Being ‘fit for life’ remains the theme for our meetings throughout January and we continued in this vein yesterday. Our leaders once again were Majors Alec and Andrea Still. Majors Andrea & Alec Still
Bandmaster Carl Woodman informs us: General Linda Bond was delighted to accept £50,000 from the United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland to support the continuing expansion of Salvation Army ministry in Africa. The money was raised through ISB120, a successful series of meetings held in London in 2011 to mark the 120th anniversary [...]
There were several empty seats on Sunday morning because many had travelled to other places in support of young people undertaking commitments for God. Adam Cotterill was enrolled as a soldier at Falmouth Corps which he is attending whilst studying at the local University and Helen Page was enrolled as a soldier at nearby Gravesend [...]
It was back to normal this weekend after the Christmas and New Year activities. Everyone seemed to relish the feeling of being together as a church family once more following a time when a number had been away visiting friends and family. Majors Alec & Andrea Still
This week’s Monday Spot includes brief reviews of our meetings on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
There will be no Monday Spot this weekend. Your editor is having Christmas Day off! The Christmas and New Year Sundays will be covered on 2 January. Major Alec Still’s Christmas blog will appear tomorrow. We wish all our readers a great Christmas.
After the highlights of the Community Carol Concerts weekend the final Sunday before Christmas brings a much more relaxed time when we enjoy our own domestic carol services.
Another very busy weekend for the Salvation Army at Chatham as we held our two Community Carol Concerts on which we shall report in detail tomorrow’
A weekend full of highlights began with two Band engagements on Saturday. More detail on these tomorrow. Our Sunday meetings were again led by Majors Alec and Andrea Still. Majors Andrea & Alec Still
As we enter the time known in the Christian calendar as ‘Advent’ our worship begins to focus on the coming of Christ to this world as a baby, a time which we celebrate as Christmas. Margaret lights the first candle
The Christmas season seems to start earlier each year. On Saturday a small brass group played carols at the Bluewater Shopping Centre for the John Lewis Christmas launch. where are the shoppers?
Once again remembrance weekend has come and gone.
What a mess the world seems to be in this week. It is 406 years since Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the British Houses of Parliament. Whatever he perceived as the problem then, governments around the world don’t seem to be any nearer solving the difficult issues humanity faces today. failed attempt
A week on from the powerful worship experiences of last weekend people arrived expecting another good day in fellowship together led by Majors Alec and Andrea Still. They were not disappointed. Majors Andrea & Alec Still
We are pleased to bring greetings to all our readers from the Camberwell and Ringwood Salvation Army corps in Melbourne, Australia, visited by our webmaster on a recent trip ‘down under’. Both corps have a thriving expression of Christian faith in their local communities. Camberwell hall & COs, Majors Jenny & Brian Pratt