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‘Big Cross’ rises again n Volunteers replace vandalized cross at Camps Mt. Crags and Gilmore.

Left: Mt. Crags summer camp staff haul the new cross to the top of the mountian. Right: The cross is installed replacing the one damaged by vandals.

Photos by Kelly Pacillas

Salvation Army on the scene of U.K. riots

The “Big Cross” at The Salvation Army’s Camps Mt. Crags and Gilmore in Southern California sat atop a peak in the Santa Monica Mountains for almost 20 years before vandals destroyed it in late July, cutting it down with a wire saw during the night.

Summer camp staff immediately went to work to replace the iconic cross, and on Aug. 2 more than 10 staff members hiked to the top of the mountain to install a new 13-foot white cross, assembled by Camp

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Operations Director Dave Hansen in two days. He said the new cross should last for quite some time.

“We felt it was wrong for someone to cut it down,” said Camp Director Mark Logan.

“It belongs there. That’s why we decided to put it up at the earliest opportunity.”

Before going up to install the cross, the staff gathered to pray for a safe trip. Logan also read a Bible passage on the importance of the cross to Christians.

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n Army provides mobile response units, staffs community center, and helps with cleanup.

The Salvation Army in the U.K. assisted emergency responders, residents and local communities in the aftermath of recent unrest in London and other parts of the country. On the request of the government’s emergency services, the Army’s emergency mobile response vehicles were deployed and situated in secure areas.

In north London, Haringey Council asked The Salvation Army to run the reception area of a community assistance center in Tottenham and Wood Green. The Salvation Army also provided pastoral support and refreshments to those giving professional advice and services at the Tottenham Green Leisure Centre.

Major Muriel McClenahan, The Salvation Army’s director of emergency services in the United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland, worked the first shift at the center.

“Salvation Army staff and volunteers are offering practical and emotional support to all who require assistance, including people who have been traumatized, made homeless or suffered other loss,” said McClenahan.

The community assistance center will help local people with a wide range of issues— from emergency housing for residents whose homes were damaged to advice from a team of social workers. The center will also act as a collection point for donations that have been made by both businesses and individuals.

“Where it has been safe to do so, and with the guidance of the London Fire Brigade, Salvation Army emergency relief teams have been providing food, drinks and support to emergency services personnel,” said McClenahan. “We are continuing to monitor the situation and are ready to respond.”

Across the country Salvation Army personnel met with community leaders and local authorities to offer support. Salvation Army teams helped with the cleanup in parts of the Wavertree and Toxteth areas of Liverpool.

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Hundreds of children in Honolulu, Kapolei and Kona shopped for school necessities courtesy of Target. Almost 500 Target stores nationwide took part in the one-day shopping spree.

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Back to school in style n Target and The Salvation Army join forces to supply back-to-school essentials.

On July 26, nearly 500 Target stores nationwide partnered with The Salvation Army in a one-day shopping spree for pre-qualified K-12 students, providing an $80 Target GiftCard to purchase backto-school supplies. This year more than 12,000 students in need participated.

A volunteer chaperone accompanied each child on the shopping excursion, helping with purchasing decisions and

enjoying the fun.

For the past three years, Target has awarded all 40 Salvation Army divisions in the U.S. Target GiftCards totaling $1 million.

“Education is at the heart of Target’s giving and the Target School Spree is one way we help kids learn and schools teach, paving a path to graduation,” Laysha Ward, Target’s president of community relations, said. “By partnering with The Salvation Army, Target is giving kids in need the tools necessary to show up to school ready to learn and succeed.”

A new look for Caring n The magazine’s fall 2011 issue redesign “The Founder described the mission of the Army in one word: ‘others,’” said Commissioner James Knaggs, Western territorial commander. “I believe if he were to find another one-word mission statement, it would be, ‘caring.’ When you read Caring, you will see for yourself God’s purpose for The Salvation Army.”

Published by the Western Territory, this quarterly magazine features the holistic ministries of The Salvation Army—now with an updated design and reorganized content including the new sections: Interact, News Bites, Interview, Ideas, Review and Resources.

Now available, the fall 2011 issue,

All 10 Western Territory divisions took part in this year’s spree.

“Every year, thousands of students in all grades attend school without the right supplies,” Major George Hood, national community relations and development secretary, said. “Target and The Salvation Army are working together to change that by providing educational opportunities to students in need throughout the country.”

View an audio slideshow of the event in Culver City, Calif., via the West’s Expect Change blog: http://tiny.cc/ymje4.

On the web:

“The Army and Media,” examines media and technology as an integral and necessary part of Army ministry today.

Captain Douglas McClure writes, “The church must engage if it wants to remain a driving force…avoidance of these virtual relationships is impossible.”

Yet, as you well know, media is not a new phenomenon for this organization.

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Happenings in Switzerland— overseas western territory officers give an update.

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NEWS BRIEFS OF THE WEST

“…the truth will set you free” (John 8:32 NIV).

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—The Alaska Division, partnering with Catholic Social Services and Lutheran Karen Gleason Social Services, held the annual HUGSS and Editor Coats for Kids event.

This year—the Army’s 11th year of involvement—saw the total number of kids served by the project surpass 50,000.

“This works because of collaborative relationships and the support of businesses and friends who supply time and resources to make sure kids are equipped with the tools they need to be successful learners,” said Jenni Ragland, representing Alaska divisional headquarters.

GRAND JUNCTION, COLO.— The Grand Junction Corps, led by Captains Daniel and Terrie Wilson, provides a free lunch three times a week during the academic year to high school students who otherwise would go without.

A year ago, the corps served about 48 students once a week, but that number increased to 158 at last count. Many of the youth now attend corps programs.

Local restaurants and the food bank contribute and a nearby yak rancher occasionally donates meat.

PORTLAND, ORE.—Bonnie Robb— soldier, worship leader, band and songster member at the Portland Tabernacle Corps—has received the Teacher of Honor Award from Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education.

