Pathfinder history
Pathfinder History
The Seventh-day Adventist Church affiliated Pathfinders
organization was created as the Missionary Volunteer Society in 1907. It
was
known as MV, JMV and AJY over the new few years, before adopting the
name
Pathfinders for the first time in 1927. Although it may appear to be
focused on
camps, its history also has the concept of service and
self-achievement as
features.
SDA Pathfinder Historical
Timeline
1907 - Missionary
Volunteer Societies
organized
1908 - Junior Reading
Course
- First MV Day, March 7 1909 Junior MV
Societies
organized
1911 - MV Leaflet Series
began
1922 - JMV (now AJY) Progressive
Classes introduced - Friend and
Companion
- A. W. Spalding and Harriet
Hold advocate basic idea of Pathfinder
Clubs
1926 - First junior camp held in USA
(Town Line Lake, Michigan)
1927 - Master
Comrade (now Master Guide) officially
approved
1928 - Southern California's
first youth camp, San Gabriel Canyon
-
Vocational honors
introduced
1929 - "Pathfinder" name first
used at a summer camp in Southeastern
California
1930 - Pre-JMV/AJY classes
developed
1931 - First Master Comrade
Investiture
1932 - First JMV Pathfinder
Camp is purchased in Idyllwild, California
1938 - Master Comrade Manual published
1946 - First conference-sponsored Pathfinder Club (Riverside,
California)
- Pathfinder Club emblem designed by John H.
Hancock
1947 - First North American
Division Youth Congress in San Francisco,
California
1948 - Helen Hobbs makes the
Pathfinder flag
- First area Pathfinder
coordinators appointed (Central
California Conference)
1949 - Henry Bergh
writes Pathfinder song
1950 - General
Conference authorizes JMV Pathfinder clubs for world
field
- Pathfinder
Staff Training Course and How to Start a Pathfinder Club
booklet
-
Explorer class added.
1951 - First
Pathfinder Fair, September 23, Dinuba, California
- Master
Comrade
changed to Master Guide
- Pathfinder Staff Manual
published
1952 - Pathfinder song
copyrighted
1954 - First Pathfinder
Camporee, May 7-9, Idyllwild, California
1957 - JMV Pathfinder Day added to church
calendar
1960 - First Union Camporee,
April 11-14, Lone Pine, California
1962 -
MV Pathfinder Field Guide
- Pathfinder Drill Manual
Published
1963 - John Hancock elected
World Pathfinder Director
1965 - JMV
Handbook combined with Master Guide Manual to be MV
Handbook
1966 - Pioneer Class added (later
changed to Ranger)
- First North
American MV Camp Directory
published
1970 - Pioneer Class name
changed to Ranger (8th Grade)
1974 -
Pathfinder Staff Manual revised and
expanded
1979 - MV changed to AY
(Missionary Volunteer --> Adventist Youth)
-
JMV changed to AJY
(Junior Missionary Volunteer --> Adventist Junior
Youth)
- Pre-AJY
changed to Adventurers (4 yrs. - 4th
grade)
1980 -
Les Pitton elected NAD
Youth Director
- MV Camp Directory
changed to World Adventist Youth Camp
Directory
1981 - Pathfinders Sing Songbook
published
1982 - New Pathfinder World
replaces MV World
- Voyager Class added
-
NAD Pathfinder uniform
revised
1985 - Norm Middag appointed NAD
Pathfinder Director
- First NAD
Pathfinder Camporee, Camp Hale,
Colorado
1987 - Current NAD Pathfinder
emblem designed by Norm Middag
1989 - NAD
Pathfinder Honors Manual revised, new honors added
- Friendship
Camporee
in Pennsylvania, sponsored by the Columbia Union
- New AY Classwork
Curriculum integrated in Pathfinder curriculum
- Adventurer Program becomes
an independent program from
Pathfinders
1993 - Restructuring results
in Office of Pathfinder Ministries
1994 -
"Dare to Care" International Pathfinder Camporee, August 2-6, Denver,
Colorado
1995 - Teen Leadership Training
(TLT) Program established for training High
school students
(grades
9-12)
- First Pathfinder Web Site established
-
First Pathfinder Club
web page, Fort Worth Eagles, Fort Worth,
Texas
1996 - Basic Staff Training,
Pathfinder Leadership Award (PLA), &
Pathfinder Instructor
- Award
(PIA) curriculum developed
1997 - Willie
Oliver becomes NAD Director of Pathfinder & Camp
Ministries
- NAD
Pathfinder Honors Manual revised, new honors added
- NAD
Pathfinder
Staff Manual updated
1999 - NAD Pathfinder
Web Site established
- Discover the Power
International Camporee held in
Osh kosh WI (USA) with an
attendance of over
20,000.
2000 - Elder James Black appointed
to be NAD Youth Ministries director,
overseeing Youth,
Pathfinder,
Adventurer, and Camp Ministries
- Pathfinder
Uniform changed to Black
& Tan
2001 - AY Honor Handbook adds 17
new Honors as well as several International
Honors.
2003 - NAD Youth Ministries
develops Website Community ministering to Youth,
Pathfinders, Adventurers,
and Camping Ministries (YPAC).
2004 - NAD
Pathfinder Ministries under the leadership of James Black and Ron
Whitehead
hosts the Faith on Fire International NAD Pathfinder Camporee in
Oshkosh,
WI (USA) with over 32,000 tickets sold, and close to 200 Pathfinders
baptized at the event.
http://cccpathfinders.org/#/home/our-history
Pathfinder Pledge
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.
Pathfinder Pledge Explanation
"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.
http://cccpathfinders.org/#/home/pathfinder-pledge
Pathfinder Law
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 errands.
