April 15, 2011 – Mexico City, Mexico…Libna Stevens/IAD
In just a few days, thousands of Seventh-day Adventists throughout the church in Inter-America will descend upon Ciudad Deportiva in Mexico City for the church’s third and largest division-wide pathfinder camporee event. The camporee is expected to draw nearly 20,000 young people, youth leaders, and chaperones from April 19-23, 2011.
Themed “Conquering Giants” the camporee seeks to inspire Adventist young people, ages 10-15 and older, to overcome the challenges they face today, just like the Biblical David who conquered Goliath and overcame many obstacles centuries ago, says Pastor Benjamin Carballo, youth ministries director for the church in the Inter-American Division and organizer of the event.
“Goliath represents many strategies which Satan uses to deviate our teenagers and youth from the road to heaven,” says Pastor Carballo. “We want each and every one of our pathfinders to stay committed to Jesus so that they can have all the necessary weapons to battle and overcome each giant they face in life.”
The event will also be a great opportunity for young people to fellowship and create memories, adds Carballo.
“We want them to make wonderful Christian memories as they participate in a multi-cultural environment with so many languages and nations, embracing each other as they belong to a wonderful uniformed army of pathfinders,” explains Carballo.
The camporee will see hundreds of pathfinder clubs representing the 21 church regions in Inter-American Division (IAD) participate together in daily activities, events, marches, competitions and religious meetings.
Top world church youth leaders like Pastors Gilbert R. Gangy, Jonathan Tejel, Jose Rojas, as well as former youth leaders Pastors Baraka Muganda, Alfredo Garcia-Marenko, and Bernardo Rodriguez, will be among the special guest speakers during the five-day camporee.
IAD top leaders, union administrators, and youth ministry leaders from the 21 church regions will also participate in the historic event.
Drama, music, and spiritual presentations will be part of the opening ceremony, which will be streamed live over the internet on April 19, 2011, beginning at 6:30 pm. Central Time or Mexico City Time. Evening programs will also be webcast every day of the youth event.
The Pathfinder Club is a wide program organized and directed by the Adventist World Church Youth Ministries department. It offers a wide range of learning experiences for youth people ages 10-15 and older and is operated the international Seventh-day Adventist Church through its regional and local church leaders.
For daily news updates, photo gallery, video uploads during Inter-America’s 3rd Pathfinder Camporee, visit us at www.interamerica.org
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