Robb has served in Portland public schools since 1998; currently she is the K-5 Math Achievement Coordinator.

Inspired by her work with kids from impoverished backgrounds and English as a second language, she helped develop a visual-teaching method to build literacy and overcome these challenges.

Robb received the Milken Family Foundation Oregon Teacher of the Year in 2008.

ANACORTES, WASH.—Sonja Erlandson—track athlete and Anacortes corps member—ran three legs of the “Torch Run,” a six-mile race from Burlington, Wash., to Mount Vernon, to support Special Olympics Washington. Competing in track and field, she won the 10K, placed second in the 5K and earned fifth spot in the shot put.

Lts. Joshua and Ryan Boyd are Anacortes corps officers.

BILLINGS, MONT.—Volunteers from the Billings Corps, including students aged 18 and under, maintain an orchard of 50 apple trees in a vacant lot next to the corps building—planting the trees, watering, harvesting and selling the apples and the cider they make from them.

Other volunteers helped with the initial planting, but Corps Officer Major Kevin Jackson said, “The kids take over once the trees are in the ground.” The earnings go into a college fund for them.

Ultimately, organizers hope to plant 300 trees throughout the Billings area.

A ‘wicked good’ weekend n Pasadena Tabernacle Band visits Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

BY KENNETH WILSON, MAJOR “Truly, a wicked good weekend,” said a nonArmy, first-time Camp Meeting attendee when asked her impressions of the event.

The Pasadena (Calif.) Tabernacle Band, directed by William Flinn, recently completed a tour of New England with stops in Boston, Mass., and Old Orchard Beach, Maine, where it participated as the guest band at the 126th annual Old Orchard Beach Camp Meetings.

In Boston, band members enjoyed and performed in the Army’s newest Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center and visited historic sites.

In Maine, playing before audiences in excess of 1,000 at the Army’s Sunset Pavilion on the Camp Meeting campus, the group became the first corps band to serve in this guest band role. The meetings marked the return of Commissioner Steven Hedgren, Eastern territorial commander, after a yearlong medical absence. Commissioners James and Carolyn Knaggs, Western leaders, served in a number of capacities during the week.

At the principal concert, the band opened with Andrew Macareth’s “Ein Feste Burg,” based on Martin Luther’s classic hymn “A Mighty Fortress is Our God.” The firing of confetti cannons enhanced the performance.

The band also made special note of former New York Staff Band personnel playing in

The Pasadena Tabernacle Band performs at Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

the group and of the multi-generational ties within the band.

Other numbers included “South Shields Celebration” and “Let Everything Praise,” both by Martin Cordner; “Concertino for Band” by Stephen Bulla, featuring the cornet section; and “Psalm of Thanks” by Paul Sharman, based on the hymn “Now Thank We All Our God.” Soprano cornet player John Docter picked up his flugel horn to play Bill Himes’ “So Glad,” and Martin Hunt introduced a new cornet solo by Kevin Larsson, based on his father’s music, titled “Spirit of Salvation.”

Deputy Bandmaster Lambert Bittinger and Derek Flinn played a euphonium duet to Norman Bearcroft’s “Timepiece.” Bearcroft

Photo by Joel Davis

later conducted the band as well.

Following a devotion by Larry Lycan, the band brought selections including Dorothy Gates’ “I’m in His Hands” and Goff Richard’s arrangement of “I’ll Walk with God.” Children from the audience were invited to the platform during William Gordon’s “Magic Kingdom,” based on Disney tunes and Stephen Bulla’s “Sounds of California.”

The evening concluded when Flinn invited Staff Bandmaster Ron Waiksnoris to conduct Sousa’s march “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”

The Tab band also participated in a parade of witness and an open-air meeting in Old Orchard Beach.

The NFL returns to Los Angeles n Ex-football pro motorcycles cross-country, raising awareness and funds for The Salvation Army.

BY ROBERT BRENNAN Ruben Brown, former National Football League (NFL) guard for the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears, began his annual cross-country “Ruben’s Run” from Virginia in August, visiting several Salvation Army sites along the way. The goal of Brown’s annual fundraiser is to visit as many Salvation Army youth and community centers as possible to raise awareness and financial support.

Brown has seen his venture become increasingly popular since its beginning in 2001. To date, Ruben’s Run has raised more than $500,000 for a number of charities including The Salvation Army.

On July 30, Brown visited The Los Angeles Red Shield Youth and Community Center. While there, he met with the kids and toured the facility.

“This reminded me of the kind of Salvation Army center I attended when I was a kid,” the ex-football player said. “It was a very important part of my life as a young person and I can see it’s just as important to these kids as well.”

Joining Ruben this year was former NFL running back Robert Delpino, who was a hit with the center’s kids when he brought out action photos of himself as a player for the Los Angeles Rams and Denver Broncos and signed personalized autographs.

Salvation Army Western Territory employee Jim Thompson was so moved by Brown’s commitment to give back to the community

Left to right: Robert Delpino(former NFL player) Patty Gastelum of L.A. Red Shield, Ruben Brown (NFL ProBowler) Jim Thompson and Robert Brennan Photo by Alec Middleton

that he raised money on his own and joined Brown’s Los Angeles ride. With donations from ACC Environmental Consultants and the Wumbus Corporation, he raised $2,300 and rode alongside Brown to deliver the donation to the Red Shield.

The Red Shield has been serving the community in Los Angeles for 61 years and continues to provide educational, recreational and spiritual programs that impact families in a positive way. Its offerings include ballet, karate, drama, music, recreational sports, tutoring and technology classes, all aimed at elevating the quality of life. For more information on the Red Shield visit www.losangelesredshield.org.

‘Holy Rollers’ re-paint Alaska’s Booth Home

The “Holy Rollers” in front of their latest project, the Alaska Booth Home Photo by Leslie Ryan

BY TIM SCHAAL The self-named Holy Rollers Paint Company, a group of “seasoned” volunteers from California, traveled to Alaska in mid-August to give the Anchorage Booth Home a much needed exterior facelift.

