Uniformed Ministries Report

Department

Adventurers Event Name - Theme Family Camp GOD IS MY LIGHT Date Speaker Attendance

June 10–12, 2020 Neil Peralta

Pathfinders Family Fun Day Winter Retreat BORN IDENTITY Camporee I AM Pathfinder Day FAITHFUL Canceled

March 6–8, 2020 Pastor Rudy Alvir 400

May 16, 2020 Nwamiko Madden

September 19, 2020 Pastor Brian Walh

Master Guides NAD - Playbook Leadership Convention September 3–5, 2020

Department Event Name - Theme Date Speaker Attendance

ADVENTURERS

World Adventurer Day I WILL GO May 15, 2021 Ruth Riffin 200

Family Camp I WILL GO

Family Fun Day BIBLE TREASURE June 11–12, 2021 Adventurers 250

October 2, 2021 Coordinators/Directors 125

Adventurers Basic Staff Training October 22–23, 2021 Various

Winter Retreat CONQUERORS March 5–6, 2021 Pastor Vandeon Griffin

PATHFINDERS

MASTER GUIDES

PATHFINDER BIBLE EXPERIENCE Regional Level February 28, 2021 N/A

PATHFINDER BIBLE EXPERIENCE Conference Level

PATHFINDER BIBLE EXPERIENCE Union Level (SDACC)

PATHFINDER BIBLE EXPERIENCE Division Level (NAD)

Week of Prayer

Camporee FEARLESS, GOD IS IN CONTROL

Revival Weekend HERE I AM. SEND ME. March 14, 2021 N/A

March 27, 2021

April 17, 2021

May 16–21, 2021 Pathfinders

May 16–22, 2021 Pathfinders

November 19–21, 2021 Pastor Armando Miranda

First virtual event

Last in-person event (Foothills Camp) Additional Comments

We created programing for Friday night and Sabbath morning, afternoon, and evening. Children and families recorded their parts at home, and we put them together into 45-60-minute sessions, including virtual games and awards. Programs were stream on Facebook and Youtube. Audience reach of the videos ranged from 500 to 700 views on Facebook and 400–600 on the conference's Youtube channel.

Additional Comments

For years, Adventurers and Adventurer leaders waited for a special worldwide event to celebrate what it means to be an Adventurer. The General Conference launched this event this year, and we joined the celebration. We created an activity booklet with a ten-day coundown that included activities that reinforce the Adventurer Law and its meaning. Those children who completed the book received a special edition of an I WILL GO pin. We also celebrated 30 years of Adventuring in the Alberta Conference. Clubs participated in their local churches' worship services, and we met on Zoom in the afetrnoon for the I WILL GO awards and games. Ruth Riffin, our guest speaker, implemented the Adventurer program for the first time in Alberta 30 years ago.

Adventurer children were the speakers during this family camp.

The event was originally planned as regional and in-person but had to be switched to online due to the goverment restrictions announced two weeks before the date. We had a wonderful time on Zoom playing games, singing, and learning.

Staff form Alberta and other Conferences joined to get the Basic Staff Training Certification.

During the Pathfinder Winter Retreat, Pathfinders participated in the Honors, Club, and Individual Content Creation Contest and engaged in conversations about how they would like to see the Pathfinder ministry moving forward despite the pandemic.

We virtually hosted the 2021Regional-level Pathfinder Bible Experience event. ElevenPathfinder teamsparticipated in the event: Orion 1andOrion 2, Calgary Maranatha Spanish Church Ignite 1andIgnite 2, Airdrie Church AlphaandOmega, Bridgeland Church, Calgary Team Good News (Asempa), Calgary Ghanaian Church The TFC ChampandThe TFC Champ Junior, The Friendship Company Church, Lacombe Anidasoa Lanterns, Edmonton Ghanaian Church North Star, West End Church, Edmonton

Seven Pathfinder teams advanced to the conference-levelPBETest: Omega, Ignite 2, Alpha, TFC Champ, TFC Champ Junior, Anidasoa Lanterns, North Star; two teams qualified for the union-level event: Omega, Ignite 2

The teams representing the Alberta Conference won first place and advanced to the division-level event.

During the division-level event, the two teams achieved a first-place ranking as well.

Pathfinders led each program of the week of prayer with a different theme and prayer focus each day, including Human Right Violations, Mental Stress, The Power of Prayer, Mental Well-being, Youth Holistic Wellness, COVID and Social Injustice, Spiritual Health and Growth, and Doubt: Public Enemy Number One. Current audience reach ranges from 250–700 views on Facebook.

Virtual event included a games night.