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{{Investiture Achievement/Grade requirement|Companion|sixth}}

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===How to Teach===
The Pledge should be recited during a Pathfinder Club's opening exercises at the beginning of each meeting.  By the end of the Pathfinder year, every Pathfinder in regular attendance will know it by heart without any effort on the part of the instructors (or the Pathfinders).

===Pathfinder Pledge===
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===Illustration===
{{Investiture Achievement/Illustrate Meaning|the Pathfinder Pledge}}
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===Meaning===
Before the meaning of the Pathfinder Song can be illustrated, it must be understood.

;Oh we are the Pathfinders Strong: The Pathfinders are not the General Conference, Division, Union, or local Conference leadership.  Yes, those people are Pathfinders, and they contribute greatly to the program, but without the ''children'' in the local clubs, there would ''be'' no Pathfinders.  ''We'' are the Pathfinders.  And we are strong.  As Pathfinders, we make an impact in our church and community.  Pathfinders is one of the more visible arms of our church, and without them, many people would not know that a Seventh-day Adventist Church met in their communities.

;The servants of God are we: Pathfinders seek to do the will of the Creator.  We look to Him for guidance and direction by reading His written word in the Bible.  When we understand His will, we then seek to do it to the best of our ability.

;Faithful as we march along: Pathfinders serve God and show growing faith.

;In kindness, truth, and purity: The astute Pathfinder will immediately recognize that this phrase comes directly from the Pathfinder Pledge.  Kindness, truth, and purity are central to the Pathfinder mission.  Pathfinders look for opportunities to help others.  They put the needs of others ahead of their own, and they do this in every aspect of their lives (not just at Pathfinder meetings)

;A message to tell to the world: Once Pathfinders have the attention of their community, and once that attention is ''positive'', the community will more readily receive from them the good news of the gospel.  While the message goes out to the entire world, it does so one community at a time.

;A truth that will set us free: When the community accepts the message, they will be set free from the bondage of sin.

;King Jesus the Savior's coming back for you and me: The "good news" is that we can have eternal life in Jesus.  When an end is made of sin, those who have placed their faith in Jesus will be freed not only from sin, but from death which is caused by sin.  Eternal life!



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This requirement corresponds to Requirements 1-3 of the [[Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Outreach/Christian_Citizenship|Christian Citizenship]] honor where this wikibook provides country specific answers. 
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