S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.
BODY BUILDER What a funny name for an organization that promotes barbershop quartet singing! It stands, of course, for: Society for the Promotion and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. I have always loved barbershop quartets--the larger choirs that
FOCUS – Communion in the life of a Salvationist family
Growing up in a conservative Christian family with a father as my preacher, it was our practice to regularly celebrate the Christian tradition of communion within our worshipping congregation. It was an honored experience filled with meaning, coming from a
On the Corner
BY ROBERT DOCTER - Questions for the 21st Century We're about to start a new year. It's time we addressed a particularly thorny matter. I'm not sure that the Army's current organizational/decision making model will keep it effective through the 21st century.
Get serious…
You know, I usually try to insert a little humor into my column when it's my turn to write for New Frontier. Not this time I'm on a crusade about well, you'll see . . . As I draw
Frontlines – News Briefs of the West
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that
Promoted to Glory
Promoted to Glory MAJOR JAMES L. BERRY was promoted to Glory December 5, 2002 from the Polar Living Center Nursing Home in Casper, Wyoming. He was born February 11, 1914 in Marysville, Missouri. He entered the training college from the Santa Ana Corps
Hartts retire
Majors Stephan and Jeanine Hartt will retire this month from their appointment as administrators of the Tucson, Ariz. ARC. High school sweethearts, the couple married after graduation and Steve's enlistment in the Marines. They were blessed with four children: Stan, Susie,
Cascade Vision Action Teams initiate strategy
DIVISIONAL ACTION TEAMS are meeting throughout the territory. In the Cascade Division, groups are actively involved in planning for the future. BY JANENE ZIELINSKI, CAPTAIN - A recent cold and windy day in La Grande, Oregon became a bright new beginning
Army serves dinner and doors open for ministry
God's spirit was present at this year's Chamber of Commerce fundraising dinner in Clearlake, Calif. -- a dinner that might not have happened without the Army's help. While the Army does not normally provide catering services for the Chamber of Commerce,
Tiny Kalispell practices holistic ministry
Day care, dental and medical clinics help others NEW JUNIOR SOLDIERS at the Kalispell corps are (clockwise from top left) Jennifer Topp, Chelcee Bradley, Adam Fluery, Nicole Fluery, Taylor Fluery, Dezerae VerValen, Jazzmin Brandt and Dusty VerValen. The Northwest Division's
Looking back, looking ahead…
BY ROBERT DOCTER - This has been a year of transitions. Slowly, we try to understand and confront the meaning of a war on terrorism and its implications for life in a free society. Painfully, we have had to come to grips
“She is his baby Sophie
"When you read her story, remember the birth of another baby 2,000 years ago, who came in abject poverty into a world that didn't care about him. But the prophet Isaiah said that same baby would be called,