Revision as of 08:06, 14 November 2014

Standard Level

IMPORTANT NOTE: These Serving Others requirements have not to been updated to match changes to the AY honors. In an effort to follow the originally intended requirements we have shown the honor requirements as they existed when the Investiture Achievements were last updated. We also point you to the correct new or revised honors.

For Pathfinders outside the North American Division follow the General Conference-ADRA version of these Honors and for Pathfinders inside the North American Division follow the North American Division-Community Service version. There are some differences.

Requirement 1

Fulfill one of the following honor requirements:

#3 of Crisis Intervention,
#3 of Teaching,
#3 of Community Improvement,
#3 of Rural Development.

For your reference, the requirements are listed here. For instruction and tips on meeting the requirements, please see each honor at AY Honors.

Template:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Problematic requirement

Requirement #3 of the Crisis Intervention reads:

3. Describe for your instructor some of the human needs and crisis situations that teenagers in your community face today. Describe some of the crisis situations that families face. This may be done in a group discussion setting.

Requirement #3 of the Urban Development Honor used to read:

3. Interview the pastor or Adventist Community Services leader or Inner City Program coordinator in an inner-city Seventh-day Adventist Church and ask how the church is meeting the needs of the poor in the community. Take notes during the interview.

Requirement #3 of the Teaching Honor reads:

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Vocational/Teaching/R3

Requirement #3 of the Rural Development Honor reads:

3. Read what Ellen White has written about why we have the poor with us in Desire of Ages, Chapter 70, entitled “The Least of These My Brethren”. Summarize what you have learned from this chapter in 50 words or less.

You can read Chapter 70 online - follow the link.

Requirement 2

Fulfill one of the following honor requirements:

#4 of Crisis Intervention,
#s 5 or 6 of Teaching,
#5 of Community Improvement,
#5 of Rural Development.

For your reference, the requirements are listed here. For instruction and tips on meeting the requirements, please see each honor at AY Honors.

Template:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Problematic requirement

Requirement #4 of the Crisis Intervention Honor reads:

4. Discuss your own motives for wanting to help your friends when they face personal or family crisis. What about strangers? This may be done in a group discussion setting.

Requirement #5 of the ADRA Urban Development Honor used to read:

5. Spend at least four hours in one of the following field trips as a participant observer:

a. Go out with a street ministry team that provides food and/or blankets or coats to the homeless in an urban neighborhood

b. Go out with a health screening van that operates in an urban neighborhood.

c. Go out with a Christian work team that is repairing or building urban housing for the poor.

d. Work in a soup kitchen or homeless shelter in an urban neighborhood.

e. Volunteer in an Adventist Community Services center located in an urban neighborhood.

See Requirement #6 of Community Improvement Honor for guidance.

Requirements #5 and 6 of the Teaching Honor read:

(choose the appropriate requirement based on your age)

5. If you are 16 years old or younger, do the following for a minimum of 40 minutes per week for three weeks.

a. Assist a teacher in designing and preparing a bulletin board.

b. Assist a teacher in preparing learning aids.

c. With the supervision of a teacher, teach a child or class at least one concept.

6. If you are older than 16 years, do three of the following:

a. Teach an adult's or children's Sabbath School class for a minimum of six weeks.

b. Teach in one day in each department of Vacation Bible School.

c. Teach two Honors from the Honors Handbook.

d. Assist in teaching requirements for one of the AY classes, culminating in investiture.

e. Teach at least one year in an elementary or secondary school or in a college.

Requirement #5 of the Rural Development Honor reads:

5. Participate in one of the following field trips or group projects:

a. Go on a mission trip to a disadvantaged rural area in another country or within your own nation.

b. Raise funds and contribute to the contents of an ADRA-kids-box of your choice http://kids.adra.org.

c. A 24-hour group fast and educational “lock-in” session with your youth group focused on understanding the needs of the poor in developing nations, and designed to raise funds for rural development.

Frontier Guide

Requirement 3

Complete Guide requirements

You must complete the requirements listed above this one on the current page.

Requirement 4

Complete one of the following honors, not previously earned:

Crisis Intervention
Teaching
Community Improvement
Rural Development

Template:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Problematic requirement The ADRA Urban Development Honor is obsolete. Don't try to earn it as you will not be able to get the honor token.

Proposed Revised List

IA/Inside the North American Division

Crisis Intervention.
Community Improvement Honor replaced the old Urban Development Honor.
Rural Development Honor
Teaching Honor

IA/Outside the North American Division

Instead of Crisis Intervention, the similar honor Conflict Resolution is the applicable honor.
Community Development Honor should be acceptable because it is a combination of the old ADRA Urban Development and ADRA Rural Development Honors.
Teaching Honor

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 ==Requirement #3 of the [[Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Vocational/Teaching|Teaching Honor]] reads:==
-===3. Interview at least two teachers with the following questions:===
+{{:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Vocational/Teaching/R3}}
-a. Why did you choose to become a teacher?
-b. What part of teaching do you like the best?
-c. What part of teaching do you like the least?
-d. What do you do to get ready for a school year?
-e. What do you do to get ready for a school day?
-f. What teacher-related activities do you do after school is out each day?
-g. What are some qualities of a good teacher?
-h. What are the responsibilities and duties of a teacher?'''
 ==Requirement #3 of the [[Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Outreach/Rural Development|Rural Development Honor]] reads:==

Difference between revisions of "Investiture Achievement/Guide/Serving Others"