MEDIA ADVISORY: Clergy and Community Friends Training

SPRINGFIELD, IL (04/23/2014)(readMedia)-- WHO:

• Illinois National Guard Chaplains

WHAT:

• Illinois National Guard Chaplains are hosting upcoming seminars to serve local faith-based organizations throughout Illinois.

• The training is designed to raise awareness among community religious leaders about the challenges faced by servicemembers and their families, with a focus on deployment-related issues such as anger management, suicide prevention, military marriages, and church and community support for the military.

• The training is open to clergy and laity interested in understanding and learning how to support servicemembers, veterans and their families.

• Free lunch will also be served to those in attendance.

WHEN/WHERE:

April 30 General Jones Armory, 5200 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

May 14 Illinois Military Academy, Camp Lincoln, 1301 N. MacArthur Blvd.; Springfield, Ill. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

May 22 Shiloh Armory, 650 Armory Road; Shiloh, Ill. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

May 28 Joliet Armory, 2900 W. Jefferson St., Joliet, Ill. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

For registration information contact Chaplain (Capt.) Vince Lambert at (708) 824-5255

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