to new posts on this website, so check-in for updates.

Directors Meeting Power Point – Director_Meeting_2021

Directors Meeting PDF – Director_Meeting_2021

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Master Guide Training- Oct 17, 2020

To all of our Coordinators, Pathfinder Directors, and interested Master Guides to be:

You are Invited to our Next Master Guide Training Opportunity

Who:   Anyone in need of training in pursuit of their Master Guide

What:  Child Development (This will be taught in 2 sessions. Please see info below)

The seminar will be provided in English and Spanish

Where:     Virtually using Zoom (details to follow) – PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED

When:       Sabbath afternoon, October 17th, 2020 3:00 PM – 7:15 PM.

Child Development – The first session will be geared to Master Guides working with or planning to work with Pathfinders ages 10-12. From 3 PM to 5 PM – English and Spanish Sessions

Child Development – The second session will be geared to Master Guides working with or planning to work with Pathfinders ages 13-15. From 5:15 PM -7:15 PM – English and Spanish Sessions

Homework for all interested: Please fill out the form at the bottom of this message to PRE-REGISTER.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 by the end of the day.

To be clear, you will NOT be able to attend if you have NOT pre-registered as instructed above.

There is no cost associated with attending these seminars. If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Snaith at snakie150@gmail.com or (703) 577-3985.

Thanks,

Kevin Snaith

A todos nuestros Coordinadores, Directores de Conquistadores y a todos los interesados en convertirse en Guías Mayores,

Oro para que todos estén y sigan en salud durante este tiempo único de distanciamiento social, aunque no estamos listos aun para reunirnos en personas, estamos disponibles y seguimos apoyando las clases para futuros Guías Mayores travez de su programa virtualmente.

Te estamos invitando a las siguiente oportunidades de entrenamiento de Guías Mayores:

Quienes: Cualquier que este en la necesidad de completar su programa a ser Guía Mayor

El Que: Desarrollo del niño(este sera ensenado en dos secciones. Por favor siga la información que sigue a continuación).

este seminario sera ensenado en ingles y español

Donde: De manera virtual usando la plataforma de zoom(siga los detalles). PRE – REGISTRASION ES REQUERIDA.

Cuando: La tarde del sábado 17 de octubre 3:00pm a 7:15pm

El desarrollo del niño – sección 1- estaba abarcando las edades de conquistadores de 10-12 años sera de 3pm a 5:00pm ambas secciones, ingles y español.

El desarrollo del niño – secciones 2 – estaba abarcando las edades de 13-15 años y sera de 5:15pm – 7:15pm ambas secciones, ingles y español.

Por favor complete el formulario al final de este mensaje para PRE-REGISTRARSE.

La fecha limite para la registration es el Miércoles 14 de octubre del 2020 antes del final día.

Aclarando algo: si usted no va a participar no tiene que hace pre – registrasion como se indica arriba.

No hay ningunead costo asociado a estos seminarios, si tiene alguna pregunta por favor comuníquese con Kevin Snaith al snakie150@gmail.com o al (703) 577-3985.

Gracias!

Kevin Snaith

Pathfinders

It Starts With Me

It Starts With ME

2020 Potomac Pathfinders Camporee Logo

Friday Night Worship

 

Here are the placements for the Sabbath afternoon Scavenger Hunt.

Most Creative Photo – Wheaton Spanish – Team 4

Most Creative Team Name – Fredricksburg – Team 9 (Reasonable Amount of TP)

Most Items Completed – Seabrook – Team 1

Most Teams Participating – Capital Spanish – 18 teams

Top Scoring Clubs:
1st Place – Seabrook – average 165 points

2nd Place – Fredricksburg – average 142 points

3rd Place – Wheaton Spanish – average 136 points

Top Scoring Teams:

Seabrook – Team 1 – 240 points

Beltsville – Matiras + Ezekiel – 235 points

Beltsville – Illangovan + Alec – 215 points

 

Bread Dough Honor

 

Here is the Bread Dough honor worksheet

BREAD DOUGH HONOR WORKSHEET

Ingredients List:  Please have the following items available and ready to use during our presentation.

1 – 2 Cups           Flour

½ Cup                    Salt

½ Cup                    Water

Food Coloring

Gloves

Paper Plate

Mixing Bowl

Paper Towel

After the honor time is over, you will need access to an oven or some other way of getting your art completely dry before you paint and/or seal it.

HOW WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR ALL OF US:

1 – Attached is the worksheet for the honor.  It is a fillable PDF so if you want, you can open it and type in your answers in the fields provided.  This is so that you can show both your completed worksheet and your finished projects to your director or counselor.  Once you do this they will be able to get the honor patch to you.

2 – PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN ADULT nearby while you are in this session.  This is for your safety and so that they can help you with parts of this honor process which might be more difficult and/or riskier (a hot oven).

Enjoy

Pathfinders

Chris Walker’s Memorial

 Hello everyone,

Chris Walker’s Memorial will be broadcasted live from his Facebook account on Sunday August 9th. Please join us here at 4pm eastern time.

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=552598276

YouTube Broadcast

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKXJGa_9o2iD3WONYFvjijQ/videos
This is the link to the YouTube channel where the memorial will also be livestreamed. Please share with anyone who is not friends with Chris on facebook or does not have access to facebook

They might be testing the livestream equipment, so you might see the video start before then.

Here is the link to The YouTube tribute to Chris  I hope you enjoy it.  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4LY0tMRpYjs&t=3s


Posted on Facebook by Martha Kigernelson.

