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Turning up the heat THERE can be no doubt that faith is powerless without prayer. Charles Spurgeon was probably one of the most impactful preachers in history, leading literally thousands of people to Christ in the 19th century. In the Industrial Revolution, steam was the power behind most boiler rooms. At the heart of Spurgeon’s preaching was a group of about 100 people who met together around the clock to pray for his ministry.

He referred to them as his boiler room.

It was from this that the 24/7 prayer movement was born.

Writing to the church at Thessalonica, Paul urges them – and by implication us – to ‘pray continually’ (1 Thessalonians 5:17 Common English Bible).

In this week’s edition, we read about the Encounter Prayer Gathering taking place this weekend and how you can be part of the UKI Boiler Room and hear more about the concept of local furnaces of prayer.

If we want to see the fire of the Holy Spirit at work in our corps and centres, we have to turn up the heat and commit ourselves to calling upon him, in faith, believing that he will do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine. Let’s pray believing!

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TRENDING

Lieut-Colonel Dean Pallant considers the impact of ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office

Reflect and respond How is God working in your life today? Is there something in particular you are thankful for?

Challenge yourself to share your testimony with someone else this week.

Share your testimony through Salvationist by emailing salvationist@salvationarmy.org.uk.

Turn to page 4 to read an inspiring testimony – or find more online at salvationist.org.uk/testimonies.

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HE Post Office scandal has caught the attention of the British public this month, with updates about it still appearing in news headlines daily.

The injustices piled upon hundreds of sub-postmasters – who were wrongly convicted of false accounting or theft due to faulty computer software – have been known about for years. But in recent weeks, politicians have rapidly reacted to the public mood, and parliament has been working to legislate and quash all the convictions – overturning centuries of convention that the judicial system was independent of parliament. The people impacted by this scandal have rightly asked why it has taken so long for their plight to be taken seriously.

So, what changed? The ITV series Mr Bates vs the Post Office, a primetime drama, aired in the first week of January and brought the story to life for millions of viewers. Most of us struggle to get our heads around complicated IT systems and audit reports. However, people could connect with a beautifully written, well-produced drama, which brought people’s experiences of injustice, pain and anger to life.

It’s a reminder of the power of people’s testimonies. Facts, information and reports can have limited impact, but hearing someone’s heartfelt experience can change everything. That’s why it is important that Christians find ways to

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A story worth telling testify to the difference a relationship with Jesus Christ makes in their lives.

Testimony time used to be a regular feature in Salvation Army meetings. The Holy Spirit often speaks when people share what God has done recently in their lives. I’ve been in meetings when the testimony was more memorable and impactful than the sermon. The witness of ‘ordinary’ people in the congregation is often a great source of blessing. Testimonies connect the reality of life’s struggles with the transforming power of God. When did you last have testimony time at your corps? Does having one meeting on a Sunday mean we don’t have time? Are we reticent to testify? Is it always the same people who share?

Are meeting leaders scared of silence if no one stands up?

People probably need more time these days to prepare, as most of us are not comfortable speaking off the cuff.

However, we need to rediscover the power of sharing our testimonies. If personal stories can challenge the Post Office, imagine how your testimony about God’s work in your life can change your community and energise our Army!

LIEUT-COLONEL DEAN PALLANT Secretary for Communications THQ

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Quiz Write or wrong?

These songs were written

by Albert Orsborn, John Gowans, Sidney Cox or William Booth. Who wrote which?

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‘All There Is of Me, Lord’

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‘By the Peaceful Shores of Galilee’

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‘God’s Love to Me Is Wonderful’

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‘He’s the Same Today As Yesterday’

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‘I Know Thee Who Thou Art’

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‘I Want to Tell What God Has Done’

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‘In the Love of Jesus I Have Found a Refuge’

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‘In the Secret of Thy Presence’

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‘Jesus, My Lord, Through Thy Triumph I Claim’

10 ‘Let the Beauty of Jesus Be Seen in Me’

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‘Life Is a Journey; Long Is the Road’

12 ‘Lord, Make Calvary Real to Me’ 13 ‘My Life Must Be Christ’s Broken Bread’

14 ‘O Boundless Salvation! Deep Ocean of Love’

15 ‘Once in Misery I Walked Alone’ 16 ‘There Are Hundreds of Sparrows, Thousands, Millions’

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‘There Are People Hurting in the World Out There’

18 ‘Thou Christ of Burning, Cleansing Flame’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12 Sidney Cox 5, 8, 10, 11, 13 Albert Orsborn 9, 14, 18 William Booth 15, 16, 17 John Gowans

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‘Prayer changes lives’ Captains Jeremy and Wendy Ferguson-Smith (Selby) celebrate the wonder, power and mystery of prayer

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OME years ago, in our small group gathering, someone remarked what a privilege it was to pray. The word ‘privilege’ is often associated with a benefit or advantage for the select few.

But the throne room of God is open to all: each of us is able to be in his presence and communicate directly with our Heavenly Father. What an honour!

It is our experience that the deeper we go in prayer, the more we realise there is still so much to discover. At times we feel like novices as we experience the wonder and mystery of prayer. There is no doubt that we have limited God by not praying those big ‘elephant prayers’ and asking for greater things. However, God takes what we offer and often surprises us.

Sometimes we find prayer is the most natural thing in the world. At other times it can be an absolute struggle. We are grateful for those who have been honest with us about their prayer lives and given us helpful advice and guidance, which we have sought to share through our ministry.

While we have daily rhythms that include praying together, we soon realised that our natural personalities often led us to discover how best we centre ourselves on God. The Lectio 365 5 app has become a daily rhythm for us both. oth. Its purpose is to encourage the user to o meditate on Scripture and ask God d to speak through it.

This has been a game-changer -changer for us and has certainly challenged ed and inspired us.

Music, meditation, silence, ence, breath prayers, nature and creativity eativity have become key components ents in growing in our intimacy cy with our Father God. We have seen first-hand hand the transformation brought ht about by prayer in the lives of those we have served and ministered stered to.