Pathfinder Law Explanation
"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.
http://cccpathfinders.org/#/home/pathfinder-law
The Seventh-day Adventist Church affiliated Pathfinders
organization was created as the Missionary Volunteer Society in 1907. It
was
known as MV, JMV and AJY over the new few years, before adopting the
name
Pathfinders for the first time in 1927. Although it may appear to be
focused on
camps, its history also has the concept of service and
self-achievement as
features.
SDA Pathfinder Historical
Timeline
1907 - Missionary
Volunteer Societies
organized
1908 - Junior Reading
Course
- First MV Day, March 7 1909 Junior MV
Societies
organized
1911 - MV Leaflet Series
began
1922 - JMV (now AJY) Progressive
Classes introduced - Friend and
Companion
- A. W. Spalding and Harriet
Hold advocate basic idea of Pathfinder
Clubs
1926 - First junior camp held in USA
(Town Line Lake, Michigan)
1927 - Master
Comrade (now Master Guide) officially
approved
1928 - Southern California's
first youth camp, San Gabriel Canyon
-
Vocational honors
introduced
1929 - "Pathfinder" name first
used at a summer camp in Southeastern
California
1930 - Pre-JMV/AJY classes
developed
1931 - First Master Comrade
Investiture
1932 - First JMV Pathfinder
Camp is purchased in Idyllwild, California
1938 - Master Comrade Manual published
1946 - First conference-sponsored Pathfinder Club (Riverside,
California)
- Pathfinder Club emblem designed by John H.
Hancock
1947 - First North American
Division Youth Congress in San Francisco,
California
1948 - Helen Hobbs makes the
Pathfinder flag
- First area Pathfinder
coordinators appointed (Central
California Conference)
1949 - Henry Bergh
writes Pathfinder song
1950 - General
Conference authorizes JMV Pathfinder clubs for world
field
- Pathfinder
Staff Training Course and How to Start a Pathfinder Club
booklet
-
Explorer class added.
1951 - First
Pathfinder Fair, September 23, Dinuba, California
- Master
Comrade
changed to Master Guide
- Pathfinder Staff Manual
published
1952 - Pathfinder song
copyrighted
1954 - First Pathfinder
Camporee, May 7-9, Idyllwild, California
1957 - JMV Pathfinder Day added to church
calendar
1960 - First Union Camporee,
April 11-14, Lone Pine, California
1962 -
MV Pathfinder Field Guide
- Pathfinder Drill Manual
Published
1963 - John Hancock elected
World Pathfinder Director
1965 - JMV
Handbook combined with Master Guide Manual to be MV
Handbook
1966 - Pioneer Class added (later
changed to Ranger)
- First North
American MV Camp Directory
published
1970 - Pioneer Class name
changed to Ranger (8th Grade)
1974 -
Pathfinder Staff Manual revised and
expanded
1979 - MV changed to AY
(Missionary Volunteer --> Adventist Youth)
-
JMV changed to AJY
(Junior Missionary Volunteer --> Adventist Junior
Youth)
- Pre-AJY
changed to Adventurers (4 yrs. - 4th
grade)
1980 -
Les Pitton elected NAD
Youth Director
- MV Camp Directory
changed to World Adventist Youth Camp
Directory
1981 - Pathfinders Sing Songbook
published
1982 - New Pathfinder World
replaces MV World
- Voyager Class added
-
NAD Pathfinder uniform
revised
1985 - Norm Middag appointed NAD
Pathfinder Director
- First NAD
Pathfinder Camporee, Camp Hale,
Colorado
1987 - Current NAD Pathfinder
emblem designed by Norm Middag
1989 - NAD
Pathfinder Honors Manual revised, new honors added
- Friendship
Camporee
in Pennsylvania, sponsored by the Columbia Union
- New AY Classwork
Curriculum integrated in Pathfinder curriculum
- Adventurer Program becomes
an independent program from
Pathfinders
1993 - Restructuring results
in Office of Pathfinder Ministries
1994 -
"Dare to Care" International Pathfinder Camporee, August 2-6, Denver,
Colorado
1995 - Teen Leadership Training
(TLT) Program established for training High
school students
(grades
9-12)
- First Pathfinder Web Site established
-
First Pathfinder Club
web page, Fort Worth Eagles, Fort Worth,
Texas
1996 - Basic Staff Training,
Pathfinder Leadership Award (PLA), &
Pathfinder Instructor
- Award
(PIA) curriculum developed
1997 - Willie
Oliver becomes NAD Director of Pathfinder & Camp
Ministries
- NAD
Pathfinder Honors Manual revised, new honors added
- NAD
Pathfinder
Staff Manual updated
1999 - NAD Pathfinder
Web Site established
- Discover the Power
International Camporee held in
Osh kosh WI (USA) with an
attendance of over
20,000.
2000 - Elder James Black appointed
to be NAD Youth Ministries director,
overseeing Youth,
Pathfinder,
Adventurer, and Camp Ministries
- Pathfinder
Uniform changed to Black
& Tan
2001 - AY Honor Handbook adds 17
new Honors as well as several International
Honors.
2003 - NAD Youth Ministries
develops Website Community ministering to Youth,
Pathfinders, Adventurers,
and Camping Ministries (YPAC).
2004 - NAD
Pathfinder Ministries under the leadership of James Black and Ron
Whitehead
hosts the Faith on Fire International NAD Pathfinder Camporee in
Oshkosh,
WI (USA) with over 32,000 tickets sold, and close to 200 Pathfinders
baptized at the event.
http://cccpathfinders.org/#/home/our-history
Pathfinder Pledge
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.
Pathfinder Pledge Explanation
"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.
http://cccpathfinders.org/#/home/pathfinder-pledge
Pathfinder Law
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 errands.
Pathfinder Law Explanation
"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.
http://cccpathfinders.org/#/home/pathfinder-law