Friday evening saw the first of our new monthly Prayer & Praise Venture for youngsters aged from 7yrs – 16yrs old.
The evening started off with some great worship using the songs Great Big God, Hey Hey and Faith as small as a mustard seed. Our KAOS Worship Band accompanied the songs making [...]
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 [...]
On Saturday evening a divisional youth film night was held in the Chatham SA with representative numbers from surrounding Corps. A report of this evening will be posted later. The meetings on Sunday were led by Majors Drew and Beverley McCombe.
The exciting new venture for youngsters between 7 – 16 years begins this Friday, 26 February from 7 – 8.15pm.
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.
The snow has been falling again but not enough to distract us from our activities at the Corps. During the week the Ladies Fellowship met for their Quiz Evening and enjoyed a lively evening of fellowship.
The past week has been a busy one at the Corps with around one hundred people attending Bible Study groups at various times as part of the Give to Grow programme. This culminated in Altar Services during the morning and evening meetings when Corps folk brought their covenant envelopes to the altar.
The meetings on Sunday [...]
The children from ‘The Ark’ Parent and Toddler Group enjoyed a Christmas Carol service led by leader Verna Smith in the new foyer/cafe area last week.
a crowded cafe
Carolynn Woodman has sent us the following report on the BBC ‘Songs of Praise’ School Choir Competition 2010.
Carolynn
On Sunday 29 November the Singing Company took part in The Salvation Army’s Territorial Carol Service at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Click here to read an account from one of the members.
Singing Companies on right of picture
Last week we received the particularly sad news of the promotion to Glory of Pam Adams, Singing Company Leader here at Chatham for many years. Pam is pictured on the right with subsequent Leaders Christine Lockwood and Carolynn Woodman (current).
The Ladies Fellowship enjoyed a very informative talk by David Waller, Chief Executive of Fegans, a Christian charity whose vision is for a society in which every child knows they are loved and valued and which believes that this can only happen through the transforming love and power of Christ.
Founder, James Fegan
Due to circumstances beyond our control it has been necessary to change the date of the Young Peoples’ Annual and Prizegiving. This will now take place on 25 October 2009. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
The London South East Division of The Salvation Army has for a number of years run summer camps for disadvantaged children in conjunction with Social Services agencies. This year a number of Chatham people were engaged on the staff and Louise Robinson was one of them. Click here to read what she has to say [...]