The Booth Home serves as a temporary residence for up to 20 at-risk young women—who receive meals, counseling and nurturing—and as a place for The Salvation Army to oversee legally mandated parent-child visitation sessions.

When Tom Nottle, program director at the facility, found out that it would cost over $17,000 to have the building professionally painted, he

organized and put into action a team of volunteers to do the job.

The team included retired officers Majors Chet and Vicki Danielson and Majors Ken and Betty Gibson, who slept “dorm room” style at the facility during the project so they could get started early each morning after a devotion.

Over 550 linear feet of the onestory building were prepped, primed and painted by the seven-member team with the help of two members of the Booth staff. The average age of the volunteer group, who personally paid for their travel costs to the 49th state, was over 70. Yet, this spry unit of painters completed the job in four days.

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Above: Volunteers “fish” for Coins for Camp in Salem, Ore. Right: Day campers, Fiela, Tanaka, Brianna Pettijohn, Rebecca Pettijohn & Rayne from the El Cajon, Calif., corps play at the beach.

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No summers off here! n The Salvation Army offers camps that keep kids busy during the summer months.

When schools close their doors for summer, Salvation Army facilities open theirs wider, welcoming children for a variety of adventures. Below are a few of this summer’s camp events, activities and awards in the Western Territory.

In the Cascade Division, a group of 20 adults and 12 kids from The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, Salem, Ore., went “fishing” to raise money for camping scholarships. Calling it “Coins for Camp,” volunteers stood at an intersection in Keizer, Ore., waiting for the light to turn red. As cars stopped, they extended fishing nets to the drivers for donations. They raised approximately $1,100 in four hours.

A Salvation Army summer tradition is the divisional music camp, where many children pick up an instrument for the first time. Students receive daily instruction in music theory, participate in choral groups and take lessons in their chosen field—voice, brass instrument, guitar, keyboard or percussion.

Friends and family can attend a mid-week concert, a soloist night and a final concert.

More than 150 vocalists, musicians and worship leaders arrived at Camp Redwood Glen in Scotts Valley, Calif., for Golden State’s Music and Worship Arts Camp, themed “Sing, Be Glad and Rejoice!” Divisional Commander Lt. Colonel Steve Smith spoke at soloist night.

Scholarships went to Glorianna Soriano, Junior Musician award, San Francisco South of Market Corps; Yna Choi, Junior Worship Artist, Santa Clara Citadel Corps; Izzik Yepez, Senior Musician award, Fresno Citadel Corps; and Jarius Matthews, Senior Worship Artist, Modesto Citadel Corps.

Awards also went to Karen Lee, Junior Honor Camper award, San Francisco Chinatown Corps; and Lanayah Wild, Senior Honor Camper, South San Francisco Corps.

One award—previously called the Corps Participation

award—was renamed for Major Terry Camsey—a brilliant musician who supported the musical development of Army corps—who was promoted to Glory on June 29. This recognition went to the top three corps whose campers received the most participation points throughout the session: 1st place, San Francisco South of Market Corps; 2nd place, Monterey Peninsula Corps; and 3rd place, Modesto Citadel Corps.

Camp Redwood Glen also welcomed over 100 children from inner-city San Francisco for a five-day camping experience that offered hiking, swimming, exploring natural wonders and roasting marshmallows. For more than 60 years, The Salvation Army has provided inner-city kids this camping opportunity.

Each year, more than 1,500 children from the Bay Area and Central California attend summer camp programs by The Salvation Army.

A team of corps cadets from Sierra del Mar Division’s El Cajon (Calif.) Corps went on the road, assisting both the San Bernardino and Victor Valley corps with their “Sonsurf Beach Bash” vacation Bible school program—one corps in the morning, the other in the evening. Envoys Gary and Evie Dobney in Victor Valley and San Bernardino Corps Officers Majors Steve and Nancy Ball welcomed the team.

Back at the El Cajon Corps, the kids at summer day camp enjoyed activities including going to the movies, swimming, ice-skating at The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center and an afternoon at the beach.

Sierra del Mar’s Wildwood Ranch in Ramona, Calif., hosted nearly 1,000 children over the summer with three community service camps, music and teen camps and boy scouting and girls’ camps.

Next year Sierra del Mar campers will head to The Salvation Army Pine Summit Camp and Conference Center at Big Bear Lake, a larger facility providing life-transforming opportunities to more children throughout the division.

Tackling childhood obesity n NFL pro encourages kids to get out and play.

San Diego Chargers football player offensive tackle Marcus McNeill— famous for his tackles on the field—took on a different battle July 22 when he visited The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center to encourage 300 children in the center’s summer day camp to get in shape and stay fit.

Major Lee Lescano, Sierra del Mar divisional commander, officially opened the event. After McNeill addressed the kids, sharing the importance of fitness and exercise, camp counselors and Mack’s Miracles—McNeill’s personal foundation—volunteers helped guide the campers through six physical activity stations with McNeill joining them.

“It’s really about getting out and being more fit and living a healthier lifestyle,” McNeill said. “I am glad to see everybody come out and give their support.”

The children enjoyed giveaways from Pirates Booty, Gatorade and Kaiser

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An article by Dr. Diane Winston (author of Red Hot & Righteous, among other titles) looks at how the news media has long impacted the religious identity of The Salvation Army. In one example, she writes, “News reports on the lassies’ work was central to the Army’s transformation from evangelical outcast to humanitarian icon.”

The issue also includes articles about the Web-savvy Generation Z philanthropists, the Army’s ever-expanding national media strategy to keep the public connected, the Western Territory’s plans to host an open air in cyberspace, Norway’s Fretex Fashion award-winning marketing stunt, the perspective behind the Richards Group’s branding of the Army in the U.S., a housing and construction training program in the Marshall Islands, how the Army in the Midwest is helping reunite people with their lost photographs following the area’s powerful tornadoes this spring, a book review of Commissioner James Knaggs’ and Major Stephen Court’s new volume, One for All, and an interview with Mark Horvath of invisiblepeople.tv, who challenges people to go beyond awareness of homelessness.

