{"id":18102,"date":"2012-06-04T00:15:03","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T03:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=18102"},"modified":"2012-06-03T22:48:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T01:48:42","slug":"us-military-chaplains-sponsor-social-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/us-military-chaplains-sponsor-social-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"US Military Chaplains Sponsor Social Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Comprehensive Airman Fitness program is modeled after the Army&#8217;s CSF.\u00a0 While it makes sense that chaplains would support the spiritual resiliency portion of the program, it turns out they play a <a href=\"http:\/\/csmng.com\/2012\/05\/31\/social-fitness-key-to-everyday-happiness\/\">part in the social pillar<\/a> as well:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The base chapel also offers a variety of groups and activities for people with a variety of beliefs and interests including Protestant programs, Catholic programs, groups for young adults, a single parents group, Mothers of Pre-schoolers, a monthly spaghetti dinner, and different retreats <!--more-->throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChurches, whether on base or in the community, are a great way to meet people with similar beliefs. The church community does a lot for our Airmen,\u201d said Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Tim Porter.<\/p>\n<p>According to Porter, chapel activities are open to, and attended by, people across the base regardless of spiritual beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>The chapel also sponsors the Eclipse Cyber Caf\u00e9 on the first floor of Discovery Hall. The caf\u00e9 offers lattes and Italian sodas, game consoles, internet access, and a comfortable place for Airmen in the dorms to hang out or study.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The chaplaincy is just one means of comprehensive fitness that includes both spiritual, physical, social, and emotional pillars. While chapel groups are generally not &#8216;social clubs&#8217; outside of the cafe style setting, they can be an excellent means of community support within the military &#8212; something that can make a strong contribution to the overall wellness of members of the military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Comprehensive Airman Fitness program is modeled after the Army&#8217;s CSF.\u00a0 While it makes sense that chaplains would support the spiritual resiliency portion of the program, it turns out they play a part in the social pillar as well: The base chapel also offers a variety of groups and activities for people with a variety of beliefs and interests including [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5284,3343,2,10,171,3342,1267,3344],"class_list":["post-18102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chaplain","tag-chaplain","tag-comprehensive-airman-fitness","tag-military","tag-religion","tag-religious-freedom","tag-social-fitness","tag-spiritual-fitness","tag-tim-porter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}