Tomorrow Standifer Gap Church is hosting a 9-11 Tribute to service members. Standifer Gap Pathfinders will be bringing in the colors. Join us there at 3 o’clock.
Next weekend September 16-18 we are having our first Pathfinder Campout. We will be learning some new camping skills honors, having some fun while swimming, and are excited about cooking over the fire and hopefully sleeping under the stars.
This month we are learning the basic sewing honor. We are working on learning the Pathfinder Pledge and Law, and the Pathfinder Song. We are learning the books of the Bible and our memory verse this month is 1 Chronicles 4:10.
WARRIORS SALUTE
Thank you to the Standifer Gap Church for joining us on this special Investiture morning.
Standifer Gap Warriors salute Art and Nan Schu for their dedication and hard work. You both put your heart and soul into our Pathfinder club. We thank you.
ENLISTMENT
If you are interested in becoming a Pathfinder or a Pathfinder staff, please contact Pastor Art Schu at 423-344-9386 or Mrs. Becky McCarty 423-316-7881. Registration is still open.
PAST CAMPAIGNS
This year 7 Pathfinder staff attended Pathfinder Leadership Convention. We learned about Organization, Communication, Team Building, Nature, Discipline, and much more. Our staff spent time rejuvenating their relationship with Jesus so we could have a better focus to share with our Pathfinders.
At registration this year one pathfinder attended. We registered Savannah and hoped for the best. With her smiling face and bubbly personality what more could we ask for.
On Sunday, August 28, we hosted a Pathfinder Family Jamboree at the Church Pavilion. We started with some “get to know you” games, beautiful sidewalk chalk drawing and water balloon fun, then had food and lemon popsicles. We ended the day with more fun games and some cleanup. Overall we enjoyed just having fun together.
First Club Meeting on August 31 Kaylee Daniel joined our Pathfinder Club and we are very excited to have her. Each girl made a poster demonstrating the pledge and also a sign for advertising the food sales for the Church Yard sale.
Last Monday at the Church Yard Sale, Pathfinders sold concessions of nachos with cheese, IBC root beer, lemon popsicles, water and soda. Since it was a cold rainy day most people enjoyed our nachos and cheese.
We have had a full and exciting start to the year and are looking forward to more fun and exhilarating activities. Most importantly, we are exploring and seeking a closer walk with Jesus this year.
August 20, 2011 Issue 4 ENLISTMENT
If you are interested in becoming a Pathfinder or a Pathfinder staff, please contact Pastor Art Schu at 423-344-9386 or Mrs. Becky McCarty 423-316-7881 or come to registration on Wednesday August 24, 2011.
UPCOMING MISSIONS
This Wednesday August 24th is our Pathfinder Registration. We look forward to greeting new faces and seeing all our past Warriors after the long summer. Come meet the staff and get registered to start an exciting Pathfinder year.
We are having a Pathfinder Icebreaker at the Standifer Gap Pavilion on Sunday August 28th. We are excited to get to know all of our new Pathfinders and their families. We are going to have games, food and fun and can’t wait to see you there.
This weekend our Pathfinder staff are at the Pathfinder Leadership Convention at Cohutta Springs Camp. They are learning all they can to make this Pathfinder year the best it can be.
March 19, 2011 • Issue 3
UPCOMING MISSIONS
Immediately following Pathfinder Sabbath today we will be having an Honors lock in. We will be learning Tie Dye, Spiders, and Basic Rescue. We are also very excited about a hike in the new Nature Park at Enterprise South.
This month we are continuing with our investiture achievement classes. We are finishing with Knots, Endangered Animals and Decoupage.
On Sunday March 27th we are planning a trip to the Chattanooga Zoo we will be meeting at 1:00 to finish the Endangered Animals honor. We will end the evening by listening to a presentation at the Clarence T. Jones Observatory on Orion.
WARRIORS SALUTE
Thank you to the Standifer Gap Church for joining us on this special Pathfinder Sabbath honoring 60 years of Pathfindering.
We would like to send a special thank you to Pathfinder Joe. He came on February 26th and did a club inspection. We showed off our Marching and Knots, and He also joined us in learning part of the Endangered Animals honor.
ENLISTMENT
If you are interested in becoming a pathfinder or a pathfinder staff please contact Pastor Art Schu at 423-344-9386
PAST CAMPAIGNS
We have enjoyed working on the Endangered Animals and Decoupage Honors this month. The Friend class finished the Seeds honor.
On February 26th we were awarded the privilege of club inspection. Pathfinder Joe came to the club meeting and we presented ourselves to be inspected.
The Teen Bible Camp was a success. None of the SG Warriors Teens were able to attend however Mrs. Becky was present and accounted for. Cohutta Springs was run over with Teen pathfinders who discussed difficult topics Teens deal with everyday in a safe environment with professional counselors. Topics such as Healthy Eating, Salvation, Bible Study and Grief and Loss and Teen Relationships were covered. Meanwhile the adult staff learned how to teach Nature honors in new exciting ways.
SPECIAL RECRUIT
The Pathfinders would like to extend a special invitation to our Standifer Gap Church Members. On June 17, we are planning a camping trip to the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY.
