Candidates Seminar Weekend Booklet

October 13-15, 2023

C a n d i dat e s ’ S e m i n a r weekend

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HE SAID TO THEM “GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO ALL CREATION.” — MARK 16:15

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TERRITORIAL LEADERSHIP Commissioners William A. and G. Lorraine Bamford Territorial Commander / Territorial President of Women’s Ministries Colonel Ivan K. and Christine J. Rock Territorial Chief Secretary / Territorial Secretary for Officer Development and Care Lt. Colonel Cindy Lou Drummond Territorial Secretary for Personnel Lt. Colonels Hubert S. and Kathleen J. Steele Territorial Secretary for Business Administration / Territorial Secretary for Program Majors Sheila and Rohan Gage Territorial Candidates’ Secretary / Assistant Territorial Candidates’ Secretary

COLLEGE FOR OFFICER TRAINING Lt. Colonel James LaBossiere Training Principal Lt. Colonel Patricia LaBossiere Assistant Training Principal for Community Life Major Keith Maynor Assistant Training Principal for Administration

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EXPLORING/ACCEPTING/DISCOVERING Friday • October 13 TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Registration

Crowne Plaza Lobby

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Supper

Crowne Plaza

6:30 pm

Load Buses

Crowne Plaza Side Entrance

6:45 pm

Leave for CFOT

7:00 pm

Arrive at CFOT

7:15 pm

Gym Doors Open

7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Welcome Meeting

Watson Gym

9:05 pm

Grab & Go Snacks

Cadet Lounge

9:15 pm

Load Buses/Return to hotel

CFOT Watson Gym Entrance

11:30 pm

Curfew

CFOT Watson Gym Entrance

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EXPLORING Saturday • October 14 TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

7:00 am – 8:30 am

Breakfast Buffet

Crowne Plaza

8:35 am

Load Buses

Crowne Plaza’s Side Entrance

9:15 am

Arrive at CFOT

CFOT Gym Entrance

9:30 am

Devotions Led by cadets

Watson Gym

10:30 am – 11:45 am

CFOT Expectations Lt. Colonel James LaBossiere

Watson Gym

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Lunch

Cadet Dining Room

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Session "Called by God" Major Bill Furman

Chapel

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Cadet Mingle

Cadet Lounge/CFOT Campus

3:00 pm – 3:50 pm

Session "Life at the CFOT" Major Al Krueger, Captain Candace Flanders, Major Hollie Leonardi Cadet Richard Mahida

Chapel

4:00 pm – 4:50 pm

Session "Officers Expectations" Divisional Leaders' Perspective, Lt. Colonel Raphael Jackson, Lt. Colonel Larry Ashcraft, Major Jong Woo Kim, Major Edgar George

Chapel

5:00 pm – 5:45 pm

Dinner

Cadet Dining Room

5:45 pm – 6:30 pm

Meet with DCS/ADYS

Divisional Rooms

7:00 pm

Evening Program

Watson Gym

8:45 pm

Load Buses/Return to hotel

Watson Gym Entrance

9:30 pm – 11:30 pm

Ice Cream Fellowship

Crowne Plaza Ballroom

11:45 pm

Curfew

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ACCEPTING TRACK Saturday • October 14 TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

7:00 am – 8:30 am

Breakfast Buffet

Crowne Plaza

8:35 am

Load Buses

Crowne Plaza Side Entrance

9:30 am

Devotions Led by cadets

Watson Gym

10:30 am – 11:45 am

CFOT Expectations Lt. Colonel James LaBossiere

Watson Gym

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Lunch

Cadet Dining Room

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Session Ready or Not! Candidates' Department/TCS

Lecture Hall

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

CFOT Tour/Cadet Mingle

Cadet Lounge/CFOT Campus

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Session "What Does Officership look like?”

Captain Kimisha Marshall, Major Pam Maynor, Lt. Dayeong Lee

Lecture Hall

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Session CFOT Panel Discussion Major Madelaine Dwier, Captain Jin Lee, Major Amanda Krueger

Lecture Hall

5:00 pm – 5:45 pm

Dinner

Cadet Dining Room

5:45 pm – 6:30 pm

Meet with DCS/ADYS

Divisional Rooms

7:00 pm

Evening Program

Watson Gym

8:45 pm

Load Buses/Return to hotel

Watson Gym Entrance

9:30 pm – 11:30 pm

Ice Cream Fellowship

Crowne Plaza Ballroom

11:45 pm

Curfew

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DISCOVERING TRACK Saturday • October 14 TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

7:00 am – 8:30 am

Breakfast Buffet

Crowne Plaza

9:30 am

Devotions Led by TYS

Crowne Plaza

10:30 am – 11:45 am

Service Opportunities in a Corps Setting Major Rohan Gage, Major Mary Moore, Major Silvia Machado,

Crowne Plaza

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Lunch

Crowne Plaza

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Summer Service Opportunities Majors Antonio & Jennifer Rosamilia

Crowne Plaza

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Service Opportunities Overseas Major Phil Ferreira

