Chatham Salvation Army

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Posted on May 31, 2006 by chathamsa

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Sunday Meetings 19th January 2020

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Kevin Abbott

This Sunday is our Commitment Sunday , and will be led by Major Ian Payne.

10am Commitment Sunday meeting

‘God is Infinitely MORE’

What are we committed to?

5pm Annual Meeting

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Monday Spot 13th January 2020

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Kevin Abbott

Our meeting this morning was led by Territorial Envoy

Tony McClure

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Sunday Meeting 12th January

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Kevin Abbott

This Sunday Morning our meeting will be led by Territorial Envoy Tony McClure

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Monday Spot 6th January 2020

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Kevin Abbott

The theme for the morning meeting was introduced

What are you hoping for in 2020

Where does God feature in it?

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Posted on January 3, 2020 by Kevin Abbott

Wishing you a Happy New Year

This Sunday our morning meeting will be led by Major Ian

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Monday Spot 23rd December 2019

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Kevin Abbott

There was a real buzz around the hall as people gathered for the KAOS carol service, with many wearing festive jumpers – and Major Ian sporting a Christmas waistcoat. Continue reading →

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Sunday Meetings 22nd December 2019

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Kevin Abbott

This Sunday we have our KAOS Carol service . This is led by our Childrens groups and is always a great morning.

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Parent & Toddler groups Christmas Party

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Kevin Abbott

More than 20 families from both parent and toddler groups at the corps gathered to celebrate at a Christmas party on Monday. Tracy Wood had been invited to share the story of the nativity through Godly play, using wooden figures to represent each character, and this was enjoyed by children and parents alike. Tracy also supplied craft activities to keep the older children busy before the arrival of Santa – who was heralded by an enthusiastic rendition of Jingle Bells! Santa presented gifts (thoughtfully chosen by Irene and Patti) to all the children, and every child also received a book telling the story of the first Christmas. Once all the gifts had been unwrapped and enjoyed, everyone shared food, sitting picnic- style on the floor. It was a lovely way to end the term.

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Community Carol Services 2019

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Kevin Abbott

This weekend saw us host our two Community Carol services , both Saturday & Sunday were very well attended, and on the Sunday we welcomed our Civic Leaders, the Mayor & Mayoress of Medway and also the Queen’s representative, Deputy Lieutenant Col. Gilbert

The Guests were greeted by the YP Band playing Carols outside

The Theme of the 12 days of Christmas was used , but the focus was on Gifts of Christmas .

The Concert opened with 12 Drummers

Following the Drummers we had our first Carol – O Come all Ye Faithfull

Major Ian gave a welcome to everyone and then following the Theme we continued to have music from our Pipers – playing Joy To The World

The Congregation had a chance to sing again , with ” In the Bleak Midwinter & Ding Dong Merrily on High . The Gift referred to was the Corps itself , and all the activities that take place here

Our Singing Company were the Next Gift, Major Ian Spoke of the Scouting Sections that are associated with the Corps . The Singing Company Sang the song ” Where shall we go this Christmas ” and we were treated to some excellent dance moves related to the various countries named in the song

Our Senior Band played Angels From Glory

we next heard from Paul Woodhouse with a vocal Solo ” Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”

We had a classic Christmas reading from Territorial Envoy Tony McClure , supported by the Band playing “Shepherd Farewell ”

This was followed by a lively performance from our Timbrels with a routine entitled – On Christmas Parade

A few more Carols followed – ” A Starry Night & While Shepherds watched ” and then we heard from our YP Band , who played Good King Wenceslas

While the YP Band stayed on the Platform , we had some children called up to call in Father Christmas, with the special Bell

Thanks were given for all the donations given, that can now be distributed to those in need this Christmas .

We all joined in with a couple more Carols – ” Joy to the World ” & “As With Gladness ” and following this our Songsters sang two songs ” Christmas Tide” & ” Rejoice with Exceeding Great Joy ”

Following a quick set change by Steve & Rob

We had a brief interruption by our cleaners Holly & Ivy, who gave us a great comedy sketch , but still delivered a message about Christmas .

Our concert drew to a close with the gathering of the main characters in the nativity story , during which we were singing “Silent Night” & “Hark The Herald ” .