There are numerous stories tories of miracles that God has done, which are beyond nd our understanding and d for which we praise him. m.

Journeying with ourr community, seeing the e

Holy Spirit at work gently drawing people to God and introducing them to Jesus, is one of the greatest joys of ministry.

However, we recognise that one size doesn’t fit all and encourage our congregation to explore different aspects of prayer. We have seen breakthroughs happen at a simple prayer station, in a creative prayer time or while sitting together on a park bench. It’s often the simple things that God uses to greatest effect.

For us, prayer can be like chatting to a best friend over a coffee. It is relaxed, authentic, full of love and passion – a natural expression of who we are in Christ.

Other times of prayer have been intensely powerful as the Holy Spirit has brought deliverance, healing and restoration. There is no particular formula to prayer, no right or wrong way, we just need to do it. We can testify that consistent and faithful prayer changes lives!

Have you got a testimony to share?

We’d love to hear your faith journey!

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A COMMENT FROM CATHERINE

The promises of prayer A new series sharing some of Catherine Booth’s writings begins with her thoughts on the conditions of effectual prayer

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HERE is no experience perhaps more common in these days than this among professing Christians: ‘I have prayed a long time for certain things, but I don’t seem to get any answers to my prayers.’

This is a very God-dishonouring experience, and to account for it something must be wrong either with the suppliants or the Giver.

There are plenty of gracious promises in the Book, in which God has bound himself to answer the faithful prayers of his people. ‘The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much’ (James 5:16 King James Version).

The promises are made to those who keep his commandments, who walk in the light and have fellowship with him through the Holy Spirit who, therefore, can make intercession for them. How can the Spirit make intercession for a man when he is not in him? Those who are walking in the light can see what sort of requests to make, when to make them, and how to make them. They see it all, because they are in the light. Such people ask and receive.

I challenge anybody to find me promises in this Book, taken with the context – except in the case of repenting sinners, who are a special class and met with special promises – that are made to any except to saints.

Certainly they are not made to everybody. The prayer of the wicked is an abomination to God, except it be when he is forsaking his wickedness.

The promises are made to people who are in fellowship with God. ‘If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you,’ said

Jesus, ‘ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you’ (John 15:7 KJV). ) The promises, I say, are made to those who, having been brought into living fellowship by a living faith, maintain that union.

There is no possible way of approach to the Father but through the Son, and no prayers made while out of living union with his Son are accepted.

The next condition of prevailing prayer is obedience to the light. What does it mean to walk in obedience?

It is coming right out and saying, ‘Lord Jesus, I want to know thy will. Pour thy light upon me. I am prepared to follow it, even though it be to the block and to the stake.’

The obedient child who lives in complacent affection with his parent has no fear in coming up to ask for favours. He knows he will be given them.

His own heart does not condemn him. ‘If our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God’ (1 John 3:21 KJV).

Walk in the light, have fellowship with him, and his blood will cleanse you from all sin. Then the Spirit will teach you how to pray, and what to pray for.

The leading, teaching and urging of the Holy Ghost is the next condition of effectual prayer. We might call these conditions a four-linked chain connecting our souls with the heart of God. First, fellowship with Jesus; second, obedience to his commands, walking in the light; third, the intercession of the indwelling Spirit; and fourth, the exercise of faith.

Many professors do not know what the spirit of intercession means. They do

not know anything about the Spirit making them with ki g intercession i t i ffor th ith groanings which cannot be uttered. We know not what to pray for as we ought unless the Spirit teaches.

I believe in my soul that this is the great reason why thousands of Christians pray and never get answers.

They are selfish in their prayers.

Would you answer such prayers if you were God? The last link is faith. Here is another secret. No believer can exercise faith for anything that the Holy Ghost does not lead him up to. You may pray and pray, but you will never exercise faith until you have the Spirit making intercession in you.

There is very little difficulty about believing for people who have taken the three preceding steps. Those who are in fellowship with Jesus, those who are walking in the light, those who have the Holy Ghost as an interceding Spirit – they know what to pray for; they know what the mind of the Spirit is: they know how the Spirit is leading them, and they can march up to the throne and ask and receive.

God does not always answer at once. He lets his people wrestle with groans that cannot be uttered; but they know they will get their request, because they know the Spirit is making intercession for them, and they hold on, sometimes amidst great discouragement and temptation, till the answer comes. They get the assurance of faith, which says, ‘Yes, it shall be done.’

O Based on Chapter 4 of The Highway of

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BIBLE STUDY

Keep the royal law Captain Helen Froud invites us to consider how we value and treat others

JAMES 2:1–13

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OD asks us not to judge others.

The letter of James gives us food for thought as to how we are to treat those who come to our worship meetings, making no distinction between people based on their wealth, power or influence. He reminds us not to judge people, and sees favouritism as a sin.

One cold Sunday morning in my first appointment, I watched from the platform as a man I knew to have complex mental health needs slipped into the comfortable seats at the back of the hall. I had met him earlier that week and I knew that he was very much like the man James describes: ‘a poor man in filthy old clothes’ (v2). My heart leapt in gratitude as I saw one of our older local officers immediately sit down beside him, welcome him and shake his hand.

She sat with him throughout the whole meeting and then took him to the coffee fellowship afterwards. That kind of behaviour is at the heart of who we are as a Movement and is deeply underscored by our study passage.

PAUSE AND REFLECT When have you witnessed people acting in a non-judgemental way in your corps or local setting?

Christians not to be impressed by wealth or patronage and not to judge other people. This cuts straight to the heart of what The Salvation Army is and brings to mind one of the UKI Territory’s five mission priorities – to seek justice and reconciliation. James provides a clear example of an issue many of us regularly face in our ministries in the world outside as well as within our halls.

James suggests that judging people and preferring the wealthy or influential members of our congregations is a matter of sinfulness. He warns that such discrimination dishonours poor people.

God, however, has ‘chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the Kingdom he promised those who love him’ (v5).

This is a classic example of how Christian values turn the world upside down. It brings to mind Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, where it is the rich in faith who inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, not the rich in income or power (see Matthew 6:19–24).

