Tapping into technology
Media, including History Channel’s “The Bible” mini-series and The Salvation Army’s SAVN.TV, expand the church’s reach online. Contributed by SAVN.TV Mega-TV producer (think Survivor, The Voice, and The Apprentice) Mark Burnett and wife Roma Downey’s (who played the angel Monica on Touched by an Angel)
from the desk of…Hearing God
By Tim Foley, Major As I am aging in place, I am finding one thing that is becoming dull is my hearing. My real hearing is just fine. It’s my selective hearing that is fading quickly. My wife will tell me
sharper focus “Precious moments”
By Victor Leslie, Lt Col. The day she was born was one of the most contemplative and enigmatic days in my life. Her “Nana” and I had traveled over 2,454 miles from Jamaica to Phoenix, just to see her new face
prayer power “Hope and a future”
By Mervyn Morelock, Lt. Colonel “Plans to give you hope and a future” (Jer. 29:11). You and I are not all that different from Katherine Ann Power. We have all sinned. We may try to conceal it, rationalize it or ignore it, but
life lines “Never judge a brown paper bag by its color”
By Ian Robinson, Major Brown paper bags have been on my mind lately. I have discovered that every year Americans use about 10 billion of them, for which we cut down 14 million trees. And they are definitely less eco-friendly than plastic
on the corner “What Easter teaches me about life”
By Robert Docter. Editor-In-Chief This year, Easter ushered in April, the most beautiful month of the year. Hope is in the air. Choose to feel and act on it. Easter has become a time for celebration, for enjoying the flowers of springtime,
Losing BIG in Alaska
Members of Petersburg Women’s Ministries fitness group selected for city challenge. The Salvation Army Petersburg Fit Club started with the mission: to take care of the temple—the human body the seat of the soul. Founded by the Petersburg Alaska Women’s Ministries
Elsewhere in the world
U.K.—The Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd. (SATCoL) partnered with Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealerships to encourage increased clothes donations to the thrift stores. Customers, staff and passersby can now donate unwanted clothing at their nearest Harley-Davidson dealership in one of SATCoL’s “re:fill”
The U.K. encourages: ‘Cut It Out’
A Salvation Army anti-trafficking group campaigns against newspapers that run trafficking information. The Salvation Army in the United Kingdom recently launched “Cut it Out!,” continuing its campaign to raise awareness of human trafficking. With a goal to put an end to sexual
Army receives needed mobile canteens
New vehicle is donated just in time for tornado season. Beacon Roofing Supply donated a $100,000 mobile canteen to The Salvation Army of Joplin, Mo., just in time for tornado season, which started in March. Stationed in Joplin and equipped with two
Chattanooga celebrates 120 years
Many guests donated to the Army for each service year. The Salvation Army of Greater Chattanooga, Tenn., celebrated a milestone of 120 years of service. Hosted at the Hamilton Place Mall on St. Patrick’s Day weekend, the birthday bash featured an eight-foot-long
Raising money through pottery
Annual “Empty Bowls” event raises $50,000 for its food pantry. The Salvation Army’s annual “Empty Bowls” event held in Tupelo, Miss., raised $50,000 for its food pantry and expansion of its homeless lodge. On March 27, the event gave hundreds of