ScreamFree Marriage seminar

Join the Family Advocacy Program for a life-changing date night and take part in a free ScreamFree Marriage seminar with licensed marriage and family therapist Hal Edward Runkel.

The seminar will take place from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 12 at the Family Resilience Center. Pre-registration is required via telephone, and limited free child care is available for pre-registered participants only.

The seminar will combine timeless principles, the foremost clinical research and an entertaining speaking style. Runkle will present a vision for intimate relationships unlike most everything you’ve ever heard.

Runkel is a former minister who has been inspiring family change for more than 10 years. ScreamFree Marriage is not about "fighting fair" or "meeting one another's needs" or "becoming more compatible." None of these can truly grow an individual as a person or improve a marriage. A ScreamFree Marriage begins with calming one's own anxiety and focusing on individual self-respect, championing one's own personal growth as the key to intimacy. ScreamFree Marriage actually celebrates the difference between spouses as the foundation for a great marriage, a message that really hits home with many military families.

Free ScreamFree books and DVDs will be provided to the first 100 couples who pre-register. The Family Resilience Center is located at 250 Club Road on West Fort Bliss. For more information, visit blissmwr.com/fap or call (915) 568-9129 to register.

ACS instructor, briefer and facilitator training

Become an ACS instructor! Army Community Service offers instructor training courses, briefer training courses and facilitator training courses throughout the year.

These courses are mandatory for all ACS staff and any volunteers who will be teaching or briefing. For example, every Army Family Team Building volunteer is mandated to take instructor training and briefer training before they can teach AFTB classes.

Training is open to all ACS employees and volunteers, and to anyone who would like to gain skills in teaching and briefing.

Instructor training courses are offered as a two-day session, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each day. Upcoming courses include August 20-21.

Briefer training courses are offered as a one-day class from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Upcoming courses include July 24 and September 19.

Facilitator training courses are offered as a two-day session, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each day. The next facilitator training course is set for October 8-9.

All classes are held at the Family Resilience Center, Bldg. 250 Club Road on Fort Bliss. Pre-registration is required. Register online at blissmwr.com/mtc. For more information, call (915) 569-5500.

Better Opportunities for Single Parents

Better Opportunities for Single Parents, a new program at Fort Bliss, hosts meetings the second Wednesday of every month at the CAB Dining Facility, Bldg. 11316 Staff Sgt. Sims Street on East Fort Bliss. The meetings are working lunches held from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Join the group and help B.O.S.P. build a program to enrich the lives of single parents. Bring your voice, and your concerns. Discuss issues, plan events and provide support to other single parents.

The program is open to active-duty military, DoD/DA civilians and dual-military families who are in a single-parent situation due to TDY, deployment, separate duty stations or other reasons. To learn more, call the single parent liaison at (915) 569-5500.

Family and MWR holiday hours: Memorial Day weekend

CLOSED Friday, May 24-Monday, May 27

Fort Bliss Rod and Gun Club
Normal operations Friday, May 24-Sunday, May 26 (visit blissmwr.com/rodandgun for more information)
OPEN Monday, May 27 for members and active-duty military and family members

Old Fort Bliss Museum
CLOSED Friday, May 24-Monday, May 27
NO MARKET Friday, May 24

RV Park
Normal operations Friday, May 24 (8am-4pm)
Normal operations Saturday, February 16 (8am-3pm)
Normal operations Sunday, February 17 (8am-3pm)
REDUCED HOURS Monday, February 18 (8am-3pm)

SOLDIER ACTIVITY CENTER
Soldier Activity Center
REDUCED HOURS Friday, May 24 (10am-7pm)
Normal operations Saturday, May 25 (10am-midnight)
Normal operations Sunday, May 26 (10am-9pm)
REDUCED HOURS Monday, May 27 (10am-7pm)
Cliffhanger Cafe
Normal operations Friday, May 24 (10am-7pm)
Normal operations Saturday, May 24 (10am-7pm)
Normal operations Sunday, May 24 (10am-7pm)
REDUCED HOURS Monday, May 24 (10am-5pm)
Library
REDUCED HOURS Friday, May 24 (10am-7pm)
Normal operations Saturday, May 25 (10am-9pm)
Normal operations Sunday, May 26 (10am-9pm)
REDUCED HOURS Monday, May 27 (10am-7pm)
Pool
REDUCED HOURS Friday, May 24 (noon-7pm)
Normal operations Saturday, May 25 (noon-7pm)
Normal operations Sunday, May 26 (noon-7pm)
REDUCED HOURS Monday, May 27 (noon-7pm)

Soto Physical Fitness Center
**No group fitness classes Friday, May 24-Monday, May 27**
REDUCED HOURS Friday, May 24 (8am-8pm)
Normal operations Saturday, May 25 (4am-midnight)
Normal operations Sunday, May 26 (4am-midnight)
REDUCED HOURS Monday, May 27 (8am-8pm) 

Logan CDC
CLOSED Saturday, May 25-Monday, May 27

Logan School-Age Center
CLOSED Saturday, May 25-Monday, May 27