PAUSE AND REFLECT How we dress and who we are should not determine how other Christians treat us. Has that ever been a problem in your Christian life?

If so, how could it be remedied?

What was the outcome?

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This passage is more than a lesson in practical, applied faith for our local settings. It has a broader, universal context that comes to life in verse 8:

‘If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbour as yourself,” you are doing right.’ Leviticus 19:18 reminds the people of Israel how special others must be to them.

Jewish scholars, such as Yehiel Levy, have long debated whether these words, which transliterate from Hebrew as v’ahavta l’re’acha kamocha (love your neighbour as yourself), apply only to the people of Israel or more widely to the Gentiles. As if to answer that question, with its directive to love a ‘foreigner’, Leviticus 19:33 and 34 emphasise the universal nature of God’s command. We are called to remember the Jewish Law and, in our personal dealings, to treat others as we would wish ourselves to be treated.

PAUSE AND REFLECT Have we ever found ourselves in need, wanting unconditional love and support in our faith life?

When was that and who offered help?

Verse 8 contains a second idea also worth reflecting on. In 2017, theologian and Anglican priest NT Wright preached on the royal law. The phrase reminds us of the importance of having clear rules by which Christians are bound. Wright preached the idea that Jesus’ royal law has important conditions that ensure we live lives of freedom and order. Those laws remind us that the freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus brings responsibility to us all. Old habits of life, including

From January 2024, Prayer Matters is following a new prayer rhythm, to pray for renewal in this territory’s worship and mission. Each day will have a theme, based on the five mission priorities. To read the unedited Prayer Matters booklet visit salvationist.org.uk/discipleship.

SATURDAY 27 JANUARY: CARE FOR CREATION – WINTER WONDER Evergreens have been used by the Church for thousands of years to symbolise hope and God’s invitation to eternal life. Consider gathering some greenery to bring indoors, remembering God’s promise: ‘I am living and strong! I look after you and care for you. I am like an evergreen tree, yielding my fruit to you throughout the year’ (Hosea 14:8 The Living Bible).

by Captain Vanessa Coleman (Woking) SUNDAY 28 JANUARY: SABBATH PRAYER – POWER Almighty God, remind us today of your power to overcome any obstacle or enemy we may face. As we launch our new prayer initiative, the UKI Boiler Room, give us faith to believe that you will respond to our prayers with the fire of your power.

by Lyndall Bywater (UKI Boiler Room Team) those of deferring to the rich and powerful, can overwhelm us and make us fall into sin.

More than 100 years ago, the Canadian writer and clergyman George Aaron Barton wrote that the royal law is more about our inner life, our honest encounter with God and the demand that ‘the secret lurking places of sin … be invaded and cleansed’.

Our study passage ends by reminding us that we, too, shall be judged by the same law. In verse 13, we see a warning and a call for mercy, reflecting the same sentiment as seen in the Beatitudes: ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy’ (Matthew 5:7).

This rule applies to us as much as it does to other people. It is also consistent with the opening theme of this Bible study: neither to judge nor discriminate against people. This sentiment is reflected in the territory’s missional priorities: ‘The Salvation Army will speak out against injustice. We fight not simply the effects of injustice but also the systems and structures that enable injustice.’

Let us prayerfully reflect upon how we can each play our part in this fight.

CAPTAIN HELEN FROUD Assistant Director (Research) Research and Development, THQ

MONDAY 29 JANUARY: SHARING THE GOOD NEWS – UKI BOILER ROOM At the Encounter Prayer Gathering this weekend, we launched the UKI Boiler Room – a heartbeat of prayer to fire our mission. Jesus, give us a boldness to proclaim your gospel, and hearts that burn to reach out with your love and grace.

by Major John McLean (Bedford Congress Hall) TUESDAY 30 JANUARY: SERVING AND CARING – UKI BOILER ROOM Father, we come to you as your serving and caring disciples, because you called us and gave us loving hearts. In this new UKI Boiler Room, may we use those compassionate and considerate hearts to pray for those who are hurting, broken and in need of Jesus. May we have an impact in our communities and among those we minister to.

by Captain Kay Blues (Livingston) WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY: GROWING IN FAITH – UKI BOILER ROOM Dear Lord Jesus, we continue our prayer for the UKI Boiler Room, for ourselves and for our church. We pray that this may create a healthy rhythm, the perfect soil in which to grow. Here we are, your disciples; please breathe upon us.

by Captain Cor van der Woude (Bury) THURSDAY 1 FEBRUARY: INTERNATIONAL SALVATION ARMY – SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, MYANMAR AND THAILAND TERRITORY In our Worldwide Prayer Meeting this week, we pray for the Army in Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. We pray for Territorial Commander Colonel Hary Haran and for Taiwan’s Regional Leaders Major Sara Tam (Mei-Shun) and Major A-Tuan (Grace) Weng. Holy Spirit, we pray that you will protect your people in these lands and encourage their hearts, particularly when persecution is close at hand.

by Lyndall Bywater (UKI Boiler Room Team) FRIDAY 2 FEBRUARY: JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION – SELF-DENIAL APPEAL We pray for this year’s Self-Denial Appeal, which focuses on how the Army supports officers around the world. The money raised will go towards supporting officers in their roles through training, providing essential infrastructure and covering appointment costs. We pray for generous giving, so that officers will be able to flourish in their roles, continuing to help people find fullness of life with Jesus. by the UKI Boiler Room Team PRAYER REQUESTS Do you have something or someone you’d like us to pray for?

Email salvationist@salvationarmy.org.uk with ‘prayer request’ in the subject line and it will be upheld in prayer.

Time to ignite!

Major Gary Lacey explains the inspiration behind the UKI Boiler Room

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HARLES Spurgeon was a 19thcentury Baptist preacher. He was pastor of the New Park Street Chapel in London, later renamed the Metropolitan Tabernacle, which could hold 5,000 worshippers. On one occasion, a group of trainee preachers came to visit the church. They were shown around by the man himself just before the service began and, after he’d

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shown them the rapidly filling main sanctuary, he offered to show them his ‘boiler room’. Doubtless thinking they were being invited to some dusty, oily corner of the building, the guests declined, but Spurgeon led them to the basement, where they found about 100 people deep in prayer.