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Find Caring at facebook.com/CaringMagazine, on Twitter at @CaringMagazine, or by contacting caring@usw.salvationarmy.org.

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London, host city for the summer 2012 Olympics has found its image tarnished by the rioting, but Olympic organizers state that they are committed to delivering safe and secure games.

The Salvation Army’s Hadleigh Farm in Essex will host the Olympic mountain biking in August 2012. Read about a recent trial run at http://tiny.cc/s7tes.

From a report by Ann C. Stewart, senior press officer, The Salvation Army United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland

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than three hours in 90-degree plus weather before staff reached the top with the 200pound cross.

During their climb, the hikers ran out of water, remaining without for almost 30 minutes before volunteers got to them.

Logan said that although a police report was filed, finding the vandals would prove difficult.

From “Volunteers replace vandalized cross at Salvation Army camp,” by Martha Maciel, Ventura County Star, Aug. 2, 2011

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Permanente. Kaiser’s Mobile Health Unit was onsite for tours, where the campers received free pens, chapstick, sunscreen and Band-Aids.

Prior to the event, TV station Fox 5 went live from the recreation field using McNeill and the children playing

football as background. Station KUSI video recorded the campers, Lescano’s opening remarks and an interview with McNeill. A photographer and journalist from local newspaper The San Diego Union-Tribune also attended.

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August 19, 2011 College for Officer Training at Crestmont • Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

MUSIC AND WORSHIP MINISTRIES DIRECTOR Seeking an experienced musician with a Master of Music degree or a BA in music with at least three years of experience in an educational setting. A broad knowledge and experience with Salvation Army beliefs and practices, as well as previous experience with music in The Salvation Army is required. Essential responsibilities include but are not limited to: support and development of the music ministries program at the college, coordination and leadership of the Crestmont Band and Chorus, as well as academic musical instruction for the cadets.

Please email or fax your resume to: Email: brian.jones@usw.salvationarmy.org • FAX: (310) 265-6520 Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center • San Diego, CA

CORPS MINISTRY DIRECTOR The Corps Ministry Director (CMD) is responsible for the fulfillment of The Salvation Army’s (S.A.’s) mission. The CMD should have three or more years of experience with planning, implementation and oversight of day-to-day ministry and programs associated with a corps. The CMD must be a uniform-wearing Salvationist, experienced in leading worship services, biblical teaching and preaching, outreach, soldier development, pastoral care and overall congregational life. The CMD must have successful experience in supervising and managing a professional ministry staff and volunteers and able to work independently.The CMD recruits and trains participants for musical and dramatic presentations and directs them in worship ministry. The CMD should have experience developing and managing budgets. Proficiency with web and publishing software is preferred. A bachelor’s degree in a ministry related field is preferred, but not required. Salary: DOEE, 40 hrs/wk, full benefits.

Please send resume to: richard.wade@usw.salvationarmy.org Las Vegas Citadel • Clark County, NV

YOUTH ASSISTANT The Salvation Army Las Vegas Citadel is looking for someone to lead and organize effective youth programs implementing fellowship, worship, biblical teaching, discipleship, and evangelism, as well as ministry opportunities within The Salvation Army Protecting the Mission standards. Youth defined as 5–18 years of age.

QUALIFICATIONS: • A demonstrated ability to relate to and work with youth age 5-18.

• Must be a Christian in profession, confession and demonstration.

(Salvationist preferred).

• The Salvation Army must become your church home and you must agree to live up to the doctrines and practices of The Salvation Army both in and out of the workplace.

• Two years’ experience working with children in a corps/church setting and/or a two-year college degree in youth ministries or Christian education.

• Capable of handling and controlling multiple projects with attention to detail.

• Self-motivated with a demonstrated ability to motivate others.

• Energetic, personable and dependable.

• Demonstrated leadership skills while being a team player.

• Computer literate in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Publisher) required.

Lotus Notes helpful.

• Ability to pass a national background check and become “Protecting the Mission” certified.

• Must be 21 years or older and posses a valid driver’s license.

For information or to apply for this position contact Major Rhonda Lloyd email: rhonda.lloyd@usw.salvationarmy.org phone: 702-870-4430 fax: 702-870-4087

Reno Corps prepares children for school After 500 children received backpacks at the Reno (Nev.) Corps on July 22, the kids then “shopped” at the corps, collecting school supplies, hygiene products, T-shirts and other new clothing, a bag of school snacks, art supplies and gift certificates to a local shoe store and the Army’s Thrift Store.

This distribution was one of five that the corps scheduled throughout July and August to accommodate the public schools’ varied start dates.

To provide these back-to-school necessities, the newly chartered Reno-Sparks Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary sponsored a “Back to School Apple Barrel” project—based on the same premise as the Christmas Angel Tree program—allowing donors to “pick” an apple from the “tree” containing the needs of specific children.

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A NV Energy volunteer helps kids pick out hygiene products.

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With 50 apple barrels placed in stores, restaurants, gyms, beauty salons and other businesses, each auxiliary member assumed responsibility of at least one—“replanting” her tree with additional names, picking up donations and delivering them

TERRITORIAL HEADQUARTERS – Territorial Commander’s Office Majors Brian & Mildred Bearchell Territorial Mission Consultants Effective Aug. 3, 2011 COLLEGE FOR OFFICER TRAINING Lieutenant Clarissa Ochoa Family Care Officer Effective Aug. 3, 2011 Lieutenant Joshua Sneed Property Officer Effective Aug. 16, 2011 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DIVISION Major Sherry McWhorter Divisional Secretary for Social Services Effective Aug. 3, 2011

to the corps for sorting and distribution.

“The project these 45 Women’s Auxiliary members have undertaken is huge,” Reno Corps Officer Major Janene Zielinski said.

