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Rams and Salvation Army team up for a Christmas shopping spree to remember

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December 10, 2025
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Reflections on ‘Serve a suffering humanity’

By Dana Libby, Captain I am grateful for all that The Salvation Army is and the

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MY FIRST YEAR AS AN OFFICER

Learning to (actually) trust God in all things  By Joel and Kim Boyd, Lts

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October 24, 2012

life lines “Sally’s United Nations”

Ian Robinson, Major An early morning drive on the 110 freeway north into Los

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October 24, 2012

on the corner “Sport and culture”

Robert Docter, Editor-In-Chief It’s October

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My first year as an officer “One year down, 38 more to go”

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