Making Call to Arms Work in Your Context Sample Course Plans Every Corps Is Different

Making ‘Call to Arms’ Work in Your Context – Sample Course Plans Every corps is different, as are the people in each group of recruits. Call to Arms has been written to be flexible and work in different contexts. However this requires some planning on the part of the Recruiting Sergeant. In this document you will find some sample course plans that show how you could structure the sessions depending on your context. If you were doing more than one module a block, you would probably pick out a couple of the “Reflect” questions and one or two “Practice” activities that were more relevant for your recruits. It is not expected that recruits would necessarily complete all the “Reflect” questions or all the “Practice” activities. Pick out what works best for your group. The “Go Deeper” resources are designed for recruits who want to investigate further on their own, so that would be up to the recruit if they pursued that in their own time.

Seven Weeks This course plan will work well in corps where the recruits are able to commit to weekly evening classes for seven weeks. It will give them time to digest the content well, and time to reflect between sessions on what they have learnt. This would be ideal for newer converts or younger recruits who may not have come across some of these doctrines before.

Session Modules Worksheet Week 1 Introduction to the Salvation Army  Show part of Boundless Salvation or One Army DVD introducing TSA  Group discussion about why people are doing the soldiership preparation training  Talk about soldiership in TSA, and the significance of the soldier’s covenant Doctrine 1: The authority of scripture Reflect: 3 in class; 2, 5 at home.  Overview of the doctrine Practice: 1  View video testimony Go Deeper:  Group discussion about ways of incorporating scripture into daily life.

1 | P a g e Session Modules Worksheet Week 2 Doctrine 2: One God Reflect: 2, 3 at home.  Overview of the doctrine Practice: N/A  View video testimony Go Deeper: Doctrine 3: God is Three persons Reflect: 1, 4 at home.  Overview of the doctrine Practice: 1  View video testimony Go Deeper: Doctrine 2 and 3 Practical: Prayer and worship  Doctrine 2 – Giving credit where credit is due, body language, not just on Sundays  Doctrine 3 – What’s in a name, Our life in the Trinity Week 3 Doctrine 4: The two natures of Christ Reflect: 1 in class.  Overview of the doctrine Practice: 2  Incarnational mission Go Deeper:  Embodied spirituality  Justice and creation care Doctrine 4 Practical: Mission Excursion: Provide opportunity for the recruits to be involved in a mission/service opportunity as a practical outworking of doctrine 4. Week 4 Doctrine 5: The fall Reflect: 4-5 (at home).  Overview of the doctrine Practice: 2  Seeing the image of God in people Go Deeper:  Dealing with temptation Doctrine 6: The atonement Reflect: 1, 6 (in class).  Overview of the doctrine Practice: N/A  Go for souls Go Deeper:

2 | P a g e Session Modules Worksheet Doctrine 6 Practical: Evangelism Per the instructions in the doctrine 4 homework activity 3, as a group organise a community event in your local area where you will openly preach the gospel. Week 5 Doctrine 7: Repentance, faith and regeneration Reflect: 2, 5.  Overview of the doctrine Practice: 1  Keeping our conscience in working order Go Deeper:  Responding to the work of the Spirit Doctrine 8: Justified by grace through faith Reflect: 2-3.  Overview of the doctrine Practice: 1  Faith and trust in Christ Go Deeper:  Pride blocks us from receiving grace Week 6 Doctrine 9: Continued obedient faith Reflect: 1, 3, 5 (at home).  Overview of the doctrine Practice: 1  Keeping in tune with God Go Deeper:  Handling pain, persecution or disappointment  Watch video testimony  Obedience to God’s unpopular views

3 | P a g e Session Modules Worksheet Doctrine 10: Holiness Reflect: Recruits to pick a few  Overview of the doctrine relevant qns to reflect on at home.  Watch video testimony Practice: N/A  Put off sin, put on holiness Go Deeper:  Group discussion on lifestyle commitments 5-7, what behaviours does a soldier commit to “put off” and what behaviours do they commit to “put on”?  Keep growing in holiness Week 7 Doctrine 11: The afterlife Reflect: 1-3 (in class).  Overview of the doctrine Practice: N/A  Group discussion about if this is different from what Go Deeper: recruits currently believe about the afterlife  Watch video testimony  Keeping hope alive  Making heaven on earth Conclusion  Q&A with the recruits, both to assess their understanding of the material, and to see if there are areas where they need further information.  Discussion of next steps for those who want to continue on to become soldiers.

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