South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Pathfinder Honour:
Workbook

Christian Storytelling 1

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Requirement 1 Know the features of a good story.

Please list 5 key points below, with a brief description of each.
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Requirement 2 For each of the following categories, name two sources from which you
have found material:
a. Bible Story
b. Foreign missionaries (ie those who leave their home country).
c. Adventist church history. Note: stories of your own local church are OK.
d. Nature.
e. Healthy Living.
f. Christian character building.

Please use the Christian Storytelling Log at the end of this workbook. We’ve
put it on a separate page so you can copy it (or just copy the table) and reuse it.
You may even wish to file it

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Requirement 3 Outline the steps that you take in preparing a story for telling.
Please list 12 key points below, with a brief description of each.
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Requirement 4 Know the methods of making your storytelling successful. This includes
how to deal with nervousness.
Please list 10 key points below, with a brief description of each.
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Requirement 5 Know the different ways you can successfully present the message or
purpose (ie what you want to teach people) of the story.
Please list 7 key points below, with a brief description of each.
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Requirement 6 For a story you are to tell, make a written outline of the main points of
the story.
Note: We’ve put this outline ‘check list’ on this page so you can copy it (just
copy this table) and reuse it. You may even wish to file it

Details of Your Story

Story Title
Theme / Aim Categor
y
Main Audience Other Audience
Outline of Your Story
Introduction:
[Set the ‘stage’]
Be concise

Body
[The main part]
Be clear, simple,
orderly.

Climax
[The key part]
Short, dramatic.

Conclusion
[Application of aim]
Be brief, don’t
moralise.
Date Told Where Told

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Requirement 7 Successfully tell 8 stories. They must include at least one from each of
the following categories: Please see Requirement 8 before proceeding.
a. Bible stories.
b. Foreign missionaries.
c. Adventist church history. Note: stories of your own local church are OK.
d. Nature.
e. Healthy living.
f. Christian character building.

Please use the Christian Storytelling Log at the end of this workbook. We’ve
put it on a separate page so you can copy it (or just copy the table) and reuse it.
You may even wish to file it

Requirement 8 Of the 8 stories mentioned in Requirement 7, successfully tell a story at

least once to:
a. A group of children not over five years of age.
b. A group of children not over twelve years of age.
c. A group of teens aged from thirteen to sixteen years of age.

Please use the Christian Storytelling Log at the end of this workbook.

Requirement 9 Complete an evaluation form for each of the stories that you told and
outline how you improved in your storytelling presentations.
Please use the Christian Storytelling Honours Evaluation Form

Requirement 10 Present a list of not less than 15 stories that you can tell, 8 of which you
have told.

Please use the Christian Storytelling Log at the end of this workbook. We’ve
put it on a separate page so you can copy it (or just copy the table) and reuse it.
You may even wish to file it

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Christian Storytelling Log

Storyteller’s Name:
Ref Story Title Category Source Where told When Audience
Told

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