Pathfinder Year Kick Off

A great time together in Zoom; Chubby Elves activity.

This year, in our Mountaineers Pathfinder club, we have 36 members and ten staff. Restrictions have meant our meetings have been online through Zoom. While it is not the same as is meeting in person, this has given us the opportunity to connect with some of our previous members who have moved far away, like the Dunns and Camile in Brazil.

Our Pathfinder year kicked off with an in-person Induction Ceremony. We had to limit this event to only inductees and their parents. Pastor Honey Todd had some words of encouragement for our new inductees and prayed for them and their families. The parents were able to scarf the new members. Our great instructors from the Friends class, Yenny and Jaime, were also present to welcome the members.

After the ceremony, we enjoyed a bonfire and ate lunch around the fire. Not all our inductees were able to attend in person, so we had an online ceremony as well. We received a special video greeting from Pastor Armando Miranda, Jr. (NAD Pathfinder Director) in our online induction. Pastor Honey prayed for our new Pathfinder year. Between the two ceremonies, we welcomed ten new members to the Mountaineers Pathfinder Club.

December is a great month to have fun and celebrate together. Our Pathfinder Club had a great time during our virtual Christmas party. In advance of the event, we delivered a Christmas party gift bag to our staff and Pathfinder members. The Christmas bag included a mug, hot chocolate, cookies, a candy cane, Christmas ornament, and Sharpie. Our activities included chubby elf Christmas caroling, making your own Christmas ornament, emoji Christmas song guessing game, Christmas Trivia Kahoot, and more. We had a great time together.

—Submitted by Melissa Ohlmann, Mountainview Pathfinder Director