Women’s Camp offered a spiritual get-away to scenic Hidden Falls Retreat Center in the rolling hills of eastern Lawrence County. This camp and others like it occur throughout the year, and we highly recommend the Hidden Falls experience! You can find more information about Hidden Falls at www.sacamp.org/retreats or calling them at (812) 279-2495.

Keeping updated on the work of The Salvation Army in Monroe County means getting connected. So, take the time to…

• Follow Corps officers on Twitter @littleliss91, @SharynTennyson
• Like The Salvation Army on Facebook
• If you like blogs, subscribe to The Salvation Army’s RSS Feed
• Visit us on Sunday morning for worship opportunities at 11:00am

If you’re already connected to The Salvation Army, congratulations! Drop us a line and let us know how we can serve you better; that’s why we’re here!

It’s important to do a job and to do it well. And when your job is working with people, it’s absolutely vital. Salvation Army officers work with people who are hurting, sick and lonely every day.

Bloomington Corps officers are unique because the last two officer sets have come straight from the College for Officer Training. Their life experiences are all different, but they share the fact that Bloomington is their first appointment.

In the first five years of Officership, leaders in The Salvation Army complete ongoing education to become better leaders in the nonprofit sector. This ongoing education is titled SACEP (Salvation Army Continuing Education Program), and Officers participate regardless of whether they have advanced degrees.

Officers learn and apply best practices into daily ministry and missions. This week they will be taking classes in the following areas: Principles of Management, Counseling, Worship and Preaching, Discipling, Youth and Family Ministries, Cross-Cultural Ministries, and Nonprofit Retailing for Mission Advancement.

Lt. Tennyson will return to Bloomington in time to lead Sunday’s worship service at 11:00am.

The gathering will address ways that The Salvation Army can improve it’s approach to comprehensive case management by providing targeted services to families with a desire to take action to break the cycle of crisis and enable a path out of inter-generational poverty.

The Salvation Army meeting in Bloomington is timely. It represents an understanding that poverty in our state is high, unemployment remains high, and that the inter-generational effects of poverty are staggering. It is a also a bold statement that The Salvation Army has been, is, and will continue to be a force for good in the fight against poverty and its ills.

To find out more about the many and varied ways The Salvation Army helps throughout the Indiana Division click here or follow the Indiana Division on Facebook.

It’s National Teacher Day and we are so thankful for the work these women do for our community! Our teachers have years of experience and still enjoy every minute working with the children at The Salvation Army’s Child Development Center. On behalf of staff, volunteers and Soldiers, The Salvation Army Bloomington, Indiana publicly thanks the women below and recognizes their hard work day in and day out to prepare children for a lifetime of learning.

Quick Fact
The Salvation Army’s six teachers have an average 8.5 years working in the field of Early Childhood Education.

Brittany Branam
Favorite subject to teach: I enjoying teaching them about God and teaching them how to crawl and walk and talk and grow and develop
Best part about working at The Salvation Army: There are many things that I enjoy about working at Salvation Army. I love that we all work together as a team, that we are a ministry, and we all have a love for God.

Tracy Campbell
Favorite subject to teach:  The Bible because it taps into every other aspect of life.
Best part about working at The Salvation Army: I have the opportunity to teach the Bible.

Amelia Hinnefeld
Favorite subjects to teach:  Love, Life and Growth
Best part about working at The Salvation Army: Being part of a community that gives back.

Zohreh Mohammadi
Favorite subject to teach:  I enjoy reading books to the children.
Best part about working at The Salvation Army: It’s my favorite job, and I love working with the children.

Shannon Parker
Favorite subject to teach:  Life-skills, because that’s the foundation.
Best part about working at The Salvation Army:  It’s a faith-based organization and that makes a difference. I enjoy presenting that fact to parents every day and it provides a contrast to non-faith-based care facilities.

Nicole Porter
Favorite subject to teach:  ABCs and 123s
Best part about working at The Salvation Army:  I get to work with children all day!

Indiana University graduate Veronica Cintron was an excellent student and an exceptional Salvation Army Soldier.

Ms. Cintron spent three days a week working at The Salvation Army Bloomington Corps where she and Lt. Melissa Heatwole worked on Corps programs such as Moonbeams, Club 316, teen programs, Vacation Bible School and much more. Under her enthusiastic role, the Salvation Army has seen new youth come forward to become Soldiers in The Salvation Army. In the photo above you can see just how loved she is. The picture was taken Sunday morning at the Bloomington Corps.

Her academic success was excellent, and she has chosen a higher calling to take her intellect: Teach for America. She has been placed at the brand new Enlace Academy on Indianapolis’ west side, where she will teach 3rd grade English. Those children will be blessed to have Ms. Cintron as a teacher.

We wish Ms. Cintron the best as she moves into the next chapter in what we know will be a blessed life.