Large companies, such as NV Energy, contributed grant money for purchasing shoe store gift certificates, and the “Raley’s Food for Families” program supplied the school snacks.

The goal of the shopping sprees was to not only provide educational materials, but also promote a sense of responsibility as each child could choose his/her own backpack and supplies.

After shopping, each child received a bonus trip to the art room. “We only let the kids into the art room, and they get to pick out exactly what they want— without their parents’ input,” Zielinski said.

Brigadier Therma Cline celebrated her 94th birthday recently at the South San Francisco Corps with Commissioners James and Carolyn Knaggs.

Cline has been a Salvation Army officer for 75 years.

Photo by Kenneth Gibson

Brigadier Siri Marie Carlson, 99, was promoted to Glory in Auburn, Calif., on May 19.

She was born Oct. 10, 1911, to Karl-Albin and Maria Larsson in Risinge, Ostergotland, Sweden. The family immigrated to the U.S. in 1924, settling in Montclair, N.J. The Carlsons attended The Salvation Army Montclair Corps, which held services in Swedish. Siri Carlson was enrolled as a soldier in 1926.

In 1936, Carlson entered the training Las Vegas Corps • Clark County, NV

PIANIST Qualifications: • Accomplished pianist—able to sight read medium level music.

• Able to play Salvation Army and traditional hymn tunes, contemporary Christian music and higher level vocal/choir accompaniment.

• Able to work as a team with the corps officer as well as songster and band leaders to provide a seamless worship experience.

• Must be willing to support, understand and encourage the theological mission of The Salvation Army as a member of the universal Christian Church.

• Must be willing to take “Protecting the Mission” course and abide by the PTM principles and policies.

Job responsibilities: Piano accompaniment for Sunday services—congregational songs and special music as requested—including special practice time as requested. Prepare for Sunday services outside of worship times. Piano solo for offertory. Piano accompaniment for Singing Company practices and performances. Piano accompaniment for songsters practice and performances. Piano accompaniment for SAY club music as needed/requested. Piano accompaniment for annual vacation Bible school as needed/requested. Any other duties as assigned by corps officer.

To apply for this position fax resume to: Las Vegas Administration HR Dept.

702-870-4391

college in New York City with the Guardians of the Covenant Session.

Following commissioning, she held appointments in Providence, R.I.; Worcester, Mass.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Erie, Pa.; and Lynn, Mass., before returning to her home corps, Montclair, as corps officer.

She married Captain Lennart Carlson in 1950. They served in Jamestown, N.Y., from 1950-1952, and then in Worcester, Mass. In 1959, the Carlsons returned to Jamestown to begin a 20-year period as officers at the Temple Corps. They retired in 1979, settling in Jamestown.

In retirement Carlson remained active, especially in the ministry to the Swedish community. She was responsible for The Salvation Army’s weekly Swedish radio program, “Nar Morgonen Kommer.”

In 1996, the Carlsons were honored for 40 years of this ministry by a citation from the Jamestown mayor and the Chautauqua county executive. In 1997, Siri Carlson received the Award of Merit from Jamestown Community College’s Scandinavian Studies Program.

Carlson found her most rewarding work with children and young adults. She was involved with Sunbeam and Girl Guard troops, as well as the Home League.

In 1999, Carlson moved to California and lived at the Auburn Ravine Terrace Retirement Community. She attended the Auburn Corps.

She is survived by her daughter, Elsa Cisar; son, Wesley Carlson; grandchildren, Katelyn and Steven Carlson; stepgrandchildren, Harry (Sophia) Cisar and Carol (Clark) Beard; and eight step-greatgrandchildren.

A celebration of life service was held in Jamestown, officiated by Major Leslie Walter.

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Alleviating food insecurity

n The life of a Native American woman is transformed from addict to supervisor.

BY ALESSANDRA PEREZ-SILVA In a city with 23,539 homeless people and 20 percent of the urban population living at or below the poverty line, the LA Central Corps provides bags of food to more than 200 homeless and low-income seniors in the downtown Los Angeles area.

At 5 a.m., Corps Officer Captain Lex Giron and his staff meet at the downtown location of the LA Food Bank to gather supplies. Many of the corps’ clients are not traditionally homeless, but come from low-income situations.

“Receiving the food means that I will no longer have to worry about how I will pay for a week’s worth of groceries,” Betty Rowe said at a recent distribution.

“It reminds me that God will provide for me, no matter the circumstances.”

To a census taker, Rowe might be catalogued as poor, African American and elderly. But to the LA Central Corps, she is a client and a friend who comes to the corps on Fridays to say hello and visit with her fellow seniors.

BY LINDA JACKSON, MAJOR Krista Ness was born on the Flathead reservation, in northwest Montana, with two strikes against her already: Her family had a history of alcohol addiction and they lived a dysfunctional lifestyle.

She was an only child, raised by her grandparents. At age 6, Ness’ babysitters gave her a drink of alcohol to see how it would affect her. Molested as a child, she turned to drugs at age 11.

By 10th grade, her bad habits controlled her and her grades plummeted. She eventually dropped out of school.

Removed from her grandparents’ house, she entered the “system” and was placed in foster care. Ness joined various residential youth programs, earned her GED and received vocational training in the culinary arts.

She eventually married and had children, but her husband also had drug and alcohol addictions and the couple landed in prison. She transferred to Billings (Mont.) to serve her time and later participated in “Passages,” a prison release program where she became sober. She credits the Native American 12-step plan—her “Red Road to ‘wellbriety.’”

To earn community service hours, Ness was assigned to the Billings Corps and placed in the kitchen preparing meals for the homeless and poor outreach. With her good work ethic and product, she was offered permanent employment.

The food outreach expanded and soon required additional staff. In June 2011, Ness became the outreach services coordinator, overseeing the same program she completed.

Sober for four years, Ness continues treatment and attends local “Celebrate Recovery” meetings. She looks forward to the release of her husband—who also gave his life to Christ in prison. Ness said she lives her sobriety on a one-day-at-a-time basis.

