Adventurers Cuncil Minutes 2014 Texas Cnference, Alvarad Texas January 11-12 Attendance: Cnference Adventurer Directr - Ada Gmez Assciate Directr - Lisa Pillw Outdr Crdinatr: Alan Weis Bible Adventure: Debrah Gendke* Central Texas: Armandina & Gerald Alns, Aplni & Hilaria Vásquez, Anita* & Hug Cisners Dallas East Texas: Rcí Licna, Nemí and Jrge Paz, Magaly García Hustn Bay: Steve & Marcela Herrera, Sujata & Felix Christie, Lily & Andrew Hernandez, Yissury* & Daniel Gutierrez. Keene Frt Wrth: Lisandra Lleras Valley Castal Bend: Irma & Rafi Reyes, Gamaelle Clas, Janie Gnzalez* Welcme: Ada Gómez Prayer: Lisandra Lleras AREA COORDINATOR NAD GUIDELINES: Lily Hernandez These guidelines are set fr the area crdinatrs, nt the assistants. NEW MEMBER VOTE IN: Ada Gmez Gamaelle Clas VCB C-crdinatr Irma Reyes VCB C-crdinatr Mtined by Gerald. Secnd by Nemi. Carried Lisandra Lleras was appinted by the cnference ffice and des nt need t be vted in. Debrah Gendke was appinted by cnference ffice t head the Bible Adventure. Mtin by Alan t accept thse appinted. Secnd by Rafi. Carried IN TRAINING ASSOCIATES: Ada Gmez Central Texas Anita Cisners helps with cmputer wrk, detailed Diane Watts retired teacher, wrked with Adventurers fr a while Wendy Lpez high energy, elder at church, wrked with Adventurers, plans gd events They all have 6+ years wrking with Adventurers and are wrking n their Master Guide. 1 Adventurer Cuncil Minutes
Mtin by Mandy t accept their nminatin. Secnd by Alan. Carried Hustn Bay Yissury and Daniel Gutierrez helped with camps, hld church psitins. They have 6+ years wrking with Adventurers. Their strength is that they will be wrking as a cuple and are exciting t be wrking with the Adventurers. Mtin t accept nminatin by Steve. Secnd by Mandy. Carried. Valley Castal Bend Jainie Gnzalez Adventurer directr, grew up as a Pathfinder. Is a Master Guide, Pathfinder directr fr tw years, Sabbath Schl teacher, has an Adventurer and Pathfinder. Mtin t accept nminatin by Irma. Secnd by Magaly. Carried. AREA REPORTS Refers t Handuts Central given by Anita Dallas East Texas given by Rci Hustn Bay given by Steve Keene Frt Wrth given by Lisandra Valley Castal Bend given by Irma and Gamaelle UPCOMING EVENTS January 18, January 26, February 9, March 1, March 21, March 28, April 4-6, April 18-20, April 25-27 May 18 May 18, June 8, Octber 17-19 December 6, January 17, 2015 DET Directrs Meeting VCB Awards Day KFW Awards Day Crdinatrs training in San Antni KFW Area Camp HB Area Camp VCB Area Camp DET Area Camp CT Area Camp CT Bible Bwl DET Bible Bwl DET Fun Day @ Hawaiian Falls Texas Adventurer Family Camp Area Bible Adventurer Cnference Bible Adventurer in San Antni CONFERENCE WEBSITE - Michael Michael gave an update regarding the website. Three majr breakdwn fr site: Infrm f events, each ministry t plug in their wn infrmatin, stre/registratin. 2 Adventurer Cuncil Minutes
Cde fr Adventurers is ready t g. Website address: www.yungtexasadventist.rg BIBLE ADVENTURE Debrah Gendke Debrah will be emailing everyne the Bible Adventure manual. The Bible Adventure will start in 2015 with the bk f Matthew. There were tw ptins fr Bibles, New Internatinal Versin and Children s Internatinal Bible It will be bilingual There will be tw levels, area fllwed by cnference level. Tw weekends discussed were: February and March There were sme cncerns with March, since mst areas use the mnth f March fr area camps. Pssible change t December and January. Pastr Miranda apprves the change if it wuld wrk better fr everyne. Charge $5.00 per team participating. Teams wuld cnsist f tw t six participants. (Builder/Helping Hand classes) Clubs may have tw teams. Questins are multiple chice and true and false. Premade questin cards Sujata suggests we nt underestimate the kids and challenge them and pen the questins t fill in the blank and write answers. All participants need t be in Class A unifrms. There will be fifty questins. Mtin by Steve t change the date fr the Bible Adventure t December 6, 2014 fr the Area level. Secnd by Alan. Carried. Mtin by Steve t change the date fr the Cnference level t January 17, 2015. Secnd by Sujata. Carried. 11(fr) 7(against) Mtin t hld the cnference level in San Antni. Secnd by Steve. Carried ADVENTURER UNIFORM DEADLINE Ada Gmez Dress A unifrm change needs t be implemented this year at AFC. SECURITY Lee Battn Lee Battn stated that the evacuatin went very well. There are plans fr mre educatin regarding disaster prcedures. We need better cmmunicatin with security. They (security) will be teaching camp safety at Crdinatrs training. 3 Adventurer Cuncil Minutes