Lt. Xavier Montenegro will lead a group of Salvation Army Cadets from the College for Officer Training in Chicago in service and ministry at the Bloomington Salvation Army, May 3-5.

Lt. Montenegro is the Multi-cultural Ministries Director at the College for Officer Training in Chicago. His work helps The Salvation Army prepare leaders for diverse urban ministry, rural ministry and everything in between. He writes thought provocative articles on multicultural missions in the United States which can be found on his blog or on Twitter. I recommend them.

The young people coming with Lt. Montenegro are  Salvation Army cadets a.k.a. Officers in training. They have one year until they graduate from the training college, at which point they will be appointed to a ministry position within The Salvation Army.

You can follow Lt. Montenegro and his group of Cadets by following their Twitter hashtag #btowncadet. The cadets will lead a young adult Bible Study on Friday, work the Thrift Store’s sidewalk sale on Saturday and will also host a luncheon, at noon Sunday in The Salvation Army that is free and open to the public.

We hope that you can stop by throughout the weekend and encourage these young people who have dedicated their lives to service.

Bloomington Corps News

Below is a listing of events at The Salvation Army in Bloomington. Click on any of the links or call us at 336-4310.

You can also find an interactive calendar here, which will let you know times, locations and more details.

• Sundays Sunday School and Holiness Meeting
• Tuesdays Adult Bible Study (Afternoon) and Young Adult Bible Study (Evening)
• Wednesdays Kids Club 316
• Thursdays Bible Study and Open Gym (7-9pm)

• 03rd Salvation Army Cadets Arrive
• 03rd Dinner, Prayer and Worship Service 5pm
• 04th Thrift Store Sidewalk Sale 10am-6pm
• 05th Cinco de Mayo
• 05th Church and Coffee 11am
• 05th Lunch Pitchin 12:30pm
• 05th Corps Council 1:30pm
• 08th Advisory Board Meets
• 10th Church Women United Friendship Day 11:00am
• 11th Women’s Circle
• 12th Mother’s Day
• 12th Church and Coffee 11am
• 15th Club 316 End of the Year Party
• 17th-19th Women’s Camp at Hidden Falls Camp and Retreat Center
• 19th Church and Coffee 11am
• 20th-24th Salvation Army Continuing Education Program (SACEP)
• 26th Church and Coffee 11am
• 27th Offices Closed in Honor of Memorial Day

There were no children at the Child Development Center at The Salvation Army last Friday.

It wasn’t a snow day, it was an in-service day where teachers learned how to implement research-based practices into their science curriculum in each classroom. The training covered a diversity of science topics such as Scientific Inquiry and Process, The Living Environment, and The Nature of Science and Technology.

Developmentally-appropriate curriculum is important to prepare the children at The Salvation Army for a lifetime of learning. So, teachers from the classroom for older children covered topics including Scientific Thinking, Environments, and Communication.

These trainings are based on state standards called the Indiana Foundations for Young Children. The Salvation Army brings in area professionals to train its staff on implementation of varying chapters. In this way the children at The Salvation Army receive the very best in up-to-date and research-based education which prepares them for Kindergarten and beyond.

For more information about The Salvation Army’s Child Development Center, please visit their website where you can access parent comments, frequently asked questions and contact information for the Director Shannon Parker.

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Ever feel like the world around you is changing too fast? The workforce feels that way.

Part of the local employment problem is that employers have jobs, but can’t find qualified people to fill them.

Compounding the problem is that there are plenty of education and training programs out there. A recent survey confirmed that those opportunities exist, but workers aren’t taking advantage of them: Survey: Low-wage workers missing out on training: HeraldTimesOnline.com.

If you or someone you know, are lacking in skills that employers need, come to the April Job Fair at The Salvation Army. Running from 1-3 on April 24^th, this event is free and lets you ask questions of actual people who work at businesses such as:

• Ivy Tech
• United Way Financial Stability Alliance
• Work IN
• Work One

If you can’t get a job because you don’t have the right skills, now is the time to find out how to get those skills. And remember that it’s never too late. You are never too old.

For more information, please contact Monica Clemons at The Salvation Army.

Do you or someone you know need a job?

The Local Job situation has been improving, but much more work needs to be done. Jobless rate drops or holds steady in area: HeraldTimesOnline.com.

There will be at least nine (9) businesses looking to hire at The Salvation Army’s spring job fair on April 24^th at The Salvation Army from 1pm-3pm. There is no charge to attend.

Attendees will have the unique opportunity to meet employers face to face, so make sure to bring copies of resumes and be ready to meet your future employer.

Salvation Army Job Fairs occur quarterly and attract an average of 100 people. In addition to employers, training and educational organizations attend. They offer opportunities to improve skills so that workers may better market themselves and obtain better paying jobs.