The Salvation Army Booth College

January 30^th through to February 5^th was Orientation Week for our Cadets at EBC. We welcomed the “Champions of the Mission” session who join with the Defenders of Justice and Reflectors of Holiness in training to become Salvation Army officers.

Champions of The Mission
Cadet Sameeha Paramaraj  Placement at Camberwell Corps, Victoria	Cadet Michellie Higginbottom  Placement at Brisbane City Temple, Queensland	Cadet Sam Higginbottom  Placement at Brisbane City Temple, Queensland

These new cadets join our ongoing cadets. In 2023, our ongoing cadets will be expanding their learning through various placements in a social or corps placements in locations other than their primary appointment.

Defenders of Justice
Left to right: Cadet Edward Conteh - Placements at Boronia Corps and Dandenong Corps, Victoria  Cadet Cadet Leeanne Pattison - Placements at Bramwell House and Marion Corps, SA  Cadet Rachal Mills - Placements at Inala Corps and Calamvale Corps, Queensland  Cadet Beola Conteh - Placements at Boronia Corps and Dandenong Corps, Victoria
Reflectors of Holiness
Cadet David Delany Placement at Hurstville Corps, NSW	Cadet Vikki Song Placement at Hornsby Corp and Sydney City, NSW

We continue to take the prior experience and qualifications of cadets seriously and incorporate these into a holistic, three-fold approach to the process of training, integrating education and theology, mission and ministry and personal and spiritual formation. We are building on an individualised and flexible experience for each cadet in officer formation.   

Across the week, the cadets engaged in a range of learning and development experiences. The Champions were briefed on what their individualised training programs will look like this year, and the on-going cadets set learning goals for the year, and were briefed on arrangements for their social/community and short term Corps placements for the year. 

At the end of Orientation week, the cadets and Officer Formation Stream staff participated in a spiritual retreat in the city, spending time in reflection at the National Art Gallery, the botanic gardens and in the midst of Melbourne’s cityscapes.

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