Program	Date	Time
Sara Groves In Concert Christian Singer/Songwriter	Saturday, July 27	7:15pm
Colonel Glen Shepherd, Speaker	Sunday, July 28	10:30am
Shane Claiborne, Leader of The Simple Way faith community TSA Madison Street	Sunday, July 28	7:15pm
Major Ivan Wild, Speaker Former TYS and Current Personnel Director, CFOT Western Territory	Monday, July 29	7:15pm
Mike Donahue, Speaker Founder, R5 Productions & Author	Tuesday, July 30	7:15pm
CBLI Family Picnic*	Wednesday, July 31	begins at 5:30pm
Ray McElroy, Speaker Chaplain for the Chicago Bears	Thursday, August 1	7:15pm
Bob Stromberg, Special Guest Speaker The Singing Company & Families	Friday, August 2	7:15pm
Hymn Sing Awards Night	Saturday, August 3	7:15pm
Lt. Colonel Jeffrey Smith, Speaker Personnel Secretary, THQ	Sunday, August 4	10:30am

Evening and Sunday Program Theme

“I wonder if…” is the theme of our evening and Sunday programs during the Central Bible Leadership Institute.

Evening programs will encourage the audience to ignite creativity and introduce innovation in their ministries and personal lives as people pursuing the mission of The Salvation Army, “to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in his name without discrimination.”

Unless noted with an (*), all CBLI programs are open to visitors.

Shane Claiborne

Shane Claiborne is the visionary leader of The Simple Way, a faith community in inner city Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world. He is married to Katie Jo, a North Carolina girl who also fell in love with the city (and with Shane). They were wed in St. Edwards church, the formerly abandoned cathedral into which homeless families relocated in 1995, launching the beginning of the Simple Way community and a new phase of faith-based justice making. where everything started back in 1995.

Visit Shane's Website

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Sara Groves

As a Christian singer/songwriter, Sara Groves has released ten albums and appeared on several others. Groves has been nominated for three Dove Awards including "New Artist of the Year" in 2002 and "Special Event Album of the Year 2003" by the Gospel Music Association. She was named one of the best Christian music artists of 2005 and the album, Add to the Beauty, was named "Album of the Year" for 2005 by CCM Magazine.

Visit Sara's Website

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Mike Donahue

CBLI welcomes Mike Donahue, executive director and founder of R5 Productions(dedicated to reaching to and enriching the lives of young people), and author (Reinventing My Normal, Hidden Scars, Talking to Brick Walls).  Mike is one of the most sought after speakers in the USA on the subject of respect, bullying, and diversity.

Mike says his life mission is to help young people find the answer that is already inside of them. And, to help them find the courage to face whatever it is that is holding them back from experiencing greatness. He has spent the last 25 years working hand in hand with young people all over the world, helping them to find purpose and define themselves as they navigate the difficult transition from child to adult.   CBLI is pleased to have Mike as our special guest Tuesday evening.

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Linda Himes

Linda Himes has served in various ministries in the Salvation Army for most of her adult life. She has always had a strong passion for the word of God and looks for any opportunity to share that passion. Linda worked for two years with Precept Ministries in Chattanooga, TN, teaching people an inductive way of studying the bible. Out of her concern that Christians are told they should study the bible, but we are not told how to, Linda became a trainer for Precept Ministries. She travels throughout North America teaching bible studies, and sharing her love of scripture. Linda worships in the Salvation Army at the Oakbrook Terrace Corps in Chicago. She is married to Bill Himes and they have two married children and two grandchildren.

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Christine Giffey-Brohaugh

Christine Giffey-Brohaugh and her husband Christopher are retired Salvation Army officers living in Wisconsin. For 20 years they served as officers in the Northwest Division of the USA Western Territory.  Christine has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and it was that degree that led her and Christopher to the Army many years ago.  It was the one place they found where faith had hands and feet.  After her retirement Christine has pursued a Master’s Degree in Biblical Counseling.  Currently she has an active counseling practice and works as a consultant with The Salvation Army.  The Giffey-Brohaugh’s have two adult daughters and one in high school.

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Jason and Kelly Pope

Jason and Kelly Pope are both lifelong Salvationists and employees of The Salvation Army in the Washington DC area.  In 2005, they purchased a house in the inner city community of Atlanta, Georgia and lived and ministered there until 2011 when they relocated.  Wherever the Popes go they serve and discover the kingdom of God in their community. 

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Eleanor and Glen Shepherd

Eleanor and Glen Shepherd are retired Salvation Army officers who have served in territorial leadership in Canada and France.