Spurgeon’s vibrant ministry saw many people touched and transformed by the power of God, and he always attributed it to the relentless prayers of this boiler room. When he preached in other churches, he would insist on a room also being set aside there for a boiler room, because he recognised that he couldn’t rely on human wisdom or his preaching techniques to bring people to God – only the Holy Spirit could do that.

The Apostle Paul said something similar in his first letter to the Corinthians: ‘My speech and my proclamation were made not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God’ (1 Corinthians 2:4 and 5 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition).

Trust is a vital element of prayer. We pray because we trust God, and because we have total faith in his power. God can and does change everything, even when he doesn’t answer prayer in the way that we envisage or want. And this is the inspiration behind the vision that God has given for the UKI Boiler Room, which we are launching this weekend.

For me, the vision started with

a flashback. Before I became an officer, I was a senior surgical assistant and nurse manager in a major cardiothoracic centre in Liverpool, where part of my role was to assist in openheart bypass surgery. I had to know the procedure inside out.

It involved stopping the heart so that the surgeon could work on it safely. The patient was attached to a perfusion machine, which performed the functions of the heart outside the body while it was being operated on. We would pour a jug of sterile, ice-cold water on the heart and it would stop immediately.

When the intricate surgery was complete, we would restart the heart by applying an electric charge.

In my Holy Spirit flashback, I found myself

How will the UKI Boiler Room work?

What is a furnace?

A local prayer group that benefits from being joined to the UKI Boiler Room for encouragement, advice and resourcing. The purpose of a furnace is to pray for the mission of The Salvation Army, particularly in your local setting, but also at national and international level, if you wish.

There are many different types of prayer group, but furnaces are first and foremost intercessory – outward-looking, bringing people and situations to God in prayer.

It could be a small or large group. It might be in a corps, Lifehouse or division, or a group that gathers around a particular issue or activity.

A furnace will have a leader, as well as information-gatherers who notice things that need praying for and bring them to the group.

There are hundreds of little fires of prayer burning away around the territory. The UKI Boiler Room is a new way to connect anyone who has a heart to pray in or for The Salvation Army. It is about linking those fires so that we see our mission blaze to life.

We want to pray for renewal in our worship and mission and we want to pray for the people God is sending us to. We believe that, as we pray together, focusing on the same things at the same time, it will become a heartbeat of prayer to fire our mission.

Each day of the week therefore has a prayer theme, based around the territory’s five mission priorities. On Thursdays we will join Salvationists all over the world in what’s known as the Worldwide Prayer Meeting, praying for a different territory or region. On Sundays, prayers will be more reflective and devotional.

Here is the weekly prayer rhythm:

A furnace will have a regular rhythm of meeting together, usually weekly or monthly. This could be in person or online.

back at the operating table during a bypass. I heard the Lord say that he was sending me to be a part of restarting the heart of prayer in this territory.

We want to see The Salvation Army’s mission heart beating its transformational rhythm in this world, but we really need a spiritual jolt – some spiritual voltage applied to the heart – as well as a framework to help the territory pray more effectively together.

My wife, Dawn, and I have planted physical boiler rooms before – places where you can go to pray or be prayed with – but the UKI Boiler Room isn’t like that. It’s a corporate, active commitment to prayer that you can join in with wherever you are.

We will start with two key elements.

A prayer rhythm – a heartbeat of united prayer. And furnaces – local prayer groups that commit to praying regularly for the mission of The Salvation Army.

My sense is that there has been a fear of prayer. We fear that God might do some ‘funny stuff’, or that we’re not eloquent enough, or that we have so much going on that we haven’t got time to pray. Paul put all his trust in God. He stepped over his fear and saw God do amazing things. I don’t think the opposite of fear is boldness or courage, although we do need those. I believe the opposite of fear is knowledge and understanding. When we get to a place of knowledge and understanding, we discover the truth, the living God, and we can join him in his life-changing work and mission.

To do this effectively, we need to step over the fears we have about prayer. It’s high time to restart the heart of prayer in our territory.

It’s time to ignite the boiler room!

Monday Sharing the good news Tuesday Serving and caring Wednesday Growing in faith Thursday International Salvation Army Friday Justice and reconciliation Saturday Care for creation Sunday Sabbath prayer The official ignition of the UKI Boiler Room is on Sunday 28 January at about 12pm – remember us in prayer where you are!

Sunday at the Prayer Gathering begins with an opportunity to enlarge our vision, as we imagine what a fully ‘on fire’ Salvation Army might look like in the 21st century.

None of us know quite what that will look like, as we want to leave space for the Holy Spirit to work – but we do know it will involve praying with and for each other.

MAJOR GARY LACEY Territorial Prayer Co-ordinator

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REFLECTION

Are you combusti Lyndall Bywater asks what it means to be on fire

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BOUT six years ago, I acquired a log burner. Little did I know it would mark the beginning of a long and often arduous learning curve for me! The log burner and I are seldom on friendly terms, but it has given me plenty of opportunity to think more deeply about what it means to be ‘on fire’.

At the start of the Encounter Prayer Gathering this weekend, I am sharing some thoughts from the Bible about fire, and I offer them to you here.

First, all the best fires in the Bible are started by God. The stories of the Old Testament leave us in no doubt that God uses fire to signal encounter (the burning bush in Exodus 3:2), presence (the pillar of fire in Exodus 13:21), approval (consuming the offerings in the Temple in 2 Chronicles 7:1) and power (burning up Elijah’s sacrifice in 1 Kings 18:38). On many occasions, God’s people also understood fire to be a sign of God’s judgement. When fire came, by some miracle that defied their understanding, they knew it was God showing up to meet with them.

Those ancient stories cause me to look differently at a beautiful little corner of John’s Gospel: a moment when Jesus, God made man, laid his very own fire (see John 21:9). This beloved friend, whom the disciples believed they had lost, was suddenly there on the beach, bringing fire to their forlorn lives, as if he were saying: it’s OK, God is here.

