Tune in–take part
Online access helps make Salvation Army World Youth Convention a global event. Organizers of The Salvation Army's World Youth Convention (WYC) to be held in Stockholm, Sweden, are hoping and praying that thousands of youth around the world will make time
A weekend for warriors
West's Prayer Warriors are commissioned, ordained and appointed. by Christin Davis - Red epaulets secured, the Western Territory’s 27 newest lieutenants—draped in Prayer Warriors sashes—marched into the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts on June 13 amidst great fanfare, flag waving and
West’s leaders enter honored retirement
Commissioning celebration concludes Swyers' active service. by Sue Schumann Warner - Amid joyous celebration and heartfelt emotion during Sunday’s Service of Appointment, the Western Territory thanked Commissioners Phil and Pat Swyers for their five and a half years of leadership and wished
On the Corner
Fight on by Bob Docter - Dear Phil, Happy trails, partner … May your saddles always give you comfort, your fences never need mending, and your friends always ready to have your back and take you back. Somehow, I’m positive your upbeat optimism, the intensity
Wasted power
the spiceBox by Sharon Robertson, Lt. Colonel - Conservation of resources: It’s the mantra of the age, a sacred chant designed to save the physical world through management of natural resources and the protection of the environment. And it is critical. Without meaningful
One couple’s journey of addiction and redemption
inProcess by Glen Doss, Major - “He’s a menace to society. He should be locked up!” snapped the district attorney. Jerry Jové, 44, could not contain himself. “This guy can’t call me that!” he bellowed from where he sat in the courtroom. “I
To my unknown grandfather
by Lawrence Shiroma, Major - 2 You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle (Psalm 56:8). For years we were told my grandfather walked away from his family in Hawaii, leaving my immigrant grandmother from
Elsewhere in the world
Elsewhere in the world by CZECH REPUBLIC—Major Mike Stannett, national leader of The Salvation Army in the Czech Republic, was the fourth runner in a four-man team that participated in a 22-km relay in the Prague International Marathon in May 2010. The
FrontLines – News briefs of the West
by Sue Schumann Warner - To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV) I don’t know where the years have gone. It seems like yesterday when I first walked into the New
Clark County supporters acknowledged
Volunteers recognized for their work with The Salvation Army by Allen Schantol - Coinciding with National Salvation Army Week, the Annual Awards Luncheon for The Salvation Army Clark County (Nev.) took place on May 14, 2010 at the Texas Station Hotel and
Crescendo of Youth
Western youth are present and accounted for. by Cari Arias - Anyone who attended the various youth programs that took place during Commissioning weekend observed that the youth and young adults of the Western Territory are moving and growing. Bible Bowl kicked off