They met in Montreal at Montreal Citadel as university students and were married there.  Eleanor has a degree in psychology from Concordia University in Montreal and has done graduate work in theology at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto. She is an award-winning author with awards from The Word Guild for an article in the book Hot Apple Cider and for her full-length book More Questions than Answers – Sharing Faith by Listening.

Glen has a BA in Sociology and an MA in Economics from McGill University in Montreal. In 2008 he was award an honorary doctorate from Trinity Western University in Vancouver. While serving as Territorial Commander in France Glen was named by the President of France as a Knight of the Legion of Honour, the highest award that France can bestow.

They have two children, John (a graduate of Harvard Business School) who works in the area of program development for people with spinal cord injuries and Elizabeth an award-winning professional jazz musician. Their real passion is their involvement as soldiers at Montreal Citadel where Eleanor is on the leadership team and Glen is the corps bandmaster and both lead the young adult Discovery Group.

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Major David Dalberg

Major David Dalberg serves as the  Divisional Disaster Services Director for The Salvation Army’s Metropolitan Division.  Major Dalberg oversees Salvation Army disaster services throughout the Greater Chicago area including  12 surrounding counties as well as coordinate the Army’s work with Illinois, the City of Chicago and its suburbs.  

Major Dalberg has had extensive experience.  He served as National Disaster Services Coordinator for The Salvation Army (1997 – 2004), working with FEMA and other public and private disaster response organizations.  He has participated in territorial and divisional training, workshops, and has lent direct support and assistance when disasters occurred including after the September 11 terrorist attacks where he served as overall coordinator of Salvation Army response actions.

Commissioned as a Salvation Army officer in 1966, Major Dalberg received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Urban Studies from Elmhurst College in Illinois (cum laude) in 1979, and received the Master of Arts degree in human resource development from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul/Minneapolis in 1995.

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Captain Xavier Montenegro

Captain Xavier Montenegro currently serves as Multi-Cultural Ministries Coordinator and Personnel Officer at the College for Officer Training.

Xavier is a first generation Salvationist from Des Plaines, IL.   The son of South American (Ecuador/Colombia) immigrant parents, he was the first person in his family to be born in the United States.   Xav has a BA in Psychology and a Master of Social Work, from the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is currently working on a Master of Christian Formation at North Park Theological Seminary. Prior to officership, Xavier worked with troubled and gang-involved youth in the suburbs of Chicago, conducted crisis intervention, and counseled families. He and his wife, Heather (Beardsley) served as corps officers in Norfolk, Nebraska before coming to the CFOT two years ago.

Xavier enjoys rooting for the Bears and Cubs, failing at golf, and spending time with his three children Xavi (7), Hannah (4), and Lucas (1).

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Major Jim Garrington

As Jim Garrington’s alcoholic grandfather went one evening from bar to bar, he happened upon the local Salvation Army holding a street meeting. That night he gave his life to Jesus Christ, and never drank again as long as he lived. Thus came the Garrington family to the Army.

Jim grew up in an alcohol free family, but during his work with addicts realized that he himself evidenced most of the characteristics of an addict, except that he did not actually use the substances.  In September 1976, after completing the Army’s Officer training program in Chicago, he and his wife Judy were transferred to Germany.

Jim and Judy led Army churches and social institutions in six German cities, most recently Dresden in the formerly Communist East Germany, as well as the Omaha und Milwaukee Citadel Corps in the USA. They currently work as “Pastors to the Pastors,” offering pastoral support to Salvation Army officers in the 11 states of the Midwest.  Jim has degrees in German and Missions, the latter earned at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City.  The Garringtons have three children, all born in Germany:  Jamie, who leads a Corps in Chemnitz in Germany, Jodi, who teaches English to small children in Taiwan, and Joshua, an engineer in Manitowoc, WI (and Sergeant-Major of the Manitowoc Corps).  Josh and his wife Heather have two children, Lili and Phineas, ages 5 and 3, and Jamie's first child is the newest addition to the Garrington’s grandchildren.

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Major Ivan Wild

Major Ivan Wild is the Personnel Director at the College For Officer Training in the Western Territory, he and his wife Jennifer have served as Corps Officers, DYS and TYS. They were both commissioned as “Followers Of Jesus” 21 years ago.

Ivan is passionate about the Word of God, his family, and soccer. It is his desire to be shaped by the Word so he can love and live like Jesus. He has a heart for the lost and will labor to reach them with the gospel. He encourages others to live out their faith by calling people to examine the depth and greatness of their salvation. He has said: “through Christ I want to live so close to hell that I pull them from the fire and save them.”

Ivan has completed his Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies and a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Seminary. He is a third generation Salvationist, married 24 years to Jennifer a 5th generation Salvationist with four awesome children who love Jesus (Sarah 23, Chelsea 20, Keegan 18 and Eden 5).