RMCNews – Denver, Colorado … Nine Pathfinder Club teams demonstrated their dedication to their studies of the biblical book of Isaiah at the 2026 Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) finals hosted at the Denver South Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist Church in Denver, Colorado, February 21. Each team answered 90 questions about the biblical text over a several-hour time span with each team’s answers reviewed by two neutral judges.

Of the nine teams, three will be continuing with first place rankings to the Union Level Testing being held at Mile High Academy in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, March 21. The teams advancing include the Ghanian Golden Eagles Team 1, Aurora Las Aguilas Team 1, and Littleton Lights. This was the first year of the Ghanian Seventh-day Adventist Church’s club participation in the PBE, and they currently have the largest Pathfinder Club in RMC.

Any team receiving a first-place ranking at the Union-level finals in March will progress to the North American Division finals in Hawthorne, Florida, April 17-18.

“We’ve been doing a lot of PBE Academy and clinics for three months now. If we got answers wrong [in practices], we would look over it a couple of times and memorize it,” reflected Jaden, Ghanian Golden Eagles Team 2 Pathfinder Club member, on the preparations for the event. “My favorite part of PBE is working as a team and collaborating. It’s fun, and you should try it.”

For Colorado Indonesian-American Seventh-day Adventist Church Flying Garuda Pathfinder Club member Catherine, this was her first year participating in the event: “I was invited by our captain, and I felt like it would be a nice thing to do, going into the Bible and learning a lot.”

Facilitating the event was RMC Club Ministries co-executive coordinators Sue Nelson and Eli Gonzales, RMC Youth assistant directors Brent Learned and Jade Teal, and Juan Carlos Montano, volunteer interpreter, as the Spanish language quiz master and Jodie Gage, RMC co-Pathfinder coordinator, as the English language quiz master.

“This was actually the first year I have been quizmaster, but I have been a judge since it was the Bible Bowl,” commented Gage. “This is so important for the kids as it builds their relationship with God. The more they read and memorize the Bible, the more it will ‘stick.’ And I love watching [the kids] expressions when they get it right. They get so excited.”

The evening featured two special musical presentations by four youth from the Greeley Lesem Pathfinder Club and a lively rendition of a song based on the scripture text in the Book of Isiah by the Fort Morgan Warriors Pathfinder Club.

A special devotional message was given by Hugo Guillen, RMC Ministerial associate director and lead for Multicultural Ministries, referencing the story of Naaman and the little girl in 2 Kings Chapter 5: “This little girl put in motion something amazing. I want to challenge you today not to stay just with that knowledge but share that knowledge. And listen, it’s not what you’re going to do with it, it is what is God going to do with you.”

“The Pathfinder Ministry is an incredible way for adults and mentors to connect with kids,” remarked Learned, also the RMC Club Ministries director, at the close of the event. “I have been leading [RMC] Club Ministries since Fall of 2021, and I think my favorite part is when the kids are coming up to get their awards. To see the kids light up with excitement because they’ve they know they’ve memorized that passage, that’s really powerful.”

—RMCNews. Photos by Liz Kirkland.