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One of the saddest misunderstandings about being on fire for God is the idea that we need to stir ourselves up and get the fire going. When life is a struggle, that can be tremendously difficult. I encourage you to take heart. The fire comes from God, and it comes to you exactly the way you need it. The Israelites needed a great pillar, Elijah needed a mighty blast, Moses needed a burning bush and Solomon needed a breathtaking cloud. And the disciples needed some breakfast.

Second, God’s fire requires an altar.

God’s people also understood that God’s fire was intrinsically linked to the altar where they offered sacrifices. Once Aaron and the priests had set up the first altar in the Tabernacle – the Israelites’ place of worship during their time in the wilderness – God set a fire on it and commanded them never to let it go out (see Leviticus 6:13). The fire was God’s, but the altar was theirs to tend.

The apostle Paul would have been very familiar with that fire on the altar, albeit many centuries later, and that makes his words to the Corinthians rather remarkable: ‘Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?’

(1 Corinthians 3:16 Revised Standard Version).

It’s as though Paul sees Pentecost as the moment when God sent the fire to the new temple – into the lives of Jesus’ followers – and those individual lives are now the altars where the fire of God never goes out. We may not always feel on fire, but what if

Feel the rhythm You can use the Boiler Room’s daily themes as a general guide – or, for a more specific prayer request, you can use the Prayer Matters prayer calendar on page 7 of Salvationist each week, or at salvationist.org.uk/resources/ discipleship/prayer-matters.

You can also like the Facebook page at facebook.com/ saukprayerpage or join the Facebook group at facebook. com/groups/SA.prayer.networkUKI to see Prayer Matters in your newsfeed.

Pray on your own or with your family Stick a list of the themes somewhere you’ll see it regularly and take a moment to pray each day. Even if you don’t have Prayer Matters to hand, use the daily themes to pray for a situation or person you know.

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In your prayer group, home group or Bible study Take time to look up Prayer Matters for that week or pick a daily theme as a focus.

In your Sunday meeting Sunday’s theme is Sabbath Prayer. Why not use it in your meeting?

Corps newsletters Put the week’s prayer requests into your notice sheet or email newsletter, so that people in the corps can pray through them.

we could rest in the knowledge that it is God who sets a fire in us? Our job is simply to welcome the fire and let it burn in us.

I offer you three pieces of ‘altar advice’: The driest logs burn the best Pentecost fire came to the disciples when they were locked in a room at their most bereft and frightened (see Acts 2:1 and 2).

Being in a dark, fearful or dry place is never an obstacle to God’s fire.

We must make space for God to work Paul talks about God’s fire doing work in us, burning up things we need to get free from and strengthening the things that are precious and eternal (see 1 Corinthians 3:13). We stop to pray; we surrender our agendas; we welcome God’s refining; and we trust God’s shaping.

God’s fire is a gift The fire comes from God, but we can do some stoking. Paul told Timothy to fan into flames the gift that God had given him (see 2 Timothy 1:6). We can tuck that gift away in a corner and keep it burning low, or we can stir it up. It’s always worth asking which gift God is inviting you to fan into flames at that particular moment. As you start doing the thing God is calling you to, you might just feel the fire blaze.

In your community You could approach your town councillors or local charities and businesses and ask how they’d like you to pray for them, then fit those prayers into a monthly calendar that follows the daily themes.

Start a furnace If you’d like to start a furnace or sign your existing group up to be a furnace, the UKI Boiler Room Team will keep in touch with you, put useful resources your way, offer teaching and advice, and help you stay connected with other furnaces around the territory. Email saprayernetwork@salvationarmy.org.uk.

LYNDALL BYWATER UKI Boiler Room Team

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INTERVIEW

Passionate about prayer KAREN FINDLAY WELLINGBOROUGH

Lyn Woods talks to UKI Boiler Room members about the power of prayer CAPTAIN TIM SWANSBURY ROTHERHAM

How have you witnessed prayer answered?

How have you witnessed prayer answered?

I have been blessed by growing up surrounded by family and friends who model the importance of prayer. The influence of this has not left me. As I reflect and look back, I can see how God has answered prayer in so many ways. God has healed and demonstrated providential care that sometimes can only be seen by looking back.

Do you have a personal prayer rhythm?

As I have grown and developed in my spiritual life, my rhythm of prayer has become very important. My understanding and experience have grown and I have learnt so much from the teaching I’ve had the privilege of receiving over the years. Because of these foundations I have developed a deep conviction that prayer is a vital part in the outpouring of the heart of God through our mission.

How do you believe a territory-wide prayer rhythm can help impact mission?

We read in Acts and the development of the early Church how amazing things happened when they prayed. A group of followers were together, and the Holy Spirit came in such a powerful way. We read in Acts 2 how the believers came together to worship, eat and pray together. I have witnessed how groups praying together with a united purpose have been mightily blessed by God.

What are you most excited about for the UKI Boiler Room?

I am excited that God has led us to ignite the flame of the energy of prayer that is at the very heart of mission. The UKI Boiler Room will unite and co-ordinate this flame and I believe that miracles will happen. I count it a privilege to be a part of it and I am looking forward to hearing the testimonies of miraculous acts of God. They will happen!

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It can be hard to motivate others to pray, but there is always great reward whenever people do and we remind ourselves how important the hard work of prayer is. Jesus says in John 15:5: ‘If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.’

In facilitating prayer as corps officers, we have used WhatsApp groups, emails, printed newsletters, prayer timetables, diaries, journals, prayer boards, walls, spaces and rooms, prayer days and weeks, and even a special teapot to put prayers in!

We are encouraged by seeing more of a response to the offer of prayer when we gather on Sundays – we invite people to move forward for prayer as a response or to stay on while others go for coffee and we often simply ask individuals if we can pray with them, whether that’s at the end of a meeting or over coffee.

Do you have a personal prayer rhythm?

Having daily prayer patterns, to punctuate the day with conversation with Jesus, includes personal prayer and prayer as a couple, with the children and as a family. I also use a simple weekly prayer rhythm – something I really need.

