Family Resiliency Spiritual Resource Brief

Family Resiliency: Equipping Leaders To Help The Soldiers

Spiritual Resources


Terminal Learning Objective

• TLO 1: Extensively familiarize leaders with resources to which they can connect Soldiers and families.


Assumptions

• The mind, the body, and the spirit are inextricably connected.

• Although perhaps not overtly religious, an appreciable number of our cadre and soldiers are “spiritual.”

• Most families are not well connected to community resources


Connecting

• In 1997, the well know Clinical Psychologist Dr. Larry Crabb, Ph.D. wrote a book called Connecting. His basic premise is this:

“For most of the 20th century, we have wrongly defined soul wounds as physiological disorders and relegated their treatment to specialist. In reality, every caring person has the ability – already within them – to help.”


The History of Psychotherapy

• In 1895, Sigmund Freud stumbled on the idea of “a talking cure.”

• The idea of “talking” caught on and soon a “talking profession” (Psychotherapy) was born.

• Over the course of time, dozens of psychotherapeutic models emerged, all revealing beneficial results.


Basic Psychotherapy Model

Prompted Words

Treatment Words

Patient Therapist


A New Model?

Words of Honestly

Words of Sensitive

Hurting Person(Struggling)

Helpful Person(non-judgmental, Kind, good listener

[a friend!])

Caring Involvement

Shared Pain

Rich talking rather than trained talking is helpful


Connecting of Families

• Rich talking only happens in context of relationships

• Relationships only happen in context of communities

• Religious communities are an excellent place of connection.


Communities on Fort Jackson

• Liturgical/ Lutheran – 0800 Memorial Chapel• Gospel – 0800 & 1100 Daniel Circle• Catholic – 1100 Main post chapel• Chapel Next – 1100 Chaplain School• General Protestant – 0930 Main Post Chapel• LDS (Mormon) – 0930 Anderson Chapel• Jewish – 0930 Memorial Chapel• Islamic – 0800 Main Post Chapel• PWOC – Thursday 1000-1200 Main Post Chapel


Communities Off Post



Ministries include: Divorce care Single Adult Ministry Nutrition/FitnessGrief Benevolence Children’s Ministry



Saint Joseph Catholic Church

Masses: Saturday Vigil: 1730 Sunday; 0815, 1030 & 12:15

Mission Statement:

“We are constantly attempting to become a faith community who…”



Sunday Services: 0815 & 1100




Opportunities within 187th

• Quarterly Prayer Luncheons (30 July)

• Ordnance Bible Study: Thursday Nights at 1800 @ Chaplain’s House

• Marriage Retreats

• Stop by and see me!


Directions to the Gilliam’s3632 Trotter Rd

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I-77

Leesburg Rd

Gilliam’s-after you leave the residential area and start driving into the country, look for a gravel driveway on the left marked short green sign that says “3632”

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Stay Right at fork

~1.5 miles

BN Golf


Opportunities within 187th

• Ordnance Bible Study: Thursday Nights at 1800 @ Chaplain’s House

• Quarterly Prayer Lunches

• Marriage Retreats

• Stop by and see me!


• Absolutely everyone welcome (i.e. Married Couples, Single Soldiers, Single Parents, etc.).

• Arrive Thursday evening and depart Sunday morning.

• Chartered Bus, Childcare, Hotel Room, and most Meals provided for free! (You can drive your POV if you want).

• At least one Full Day at Six Flags over Georgia (also time for another half-day in there somewhere)!

• Basic Schedule: Thursday Night: Reception and Mixer; Friday: Six Flags Over Georgia; Saturday: Dynamic Chaplain Speaker!, Date Night (w/Child Care); Sunday: Sleep-in and depart.


Soldiers in Training

• The Gathering

• Fortress Coffee House

• Victory Ranch

• Battalion Movie Night

• AIT Bible Study



The attendance is modest (75-115) but the

life change is real.


The Fortress

Coffee House The Fortress Coffee House has been ministering to AIT soldiers since 1997. Each Friday night from 1900 – 2100, two hundred soldiers gather at the Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic School to listen to live Christian bands, drink good coffee, speak with the chaplain and local area volunteers, and simply relax.





The Chaplain or guest speaker gives a 10 minute gospel presentation.

Fortress Coffee House


Counseling






victory ranch

Victory Ranch is an 18 acre Cadence Retreat that has been serving Fort Jackson since the 1980’s. Opportunities at the ranch include fishing, swimming, hiking, basketball, ping pong, reading, sleeping, and – most significantly – visiting with the staff and community volunteers.



Soldiers in Training

• The Gathering

• Fortress Coffee House

• Victory Ranch

• Battalion Movie Night

• AIT Bible Study


Material Resources


Questions