Candidates Seminar 2022

Candidates’Seminar Weekend

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

6:8

TERRITORIAL LEADERSHIP

Commissioners William A. and Lorraine

Territorial Commander / Territorial President of Women’s Ministries

Colonels Philip J. and Deslea A. Maxwell

Territorial Chief Secretary / Territorial Secretary for Women’s Ministries

Lt. Colonel Ruth A. Stoneburner

Territorial Secretary for Personnel

Lt. Colonels Hubert S. and Kathleen J. Steele Territorial Secretary for Business Administration / Territorial Secretary for Program

Lt. Colonels Christine J. and Ivan K. Rock

Territorial Assistant to the Secretary for Personnel / Territorial Assistant Chief Secretary

Majors Kimberly and Shaun Belanger

Territorial Candidates’ Secretary / Territorial Associate

Secretary COLLEGE FOR OFFICER TRAINING

Lt. Colonel James LaBossiere Training Principal

Lt. Colonel Patricia LaBossiere Assistant Training Principal for Community Life Major Ronald Starnes Assistant Training Principal for Administration

ACCEPTING TRACK

Saturday • October 15

TIME EVENT

7:00 am – 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet

8:45 am Load Buses

9:00 am

Leave for CFOT

9:15 am Arrive at CFOT

9:30 am – 10:15 am Devotions (Led by cadets)

10:30 am – 11:45 am

LOCATION

Crowne Plaza

Crowne Plaza Side Entrance

CFOT Gym Entrance

Gym

CFOT Expectation Lt. Colonel James LaBossiere Gym

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Lunch

Session

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm

Ready or Not! Candidates’ Department DCS

1:45 pm – 3:00 pm CFOT Tour/Cadet Mingle

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Session

What does Officership look like?

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Session CFOT Panel Discussion

5:00 pm – 5:45 pm Dinner

5:45 pm – 6:30 pm Meet with DCS

Dining Room

Lecture Hall

Student Lounge/CFOT Campus

Lecture Hall Majors Mike and Cathy Himes

Lecture Hall

Dining Room

Divisional Rooms

7:00 pm Evening Program Gym

8:45 pm Load Buses / Return to hotel

9:30 pm – 11:30 pm Ice Cream Fellowship

11:45 pm Curfew

CFOT Gym Entrance

Crowne Plaza Ballroom

“I am telling you this so no one will deceive you with well-crafted arguments. For though I am far away from you, my heart is with you. And I rejoice that you are living as you should and that your faith in Christ is strong. And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.”

—Colossians 2: 4–9

DISCOVERING TRACK – ROOTED

Saturday • October 15 – Crowne Plaza

TIME EVENT

9:00 am – 10:00 am

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Devotions by the Cadets

Session 1

“We Believe”

“Let your roots grow down into him..”

Lunch

Session 2 “I Will”

“...and let your lives be built on him.”

Break

Session 3

“Let’s Serve”

“Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.”

4:15 pm Load buses for CFOT

5:00 pm Dinner CFOT

5:45 pm – 6:30 pm

Meet with DCS Divisional Rooms

7:00 pm Evening Program – Gym

8:45 pm

9:30 pm – 11:30 pm

Load Buses / Return to hotel – CFOT Gym Entrance

Ice Cream Fellowship – Crowne Plaza Ballroom

11:45 pm Curfew

SONG #486 Be Glad in the Lord and Rejoice

1. Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, All ye that are upright in heart; And ye that have made him your choice, Bid sadness and sorrow depart.

Chorus Rejoice, rejoice! Be glad in the Lord and rejoice! Rejoice, rejoice! Be glad in the Lord and rejoice!

2. What though in the conflict for right Your enemies almost prevail, God’s armies, just hid from your sight, Are more than the foes which assail.

3. Though darkness surround you by day, Your sky by the night be o’ercast, Let nothing your spirit dismay, But trust till the danger is past.

4. Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, His praises proclaiming in song; Acclaim him with trumpet and voice, The loud hallelujahs prolong.

Mary Elizabeth Servoss (b 1849)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Transportation

Buses have been provided to transport delegates from the Suffern Crowne Plaza to the College for Officer Training and back. Please check your brief for bus departure times. For those of you who are driving, directions are provided. Also, parking is available in the lower parking lot only at CFOT.

Meals

Friday dinner will be at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Saturday and Sunday mornings there will be a breakfast buffet at the hotel. All other meals will take place at the College for Officer Training.

Uniform/Dress Code

Friday and Saturday (all day) is casual wear. Sunday is full uniform. If you do not have a Salvation Army uniform, Sunday best wear is acceptable.

Hotel Etiquette

We are not the only people staying in this hotel. Please be considerate of others when you are in the hallways. Please keep the noise down in the evenings and early mornings. In all things, let us be good witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ and The Salvation Army. Use of the room phone and ordering services from the hotel is prohibited.

Hotel Check–Out

You must check out of your hotel room on Sunday morning prior to departing for the College for Officer Training. You may simply drop your key off at the front desk upon your departure. Luggage will be stored in the appropriate vehicles or in Room L-1 at the College for Officer Training.

Place of Prayer

The prayer room is located on the first floor of the CFOT. Please refer to your map. We encourage you to use this place to seek the Lord and His purposes for you.

Cadet Student Lounge

Cadets will be selling assorted items in the Student Center on Saturday.

Luggage Room

On Sunday, Room L–1 will be used to hold luggage for all those who need this storage.

In Case of Emergency

Please contact these numbers only in cases of extreme emergency.

CFOT Security (845) 826 – 5964

Major Shaun Belanger (774) 301 – 4349

Major Kimberly Belanger (774) 301 – 4971

Survey

Please remember to complete the survey located on the Candidates’ Seminar App which can be accessed through SA Connects. Your input and comments are important and can help improve future seminars. Thank you for participating in this survey. La encuesta también está en español. Agradecemos su participación.

Traducción

Traducción en español está disponible en cada una de las reuniones generales. Usted puede adquirir su equipo de traducción en el cuarto de traducción localizado en la parte posterior, derecha, del gimnasio.

DIRECTIONS

From: Crowne Plaza

To: The College for Officer Training

201 Lafayette Avenue

Suffern, New York 10901 845-368-7200

1. Head east on Executive Boulevard toward North Airmont Road/County Road 89.

2. Turn right onto North Airmont Road/ County Road 89.

3. At the 4th traffic light, turn right onto New York Route 59.

4. Continue to follow Route 59 for approx. 1.5 miles.

5. The College for Officer Training will be on the left.

From: College for Officer Training

To: Crowne Plaza

3 Executive Boulevard

Suffern, New York 10901 845-357-4800

1. Turn right onto Route 59.

2. Take Route 59 to the second traffic light at Airmont Road.

3. Turn left onto North Airmont Road and continue to the 4th traffic light.

4. Turn left onto Executive Boulevard.

5. Crowne Plaza will be on the left.

COLLEGE FOR OFFICER TRAINING

Floor First Floor

Eastern Territory

William A. and G. Lorraine Bamford Territorial Leaders