CAPTAIN CHRIS SWANSBURY ROTHERHAM

How have you witnessed prayer answered?

There have been a few significant answers to prayer in the past few months. I prayed for a man, for healing and God, in his mercy, answered that prayer instantly and gave freedom to him like he had not felt before.

A couple of weeks later, one evening after a deep time of personal confession of my sins, I prayed that God would give me a table with six chairs for a family of six. The following morning someone called us up to ask if we could use a table with six chairs. This instance was particularly faith-building for our children, who were the first to hear the story on the school run.

A couple of weeks later, I was asking God to remove any fear of man from me and a day later I was participating in a women’s prayer meeting where the speaker said she felt that God wanted to release me of the fear of man and give me a freedom to speak and preach.

Thinking of all I should be praying about can mean I’m sometimes too overwhelmed to pray, but separating prayer points for family, friends, our corps, our community and beyond – and especially for those I’m praying to be saved – keeps me focused in prayer.

Putting the people I want, and promise, to pray for into my rhythm is definitely better for me and them!

How do you believe a territorywide prayer rhythm can help impact mission?

For similar reasons, a territory-wide prayer rhythm is a great step forward in prayer for us all. It’s a simple and helpful tool to get us praying more regularly and more specifically. There is power when we unite and agree in prayer. Jesus says in Matthew 18:19: ‘If two of you on Earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in Heaven.’

What are you most excited about for the UKI Boiler Room?

How this will impact the furnace of prayer in our corps and in many others.

It is so vital for us all.

Do you have a personal prayer rhythm?

A prayer rhythm is vital to any individual Christian and any church. My own prayer rhythm consists of starting the day in prayer in the shower – a declaration of God’s truths over my life. I then pray with my kids on their school run. Prayer then follows every day, during the day in my ministry hours, in various settings and with various people. In the evening, I pray with each of my children as part of their bedtime routine. Once the kids are in bed, I read the Bible and have my own personal time of prayer, listening to teaching and writing notes into my Bible or journal. The more I am in the word, the easier my prayers flow.

How do you believe a territory-wide prayer rhythm can help impact mission?

Jeremiah 15:16 declares: ‘Your words were found [devotion] and I ate them [meditation]. And your word became to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart [transformation], for I am called by your name [identification], O Lord God of Hosts’ (Modern English Version). Only if those who pray experience this can lives be impacted by the transforming power of our holy God.

What are you most excited about for the UKI Boiler Room?

That it will help each one of us to be useful in God’s Kingdom and revive The Salvation Army as a holiness Movement worthy of seeing souls saved.

LYN WOODS Editorial Assistant Salvationist

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SPOTLIGHT ON…

Chelsea Refuge and refills From east to west We were officers in east London for 10 years before arriving here in west London in 2022. We’ve always had a heart for Chelsea. It’s a small corps with a charity shop and a luncheon club with 40 regular attenders. Over winter it operates as a warm space.

Fertile ground We’ve teamed up with nearby Fetter Lane Moravian Church, a historic church with an amazing outdoor space for events such as an Awesome Autumn fun day, which attracted more than 40 people, including almost 30 children.

Many children living in the high-rise World’s End Estate around us don’t have gardens, and a treasure hunt provided an opportunity to search for things in the church garden, discovering nature and God’s creation. We also held a fun outdoor community carol service supported by a band from William Booth College.

We’re branching out from small beginnings and nurturing a partnership with the Chelsea Flower Show. I sent photos of how things look now to the Royal Horticultural Society, and we are hoping that they will help us transform our tiny garden area after this year’s show.

Fast Facts DIVISION: London CORPS OFFICERS: Majors Abby and Phil Howe FIND US ONLINE: salvationarmy.org.uk /chelsea

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Carol service in the Moravian church grounds

Caring for creation We have a passion for environmental initiatives and want our fellowship to own the process of being an Eco Church, rather than us driving it forward as the leaders. A Green Thinking corps survey was a brilliant starting point. We were blessed to have a student on an environmental placement, who created the questionnaire with us. It was completed by virtually all who attend.

Two key things came out of the survey: a feeling of helplessness and a sense of urgency. Since then, it’s been a lovely journey for people to discover that the small steps they take, added to the small steps that other people take, can add up and make a big difference, starting now.

We’ve got a lot of work to do to get our building in line with environmental standards. We’ve had a visit from our regional estates manager, who will help begin putting things in place. We have registered with A Rocha UK and have achieved a bronze Eco Church award by taking steps to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable.

It’s a responsibility we take seriously, and we promote it through our ministry and our green station of eco-friendly and refillable products. We are reusing, recycling, saving and sorting items, including food waste and textiles. We ensure very little ends up in landfill.

Powered by prayer We aim to ensure that prayer is the backbone of everything we do. The Army’s mission priority of caring for creation has become a mission initiative here, and people are now coming to refill their washing-up liquid bottles or buy plastic-free toilet rolls and shampoo bars. In a mission sense, it’s working in several ways and it’s great to see our connections with the community growing.

Abby and I try to cycle to the corps most days, to be greener. It’s about half an hour on the bikes through the city traffic and for that prayer is also needed!

We pray that God will continue to use us at Chelsea and bless our endeavours to share the good news of the gospel and to nurture more care for God’s awesome creation through all that we do in our community.

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INTERNATIONAL

LIFEHOUSE

Army joins Tournament of Roses parade CALIFORNIA CHIEF of the Staff Commissioner Edward Hill and World Secretary for Women’s Ministries Commissioner Shelley Hill joined the USA Western Territory in opening 2024 by participating in the 135th Tournament of Roses parade.

The annual event is held in Pasadena and has a five-and-a-half-mile route that travels down Colorado Boulevard. The parade includes floral-decorated floats, equestrian units and bands.

This year, the Tournament of Roses Band included Bromley Temple Band and musicians from territories in the United States and Canada. The Army forms a band each year and has been the longest-performing participant in the parade, having marched at every event since 1920.

