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Margaret Williams- Greater Sydney Conference District Director. January 2015 Version 1 of 12

GENERAL RESOURCE

The Greater Sydney Conference used in this resource is in New South Wales, Australia


Contents

Page 3 Club Flag

Page 4 Uniforms

Page 5 Setting Up and Running a Club

Page 6 Opening Program

Page 7 Sample Club Program

Page 8 Classes

Page 9 Stars/Diamonds/Chips/Awards

Page 10 Investiture or Presentation of badges

Page 10 Resource List

Page 11 Appendix


CLUB FLAG

A flag on a pole is a great way to lead a parade and advertise your club. Use it for the

opening of your program each meeting. Line up the Adventurers with the flag bearer at the

front and march in, even if it is only a short way. Use it for Church events like Investiture

when the children receive their pins and badges. Or you could use it to march in for a

children’s program, Adventurer service or other church service involving your club. Involve

your Club in community events and march with your flag flying. Children love to belong and

an Adventurer Club is about belonging to Jesus

Flags are available from your local Adventist Book Centre or AdventSource

http://www.adventsource.org/as30/store.aspx?umschk=1

Or you could make up your own and paint the logo on it and add your Club name. Or join

two yellow rectangles and two white rectangles and paint, print or applique the name of

your club and the words Adventurer Club on it. Use whatever materials you have to make a

flag which represents your Club.

http://www.adventsource.org/as30/store.aspx?umschk=1


UNIFORMS

The basic item is the scarf, these are different colours depending on which Division you are

in and there are a number of variations. You can use your search engine [e.g. Google] to find

images for Adventurer Uniform. Many countries wear the maroon scarf, in the South Pacific

Division the scarf is green for Adventurers and maroon for Staff.

The Class A uniform is a shirt, worn with trousers, shorts or skirt. Find what is worn in your

local Conference or Division. In the South Pacific Division the Class A uniform is a white shirt

with navy trousers, shorts or skirt and the same for the Staff. This uniform is worn with the

Adventurer Club Patch on the right sleeve and the Adventurer World on the left sleeve. If

they are not available where you are, the uniform can be worn without them. An important

part of the uniform is the sash, if you have someone who sews, these are easy to make. This

displays the badges and pins which represent the achievements of the Adventurers and

Staff. Some Clubs attach them to the scarf but this limits the award badges that can be put

on it.

The other uniform is the field shirt. These are matching polo or t-shirts that the whole Club

wears, generally with the logo or name Adventurer Club on it. This is worn when the Class A

uniform is not suitable such as outdoor activities. Some Clubs only have this uniform

Field Shirt Scarf

Adventurer World Patch

Staff Uniform Class A uniform


SETTING UP AND RUNNING A CLUB

Club Staff roles

Adventurer Club Director – nominated by the church and responsible for the overall

organisation of the Club. They are responsible to the Board and are the reference

point for questions. In a larger Club they should not also have regular teaching

responsibilities

*Adventurer Club Deputy Director – runs the Club in the Directors absence and

provides support for the Director.

*Club secretary/treasurer – manages registration, attendance, finances, Quarterly

business meeting reports and other paperwork. Responsible for organising and

storing Club and Class resources.

*Club Chaplain- someone to run Club worships and provide spiritual support to the

Adventurer Club.

Class Teachers appointed by the Club Director – someone to be responsible for a

class to ensure requirements are met for investiture,

Helpers – can be parents or older siblings/church, may provide snacks, games or

assist where needed

Parents – ideally one for each family attending. May be in one of the roles above, but

otherwise to be available to assist with craft etc.

*Small and very small Clubs this may all be done by Club Director

See the South Pacific Division website for training and a range of other Club resources

http://adventurers.adventistconnect.org/

By the end of the year it is hard for both Adventurers and Staff to remember exactly who

did what. In order to prevent this and give the Adventurer some lasting memories of their

time in your Club, it is useful to do the following:

Keep attendance records for each meeting

Have a book, box or other way of keeping together the papers and other items

collected by each Adventurer, so they have something to take home at the end of

the year and remember what they did.



OPENING PROGRAM

See sample program on next page- this is from a local Club

Parade and March In – raise the flag and march behind it, some Clubs march around the

church or in the street outside. One local club marches from the front door, down the hall

and through the church hall during lunch and out the other side. This is your chance to

display your club, whether they wear uniforms, or just the scarf.

