AY Gold Award plan for physical and cultural excellence
AY GOLD AWARD
The AY Gold Award is presented to Young
Adults under 31 years of age who have completed the Silver Award and who
have demonstrated exceptional qualities of physical, mental and
cultural development.
Sponsored by the Youth Ministries
Department, the plan gives Young Adults an opportunity to find
satisfaction in worthwhile achievement. Membership in the Seventh-day Adventist Church is not a prerequisite.
The sincere effort and perseverance required
to qualify in the various activities will develop qualities of
character much needed in today’s generation. The AY Gold Award recipient
will be better prepared to take his place as a constructive member of
his church and community.
In these last days of
earth’s history, demands upon God’s people will become increasingly
intense. Only those youth who have a firm foundation on the Word of God
and have chosen a moral platform which reflects the purity of Jesus
Christ will be able to withstand the withering attack upon Christian
standards. Good health, clear thinking, and keenness of spiritual
perception are closely linked together. The AY Gold Award has been
introduced to give strength to these important elements of life. Youth
who earn the AY Gold Award will be youth of true distinction.
TESTS, AWARDS, AND RECORDS
The conference/field
or on each college or university campus an AY Gold Award committee shall
be appointed by the AY/ Young Adult executive committee to direct the
AY Gold Award plan. The union conference Youth Ministries Director is a
member ex officio of this committee. This committee appoints a
supervisor of testing and at least one qualified examiner for each
category.
An accurate record of
the candidate's completion of each requirement is to be filed with the
AY Gold Award Committee. This record must include (1) the date each
requirement was completed, (2) score (where indicated), and (3)
certification signature of a qualified examiner authorized by the AY
Gold Award committee.
PRESENTATION
Application for the AY
Gold Award to be presented to candidates who have completed their
requirements is made to the union conference Youth Ministry Director. He
will arrange for a special presentation ceremony when the award can be
presented in an impressive way. Church and civic officials should be
invited to the occasion. The presentation of the AY Gold Award should be
the principle event on the program and should not be combined with a
Pathfinder/Adventurer Investiture service.
The AY Gold Award
medal and ribbon will be treasured by all who receive it. The name of
the recipient should be etched on the reverse. (No AY Gold Awards should be presented which do not have this personalized inscription.)
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