Cadet Spring Campaigns 2013
BY KEILAH TOY, MAJOR • PHOTOS COURTESY CFOT AT CRESTMONT The Western Territory’s 120 cadets, as part of their field training at the College for Officer Training at Crestmont, gained program experience and sharpened ministry skills at 40 corps and units
on the corner “Transformation”
By Robert Docter, Editor-In-Chief Two articles in the current edition of The Officer magazine emphasize the Army’s commitment to the process of human transformation—a changing of one’s belief system and lifestyle. One, by General Linda Bond, titled “I Believe in Transformation,” focuses on
the spice box “On seeing the trees”
By Sharon Robertson, Lt. Colonel While sometimes we may have difficulty seeing the forest because the trees get in the way (i.e. getting so caught up in the details that we fail to see the larger picture), we are faced with equally troublesome
Reflections on ‘Serve a suffering humanity’
By Dana Libby, Captain I am grateful for all that The Salvation Army is and the good that we have been able to extend for the well-being of the spiritual and physical lives of our neighbors. Conversely, I am grieved by the
from the desk of…The fellowship of believers
Carolyn Knaggs, Commissioner Having just recalled and celebrated the Easter season, I am reminded of the Scripture in Acts 2:42, which is the definition of the early Christian church: They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the
sharper focus “Poles in the road”
Linda Manhardt, Major You can tell when it’s election time in the Philippines. That’s when the signs come out and the roads get fixed. Manila is only about 36 miles from the training college. A trip that should take about 45 minutes
a view from the Board Side “Summertime”
By Dick Hagerty, Advisory board member “Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.” So went the lyrics of that Nat King Cole song popular many years ago. Many of our advisory organizations view summer as just that—lazy and hazy—and suspend meetings and operations for
promoted to glory/ Major Ben Meyer
Major Ben Meyer, 99, was promoted to Glory March 23 from San Francisco. Meyer was born May 15, 1913, in Chicago. He and a friend put together a song and dance act and performed around the Chicago area. Following his conversion,
promoted to glory/ Lenore (Lennie) Johnson
Lenore (Lennie) Johnson, 92, was promoted to Glory from Santa Monica, Calif., Feb. 9. Lenore Butler, born Sept. 20, 1920, to a devout Quaker family, was playing piano at worship services by age 11. She earned bachelor’s degrees in both religion
Elsewhere in the world
CANADA—The New Hope Community Centre in St. John’s, N.L., honored 10 new graduates of its retail sales program, which teaches participants the skills necessary to work in a retail environment. The 12-week program provides people with a lack of education, mental
Centigenarian Salvation Army envoy recognized in Australia
Envoy Connie Lesar receives award for being as old as her city. Retired Envoy Connie Lesar, of Canberra, Australia, recently turned 100, marking one of two milestones in her life: not only did she live to be 100, she also received
Salvation Army officer fights hallucinogenic
Major Maureen Ashton campaigns against K2 drug in New Zealand. When two young people from Major Maureen Ashton’s Central Taranaki (New Zealand) Corps were arrested in the same week as a result of addiction to a synthetic cannabinoid known as K2,