Director - Gina Langley
	Lester Wan - Master Guide

For Information please contact Gina Langley at:  austin_pathfinders@yahoo.com

2011 - 2012 Pathfinder Year

Welcome to the Austin Knights Pathfinders.  Pathfinders is a worldwide youth organization sponsored by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. There are nearly 65,000 clubs in 180 countries.

Pathfinders provide opportunities for young people in the fifth through eleventh grades to learn Christian values, develop self-discipline, make friends, acquire hobbies and skills, learn teamwork, and come to love all of God's creation, including mankind.

We do this through club meetings, camp outs, acquiring honors in crafts, hobbies and activities, community service, and progressive classwork. Classwork is planned curriculum of learning in six levels: Friend, Companion, Explorer, Ranger, Voyager, and Guide. Honors are available in over 200 areas of study, ranging from scuba diving to bird watching and backpacking to Bible Study.

Why do we do Pathfinders?

It is our hope that through the activities and study of the Pathfinder program, we can help young people in their Christian walk and help them mature into outstanding Christian leaders. In a more fundamental way, we simply want to provide these wonderful young people with a safe place to fellowship and grow.

At the core of this is the Pathfinder Pledge and Law:

The Pathfinder Pledge:

By the grace of God,
I will be pure, kind and true.
I will keep the Pathfinder law.
I will be a servant of God and a friend to man.

The Pathfinder Law

The Pathfinder 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

The TLTs from the Austin Knights Pathfinders completed a challenging weekend (May 20-22, 2011). We went backpacking for the weekend. Each Pathfinder carried their equipment, food, water, etc. We left Friday about 3:30pm from the trailhead at Cedar Breaks and hiked 4.5 miles to our first campsite at Cedar Hollow. Cedar Hollow is a primative campsite (no facilities/water). We tented, ate dinner, watched the wonderful light show (lightning, clouds, etc.) in the skies north of us. On Sabbath morning, we ate, packed up, and hiked another six miles to Tejas Camp on the west end of Lake Georgetown. We camped at Tejas Camp on Saturday night (running water, limited facilities). On Sunday morning, we packed up, and hiked the remaining six miles to complete 16.6 miles to Russell Park on the north side of Lake Georgetown.

Backpacking - Done. Hiking - Done.

Pathfinder Diary 2008-2009

You can also find more information on the following links:

Our Local Pathfinder Forum (Registration required)

• Pathfinders Online (NAD Pathfinder website)
• Austin Pathfinders (our local Pathfinder website, classwork, honors, etc.)
• Austin Pathfinders Yahoo! Group (Join this group to receive our emails)
• Photo Album on Yahoo! Group

Reference: 

• Uniform Guidelines

Forms: 

• Trip Permission

• Medical Consent