Crowne Plaza

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Free Time

4:15 pm

Load buses for CFOT

Dining Room

5:00 pm – 5:45 pm

Dinner

Cadet Dining Room

5:45 pm – 6:30 pm

Meet with DCS/ADYS

Divisional Rooms

7:00 pm

Evening Program

Watson Gym

8:45 pm

Load Buses/Return to hotel

Watson Gym Entrance

9:30 pm – 11:30 pm

Ice Cream Fellowship

Crowne Plaza Ballroom

11:45 pm

Curfew

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EXPLORING, ACCEPTING, DISCOVERING sunday • October 15 TIME

EVENT

6:00 am - 8:00 am

Check Out

Crowne Plaza

6:30 am – 8:30 am

Breakfast Buffet

Crowne Plaza

8:50 am

Arrive at CFOT

Watson Gym Entrance

9:00 am

Coffee with the Commissioners By invitation Only

Cadet Lounge

9:00 am

Sunday School

Divisional Rooms

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Holiness Meeting

Watson Gym

12:00 pm

Lunch/Delegation Debriefing

Dining Room

1:45 pm

Departure

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“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

—Philippians 3:12–14 NIV

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DIVISIONAL ROOMS Why? The purpose of gathering as a Division is to discuss your thoughts, answer questions about the weekend, and meet for Sunday School with your Divisional Candidates’ Secretary and Associate Candidates’ Secretary.

DIVISION

ROOM

Eastern Pennsylvania & Delaware

121

Empire

L–3

Greater New York

Lecture Hall

Massachusetts

109

Northeast Ohio

110

New Jersey

L–2

Northern New England

Business Board Room (2nd floor)

Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands

Curriculum Board Room

Southern New England

L–4

Southwest Ohio & Northeast Kentucky

120

Western Pennsylvania

119

ARC

108

(Rooms are subject to change depending upon size of delegations)

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SATURDAY MORNING DEVOTIONS 9:30 am (Watson Gym) Welcome and Prayer................................................................................ Cadet Richard Mahida Worship in Song Scripture............................................................................................................. Cadet Thomas Perez 1 Peter 2:9 Devotion ........................................................................................................ Cadet Janet Menendez Worship in Song Benediction/Announcements........................................................................ Major Rohan Gage

SATURDAY EVENING Cadet Cardboard Testimonies MOVE Testimony.................................................................................................. Cadet Natalia Pizzirusso Praise through Song .........................................................................................................UNBOUND Beyond the Chariots .....................................................................................................Rich Swingle Praise through Song .........................................................................................................UNBOUND Benediction/Announcements...........................................................Captain Vanessa Alvarez 11 Defenders of Jus tice

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SUNDAY HOLINESS MEETING Preliminary................................................................UNBOUND, MOVE, Cadet Drama Team Welcome .........................................................................................Lt. Colonel Patricia LaBossiere Prayer............................................................................................................................................... Cadets Song #279........................................................................... Commissioner G. Lorraine Bamford To God Be The Glory Testimony .......................................................................................................... Cadet Thomas Perez Offering........................................................................................................................... Captain Jae Im Praise Through Song.........................................................................................................UNBOUND Scripture........................................................................................................ Colonel Christine Rock Luke 5:1-11 Selection.......................................................................................................................................... MOVE Message .......................................................................... Commissioner William A. Bamford III Time of Commitment and Prayer Song..........................................................................................................................................UNBOUND Benediction ............................................................................................................Colonel Ivan Rock

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SONG #279 to god be the glory 1. To God be the glory, Great things He hath done!

So loved He the world That He gave us His Son; Who yielded His life An atonement for sin, And opened the life gate That all may go in.

Chorus Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Let the earth hear His voice!

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Let the people rejoice!

O come to the Father Through Jesus the Son, And give Him the glory; Great things He hath done!

2. O perfect redemption, The purchase of blood!

To every believer the promise of God; The vilest offender Who truly believes, That moment from Jesus A pardon receives.

3. Great things He hath taught us, Great things He hath done, And great our rejoicing Through Jesus the Son; But purer and higher And greater will be Our wonder, our rapture, When Jesus we see.

Mary Elizabeth Servoss (b 1849)

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Transportation

Place of Prayer

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.

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.

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.

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 Rohan Gage (781) 702 – 0991 Major Sheila Williams-Gage (781) 702 – 0992

Survey Please remember to complete the survey 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.

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DIRECTIONS From:

Crowne Plaza

From:

College for Officer Training

To:

The College for Officer Training

To:

Crowne Plaza 3 Executive Boulevard Suffern, New York 10901 845-357-4800

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.

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.

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MAPS

CO LLEG E FOR OFF I CE R T R AI NI NG

Ground Floor

First Floor

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CAMPUS

LEGEND 1.

CFOT Admin

2. Watson Hall 3. Dining 4. Student Center 5. Gymnasium 6. Lecture Hall 7.

Classrooms

8. Education Department (2nd Floor) 9. Mumford Cottage 10. Agnew Hall 11. Pepper Hall 12. Family Day Care Center 13. Davidson Hall 14. Davidson Mini Gym 15. Maintenance / Van Storage 16. Rader Court Family Housing

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NOTES

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