PATHFINDER OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE is an outdoor adventure for Explorers to teen pathfinders. The first event will be on:
October 10-13, 2019
You will find more information on this event in the documents below.
Backpack Trip Information 2019
Backpack Trip Registration 2019 (fillable)
This site is under development.
This message is in English and Spanish.
Directors,
This is to make sure that you are planning to have at least one vehicle at Chosen Camporee that can be parked in the outside parking lots and driven off campus.
There are several reasons this is necessary:
1 – You will need to pick up your food at area grocery stores, Costco, etc. There are no grocery deliveries to campsites during camporee.
2 – You may need to take someone to urgent care or the emergency room. If someone gets transported in an ambulance, you will need to have a vehicle to get a club representative to the hospital.
3 – The weather may change and you may need to go out into town to purchase tarps or other emergency supplies which you did not bring with you.
If you cannot have a vehicle yourselves, please coordinate with another club that does have transportation which can be driven off site BEFORE you arrive in Oshkosh.
Also, please be reminded that the majority of your food needs to be picked up and at the camp by 7pm on Tuesday because that is when the gates close
Pastor Sherilyn O’Ffill
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Este mensaje es para asegurarnos de que usted está planificando tener por lo menos un vehículo que se estacionara fuera del Camporee Chosen para poder moverse fuera del campamento.
Hay varias razones por la cual esto será necesario:
Si usted no puede tener un vehículo para su uso, por favor coordine ANTES de llegar a Oshkosh con otro club que tenga un vehículo en las afueras del área del camporee para que usted pueda utilizar ese vehículo en caso de que sea necesario.
También, recuerde que la mayoría de la comida necesita ser recogida y estar en el campamento antes de las 7pm el martes porque es cuando las puertas/portones del campamento cerraran.
Pastor Sherilyn O'Ffill Associate Director, Youth Department POTOMAC CONFERENCE CORPORATION of Seventh-day Adventists 606 Greenville Avenue | Staunton, VA 24401 office 540-886-0771 mobile 707-812-3921
Hello Directors and Potomac Pathfinders,
On Sunday, we had a full house at the Vienna SDA church for the last director’s meeting to be held before the Oshkosh International Camporee. In this post is a PDF of the presentation that was given. A lot of important information was shared the leaders that attended. Please review so you won’t miss a thing.
Nesco Lettsome Jr. Specialty Coordinator for Communications potomac.comm@gmail.com 301-532-8533
The purpose of this Communique is to
a keep communication between Area
Coordinators and Directors/Staff. This
will be use to educate and as a reminder.
Starting next Pathfinder year (July
2019) we will continue to send this
communique on a regular basic depending
on the needs, also this
Newsletter will be use to inform you
and your club about any updated information
from the conference.
We would love to hear from you on
the challenges and concerns you may
have throughout the year. We will try
to address them.
El propósito de este comunicado
es mantener una comunicación
entre los coordinadores de área y
los directores/personal de apoyo.
Esto lo usaremos para educar y
como recordatorios.
Comenzando el próximo año
(Julio 2019) nosotros seguiremos
enviando este comunicado de
manera regular dependiendo de la
necesidad del mismo. También
será utilizado para mantenerles al
corriente de las noticias mas recientes,
cambios y actualizaciones
de la conferencia.
Nos encantaría escuchar de ustedes,
cuales son sus retos y preocupaciones
a lo largo del año y
haremos todo lo posible por contestarles.
Hello Potomac Pathfinders,
The schedule has changed due to the presence of rain throughout the morning.
Check your calendars. It is set to happen on May 5, 2019 at the Takoma Academy campus. Below is the Flyer for the Fair. It includes a list of times and activities. Please take time to click on it to see the full sized downloadable PDF.
We need volunteers to make this Fair a success. Volunteers will help with site setup. We are asking that all volunteers:
We are asking all clubs not to bring adult volunteers on site to help the conference and/or pathfinder clubs who have not gone through the Verified Volunteer training and background check. This compromises the safety of our pathfinders and destroys the integrity of the process the North American Division has put in place for our kids.
We request that TLTs to sign up at the TLT volunteer station to work for 4 hours per TLT for the Pathfinder Fair event. TLT need to sign up and sign out at the TLT table in order to receive volunteer hours. If you have special volunteer forms from your respective high schools, please bring them at that time to be filled out.
Please register for the fair by filling out and emailing your club registration and the food booth forms. You will find links below to the forms.
Spring 2019 TLT Convention will be a lock-in held at the Fredericksburg SDA Church, March 9 & 10. Below are PDF files of the registration to print, fill out and email back and the schedule for your information. Please respond soon so we can have a headcount for planning supplies and food purchases.
We will begin Sabbath afternoon at 3 PM with workshops, supper, sundown worship, and, as always, Super Fun Something in the evening. We will be staying overnight in the gym, so bring your sleeping bags and pads. We’ll have breakfast Sunday morning, continue with the remaining workshops and be finished by 12:30 PM. There will be warm fuzzies as usual and your favorite workshop facilitators.
In this Oshkosh year, we are trying to help conserve your funds to attend that life-changing event. So this TLT event is only $40 per person and includes Sabbath Supper, Sunday Breakfast and a sack lunch.
Please register now to facilitate our planning to make this event special for your teen leaders. Make sure your TLTs remember to bring their binders so they can get signed off on their workshops.
We are excited to spend some time with our awesome Potomac TLTs. See you soon!
Martha Kiger-Nelson
Potomac Head TLT Coordinator
Directors,
The next training seminars for Master Guides candidates will be November 17, 2018 at the Manassas Seventh-Day Adventist Church (9858 Fairmont Avenue Manassas, VA 20109). Please note that we will be teaching a special course in English for those pursuing the Pathfinder Instructor Award (PIA). There are no fees associated with this training.
Date: November 17, 2018
Time: 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: Manassas SDA
Seminars to be taught:
Please let us know if you have any questions. Many thanks.
– Amada Avalos Erdelyi
Head Area Coordinator
Hello Directors and Pathfinder Staff,
It is that time of year again. We have several updated documentation material to share with you all.
This first document has our 2018 updates to the Pathfinder manual. Each change is highlighted in yellow for you to review in the Table of Contents.
2018 Pathfinder Director manual updates
This is the complete Directors Manual minus the contact information for each director.
Potomac Pathfinder DIrectors Manual
We have included a document that has Basic Drill Command instructions for you to use with your clubs, as well as, flag positions. There have been many questions about flag protocol. This document helps inform the reader of those important and respectful protocols. 
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We hope this new documentation is useful for you and your clubs.
It is always a joy to see young people make a decision to commit themselves and follow the example of our Savior by their decision to be baptised. So, with joy we announce and share the baptism of Reese Omwenga at the Potomac Conference Pathfinder Camporee 10/6/2018. May you be blessed.