Christopher Alexander Walker was an amazing person whom many people loved and considered a close friend. Despite serious struggles with Sickle Cell Disease, he accomplished a great deal in his too-short life. His academic successes were impressive, but eclipsed by his achievements in youth ministry. His service to youth was as integral to him as breathing. He was a person who radiated joy and humor and warmth. He also understood the challenges of young people and knew how to connect with and support teens. He loved people and kept in touch with so many who needed that connection. He perceived needs and found ways to meet them, often putting people together with others who had the needed skills or resources. He chose to be joyful and grateful every day despite chronic and often severe pain. His faith was his foundation and he showed the world what the love of Jesus looks like in person. His influence will live on in those who were fortunate to share his life.
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Potomac Pathfinders second Director’s Meeting

Moving Forward

We are grateful for the presentations that were made by each of the club directors.  Each demonstrated why Potomac Pathfinders is an effective and essential ministry at every level in Potomac Conference.  Our meeting was very productive, and we learned that we are all stronger when we press together, share information, and prayerfully seek God’s direction at every step in this ministry.  We learned that we have all found the Covid-19 environment very challenging to adjust to. We also learned:

  • that personalizing our approach to staff gives them the encouragement they need to move forward with us.
  • Making personal connections with our pathfinders increases they desire to continue because they have an increase sence of belonging.
  • This new environment constantly forces us to re-focus on the original intent of our club ministry.
  • We can maintain the health and safety of our club members and staff as we explore new creative ways to meet our required elements in the Pathfinder program.

As they become available, I will post the materials each presenter has shared as a resource to use in your ministry.

 

Agradecemos las presentaciones realizadas por cada uno de los directores del club. Cada uno demostró por qué Potomac Conquestadores es un ministerio eficaz y esencial en todos los niveles de la Conferencia Potomac. Nuestra reunión fue muy productiva, y aprendimos que todos somos más fuertes cuando nos unimos, compartimos información y buscamos en oración la dirección de Dios en cada paso de este ministerio. Aprendimos que a todos nos ha parecido muy difícil adaptarse al entorno Covid-19. También aprendimos:

  • que personalizar nuestro enfoque hacia el personal les da el aliento que necesitan para seguir adelante con nosotros.
  • Hacer conexiones personales con nuestros pioneros aumenta su deseo de continuar porque tienen un mayor sentido de pertenencia.
  • Este nuevo entorno nos obliga constantemente a reenfocarnos en la intención original del ministerio de nuestro club.
  • Podemos mantener la salud y la seguridad de los miembros y el personal de nuestro club a medida que exploramos nuevas formas creativas de cumplir con nuestros elementos requeridos en el programa Conquestadores.

A medida que estén disponibles, publicaré los materiales que cada presentador ha compartido como recurso para usar en su ministerio.

This is a presentation that was shared by the Olney Musketeers director, Andrew Herolds.

Esta es una presentación que fue compartida por el director de Olney Musketeers, Andrew Herolds.

The Presentation link

Nutrition Honor

Decoupage

Scantuary Presentation

Christian Citizenship

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Cultural Heritage Honor with Pastor Christian Martin

Cultural Heritage Honor

Living Hope Messengers Pathfinder Club hosted a Facebook Live event  on Sabbath, May 23 at 4 PM.  The Honor was taught by Pastor Christian Martin live on their Facebook page:

Click on the embedded YouTube video  below.


This is an opportunity for all interested Pathfinders and staff members to  earn the Cultural Heritage Honor by watching the presentation, filling out the attached sheet below and submitting it to your club directors to receive your patch.

 

Cultural Heritage LHM

Adventurers, Pathfinders

Urgent Message from the Columbia Union Conference

Dear Conference Youth Directors and Pathfinder Leaders,

 

Your Columbia Union Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) planning team has been closely monitoring the rapidly developing Coronavirus threat.  We are attempting to strike a balance between responding diligently and not overreacting to the situation.  We are considering alternative models to our traditional PBE event. However, it has become increasingly clear to us the necessity of postponing our PBE event. Thus, there will be no Union level PBE event held on March 21.

We will continue to closely watch how the virus continues to spread and evaluate its impact on our churches and communities.  In early April, we will reassess the feasibility of rescheduling this event.

I thank you for your patience and understanding as we attempt to responsibly respond to this crisis.  Please understand that our priority has been and always will be the safety and wellbeing of our Pathfinders.

I would like to express my personal appreciation to Sherilyn O’Ffill, our union PBE coordinator, and our planning team for their quick action and due diligence to this very fluid situation.

Blessings,

Frank Bondurant

Vice President, Ministries Development

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE

OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

Tel. (410) 997-3414, ext. 560

5427 Twin Knolls Road

Columbia, MD 21045

Pathfinders

75th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima Scout and Family Day!

URGENT!  To be sent out to all Pathfinder Groups in the area:

 

Suggested Wear:  Potomac Conference Pathfinder Shirt

 

MESSAGE FROM US MARINE CORP MUSEUM:

Please join us from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm on SUNDAY, 23 February at the National Museum of the Marine Corps for the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima Scout and Family Day!

 

On 23 February 1945, AP photographer Joseph Rosenthal captured an image of six Marines raising an American Flag that became the inspiration behind our museum as well as an icon of the Marine Corps. In addition to commemorating the Battle of Iwo Jima, we will also be paying tribute to the incredibly important work of War Correspondents.

Participants from various scouting organizations (Scouts, BSA, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, American Heritage Girls, Trail Life, USA, Pathfinders, and Royal Rangers) can work towards or earn a journalism badge based on their organization’s requirements!

Journalism Honor Worksheet found here!

Registration is required, please email nmmckids@gmail.com with what badges you will be working towards and the number of participants.

 

For more information about the entire weekend’s commemorative events, please visit: https://www.usmcmuseum.com/calendar.html

 

We hope to see you there!

 

Laura

 

Laura Hockensmith

Chief of Education

 

National Museum of the Marine Corps

18900 Jefferson Davis Highway

Triangle, VA 22172