The divisional calendar aims to provide a platform to share upcoming plans for The Salvation Army Midland Division. Events are designed to be innovation driven and encourage conversations that seek to do the most good in our communities. It is a time and space to uplift ministries, enable Officers and leaders within our communities to share ideas among each other and encourage Corps in their ministries. Check out what events are coming up this month that you or your ministry leaders can attend!

Orange Training - Columbia Corps
Objectives for “Orange Intensive”:
1) Cast a vision for Intentional, strategic discipleship for youth and teenagers.
2) Facilitate strategic planning for Discipleship (Sunday School) in corps.
3) Introduce Corps officers and leaders to Orange Strategy and Curriculum.
4) Answer practical questions related to casting a vision, getting started and problem solving.
5) Discuss Opportunities for continued development (Schoology, Orange Tour Stops)
Orange Training (Springfield)
Objectives for “Orange Intensive”:
1) Cast a vision for Intentional, strategic discipleship for youth and teenagers.
2) Facilitate strategic planning for Discipleship (Sunday School) in corps.
3) Introduce Corps officers and leaders to Orange Strategy and Curriculum.
4) Answer practical questions related to casting a vision, getting started and problem solving.
5) Discuss Opportunities for continued development (Schoology, Orange Tour Stops)
Orange Training - Youth Department
Objectives for “Orange Intensive”:
1) Cast a vision for Intentional, strategic discipleship for youth and teenagers.
2) Facilitate strategic planning for Discipleship (Sunday School) in corps.
3) Introduce Corps officers and leaders to Orange Strategy and Curriculum.
4) Answer practical questions related to casting a vision, getting started and problem solving.
5) Discuss Opportunities for continued development (Schoology, Orange Tour Stops)
Justice Day
- The Justice Day will take place at New City South (3502 Grace Ave, St Louis, MO 63118) on March 18th.
- Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Seats are limited, so purchasing tickets in advance is advised.
- Registration begins at 8:30 AM and the conference will start at 9 AM and end around 4 PM.
- Coffee and light refreshments available in the morning.
- Please go out and explore the area for lunch. Here is a list of restaurants on South Grand which is a short drive away from New City South. Here is a list of restaurants on Cherokee Street, a favorite place to visit for the Urban Mission Center, and only a five minute drive from New City South. Both options are about a 15 minute walk away from New City South.
Corps Vitality: an in depth training on the Holy Currencies hosted by Rev. Dr. Eric Law
Corps Vitality: an in depth training on the Holy Currencies hosted by Rev. Dr. Eric Law. This event will be on February 5-7, 2016.
Registration will be available soon!
CCDA Cafe: Guest speaker - CEO Noel Castellanos
The Christian Community Development Association is proud to host a CCDA Café featuring CEO Noel Castellanos’ new book Where the Cross Meets the Street: What Happens to the Neighborhood When God is at the Center.
Proclaiming the gospel and forming the faithful: these are the most practiced disciplines of the evangelical church. As central as these disciplines are, however, they are only part of the story. And as Noel has learned over a lifetime of ministry and mission, the neglect of the gospel's full implications for the world has contributed to the erosion of communities and the languishing of poor and other marginalized people.
In Where the Cross Meets the Street Noel shows the strengths and limitations of a narrowly focused church and broadens our imaginations to embrace a gospel that proclaims Christ and forms disciples. This life-giving gospel also demonstrates compassion, confronts injustice and restores individuals and communities to wholeness. This is the whole work of the cross; this is the privilege of those who follow the Word made flesh.
The Christian Community Development Association
(CCDA) is a network of Christians committed to engaging with people and communities in the process of transformation. For over 25 years, CCDA has aimed to inspire, train, and connect Christians who seek to bear witness to the Kingdom of God by reclaiming and restoring under-resourced communities. CCDA walks alongside local practitioners and partners as they live out Christian Community Development by loving their neighbors.
Reviving Charity By Restoring Dignity Symposium at Lindenwood University
The Program Department has been invited to attend Reviving Charity By Restoring Dignity at Lindenwood University this September 21-25, 2015 and we would like to extend that invitation to you!