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n LA Central Corps distributes groceries to seniors each Friday.

Betty Rowe with Captain Patricia Giron Photo by Alexandra Delgado

The area around the LA Central Corps is one of the most culturally diverse communities in the city, and the senior food distribution reflects it. On Friday mornings, Rowe and her friends mingle with other African Americans, Latinos, Europeans and Asians. A group of Korean ladies meets every Friday morning to catch up on the events of the past week. Others have started a carpool and take turns driving to save money on gas.

Anchorage Korean Corps members taught “kimbab” making, which is similar to sushi, at a women’s outreach program with 40 people at the South Anchorage Corps. After a how-to demonstration by Young Son and Bok Suh, volunteers made rolls with seaweed, pickled radish, spinach, cooked fish cake, artificial crab, carrot, eggs and rice before a group “kimbab” lunch.

Photo by Dean Lee

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Doing the Most Good

August 19, 2011 New Frontier

Johnnie Micheaux: ‘The devil had me blinded’ “Follow me to my car, outside the gate,” the Columbian drug buyer insisted. “We’ve got your money there.”

“No!” the young dealer retorted. “That’s Glen not the way I do business.”

“Please, just for me,” urged the buyer.

Doss Finally, against his better judgment, at Major 10 o’clock on a Friday night, Johnnie Micheaux followed the other man out the door and down the sidewalk of the gated community. In the glimmer of a streetlight, he caught the glint of the knife behind him the instant it came down. Flinging out an arm, Johnnie barely deflected the knife blade from his chest, but it impaled his neck.

As the hit men sped away, they left Johnnie groaning on the ground, blood spurting from his neck. Trying his best to squelch the flow with his hands, he fled home. Throwing open the door, he screamed to his inebriated friends inside: “Call an ambulance! Help!”

Members of the Columbian drug cartel had thought Johnnie was stealing drugs from them, though he wasn’t.

Such near-death experiences were part and parcel of his world of fast money and all-night parties, a lifestyle he found almost impossible to quit.

Johnnie doesn’t blame his choice of the criminal lifestyle on his upbringing. Born in 1951, he grew up in West Los Angeles and Watts, the oldest of three children in an intact middle-class family. His mother was active in the local Baptist church and sought to instill Christian principles in her children.

Johnnie was a good student, a high school athlete. It was not until he took his first drink in his senior year that hints appeared of what was to come. “A shy kid, I had a newfound source of courage,” he remembers. “When I drank, I felt in control. It excited me.” He continued on to college where he majored in physical science but also discovered marijuana, LSD and cocaine.

In his second year he fell in love with a cheerleader. When she became pregnant, they married, and Johnnie left college for a job doing precision assembly for the space shuttle. He later studied electrical science and went to work for Hughes Aircraft.

Johnnie worked hard throughout the week, but he drank and used cocaine and marijuana on weekends. As the marriage grew rockier, he began buying drugs for friends, and a day came when the drug using and dealing took priority. In 1975 his wife left him.

Now Johnnie was a full-time drug dealer—with a fullblown addiction to the lifestyle. Awaiting a judge’s decision on a drug possession charge in 1978, he sat with his mother outside the courtroom. “You’re going to have to save yourself now, Johnnie,” she said. “I raised you in such a way you should know what you’re doing is wrong. I know you’re going to slither out of this case, but I want to know one thing: Are you going to stop? And will I ever see you as the son I raised?”

“I crumbled inside. I felt so horrible,” Johnnie remembers. “I told her: ‘Oh, yes! I’m going to stop!’ But the truth was I couldn’t stop. I was on hock for a lot of drugs I had fronted and lost. I had to pay my debt off; otherwise I was a dead man.” The lifestyle continued decades longer.

It wasn’t until 2005 that he was arrested again—this time on a rock cocaine possession charge. That year while he was court-ordered to a State Residential Substance Abuse Program in Banning Prison, Johnnie’s mother died, and because he was considered a flight risk he was not permitted to attend the funeral, which broke his heart. Two years later, seeking help, he checked into The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) in Perris, Calif., but shortly after finishing the program, relapsed. “I soon found myself burglarizing stores and sleeping in my car,” Johnnie recalls.

“I asked God: ‘What do you want me to do?’ The answer came: ‘You already know.’ I really did, though the devil had me blinded.” When Johnnie reentered the ARC in September 2008, he committed his life to Christ, determined to finally surrender control.

Today Johnnie works at an auction house while studying to be a broker. In December 2009, he enrolled as a soldier of the Murrieta Salvation Army corps, where he serves regularly as an usher. Each Christmas he helps out as a bell ringer. “Today it gives me a good, warm, fuzzy feeling to be of service to others,” he says. “There’s such joy in my life now. I just wish my mother knew.”

Expect more I often hear: “I come from a broken family. I’ve really been through a lot.”

This statement usually precedes a barrage of information as a broken person pours out a tale of sexual abuse, neglect at an early age, and sordid stories of hardcore Erin and even prescription drug abuse.

I can’t tell you the number of times Wikle I’ve heard this. If it weren’t for Soldier Jesus, I’d say this was a textbook tale straight from a textbook loser.

Praise God for Jesus.

It’s surprising (even to me) that I take comfort in the sameness of the stories I hear. I’m reminded that it’s the enemy who’s the real loser, and that in all his existence, he’s still workin’ the same angle, stirrin’ up the same trouble, and up to the same no good. He’s predictable and doesn’t have a single creative bone in his spineless body.

Frequently, over an awkward meal in our small dining room at our even smaller dining table, someone recounts to us, with great humility, the missteps of their life. It’s a beautiful thing. Messy and with much detail, but beautiful nonetheless.

And just below the surface of the deep, I see something even more beautiful than the honesty and humility that seep from the story: expectation.

Here’s what I appreciate about living, worshipping and loving on those with less than $5 in their bank account on any given day, who quit Oxycontin but not yet cigarettes, and who don’t fear rejection because it’s all they’ve ever known: they’re needy—and they know it.