Adventurer Song – there are a number of varieties of this, try the General Conference

Website for the official song. This is used in the Greater Sydney Conference. Australia

http://gcyouthministries.org/Ministries/Adventurers/AdventurerSong/tabid/112/Default.as

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Pledge and Law – this is in use world-wide

http://gcyouthministries.org/Ministries/Adventurers/PledgeLaw/tabid/111/Default.aspx

Prayer – this is essential. Gather your staff for prayer before your meeting starts. As part of

your program use different people to pray, try having a subject or a bag of objects for the

Adventurers to select and pray about. E.g. they pick a fruit from the bag, thank you for food,

or rain to grow them or something they associate with the fruit. Pick out a toy car, thank

you for coming to the meeting safely, thank you for toys etc. Look for different prayer ideas

so it does not become routine and the Adventurers look forward to their turn. For many

non-Christian Adventurers this may be the only time they learn about prayer.

Story Time and/or Book Club - Adventurers and Pre-Adventurers love stories. Whether these

are read or told, if you have a good storyteller or reader in your club or church, use them. If

you have a non-Adventist storyteller this is a great way to involve them in your Club. Read

or tell stories about Jesus, Bible stories, missionary stories, nature stories, true-life stories.

The Adventurers need to read or hear all of these to meet Basic Requirements for the

classes.

Requirement Activities – This is where you do the class requirements listed on the class card

or other list of requirements. Make it fun, Use acting, storytelling, puppets, whatever you

have. To do the stories of the people in ‘His Plan to Save Me’ have the different classes add

the next part of the timeline. There are four basic areas. My God, My Self, My Family and

My World to be done for each class.

Awards – see the section of this resource on Awards

Group Activities [games] – play a game with a theme, there are many great games out

there, this is especially useful for boys to wear off some of that energy!

Finish with Prayer

http://gcyouthministries.org/Ministries/Adventurers/AdventurerSong/tabid/112/Default.aspx

http://gcyouthministries.org/Ministries/Adventurers/AdventurerSong/tabid/112/Default.aspx

http://gcyouthministries.org/Ministries/Adventurers/PledgeLaw/tabid/111/Default.aspx


Adventurer Club Program

2pm Parade

Adventurer Song

Pledge & Law

Prayer

2.10pm Story Time – Book Club

2.30pm Requirement Activities

Star, Diamond or Award

3.45pm Game

4pm Closing Prayer


Adventurer Classes

What age groups do you have?

4 year olds – Little Lambs- if you visit the South Pacific Division Website, you can see the

version developed by the Greater Sydney Conference or check the General Conference

website for the original version of Little Lambs

5 year olds – Little Fish – is the Greater Sydney Conference version, check the South Pacific

Division website. Or Eager Beavers is the American program, check the General Conference

website or the Keene-Fort Worth Club site [see resources page]

6 year olds- Busy Bees

7 year olds-Sunbeams

8 year olds Builders

9 year olds- Helping Hand

Finished Helping Hand and not 10 years old yet- too young for Pathfinders? – Advanced

Helping Hand

Remember, children cannot start Pathfinders unless they are 10 years old. In Australia they

have to be 10 by March 30.

Once you know how many children you have in each age group, decide who will teach each

class and what will be done at each meeting [see sample program in appendix]

Some Clubs have only a small number of children and need to combine classes. Try to group

activities together so that the requirement are completed for both, pick similar awards or

class requirements to do. As long as the correct class pins and awards are received it doesn’t

matter if they have learnt more. Check the South Pacific Division website for a new resource

on small Clubs as it is on the plan for this year. One Club in Greater Sydney operates

successfully with only 4 children in the Club

To pass a class and receive a pin, the two basic requirements [Pledge & Law] and

[Reading/Book Club] need to be done by each child. For pre- Adventurers they have to

complete a number of stars/diamonds/chips to get their pin. Adventurer classes have to

complete at least one requirements in each of the four sections. My God, My Self, My

Family and My World. Class cards and/or requirements lists are available from most local

conferences and on the websites on the resources list


Stars/Diamonds/Chips/Awards

Little Lamb- Stars

Little Fish – Diamonds [same badges as Eager Beaver Chips] Renamed as there aren’t many

beavers in the South Pacific, but most children know what a fish is!

