We often report stories of people who have connections with Chatham Corps and here is an event taking place in New York on Sunday March 7, 2010 when Richard, son of Pat and Gordon Phillips of our Corps, will be the guest of honour at Composer’s night, Profile 31, at New York Centennial Memorial Temple.
The past week has been another eventful one at the Corps. On Wednesday the sixth course of Christianity for Life began with fourteen participants. The guest speaker was Nigel Day who contributed to the topic of ‘Belonging to the Church’.
Here’s a report by one of our Youth Group members following the first SA Youth Group Together event. Sounds as though everyone had a great time. This is what Helen says about it:
You may have heard of the Youth Group Film Night which took place at our hall last Saturday, with various Corps from the [...]
February half term saw the first of our children’s outreach activities for 2010. This event was aimed at the families in the Shipwrights area, for children aged 8yrs-12yrs and took place at the Endeavour Foyer.
The theme over the 3 days was ‘Great Stories’, and we shared the Bible stories of ‘Jonah [...]
The Chatham SA Coffee Shop opened its doors to the public today, 22 February 2010. Although it was a slow start, Margaret and David had created a restful pleasant atmosphere in which to drink a welcome coffee and eat excellent scones and cakes.
A report from Rob Christie who runs the Scout Group,
Rob Christie
Last year with the help of the corps, the Scout Group collected almost 1200 Sainsburys Active Kids vouchers and we only started collecting with only six weeks to go.
Not many Salvation Army corps can boast the significant history of Chatham. One that can is the Dunedin City Corps in New Zealand.
on Princes Street
A new date has been fixed for Gospel Choir Reunion. This will be an evening of relaxation and fellowship on Wednesday 17 February 2010 at the SA Hall from 8.00 – 9.30pm. Everyone is invited to come and share tea and cake, watch some clips of the Gospel Choir, purchase a DVD of the Carol [...]
One of our members has sent us this photograph of family members with friends who, incidentally, used to be in Chatham YP Band.
General Shaw Clifton has requested a specific call to prayer with the following focus:
• the citizens of Haiti whose homes and livelihoods have been destroyed;
• the children of Haiti, many of whom lie injured;
• the bereaved families, too many to number at the present time, and with corpses still lying untended in the streets as [...]
School Reopens as Salvation Army Takes Responsibility for 20,000 People in Haiti (Update 26 January)
SALVATION Army teams in Haiti continue to focus their attention on 12,000 people living on and around a large soccer field behind the main Salvation Army compound in the St Martin area of Port-au-Prince.
The Corps Give to Grow programme commenced on Saturday with a Corps meal at the local hotel. There was a short presentation at the end of the evening which was introduced by Adrian Horwood.
The Far North Corps, situated in Kaitaia, New Zealand, sends greetings to Chatham
The Chief Secretary, Colonel Brian Peddle, has sent us the following appeal for support for the Salvation Army in its work in Haiti.
If you wish to donate on line, click here or on the Haiti Appeal box at the top of the Welcome page.
You will have heard the news of the devastating earthquake which struck [...]
As promised, here are some photos of Baby Benjamin Craik, son of Claire and Richard, who are members of our Corps family here at Chatham.
Benjamin was born on Tuesday 5 January 2010. His dad says ‘The sixth day of Christmas – he could be a drummer!’. Who knows what life has in store for [...]