Tina, four months pregnant with her third child, said no to cocaine because she realized no matter how much she shot up, she still felt useless and unloved. She admitted to her need for something more.

Richard, 25, broke the cycle of manipulation and sexual compulsion because he realized no matter how many women he slept with, he still felt empty and alone. He cried out for something more.

Maria, sexually abused by her step-dad and driven to drug use at a painfully early age, was rescued by Salvation Army leaders who chose to live among

people just like her. She dropped her guard and realized her need for something more.

You see, I don’t believe hitting rock bottom is a requisite to having an amazing, legitimately lifechanging encounter with God. I believe those who do hit rock bottom (whether by choice or because they were chosen) are perfectly positioned to experience Jesus. What better position than face down, at the feet of your Savior.

While I weep for the deeply wounded, addicted and broken with whom I share little in common, I also weep over the many friends of mine with whom I share everything in common: a well-paying, steady job, good children who are well kept and excel in their age group, good, decent husbands who work hard and treat their families well, and a nice home filled with delicious smells and teeming with all the necessities for any wellto-do modern, American family. We “middle-classers” don’t see our need for more because we need nothing more. I weep because I see so many who “have it all” yet still have nothing. I weep for those who once chose Jesus, but soon after chose their mortgages, families, careers and even churches instead.

I want more compassion. I want more patience. I want more love for those who I find slightly harder to love. I want nothing of the world and the promise for something greater. I want more of Christ because he is greater. I want to share closeness with my Lord more intimate than the love I share with my husband.

I want security in Jesus over security from my savings account.

God sees the same mess in my spirit as he did in Tina, Richard and Maria. He sees no separation between those with “stability” in the world’s eyes and those without. Instead, he sees a deep need in each of us for life more abundant. Expect more of Christ; his kingdom is yours.

Read Matthew 5.

To learn how you can support the ministry of The Salvation Army in Lebanon, Tenn.—OneLife—contact Chris and Erin Wikle at ewikle@mac.com.

A place of help, hope and healing One of the many joys of officership is sharing time with people whom I never would have met other than through The Salvation Army. While my purpose has been to encourage, more often than not I end up being encouraged.

The people who partner with Dave us—officers, soldiers, volunteers and employees—and the incredible Hudson work they do, inspire me. Seeing Colonel these people in action makes me feel proud and triggers the desire to do my best. The stories are endless, so I will limit myself to three.

Last year in late November, I visited a corps. The corps officer was in a meeting so I went outside and began talking with people waiting in line to apply for Christmas assistance. It was an extremely cold day, and I felt terrible for the people standing outside. One lady caught my eye and I went over to speak with her.

I asked her about the circumstances that brought her to The Salvation Army. She revealed that she had lost her job and was now working two part-time jobs to make ends meet. She said that she would laugh when hearing people talk about their struggling portfolio.

“My portfolio is the money I have in the bank to pay this month’s rent, and without The Salvation Army my children will not have Christmas,” she said. Her statement showed no bitterness or resentment.

The Army should always be a place of help.

Wonderful stories come out of our camping programs. One instance I will never forget involved a boy with cerebral palsy. I wish I could say all young people are kind. Sadly, some are not. As a joke, during cabin skit night, the other boys assigned him to give the devotions. The counselor advised him that he

did not have to do it, but the boy responded that he wanted to. That night at the campfire, the young boy physically struggled with each word, and looking at his fellow campers, he said: “I know you did this to make fun of me, but I love Jesus and Jesus loves me just the way I am.” I wish I could adequately describe the impact of that moment. That young boy, facing such a challenge, gave hope to everyone around that campfire.

The Army should always be a place of hope.

Another time, I was the guest of a corps for Sunday morning worship. What a great day! The highlight was the young and incredibly enthusiastic leader of the youth choir, whose joy and passion were contagious.

When I asked about her, the corps officer said that she had come to The Salvation Army on a court referral due to a drug conviction. After arriving angry, bitter and resentful, she experienced the healing power of a loving and forgiving God and an accepting congregation. Now, about a year later, here she was leading a group of children. She was also involved in the corps’ tutoring program, where she mentored other young people.

The Army should always be a place of healing.

Every day, for myriad reasons, thousands of people enter the doors of the Army. While the reasons vary, most come because of life circumstances and a need for someone to stand alongside. Even though the situations in their lives may remain, they receive comfort and encouragement knowing that someone who cares is there.

The Salvation Army means various things to different people. I pray, however, that regardless of all else, we will always be a place of help, a place of hope and a place of healing.

Doing the Most Good

August 19, 2011 New Frontier

Lessons from the termite guy We are at war and the invasion has already begun!

The little creatures in our attic may think they have the upper hand in this battle but they have Ian failed to reckon with Robinson Larry the Termite Guy. When he called Major us together for a pretent meeting to explain how we can win this war, I expected to be bored blind. Instead, I was utterly captivated.

I was captivated by his knowledge.

What Larry didn’t know about termites could be written on the back of a postage stamp. He described their physiology, anatomy, history, eating habits and mating procedures.

We learned where they live, where they can’t live, how they travel from house to house and how they live in huge colonies. We even discovered that the “queen” termite can lay up to 2,000 eggs every day! The 4,000 species of termite broadly fall into two categories—dry wood and earth—and they thrive in tropical and sub-tropical climates.

Even more, I was captivated by his zeal. Larry gave his presentation with great enthusiasm and confidence.

Because of his excitement about termites he drew us easily into the battle plan. The termites would be exterminated with some kind of new chemical. We had to bag all our perishable food and move out of our house for three days.

“People, plants and pets” was his continuing mantra throughout the evening. “You need to get all people, plants and pets out of your house before we begin.” All too soon, the 90-minute presentation was over and

lifeLines we headed back to our townhouse with an overwhelming sense that victory was in the bag.

