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August 17th, 2007 - You know you’re an Officer’s kid when…
- Its not “home” its “The Quarters”
- You learn at a very YOUNG age how to play a brass instrument.
- You get asked a million times “The Salvation Army is a…CHURCH?”
- followed by:
- “Yeah…but what do your parents DO?”
- By the fourth year you’ve been in one place you get nervous around move time.
- You have friends in at least five different area codes and think nothing of it.
- You get used to seeing people at commissioning who knew you when you were two years old, and decide to tell you this EVERY YEAR YOU SEE THEM.
- You find yourself drawn to the clearance racks when you walk into a store.
- Your parents have an endless supply of Hallmark in storage somewhere.
- You’ve stood in below zero weather ringing bells on Christmas eve because it’s the “good thing” to do.
- Most of your parents friends have the initials: DC, DYS, CO, DS.
- “Family meetings” usually mean you’re moving.
- You can’t imagine how someone could live in one place their entire life.
- At age 5 you get dropped off at school in a 15 passenger van.
- At age 16 you go on your first date using the 15 passenger van.
- You hear “WOW. I didn’t know your parents where in the army!” or “Your dad is a pilot?”
- Your parents show up in full uniform to any parent teacher conference.
- You know what CBLI, CMI, and CSB stand for.
- You’ve been going to camp for as long as you can remember.
- Coming home from the first day of school you can’t remember which house is yours.
- You have no clue what High school re-union to go to.
- Your parents use your personal life as constant sermon illustrations.
From the Facebook group of the same name.
June 19th, 2007 - The Salvation Army Canada and Bermuda Launches On-line Store
It’s taken them a while, but The Salvation Army Supplies and Purchasing in Canada has finally moved into the 21 century. On Friday, The Salvation Army in the Canada and Bermuda Territory officially launched an on-line store.
Bible studies, books, CD, clothing are among the products being offered for sale. You can pay on-line using a secure credit card transaction or by mailing a cheque or money order.
June 14th, 2007 - Join the largest Salvation Army group on the Internet
SALVATIONARMY3 was born in August 2004 because it was felt that there was a need for a place on the Internet where Salvationists and Christian Friends could come together and talk about things concerning The Salvation Army, their Faith, and all that is involved within it.
We are now the largest and most active Salvation Army Group on the Internet.
We wanted a place where we could discuss how we can be better people in this world because of …
• Our belief and trust in God the Father.
• Our love for Jesus and all that He means to us day by day.
• Our experience of The Holy Spirit in our everyday lives.As the founder of SALVATIONARMY3 wrote when we first came into being …“It is my Prayer that this group stays a Holy place, where JESUS is the Focus of every Conversation, and “OTHERS” is the reason we meet.
I Love JESUS and THE SALVATION ARMY and want a great place to meet others who feel the same”…If you feel you would like to be a member of a vibrant and active Salvation Army group, please come in and join us. A Welcome awaits you.
March 10th, 2007 - FRWY on 100 Huntly Street
Pernell talks about some of the things that are going on at FRWY in Hamilton.
January 29th, 2007 - SendTheFire.ca
…has launched. Check it out — SendTheFire.ca.
January 26th, 2007 - Mennonite-Salvation Army Partnership
At St. Jamestown 614:
“If we cannot prevail with men for God, then we will, at least, prevail with God for men,” said 19th-century British preacher Charles Spurgeon before a congregation of nearly 25,000 at London’s Crystal Palace. He routinely drew 5,000 weekly to his Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit including Prime Minister Gladstone, the royal family, Florence Nightingale, even U.S. General James Garfield (later President).
It’s little wonder Tara Bishop, associate pastor at Toronto’s St. Jamestown’s 614 project, quotes his work at the foot of all her correspondence.
614 St. Jamestown, like its sister project in nearby Regent Park, was established on the concept of Isaiah 61:4—a message of rebuild, restore, renew—a philosophy Tara Bishop shares with her senior pastor, The Salvation Army’s Kevin Moore. Bishop and Moore have come together in this unique approach to inner-city ministry from very different backgrounds. Bishop represents the Mennonite Brethren (MB) while Moore represents The Salvation Army.
Mennonite-Salvation Army Partnership - Christianity.ca
January 25th, 2007 - The General of the Salvation Army has a Website
If he was blogging, that would be something to get excited about.
The General directs Salvation Army operations throughout the world through the administrative departments of International Headquarters, which are headed by International Secretaries.
As well as developing international policy and giving overall direction, the General also ensures the internationalism of The Salvation Army. He travels widely in countries where The Salvation Army is active, and is an inspirational speaker.
The General of the Salvation Army: The General
January 15th, 2007 - 10 best communicators of 2006 - Examiner.com
Number four on the list:
Commander Israel Gaither: Newly elected national commander of the Salvation Army in the United States, Israel Gaither has absolute conviction and high-level communication skills. Thus, he overcame the odds. The first African-American commander, Gaither is a superb preacher and speaker. He would say it’s the power of God, and if you met him you would not argue. Nor would you argue about his skill as a communicator playing a strong role in his rise to leadership. Strong of voice, well prepared, always focused, and with movement, energetic gestures and expressive language and word pictures, he commands an audience whether it’s a small group of civic leaders or thousands of the members of his army. (Which, by the way, is the largest army in the world with more than 3 million officers, employees and volunteers and a $2.6 billion budget.) Gaither’s biography is titled “Man with a Mission,” so it’s likely you’ll be hearing a lot more from him.
Acknowledging the 10 best communicators of 2006 - Examiner.com
December 25th, 2006 - Merry Christmas
Cry of a Tiny Babe ~Bruce Cockburn
Mary grows a child without the help of a man
Joseph get upset because he doesn’t understand
Angel comes to Joseph in a powerful dream
Says “God did this and you’re part of his scheme”
Joseph comes to Mary with his hat in his hand
Says “forgive me I thought you’d been with some other man”
She says “what if I had been - but I wasn’t anyway and guess what
I felt the baby kick today”
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
The child is born in the fullness of time
Three wise astrologers take note of the signs
Come to pay their respects to the fragile little king
Get pretty close to wrecking everything
‘Cause the governing body of the Holy land
Is that of Herod, a paranoid man
Who when he hears there’s a baby born King of the Jews
Sends death squads to kill all male children under two
But that same bright angel warns the parents in a dream
And they head out for the border and get away clean
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
There are others who know about this miracle birth
The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth
For it isn’t to the palace that the Christ child comes
But to shepherds and street people, hookers and bums
And the message is clear if you have ears to hear
That forgiveness is given for your guilt and your fear
It’s a Christmas gift that you don’t have to buy
There’s a future shining in a baby’s eyes
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
November 28th, 2006 - Download pride & glory, truth & beauty
Phil Laeger’s new ep is available for download. Have a listen, then stop back and let him know what you think.
