Leading Lights Master Guide
For the leaders who lead the leaders.
The credential behind the clubs
Master Guide is the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s highest youth-ministry leadership credential. It is the training that stands behind our Pathfinder and Adventurer clubs: the people who hold it are the ones who run camp-outs safely, teach honours properly, and mentor the next set of counsellors.
Leading Lights is the Master Guide club of Edmonton Central. Candidates work through a curriculum of Bible study, child and adolescent development, leadership skill, outdoor competency, and a period of supervised field mentoring inside a working club. It takes real time, which is rather the point.
What the programme covers
Members of Leading Lights serve across both of our clubs, and several also take part in wider events such as the North American Division Master Guide Expedition.
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Common questions
Who can become a Master Guide?
The programme is open to adults and to older teens, generally from age sixteen, who are willing to complete the curriculum and a period of supervised service in a club. Most candidates are already helping with Pathfinders or Adventurers.
How long does it take?
It varies with the candidate. The curriculum is substantial and includes field mentoring inside a working club, so most people take more than a year rather than a few months.
Do I need to be a club leader already?
No, but you will spend time serving in a club as part of the programme. Many people start by volunteering with Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis and then begin Master Guide training.
How do I start?
Call the church office at 780-420-0215 or use the contact form, and we will put you in touch with Director Vin Immanuel.
Train to lead
If you want to serve the young people of this church properly, Master Guide is where that training happens.