Adventurers Club
About Adventurers
The Adventurer Club is a Seventh-day Adventist Church-sponsored ministry open to all families of children in grades 1-4 who agree to keep the Adventurer Pledge and Law.
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Goals and Objectives
- History of Adventurers
- Philosophy of Adventurers
- Pledge and Law
- Mission Statement
- Club Uniform
What is an Adventurer
An Adventurer is a child in grades 1-4. Each Adventurer is a unique and special person. Still there are several characteristics which are typical of Adventurer-age children.
Characteristics of the Adventurer
Physical Characteristics
- I have boundless energy
- I am developing coordination
Mental Characteristics
- I learn by doing
- I am curious about everything
- I understand what I can see and touch
- I like variety
Socio-Emotional Characteristics
- I am learning social skills
- I am becoming more independent
- I need success and approval from you
- I am easily overexcited
- I am very social
How to Respond
Please don't ask me to sit still for very long. I want to DO things.
Let me improve coordination through games and creative activities.
Don't just tell me things. Let me try them and get involved with them.
I do want to know about my world. Tell me in an interesting way.
Show me what you want me to know. Don't expect me to understand long explanations.
Show me fun ways to use my good memory for a good purpose.
I like stories and inventing things.
Use many kinds of stories, songs, games, and activities.
Give me lots of chances to relate to others in my peer group.
Let me discover and do things by myself whenever possible.
Help me find things I can do well, and let me know that you approve of me.
I need structure and guidance to control my impulses and activities.
I love to play and talk with my friends.
Philosophy of the Adventurer Program
The Adventurer program was created to assist parents in their important responsibili-ties as a child's primary teachers and evangelizers. The program aims to strengthen the parent/child relationship and to further the child's development in spiri-tual, physical, mental, and social areas.Through the Adventurer Program, the church, home, and school can work together with the parent to develop a mature, happy child.
The church's greatest resource is our children; therefore, it is imperative that as a church we meet the challenge to provide a program for our children during their early,formative years. We want right habits,thoughts, motives, dispositions, and attitudes to be established. The Wise Man wrote,"Bring up a child in the way he should go,and when he is old he will not turn from it."Prov. 22:6 (NIV). This is more than acliché-it is a scientific formula.
The Uniqueness of the Adventurer Club
The Adventurer Club was created to give children an opportunity to belong to an organized peer group. To join, children are invited to paticipate in various activities which will improve their social skills. From the time children start school until they reach puberty, their need to be with and be accepted by their peer group is increasingly strong.
The Adventurer Club involves children in grades 1-4 and their parents. The program-ming and planning for Adventurers should be simple and short, but creative. Parental involvement provides opportunities for parents to participate in the learning experience.
One of the Adventurer Club objectives is to provide a meaningful and exciting experience as the children look forward with anticipation to some day being Pathfinders.