The commissioners also participated in the annual New Year’s Concert at Tustin Ranch Corps. The concert featured Bromley Temple Band with Commissioner Edward on the Eb bass.

Commissioner Edward closed in prayer: ‘We don’t know what storms may be in front of us … but we do trust in you because we know that you want what is best for us.’– AR

ANNIVERSARY

CATERHAM Members of Croydon Citadel Band lifted spirits at the 116th corps anniversary, led by Lieut-Colonels Jayne and Jonathan Roberts (both THQ).

People shared photos and memories of things in years gone by, and Evie shared a story board she created for a school project about the history of the Army.

The first hall was opened in Caterham Valley in 1907, although records show that there had been a worshipping group of Salvationists in Caterham since December 1897. The corps celebrated God’s faithfulness in the past and gave thanks that God will be with them in the future. They look forward to many more years of being part of the community and worshipping together. – JB

EVENT DARLASTON More than 70 people attended Messy Christmas to explore the Christmas message through stories, crafts and singing. This included people coming back into the corps who had attended other Christmas community events. The corps also hosted a community carol service in the town hall in partnership with Darlaston All Active, with whom the corps operates a community choir. The evening included music by a composite band from neighbouring corps and soloist Zac Highton-Nicholls. Prayers for the community were made into a 15m paper chain and wrapped around the Christmas tree. – LH-N

OUTREACH CIRENCESTER The band played around the town, with a final stop for community carol singing at the Drillmans Arms. This was followed by a candlelight carol service at the hall. – MG

DISCOVERY HOUSE An evening of celebration recognised the achievements of service users and staff members in Manchester Homelessness Services, including Independence House Lifehouse and Endeavour House Lifehouse. The recipients were nominated by other staff members and clients, which made the recognition of their resilience and commitment more personal. – FH

COMMUNITY SHERINGHAM The corps has opened a new weekly warm space for the winter.

Visitors can join in with board games, read the papers, knit, use the wifi, speak to the corps officers or have time to reflect. The space was made possible

by Norfolk Community Foundation. It runs alongside the community drop-in sessions and food club. – AR NORTH SHIELDS The corps spread Joy to the World with a Christmas programme that included a fair, visits to shopping areas and schools, and carol services for a prison, the corps, a golf club, other churches and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Alongside Shiremoor and Wallsend Corps, over 600 sacks of presents were distributed. Christmas Day meals were also provided at the hall and delivered to the community. – SC LEEDS WEST HUNSLET The corps celebrated its 139th anniversary with meetings led by previous corps officer Major Mike Harris (Petersfield). The celebrations began with a three-course meal enjoyed on Saturday evening.

On Sunday, Major Mike urged the fellowship to reflect on how people see them, and a faith lunch was shared.

The occasion included a surprise This Is Your Bandmaster’s Life presentation for Bandmaster Laurence Moorby, in recognition of his 50 years as bandmaster. – CA Salvationist 27 January 2024

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NEW COMMITMENTS

BRISTON

TREVOR Fletcher was enrolled as a soldier by corps leader Territorial Envoy Alison Parker. Trevor started attending the Army when he and his wife, Margaret, moved to Briston in 2005. He became an adherent but felt called to soldiership. Trevor is pictured with Territorial Envoy Alison and Peter Parker holding the flag. – AP

FAKENHAM

KIRKCALDY

CAROLYN Masters was enrolled as a soldier by corps leader Territorial Envoy Alison Parker. Carolyn has been a Christian for many years and first attended the Army on Good Friday. The meeting that day resonated with her in such a way that she continued to attend and felt called to soldiership. Carolyn is pictured with Territorial Envoy Alison and Robin Vertigan holding the flag. – AP

JAMES Robertson was enrolled as a soldier by corps officer Captain Andrew Manley following recruits’ classes with Major Norman Waddington, who is pictured holding the flag. James has attended the corps for around 15 years.

He became an adherent about 10 years ago and indicated he would like to explore soldiership. James fulfils his desire to serve by welcoming everyone on Sunday mornings and by selling the War Cry and Kids Alive! in the shopping centre every Friday morning. The corps is blessed to have James as part of its fellowship. – AM

LURGAN

CROYDON CITADEL

STEPHEN McMullen was enrolled as a soldier by corps officers Majors Colin and Maureen Bain. Stephen testified that he felt he was at a place in life where he had to do something more. He was accompanied to the mercy seat to sign the Soldier’s Covenant by Recruiting Sergeant Kenny Harland. Also pictured is Flag Sergeant Eddie Hunter. – CB

PAUL Valleau and Chris Overton were enrolled as soldiers by corps officers Lieut-Colonels Edgar and Sara Chagas. Paul and Chris both encountered the Army through volunteering – Paul at The Well homelessness project and Chris in a SATCoL charity shop. They gave their testimonies and two soldiers chose Bible verses for them. John Denham read Matthew 25:35–40 for Paul, and David Rowlanes read Proverbs 3:5 and 6 for Chris. The enrolment ceremony began with Paul’s choice, ‘O God of Burning, Cleansing Flame’, and concluded with Chris’s choice, ‘Shout Aloud Salvation’ SASB 976). – SC

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PRESENTATIONS

READING LOWER EARLEY

ANNE Todd was recognised for 40 years of amazing service upon her retirement as corps treasurer in a meeting led by Major Sue Betts (Bolton Citadel). Clive Smith was awarded a long-service certificate by corps officer Captain Tanyia Vermeulen, having completed more than 65 years’ service as a bandsman. – TV

BLACKPOOL CITADEL RUGBY BANDSWOMAN Laura Jones was shortlisted for the prestigious British Art Prize 2023 with her piece The Little Yorkshire Flower Shop. Out of thousands of entries, only 50 artists were selected to go through to the finals and have their work displayed at the OXO Tower gallery in London. Laura comes from a long line of Salvationists and has been a lifelong and active member of the corps, playing cornet in the band and using her artistic skills to provide artwork for the corps. – JC

LEEDS WEST HUNSLET

BARKING

BANDMASTER Laurence Moorby was surprised with a This Is Your Bandmaster’s Life presentation after 50 years in the role.

