Pathfinder Bible Experience
Dates for PBE 2018
CTX Area: February 3 (Location TBD) Texas Conference: March 3 (Keene/Ft. Worth Area, Location TBD) Southwestern Union: March 24, SWAU Division: April 20-21, Orlando, Florida All participants need to bring their signed Statement of Integrity and their signed Media Release form.
Remember that your team and coach must be in full Class A Dress Uniform. A review of uniform specifications can be found on the Documents and Forms page, as well as at the General Conference, and the North American Division. Please follow the Texas regulations for pin placement on your uniform. It is recommended that you do a uniform inspection before coming, pay particular attention to the appropriate slacks/skirt, black shoes and black socks. Also the staff may want to bring a few extra uniform pieces (slides and belts are often mislaid).
Useful Resources:
The books for the next several years: 2018 - Daniel and Esther 2019 - Luke 2020 - Ezra & Nehemiah 2021 - Hebrews, James, 1 & 2 Peter The video from the 2014 Division-level PBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvt_6h77s3U PBE information from the North America Division: http://www.pathfindersonline.org/pbe Useful information, resources and a PBE Quiz Engine, from Upper Columbia Conference: http://www.uccsda.org/Pathfinders/bibleachieve Another practice site: http://quizlet.com/subject/pbe-matthew/
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The 2018 Pathfinder Bible Experience books are Daniel and Esther.
Study Material
2018 PBE Sample Test
What is the Pathfinder Bible Experience?
The Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) is the Official North American Division Pathfinder Bible study program. Several other programs have and are currently used (Pathfinder Bible Achievement, Bible Bowl...), but the Texas Conference (and by extension Central Texas Area) participates in the PBE program. Each year, a different book or books of the Bible are chosen for study, and in February the participating Pathfinders are provided an opportunity to showcase their knowledge of the Bible.
PBE teams are made up of six Pathfinders, with one optional alternate. Clubs can host as many teams as they have Pathfinders (the more the better!), and study is from the New King James version for English (Thomas Nelson Pathfinder Edition), Nueva Reina Valera 1995 for Spanish, and Version Louis Segond en Français for French. There are four levels of participation: Area (held the fist Sabbath in February), Conference (held the first Sabbath in March), Union (held the last Sabbath in March) and Division (held the third Sabbath in April). Scoring is comparative - a First Place is awarded to those teams that score within 90 percent of the highest team score, Second Place is awarded to those scoring 80-89 percent of the highest score. First Place teams are permitted to advance to the next higher level. The way the questions will be delivered and timed is changing this year for PBE. Please refer to the following announcement from the North American Division if you would like to see the full explanation [ANNOUNCEMENT].
The most notable change is that there will no longer be the two-part question time ("Write your answer... Display your answer"). Rather, there will be a single time allotted for each question that will include discussion and writing, and NO additional time will be permitted to complete writing the answer, so no more flags held up to finish. All answers must be completely written by the end of the time allotted. A 10 second warning will be given before the answer must be handed over. Below are the times allotted for each type of question: 1 pt = 25 seconds 2 pts = 30 seconds 3 pts = 35 seconds 4 pts = 40 seconds 5 pts = 45 seconds 6 pts = 50 seconds 7 pts = 55 seconds 8 pts = 60 seconds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
