On June 16, a group of 26 Pathfinder leaders and a school chaplain gathered to participate in the Master Guide Training and Continuing Education. Seven participants are new to Pathfindering and working on their Master Guide requirements. Four Pathfinder specialists, who are with the Southern Union and also members of the NAD Pathfinder Committee, presented the various topics, i.e. Leadership Skills, Communication Skills, Creativity & Resource Development, and Children & Youth Evangelism. Also, the participants learned of new NAD Pathfinder policies that will be in effect soon and insights into the programming planned for the Southern Union Camporee next October. ...Hopefully, we can have other types of training sessions in various parts of the conference in the future.

_"Allan Williamson: Allan served in the Colorado Conference, Rocky Mountain Conference, Missouri Conference, North Pacific Union, and 26 years in the Southern Union. Allan will be retiring and Ken Rogers from Walla Walla University will be the next Union Youth Director."  --411 News, June 2012 issue, Center for Youth Evangelism.