Have You Ever...
Have you ever seen a:
Package of energy
Box of tricks
Tons of enthusiasm
Barrel of questions
Or a thousand why nots, how comes, and do we have tos?
Can you:
Set up a eight-man army tent
Light a Coleman stove or Coleman lantern
tie a bowline, a sheepshank or clovehitch?
A Pathfinder can.
Have you ever:
Iced a cake
Slept in a hammock
White-watered a raging river
Spent the night in a cave
Put up a tent in the rain?
A Pathfinder has.
Do you:
Visit the sick
Sing to the elderly
Get up front and lead out
read the New Testament in one year
Memorize verses and entire chapters?
A Pathfinder does.
Will you:
Follow your leader, sing our song
Say our Pledge, live our law
Wear our uniform, give your all
Love your God?
A Pathfinder will.
Have you ever gone to:
A Southern Union Pathfinder Camporee at Camp Kulaqua, Florida or Cherokee, North Carolina
GCC Pathfinder Camporee at Cohutta Springs
Discover the Power, Faith on fire or Courage to Stand Camporees at Oshkosh, Wisconsin
North American Division Camporee at Camp hale, Colorado (1985)
Friendship Camporee in Pennsylvania or Dare to Care Camporee in Colorado?
A Pathfinder has.
Could you:
Lead out in a songfest
Collect food for the needy
Administer First Aid
Tell a Christian story to children
Represent your church, your God, and your country
Be proud of who you are?
A Pathfinder can and is.
Or could you:
Eat 4 Vegelinks
Drink 6 glasses of drink
Eat 4 cookies
A bag of chips
A candy bar, raisins, nuts and then ask...
"What time is the next meal?"
A Pathfinder does!
And finally, would you:
Allow adults like me to join your fun
And tolerate all the mistakes and
Blessings that you get?
You may not, but...
A Pathfinder will.
Written by Ron Carter
Shared by Dave Cress
Adapted by Allan Williamson
Package of energy
Box of tricks
Tons of enthusiasm
Barrel of questions
Or a thousand why nots, how comes, and do we have tos?
Can you:
Set up a eight-man army tent
Light a Coleman stove or Coleman lantern
tie a bowline, a sheepshank or clovehitch?
A Pathfinder can.
Have you ever:
Iced a cake
Slept in a hammock
White-watered a raging river
Spent the night in a cave
Put up a tent in the rain?
A Pathfinder has.
Do you:
Visit the sick
Sing to the elderly
Get up front and lead out
read the New Testament in one year
Memorize verses and entire chapters?
A Pathfinder does.
Will you:
Follow your leader, sing our song
Say our Pledge, live our law
Wear our uniform, give your all
Love your God?
A Pathfinder will.
Have you ever gone to:
A Southern Union Pathfinder Camporee at Camp Kulaqua, Florida or Cherokee, North Carolina
GCC Pathfinder Camporee at Cohutta Springs
Discover the Power, Faith on fire or Courage to Stand Camporees at Oshkosh, Wisconsin
North American Division Camporee at Camp hale, Colorado (1985)
Friendship Camporee in Pennsylvania or Dare to Care Camporee in Colorado?
A Pathfinder has.
Could you:
Lead out in a songfest
Collect food for the needy
Administer First Aid
Tell a Christian story to children
Represent your church, your God, and your country
Be proud of who you are?
A Pathfinder can and is.
Or could you:
Eat 4 Vegelinks
Drink 6 glasses of drink
Eat 4 cookies
A bag of chips
A candy bar, raisins, nuts and then ask...
"What time is the next meal?"
A Pathfinder does!
And finally, would you:
Allow adults like me to join your fun
And tolerate all the mistakes and
Blessings that you get?
You may not, but...
A Pathfinder will.
Written by Ron Carter
Shared by Dave Cress
Adapted by Allan Williamson