ADVENTURER FAMILY CAMP Ada Gmez Pastr Miranda: What can we d t explre the facilities? 1. Be prepared 2. Safety inspectins 3. Trees planted 4. Camp clse t pnd area If we use the insurance cverage fr damages btained during ur last camp, it will cause ur insurance and individual church insurance t g up. Fee: $25.00 Registratin deadline will be Octber 1, 2014. After that time the price will increase t $45.00? Theme: Light Up The Wrld Registratin will be run by the cnference but ask t have a crdinatr frm each area t help ut at frnt gate. Alan will send an email detailing each areas camp set up respnsibilities. Aplni has agreed t be Alan s assistant fr Outdr Facility Crdinatr. Mtin by Alan t accept Aplni as Facility Assistant Crdinatr. Secnd by Lisandra. Carried. KFW will be in charge f camp layut. DET has agreed t team up with them fr this. Prgram: Lisa Pillw Master Guides will be available t help, but yu must let us knw ahead f time hw many peple yu will need fr each activity. Friday night vespers Valley Sabbath schl/church Hustn/Central Sabbath Vespers KFW Sunday Mrning DET Tw special music perfrmances per area Sabbath Mrning Rtatins: Lisa Pillw Craft DET Missin CT Game KFW Puppet Shw HBA Object Lessn VCB Rtatins will be mirrred. Please prvide sme type f sund system fr each f yur area s statins. Electricity will be prvided. Supplies frm Last Year Camp 4 Adventurer Cuncil Minutes
There was discussin n what t d with the supplies frm this past year s Sabbath Afternn activities. Lindy has left them at the cnference ffice. We can use them fr this year r distribute the supplies t each area fr the clubs that had paid attendance fr last year. Irma wuld like t receive the items. Mtin by Lisandra t nt use the same activity and supplies, since the clubs have already paid fr these supplies and activities. Supplies will be distributed t the crdinatrs t give t their clubs. Irma secnded. Carried Sabbath Afternn Activities: Lisa Pillw Irma suggested a maze type game fr Sabbath afternn, where they wuld be given questins t mve n and at the end they receive a small trinket f sme kind. Marcela suggested a talent shw. They wuld need t register by a certain deadline. We culd have 3 5 kids per area, talent be 3 5 minutes. Give kids glw sticks, flashlights. Grups shuld be 5 r less? Irma asks that it nt be label Talent shw Saturday Night Activities: Lisa Pillw Parade will be held after vespers. Steve suggests that area crdinatrs assign clubs with a cuntry. Each area will have a cntinent CT Nrth America DET Suth America/Australia HBA Africa/Antarctica KFW Asia VCB Eurpe Magaly suggests using lights t represent the cuntry and their flag. Attendance Incentive Ideas: Ada Gmez Trch Sun Ple with lights Pendant Marcie suggests giving a bag f gdies fr receiving all the ribbns/pieces required fr the attendance incentive. Mandy mtins t nt have a camp entrance activity. Secnd by Sujata. Carried Trphies shuld be given t each club attending camp. Glf Carts Ada Gmez Yu cannt bring yur persnal glf carts t camp. But yur areas may rent additin carts thrugh the cnference. Mandy wuld like t have ne with glass 5 Adventurer Cuncil Minutes
18 yrs. and under cannt drive the glf carts. If yu see this happening, yu as a crdinatr can ask them t stp. Yu als need t reprt the incident t Lee and Eric. Thse in charge f the glf carts need t keep better cntrl f the carts. If it has an area sign in it, that area shuld be allwed t have and keep that cart. Master Guides shuld nt be taking them withut permissin. Security fr vehicles: Lee Battn Stickers fr areas t place n their car windw t identify if they have registered. A scan cde they wuld receive after registering. Deadline t Send Infrmatin t Lisa The deadline f March 1, 2014 was chsen fr pastr/speaker suggestins and praise team. The deadline f July 1, 2014 was chsen fr incentive ideas and a rugh draft utline f each areas assigned activity. Secnd deadline shuld be Octber 1, 2014 fr all detailed prgrams. This wuld include the names f the clubs/children participating, and activities fr yur area. EMPOWER TRAINING: Ada Gmez Pastr Miranda wuld like t cmbine Dates by areas as was dne last year. HBA and Central - same weekend, DET and KFW same weekend, and then the Valley. Pastr Miranda wuld als like t ask that all ministries Empwer classes be held in the same city fr that area. Save ne hur fr safety training Lee Battn explained that it will be mandatry fr everyne t attend Empwer safety training. They will be teaching new prtcl and hw it shuld be carried ut. COORDINATOR S TRAINING: Ada Gmez There is a need t have a Crdinatr s training. It shuld be a 2 day training sessin. By area r cmbined? Dates? Venue? Lindy s frmal resignatin letter was read by Lisa. 6 Adventurer Cuncil Minutes
MASTER GUIDE DEADLINE - Ada Gmez Pastr Miranda and Ada discussed the requirement fr all area crdinatrs t be a Master Guide and assciates shuld be wrking tward their Master Guide. If yu haven t been wrking n btaining this yu culd be asked t step dwn. Ada and Pastr Miranda are willing t wrk with and help thse wrking n their Master Guide t finish. Master Guide applicatin is fr the NAD data base t help keep up with all the Master Guides. When a Master Guide, if yu are in Adventurers, yu may wear the Adventurer unifrm. If they wrk in bth ministries they can wear either the green unifrm r the Adventurer blue unifrm. FOLLOW-UP Tuesday after Adventurer Cuncil Meeting, Ada tk a vte via email fr tw items that were missing in the minutes, and the deadline fr Master Guide investitures as fllw, Crdinatr s training in San Antni - 4 areas in favr, 1 area against it. Carried Bible versin fr Bible Adventure in English New King James versin. All in favr. Carried (Versin in Spanish is subject t the changes in the NAD Pathfinder Bible Experience). Attached is a reprt f Crdinatr wh are invested and deadline fr crdinatrs wrking n their Master Guide. 7 Adventurer Cuncil Minutes