Eager Beavers –Chips

Adventurers – Awards

This is the part of Adventurers most children [and adults] love. A coloured badge/patch is

given for each award achieved. These are displayed on the sash and look very impressive. A

lot of fun and learning takes place and these badges/patches are the visible result. New

awards are being developed every year for Adventurers. The class requirements list just a

few basic ones, but there are many badges to be earned. Most clubs include the necessary

class ones in their program, but add extra whole Club awards for all the children to achieve.

The new awards from the General Conference are available on the Website. The 2014 new

awards are Dogs, Universe and Parables of Jesus. The Greater Sydney Conference also

produces new awards each year for the annual Adventurer Camporee. There is always

something that can be adapted to your local Club needs. Print or write down what is

required for each award and then look at ways to achieve the requirements.

Here are an adaptation we used:

e.g. ‘Early Adventist Pioneer’- we did not have the items listed as North American culture is

different to ours, we cut squares of cloth and printed them with paint and cotton reels to

look like wagon wheels. We made a wagon out of an upturned table and chairs for horses.

Wool tied to the chairs was the reins. Books provided stories of the pioneers. We had no

idea how to make granola or what it had to do with the pioneers, so we made porridge.

Early American games and crafts were also a challenge. We played ‘tag’ and painted boxes.

We felt it was important to teach the children something about Church History and so we

went ahead and did the award.

‘My Church’ was also a challenge as it was on the program but most of the children were

not from Church families and it was decided not to go ahead. Always have a list of extra

awards on your program in case the planned one can’t be done.

A good idea is to choose several awards that can be done indoors and put all the materials

for each one in a bag or box. You will then be ready if you plan an outdoor activity and there

is a storm or other weather that prevents you from doing the original award.

Awards are great fun, try camping in the back yard for the ‘Camper’ award and adapt

awards to meet what you have available. It is all about building memories for life.


Investiture or Presentation of badges

Promoting Adventurers to your local church is important, children who learn about God and

Jesus early will remember it, [sometimes deeply buried!] for life. Talk to your church about

have a special time in the main service or Sabbath School to present the children with their

pins and badges/patches. Every child should receive something even it is just an attendance

certificate. Involve your church Minister and/or Elders. If your Club is unable to get the pins

or badges in time, make something to remind them of what they have achieve. One year

when my club badges and pins got lost, I made copies of the badges and pins and invested

with cardboard pins with safety pins glued to the back! You could write a list of what has

been achieved and roll it into a scroll to be presented to them. The main thing is to

announce to the church that the children in their Adventurer Club are learning about God,

nature and other new skills, if you have children from non-Christian families in your Club

you are involved in Evangelism with a 100% success rate!

An investiture is a formal ceremony presenting the Adventurers with their class pins and

badges/patches. Aim to have the same type of service as your Pathfinder Club if you have

one. Many churches combine the Pathfinder and Adventurer Investiture, if you have a

Master Guide in your church, ask them to present the badges, or your Minister or Elder can

do it. If you live in a place where there is a conference/mission headquarters you may be

able to ask for someone to present, most conferences/missions have a Youth Department.

One of the requirements of an Investiture is the Charge. This is done at the end of the

Investiture presentation, see Appendix section for a copy of the Adventurer Charge I use.

Resource List

See the South Pacific Division website for training and a range of other Club resources


General Conference Adventurers website

http://www.adventurer-club.org/

Keene- Fort Worth Adventurers [American]

http://www.kfw-adventurers.org/


http://www.adventurer-club.org/

http://www.kfw-adventurers.org/


Appendix


The Adventurer Investiture Charge

The meaning of ‘charge’ for Adventurers is to give someone a job or task

Adventurers, I charge you with living the Adventurer Pledge and Law wherever you

are

Parents and families, I charge you with the words of Proverbs 22:6

‘Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will

not turn from it’. Demonstrate to your children by your actions what you want them

to become

Church family, I charge you with the words of Luke 18:16. ‘But Jesus called the

children to him and said, Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,

for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these’.

As the wider church community you can support your Adventurer Club by prayer and

in practical ways, providing resources, expertise and taking an interest in making the

children feel recognised and included in your church. In a society where values are

disappearing, your Adventurer Club is a way outreaching to others looking to add

Christian values to their children’s lives

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