After enjoying two nights in a local Long Beach hotel, we went back to a termite-free home. I can now go to bed safe in the knowledge that the roof will not collapse on top of me one dark and fateful night. All thanks to Larry the Termite Guy. There is a lesson in this for us— probably several lessons, but one in particular has stuck with me. It was Larry’s enthusiasm for his war against termites. We are engaged in an infinitely greater war against sin but many of us lack enthusiasm.

We ignore it or treat it lightly. We seem to have lost the zeal of the early Salvationists who sang:

Make the world with music ring, While with heart and voice we sing Praises to our God and King, Hallelujah!

Tell with no uncertain sound, To the nations all around, Of the Savior we have found, Hallelujah!

(Salvation Army Song Book #809) As the apostle Paul wrote, “Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord” (Rom. 12:11).

Surely, if Larry can captivate me with his enthusiasm for termites, then can I not captivate others with my enthusiasm for the gospel?

Imagine a world ringing with the enthusiastic voices of Christians talking about Jesus and his love, his sacrifice and his salvation. Imagine what would happen. Imagine…

Commissioner Will Pratt Having read of the promotion to Glory of Commissioner Will Pratt in the July 15 issue of New Frontier, I hasten to add my tribute.

As a secretary in the territorial commander’s office at Western Territorial Headquarters, I can witness that Will Pratt was the same in private as he was in public. I personally enjoyed our working relationship, a shared partnership in the work—particularly his interest in individuals—his sense of humor and his way with words. His letters were a joy to type.

Sometimes he would tell us of opportunities he had to counsel and pray with people he met in his travels. One of his statements has strongly resonated with me ever since: “Oh Lord, make us (The Salvation Army) as good as people think we are.”

This has been my prayer—as well as Will Pratt’s—through the years. May it be the prayer of Salvationists everywhere!

Edie Jenkins, Torrance (Calif.) Corps Retired secretary to the Territorial Commander Major Terry Camsey The July 15th edition of New Frontier has tributes to Commissioner Will Pratt and Major Terry Camsey, both of whom I knew for a long time. Will, when he was a soldier and YP bandmaster at Nunhead Corps in England and Terry in the ISB and when he played in the Oakland Citadel Band. I was corps sergeant-major at the time.

In 1989, Terry recorded in concert at the Oakland Corps his unpublished music,

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Preaching like a rose Over the past century, humans have learned to treat one another as equals.

We ask forgiveness from groups of people whom we have treated as less than equal. European nations that had sought to exploit their colonization of Africa came to believe that Africa belongs to Africans and withdrew. They have now sought forgiveness for this entire unfortunate conquest.

Natural disasters, occurring all over the globe, have triggered a hardwired compassionate impulse in the brain to aid those in distress. We now know about these events as they are happening. We see the horror and feel the pain.

Robert We identify with the population trying to cope with tragic loss.

Docter We seem more open at this stage of humanity’s development than ever in Editor-In-Chief the past. Wherever man’s inhumanity occurs, we are much more disgusted, angry and moved to action than in the past. We suffer with places like Somalia and cringe at the thought of children dying from starvation. We empathize with them.

Now is the time for courageous action in revealing our Christian love. The accident of birth location should not be the determining factor of life and death.

Interestingly, however, birth place seems to be a determining factor in faith choices. This raises a genuine riddle for evangelicals seeking to carry out Christ’s “Great Commission” while dealing with people who have for generations developed values based on different belief systems.

The last words of Jesus recorded in each of the three synoptic gospels commissioned Jesus’ 11 apostles to undertake specific tasks. The directions in these gospels seem highly cognitive, with little warmth or feeling that could make the instructions spiritual; they seem more like orders and regulations. Basically, the apostles were directed to: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel.”

John, the fourth gospel writer, spoke none of this. Instead, he wrote of a spirtitual exchange between Peter and Jesus with Jesus repeating the same question three times to Peter. Peter, do you love me? Each time, Peter answered: Yes Lord, you know that I love you. Jesus replied each time urging him to feed and care for his sheep. Then, after hinting at the kind of martyred death that Peter risked, he said to Peter, Follow me—and he did. And so, Christ’s apostles were commissioned to go and make disciples, baptize them and teach them to obey. This they did at tremendous personal cost.

It was a very different world 2,000 years ago, but the problem of shifting belief systems of people from centuries’ old cultures have not changed.

What are these problems? A full answer would make a large book. But I’ll name them here.

1. It’s impossible to force anyone to change a personal belief system. It doesn’t work.

It must be a free choice of the individual. Even then, some aspects of the prior belief system may remain.

2. We tend to equate the word “preach” to speech by one person to many listeners.

Preaching to other belief systems must emphasize extensive non-verbal actions. One cannot teach “love” without “loving.” It happens in relationship.

3. We must recognize that trust and faith are the same word, and that trust is learned by watching a model.

4. Structural change is needed to alter command and control aspects to become more sensitive to cultural difference rather than reflecting the norms of one culture.

5. We must become far more knowledgeable of cultural differences and learn how to discover them in a sensitive manner.

including band pieces, songster numbers, and cornet and vocal solos. It was professionally done, and we are considering producing it as a memorial CD. If people are interested, please contact me through New Frontier or directly at dsrichca@ yahoo.com.

David Rich Leadership Bob Docter’s “on the Corner” column in the June 12 issue (“Aspects of Leadership”) should be reprinted and enclosed with every new officer’s commission and also sent to every officer (corps, headquarters, social services) in the country. Once again, he hit the nail squarely on the head.

Colonel Dennis Phillips Granger, IN Board side Just received the June 24 issue of New Frontier. How I would have loved to have had a piece when I was an officer such as Dick Hagerty (“a view from the Board Side”) wrote for that issue!

His message on the role of the Advisory Board during the transitionary period between officers would have been so helpful then. I am glad to see his great insights. I would have clipped his article and pinned it to the bulletin board.

Bill Jaynes Managing Editor The Kaselehlie Press Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

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