Memories were shared by former band members and Laurence’s wife, Joan, and daughter. Messages were played from Andrew Blyth (THQ), Divisional Commander Major Jane Cowell and family living in Canada and the USA. His son, Lyndon, played a trombone solo and his grandson, Joel Griffin, played a piano solo. Laurence and Joan are pictured with corps officer Major Cliff Allchin. – CA

CORPS member and anal cancer clinical nurse specialist Noreen Chindawi received a Royal College of Nursing Rising Star award. Noreen is one of 14 winners recognised for their contributions to health and social care in London. Breeda McManus, chief nurse at Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust, said: ‘She’s one of only two specialist nurses in the country undertaking the role she does. She’s truly an inspirational nurse and leader.’ Congratulations to Noreen! – SW

Picture: RCN London

RETIRED Bandmaster David Trinder was presented with a long-service certificate during the corps carol service. David has been playing in the band for 80 years, having started playing at seven years of age. Despite having lost his sight some years ago, he still actively plays in the band and was out carolling with them at Christmas. He told the congregation: ‘I’m not finished yet!’ – CR

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

ARMY PEOPLE

International appointments The following appointment, decided upon by the General, has been announced by the Chief of the Staff Effective 14 January LIEUT-COLONEL ELSI SARIMIN, an officer of the Indonesia Territory, is appointed as Territorial Secretary for Women’s Ministries, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa Territory

Local officers appointed CSM JOHAN KREUITER, Burnley RS RUTH DUTFIELD, Stapleford

ENGAGEMENTS General Lyndon Buckingham and World President of Women’s Ministries Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham Sun 11 Feb ICO (Spiritual Day)

Territorial Leaders Commissioners Jenine and Paul Main Tue 23 Jan – Sun 28 Jan Caribbean Territory (Holiness Convention)

Chief Secretary Colonel Peter Forrest and Territorial Secretary for Leader Development Colonel Julie Forrest Fri 26 Jan – Sun 28 Jan Warwick University (Encounter Prayer Gathering) Wed 7 Feb William Booth College (Spiritual Day) Fri 9 Feb – Sun 11 Feb Roffey Park (William Booth College Retreat)

QUARTERMASTER IAIN BROWN, Diss CT MARGARET COBBOLD, Diss CCMS DOUGLAS MOYE, Diss CCMS JEAN MOYE, Diss CSM LYNETTE STURGEON, Diss YPSM KATIE RUBY, Harlow

Dedicated to God SARON SINGH, son of Razia Surender Singh and Surender Singh, at Greenford by Divisional Envoy Kath Davison

Retired officers’ birthdays MAJOR RUTH TAYLOR, 80 on 5 February

NOTICES

No Faith in Fossil Fuels: Lent prayer vigil The Salvation Army is partnering Tearfund, Christian Aid, Operation Noah, Cafod and Christian Climate Action to organise a 10-day prayer vigil in Parliament Square between 14 and 24 February, commencing with a service on Ash Wednesday.

Find out more, and register for a Zoom Q&A about the vigil on Tuesday 30 January, at salvationist.org.uk/climate-vigil.

Lent resources Materials for the first two Sundays of Lent are available at salvationist.org.uk/resources, with more to follow. The Lent series begins with a focus on God’s faithfulness.

MAJOR BERNICE ASPIN, 85 on 10 February MAJOR GUNBORG YOUNG, 90 on 10 February

SOUNDS

Promoted to Glory

Sunday Worship

CHERYL COOPER, Shirebrook

Can’t join us at 11am on Sundays? Catch up with the weekly podcast of Sunday Worship highlights, including music, prayer and a Bible message. Each week’s broadcast is also repeated in full on Sundays at 6pm, Mondays at 12am and Thursdays at 9am.

ISOBEL KELSO, Cowdenbeath JANET RAVEN, Burnley HILDA BANTON, Stapleford, on 22 December 2023 DIVISIONAL ENVOY ANNIE WYLIE from Glenmoor House Care Home on 25 December 2023 SANDRA STANDARD, Ipswich Citadel, on 28 December 2023

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Me and My Playlist

MAJOR NADINE CLEAVES from Luton and Dunstable Hospital on 8 January

Grace (Hythe) featured in the latest edition of this Salvationist Radio show, which sees a young person linked to The Salvation Army share five tracks they love. Catch up with the podcast.

BARBARA HOWARTH, Stockport Citadel, on 9 January

O Listen online at salvationist.org.uk/podcasts.

MAJOR DOREEN COTTELL from Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, on 9 January MAJOR MILDRED CROOKES from Kings Court Nursing Home, Grantham, on 10 January

Bereaved DIANE COOPER, Shirebrook, of her sister Cheryl Cooper and Benjamin Cooper, Shirebrook, of his mother CT MICHAEL RAVEN, Burnley, of his wife Janet Raven, CSM Norman Hunt, Cambridge Citadel, of his sister

COMMISSIONER JUDITH HOUGHTON of her sister Major Nadine Cleaves, Ann McFaull, Dunstable, of her mother MAURICE HOWARTH, Stockport Citadel, of his wife Barbara Howarth and Major David Howarth, Uganda Territory, Michael Howarth and Philip Howarth of their mother LESLEY SELBY, Nottingham William Booth Memorial Halls, of her mother Major Mildred Crookes 18

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No Age Limit Salvationist Radio’s show reminds listeners that there is no age limit to what we can do for God or what God can do for us. Join Andy and Ali from Older People’s Ministries with guest Major Andrew Vertigan (THQ) for an hour of music, chat and testimony.

Listen live on Sunday 28 January at 5pm. The episode is repeated on Friday 2 February at 11am.

O Listen online at salvationist.org.uk/radio.

Fully Scored Host Matthew Frost interviews Chief of the Staff Commissioner Edward Hill, Bandmaster Jonathan Evans (Sale) analyses Ray Steadman-Allen’s ‘Victorian Snapshots – On Ratcliff Highway’ and International Staff Bandsman Gareth Craik takes part in Arid Island.

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