AY Honors/Parade Floats/Answer Key
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1. Learn and implement the following safety rules in the creation of a parade float.
2. List at least five materials that can be used in your float building and decorating.
- Lumber
- Plywood
- Wallboard
- Cloth
- Carpet
- Floral Sheeting
- Foil
- Plants (flowers, boughs, nuts, etc)
- Christmas lights
3. Help build a float by:
a. Helping design a float for your Pathfinder Club/Church youth group.
b. Assist in planning materials needed and be involved in collecting those items.
c. Decorating a float for at least 4 hours.
4. Be in a parade experience with the float you have helped to build and decorate, and as appropriate, hand out pamphlets that explain the youth/Pathfinder ministry of your group.
a. With at least two shut-ins how your group witnessed in the community
b. Report with pictures and stories for a church or Sabbath School program and for a Pathfinder club worship program
6. Memorize Mark 16:15 and discuss with a group how the honor’s parade float project helps fulfill this biblical command.
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation."
When a Pathfinder group enters a float in a public parade, it raises community awareness about the club, and by extension, of the church that sponsors it. A float establishes the club's presence in the community in a non-threatening way. It leaves a positive impression on those in the community who see it, predisposing them to view the club and the church in a favorable light.
However, this is merely introductory. A float by itself is unlikely to win souls to Christ. Unless the church follows this up with additional outreach, such as a health seminar, cooking class, smoking cessation program, Vacation Bible School, or an evangelism program, people will most likely not act upon the favorable impression made by the parade float. But a parade float is a wonderful first step.
