Investiture Achievement/Guide/Serving Others

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IMPORTANT NOTE: These Serving Others requirements have not to been updated to match changes to the AY honors. In an effort to follow the originally intended requirements we have shown the honor requirements as they existed when the Investiture Achievements were last updated. We also point you to the correct new or revised honors.

For Pathfinders outside the North American Division follow the General Conference-ADRA version of these Honors and for Pathfinders inside the North American Division follow the North American Division-Community Service version. There are some differences.

Requirement 1

Fulfill one of the following honor requirements:

  • #3 of Crisis Intervention,
  • #3 of Teaching,
  • #3 of Community Improvement,
  • #3 of Rural Development.


Template:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Problematic requirement

Requirement #3 of the Teaching Honor reads:

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Vocational/Teaching/R3

Inside the North American Division

Requirement #3 of the Crisis Intervention reads:

3. Describe for your instructor some of the human needs and crisis situations that teenagers in your community face today. Describe some of the crisis situations that families face. This may be done in a group discussion setting.

Requirement #3 of the Urban Development Honor used to read:

3. Interview the pastor or Adventist Community Services leader or Inner City Program coordinator in an inner-city Seventh-day Adventist Church and ask how the church is meeting the needs of the poor in the community. Take notes during the interview.

Requirement #3 of the Rural Development Honor reads:

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Outreach/Rural Development/R3

Outside the North American Division

Requirement #2 of the Conflict Resolution Honor reads:

2. Discuss relationship, identity, racial, and cultural conflicts that teenagers in your community face today. (i.e. Relationship with parents, self esteem, friendships).

Requirement #5 of the [[Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/ADRA/Community_Service|Community Service Honor] reads:

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/ADRA/Community Service/R5

Requirement #4 of Community Development reads:

4. Read about why there are poor people among us in the book Desire of Ages written by Ellen G. White (Chapter 70, "The Least of These My Brethren.") Describe to your instructor what you learned.

Requirement 2

Fulfill one of the following honor requirements:

  • #4 of Crisis Intervention,
  • #s 5 or 6 of Teaching,
  • #5 of Community Improvement,
  • #5 of Rural Development.



For your reference, the requirements are listed here. For instruction and tips on meeting the requirements, please see each honor at AY Honors.

Template:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Problematic requirement

Requirements #5 and 6 of the Teaching Honor reads:

{Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Vocational/Teaching/R56

Inside the North American Division

Requirement #4 of the Crisis Intervention Honor reads:

4. Discuss your own motives for wanting to help your friends when they face personal or family crisis. What about strangers? This may be done in a group discussion setting.

Requirement #5 of the ADRA Urban Development Honor used to read:

5. Spend at least four hours in one of the following field trips as a participant observer:

a. Go out with a street ministry team that provides food and/or blankets or coats to the homeless in an urban neighborhood

b. Go out with a health screening van that operates in an urban neighborhood.

c. Go out with a Christian work team that is repairing or building urban housing for the poor.

d. Work in a soup kitchen or homeless shelter in an urban neighborhood.

e. Volunteer in an Adventist Community Services center located in an urban neighborhood.

See Requirement #6 of Community Improvement Honor for guidance.

Requirement #5 of the Rural Development Honor reads:

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Outreach/Rural Development/R5


Outside the North American Division

Requirement #?? of the Conflict Resolution Honor reads:

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/ADRA/Conflict Resolution/R??

Requirement #7 of the Community Development reads:

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/ADRA/Community Development/R7

Requirement #2 of Community Development reads:

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/ADRA/Community Development/R2

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Requirement 3

Complete Guide requirements



You must complete the requirements listed above this one on the current page.

Requirement 4

Complete one of the following honors, not previously earned:

  • Crisis Intervention
  • Teaching
  • Community Improvement
  • Rural Development


Template:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Problematic requirement The ADRA Urban Development Honor is obsolete. Don't try to earn it as you will not be able to get the honor token.

Proposed Revised List

Inside the North American Division

Outside the North American Division