New commitments

LONG EATON Christine Watson was welcomed as an adherent after coming back to The Salvation Army through an encounter at a Parkrun. Christine is pictured with corps officers Captain Jan and Major Keith Sebbage and Elaine Huddlestone, who led the meeting. All four were cadets in the Guardians of the Truth session, so it was a great occasion to be together again. – KS

HARLESDEN Lydia Abbey, Tsige and Nathan Berhane, Carlos Da Costa, Marcia Soares and Sandra Phillips were welcomed as adherents. They are pictured with corps officers Captains Kook Hwan Rho and Hean Suk Choi, with CSM Myra Perry holding the flag. Isabel, Beatrice and Mary were enrolled as junior soldiers and are pictured with Captains Kook and Hean, Sunday school leader Jean Buckley, CSM Myra and Corps Mission Secretary Jonathan Christian. – MP CANTERBURY Corps officers Captains Alison and Gavin Friday welcomed four adherents. Alex Ewing started volunteering with the food parcel deliveries during the Covid-19 pandemic and continued helping with the weekly drop-in centre. He began attending meetings and decided to make the Army his church. Susie Hurley, Carol Croucher and Gemma Williams all publicly declared their faith, with their friends and family supporting them in the congregation. – KC

HOUNSLOW Vahid Alvandi and Jalal Ghobadi-Ozma were welcomed as adherents as part of the 140th corps anniversary celebrations. They linked up with the corps during the Covid-19 lockdowns. Vahid shared a moving and powerful testimony of how, after fleeing his home country and arriving in the UK, a pastor friend told him that he could trust The Salvation Army and encouraged him to make contact. Vahid reached out to Divisional Envoy David Walker, who visited him as soon as possible. Vahid invited friends to attend meetings with him, including Jalal, who found a spiritual home at the corps. Vahid and Jalal expressed how the Army has provided them with a community to be part of and a family to belong to. They are both pictured with Divisional Envoy David. – IW

REDDITCH The corps welcomed Sandi Greatbatch and Josh Roberts as adherents. Sandi has had links with the corps for many years and felt it was time to recommit herself to God. Josh’s grandmother, Margaret, was a soldier and prayed for him regularly until her promotion to Glory two years ago. Until recently Josh had lived a troubled life, but now has felt the warmth and acceptance of the corps and found Jesus to be his Saviour. He joins his grandad at the corps, his grandmother’s prayers having been answered. – DE