Budget too tight? Not to worry! This event is free and open to the public. Don't have enough time? That's okay because you can register to attend just for a day!
The Reviving Charity By Restoring Dignity Symposium would be a great opportunity to network and take advantage of the free training sessions on non-profit administration and community development. Some of the workshop topics include welfare policy and non-profit training by Star Parker, head of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, and Robert Lupton, author of Toxic Charity and Charity Detox. Attendees (non-profit agencies, social services agencies, churches, and governmental entities) will also have the opportunity to promote volunteer opportunities to Lindenwood University students and employees.
You definitely have nothing to lose and more to gain by going to this event! For more info and to register, check out the flyer attached or contact rdouchant@lindendwood.edu
Postures for Creating and Practicing Missional Community
Join the Urban Mission Center explore what missional community could look like with special guest, Jon Huckins, author of Thin Places: 6 Postures for Creating and Practicing Missional Community. Together we'll consider the six postures of missional formation: listening, submerging, inventing, contending, imagining, and entrusting. Our hope is that you leave with a deeper understanding of missional community, and will seek to employ these postures in your neighborhood.
Contact Sara Johnson for more information (314) 606-7794
Postures for Creating and Practicing Missional Community.
Join the Urban Mission Center explore what missional community could look like with special guest, Jon Huckins, author of Thin Places: 6 Postures for Creating and Practicing Missional Community. Together we'll consider the six postures of missional formation: listening, submerging, inventing, contending, imagining, and entrusting. Our hope is that you leave with a deeper understanding of missional community, and will seek to employ these postures in your neighborhood.
Contact Sara Johnson for more information (314) 606-7794
REfuel- A Gathering For Youth Leaders
Refuel is a 4 day youth leader training filled with inspiring teaching, worship, workshops and fellowship. For those of you who have been to DYL in the past few years (Developing Youth Leaders Seminar), Refuel is taking its place. It’s the same idea, with a different name.
Location: Wonderland Camp and Conference Center
Guest speaker: This year’s special guest for the main sessions is Jim Burns, president of HomeWord and Executive Director of the HomeWord Center for Youth and Family at Azusa Pacific University.
Urban Youth And The Leaders Who Love Them
Join together with local youth leaders as the Urban Missions Center seeks to answer the question: How can we love our youth better? We'll explore ways to engage young people through the four points of contact. Gain a better understanding of how to establish healthy group dynamics through discipline with dignity, and the importance of self care for youth leaders.
Rekindling Our Congregations: Sacred Conversations on Race (+Action)
Metropolitan Congregations United presents: Rekindling Our Congregation, Sacred Conversations on RACE (+ACTION)
Kickoff ceremony & convening on Dr. King Holiday Weekend.
9 am - 12 pm Location TBA
You are invited to join a new round of Sacred Conversations. Utilizing proven technique and trained facilitators, you will share with members of your congregation the concerns and the fears about the days that have passes since that fateful August 9th. How do we think and feel about race? What do we understand about systemic racism? How do we become better neighbors to one another? From our conversations, an action plan will develop that will move us forward in creating a more equitable and diverse region.
To register your corps, please call (314) 367-3483 or email: office@MCUSTL.com
University 2020
Music has been shown to assist in meaningful worship and praise, and I am confident it can be used to attract people to our worship services, helping them to hear the Gospel and seek salvation. Are you looking for ways to get new music programs started, or would you like some ideas in how to get a worship committee started in your corps?
University 2020 might be your answer. It’s a two-day event being planned for January 16-17, 2015,
in Merrillville, Indiana at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza. This unique opportunity is designed to help corps music leaders and worship planners expand their skills and inspire their ministry.
Sponsored by the Territorial Music and Gospel Arts Department, and supported by the Chicago Staff Band and Bill Booth Theater Company, this event will also feature our young musicians of the Territorial Youth Band and Territorial Youth Congress. If you or your soldiers are interested in this learning experience, you can find more information at: http://centralusa.salvationarmy.org/usc/university_2020