As we begin a new Pathfinder experience with your Pathfinder we don’t want to overwhelm you with information, but we do want you to be informed about what we will be doing throughout the year, as well as make you aware of what your young person will need to do “at home”. The counselor will periodically send notes and other items home or email to you. As you get the items done, please send a note indicating what they have finished.
Home Expectations - Friends
Home Expectations - Friends
Friend Unit (5th Grade)
Friend Bible Reading
The Book of Matthew
Do a search online for “The Book of Matthew”. There is an over 4-hour YouTube video depicting the book of Matthew. You may not want to watch this in one sitting, but it is a nice rainy Sabbath day or Friday night activity you can do as a family. If you don’t have internet access, the Church library has a copy you can check out for a week. Or you can read the book from the Bible.
One of the requirements to be invested each year is to read part of the Bible (Weekly Devotional Guide). The purpose of this isn't to pile on more classwork as some people in the past have thought, but rather to help develop a habit of daily spending time reading from the Bible. This can be done individually, or families may choose to use this reading during daily family worship time. If the Pathfinder is doing the reading on their own, we know that some struggle to read. I have put links to all of the Bible reading on the Pathfinder Connection website (this is the conference website). You can click on the text, and it will take you to that text, by clicking on the sound icon, the text will be read to you. You can read along with the person reading the verses.
So, if you'd like to get a head start during the summer or if you still need to finish so that you can be invested for last year now is a good time to do it.
You will still need to journal about the three questions for each week's verses. This can be on a plain piece of paper.
- What did I learn about God?
- What did I learn about Myself?
- How can I apply this to my life today?