The Creation Museum presents a unique and unparalleled experience, a walk thru time portraying significant, life-altering events from the past, illuminating the effects of biblical history on our present and future world. Be prepared to experience history in a completely unprecedented way.
We would like to have a rough estimate of the people interested in this experience before March 31st. Please contact Doctor Steve Daugherty if you are interested. His Email address is sddaugh@aol.com or Contact Shannon Trecartin or Becky McCarty at Church.
February 12, 2011 • Issue 2
UPCOMING MISSIONS
This month we are continuing the Decoupage, Knots, Drilling and Marching, Christian Grooming and Manners, and Seeds Honors. We are also working hard to complete our investiture achievement classes.
Pathfinder Joe, the Area Coordinator for the South Tennessee Fellowship, will be inspecting our club on February 26th. We are looking forward to showing off some of the skills we have been learning.
February 18th – 20th we will be attending a Teen Bible Camp hosted by the Conference at Cohutta Springs Camp. This year Teen Bible Camp with be discussing the issues teens find difficult to deal with today.
WARRIORS SALUTE
Thanks again to the Battlefield Pathfinder Club for their generosity in hosting Taya and Mrs. Becky at the Cumberland Island Pathfinder Campout. We enjoyed your fellowship and your showers.
A special thanks to David Houtchens for coming to club and teaching us about the importance of uniforms and their effect on those we come in contact with.
PAST CAMPAIGNS
We joined with the Adventurers in decorating a float for the Spirit of Christmas Parade in Collegedale on December 4. The next day we braved the frigid air and falling flakes of snow marching as the first float after the emergency vehicles.
PAST CAMPAIGNS (cont.)
On December 15th we enjoyed our annual Christmas Party. We worked on our glass etching honor, creating Christmas gifts from etched vases and mirrors ornaments. We played Marshmallow Toss then had hot cocoa and cookies while we listened to Christmas stories.
January 21 at 8:00am, Taya met Mrs. Becky at the Church where we drove to Ringgold Church School and met up with the Battlefield Pathfinders. We drove to Saint Marys, GA enjoying friendship and fellowship along the way. When we woke up Sabbath morning it was freezing but we braved the weather for an awe inspiring ferry ride to Cumberland Island. We hiked along the paths watching armadillos and wild horses, trekked on the beach enjoying the sand and seashells, climbed sprawling Southern Oaks, listened to a Sabbath sermon on dunes, and saw old ruins of historic mansions. On the returning ferry ride, we fed seagulls by hand and watched dolphins play in our wake. Wow!
SPECIAL RECRUIT
The Pathfinders would like to extend a special invitation to our Standifer Gap Church Members. On June 17, we are planning a camping trip to the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY.
The Creation Museum presents a unique and unparalleled experience, a walk thru time portraying significant, life-altering events from the past, illuminating the effects of biblical history on our present and future world. Be prepared to experience history in a completely unprecedented way.
We would like to have a rough estimate of the people interested in this experience before February 28th. Please contact Doctor Steve Daugherty if you are interested. His Email address is sddaugh@aol.com or Contact Shannon Trecartin or Becky McCarty at Church.
December 4, 2010 • Issue 1
UPCOMING MISSIONS
Tonight we are decorating a Christmas float with the Adventurers for the annual Spirit of Christmas Parade in Collegedale. Pathfinders and Adventurers will be meeting tomorrow to march and ride in the parade. Come and enjoy with us. The parade begins at the corner of Jac Cate Road and Little Debbie Parkway and continues to Ooltewah Middle school. It starts at 3pm.
This month we are continuing the String Art honor. We will be finishing Red Alert and First Aid. Then we will begin the Glass Etching honor, and each unit will be starting individual honors, such as Family Life and Christian Grooming and Manners.
Our Pathfinder Christmas Party will be December 18. We will have fun, games and possibly honors.
WARRIORS SALUTE
We would like to thank the Ringgold Pathfinder club for their generosity in hosting Taya and Mrs. Becky at Teen Challenge.
We would like to thank Art and Nan Schumaker for their outstanding leadership and dedication to our pathfinder program.
PAST CAMPAIGNS
For the past few weeks we have started a pen pal relationship with a few of the residents of Hickory Valley Assisted Living Center. Our Pathfinders enjoyed reading their letters and responding to their new friends. On Sabbath, November 13, we were invited to have a special lunch and meet our new friends.
On October 30 at the Standifer Gap Fall Festival, Pathfinders challenged the church youth to have as much fun as we do on the Jacobs Ladder. We raised $76.00 for our new hoodies.
Every Autumn Pathfinders collect can food for the Thanksgiving season to pass out food baskets to less fortunate families. This year we collected 198 food items and were able to partner with the Samaritan Center to help two families in need. Our Pathfinders delivered the food to their doors Wednesday the 17th.
The first weekend in November, Taya and Mrs. Becky were challenged to spend a weekend fasting to raise money for World Vision. They participated in many games and activities to realize the challenges that surround people in underdeveloped countries. They were joined by a lot of teens from the Georgia Cumberland Conference and were successful in their mission.
November 7, we held the Flag Ceremony for the dedication and ribbon cutting on the new Family Life Center. Our juniors marched the flag in and led out in the Pledge of Allegiance.
