ADVENTURER CLUB

 

Adventurer Pledge
Because Jesus loves me, I will always do my best.

Adventurer Law

Jesus can help me to:
Be obedient,
Be pure,
Be true,
Be kind,
Be respectful,
Be attentive,
Be helpful,
Be cheerful,
Be thoughtful,

Be reverent.

 

Objectives

The Adventurer Club provides fun and creative ways for children.
 

1.      to develop a Christ-like character;

2.      to experience the joy and satisfaction of doing things well;

3.      to express their love for Jesus in a natural way;

4.      to learn good sportsmanship and strengthen their ability
     to get along with others;

5.      to discover their God-given abilities and to learn how
     to use them to benefit self and serve others;

6.      to discover God's world;

7.      to improve their understanding of what makes families
     strong;

8.      to develop parental support for the training of children.

 

The Adventurer Club is also a branch or department under the Adventist Youth Society..
The Adventurers Club is a Scouting type program for young children created by the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) in 1972.^[1]
Inspired by its "older brother", the Pathfinder Club, Adventurers is a program focused on education of children aged 6–9 years^[2][3] with additional sections for children ages 4 and 5.

History

It was in 1972 that the Seventh-day Adventist Church tried for the first time, to create a specific program for children under ten. The first "prototype" of the Adventurers Club was developed in Washington, D.C., under the direction of Carolee Riegel, a club called "The Beaver."
In 1975, the SDA church in the northeastern United States, conducted a program focused on children in the age group of Adventurers and, five years later, several associations were already following this example.^[4]
In 1988, the North American Division of SDA invited interested associations and experts in children to study the formalization of the Adventurers Club. A committee met, a year later (1989) to update the curriculum, specialties and establish standards for the organization and functioning of the club. Leaders participated in this work of Sabbath School Children, educators, coordinators of the Ministry of Children (Adventist department that develops programs specifically for children), and other experts in family and early childhood education. In the same year (1989), the General Conference authorized four classes of Adventurers and aligned them with school grades/age groups:

• Busy Bee-Grade 1/Age 6
• Sun Beams-Grade 2/Age 7
• Builders-Grade 3/Age 8
• Helping Hands-Grade 4/Age 9

This confirmed the work done by Teresa Reeve. She wrote the Adventurer curriculum in order to "facilitate the child share their faith, to prepare for this life and eternal life."
In 1990, the master plan of the Adventurers Club was started in the North American Division. In 1991, the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church has authorized a global program, setting goals, curriculum, flag, uniform and ideals.^[5]
Based on work by the Florida Conference the Adventurer Club program has now been expanded to cover:

• Little Lambs-Pre-K/Age 4
• Eager Beaver-Kindergarten/Age 5

The names of the levels may vary in different languages and regions. For example in the South Pacific Division, where there are no native beavers, the Age 5 group is called Little Fish.^[6]