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It’s giving…
HOW much has God given you in grace this year so far? If you tried to tally it up on a receipt, how many pieces of paper would you need? Isn’t it mind-boggling to think that God is still willing to give you more?
In roughly AD 56, Paul wrote to the Corinthians to remind them that giving is all about grace, giving according to what we have, not according to what we do not have, so that ‘everyone will have a fair share’ (2 Corinthians 8:14 Contemporary English Version). Catherine Booth once spoke of sincere Christian charity as being ‘the love of God – not only to God, but like God, from God’.
In 2025, as this year’s Self-Denial Appeal begins, many people around you will probably hear the word ‘giving’ when it’s being used to describe someone’s look or vibe. ‘It’s giving retro chic.’ ‘It’s giving main character energy.’ ‘It’s giving Disney princess.’ In the weeks before March’s Self-Denial altar service, what can someone say about you? Are you giving grace? Are you giving God’s love?
It’s an inspiring and challenging example to follow. After all, as Annie Johnson Flint’s hymn puts it so beautifully: ‘His love has no limits, his grace has no measure…/ He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again’ (SASB 30).
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CATHERINE BOOTH ON CHARITY
Take time...
Amid talk of a TikTok ban in the USA, Stevie Hope considers taking a social media Sabbath
WHERE do you spend your time? Maybe you’re a Meta fan, with a focus on Facebook, Instagram or Threads. Perhaps you prefer Pinterest, YouTube or Twitch. And let’s not overlook outliers such as LinkedIn, Reddit or Bluesky.
Whether you’re an active user or not, it’s hard to deny that social media has had a tremendous impact on every one of us over the past couple of decades. Society as we know it is fundamentally
Reflect and respond
Many phones give us the opportunity to look up our screen time or digital wellbeing. How does yours make you feel?
Reflect on the lyrics to ‘Take Time to Be Holy’ (SASB 790).
Read Psalm 23. What ‘quiet waters’ (v2) or ‘darkest valleys’ (v4) do you notice in your online activities?
Consider taking a social media Sabbath in the next few days.
different thanks to this billion-dollar industry. But what if it disappeared?
TikTok was one of several apps owned by ByteDance banned by the US government on 19 January. While the enforcement of said ban is up in the air at the time of writing, after an executive order granted a 75-day delay, it has left many people asking themselves: ‘What would I do if TikTok went away?’
The app’s style of short-form, fastpaced portrait videos may not be the social media for everyone, but we can ask ourselves the same question about our platform of choice. What would we do if it went away?
It can be easy to forget that stepping into these digital social spaces is much like stepping into a physical social space. So easy to forget, in fact, that we can often interact very differently.
Have you ever been in a room filled with unhappy people gossiping and arguing and thought ‘this is healthy, I’d like to be part of this’? It’s very likely we’d soon walk away and withdraw somewhere more peaceful.
That’s not always as easy to do online. Strong emotions can drive engagement, so algorithms can push us towards such content and negative feelings to keep us hooked – this is what it means to doomscroll. Stuck in this cycle, it’s easy
to let our mental, emotional and spiritual health slide.
There’s no quick-and-easy fix to finding our way out of these potentially harmful rhythms of life. That said, if we’d rather be living Jesus’ ‘unforced rhythms of grace’ (Matthew 11:29 The Message), he offers a beautifully simple response. Luke 5:16 tells us that ‘Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed’, and he invites his disciples to do the same: ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest’ (Mark 6:31). Jesus’ response to the busy social lives they led reflects his idea of Sabbath rest (see Mark 2:23–28). Log off. Find peace. Pray. Reset.
Of course, it isn’t as simple as banning all social media from our lives altogether. Despite flaws, these platforms can help foster social cohesion and inclusion, not to mention giving Christians an opportunity to let their light shine before others (see Matthew 5:14–16). We simply need to be aware of our own limits and be comfortable enforcing personal rules and rhythms that give room for God.
STEVIE HOPE Editorial Assistant Salvationist
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Sport Faith Life
Sat 28 June – Sun 29 June
University of Nottingham
Who is it for?
Sport Faith Life is for anyone engaged in or looking to get involved in sports mission to come together, share best practice and find out more. It’s suitable for people aged 18+, but people aged 16+ are welcome to attend if accompanied by a responsible adult.
What is it?
Sport Faith Life is a gathering to inspire, equip and educate people for a life of sports mission beyond the event. The weekend will include guest speakers, practical sessions, fitness, fun, breakouts, reflection, prayer and challenge.
Why should you go?
To find out more about how you can connect your passion for Jesus with your love for sport! The weekend will help you develop and strengthen positive Kingdom friendships with others, and find more about how God wants to play a part in our everyday lives and individual contexts in the communities that we live in through sport. It will help you consider your ‘why sports mission’ and be supported beyond the event.
Book your place
Tickets cost £30. Find out more and book your place at salvationist.org.uk/ sport-faith-and-life.
For more information, email sportsmission@salvationarmy.org.uk
‘I feel like I belong’
Lynda Viccars explains how she found fellowship at Leigh-on-Sea Corps
AS a child I regularly attended the Sunday school at the local Methodist church. Even at that young age, I liked the warmth and simplicity of the minister in his plain robes and singing those great Charles Wesley hymns. My father was a dance band pianist, so my home was full of music. Family gatherings were always at our house so that we could sing around the piano. I recall my grandmother always requested ‘The Old Rugged Cross’. While my father was not one for attending church, he thought highly of The Salvation Army and admitted he would never have got through his military service in the Second World War without it.
My boyfriend, who became my husband, was a member of the Church of England. Over time, I became detached from Methodism and more involved with his community. I ultimately took my first step towards declaring my faith when I was baptised at 19 years old.
My faith was tested with the tragic death of my mother and, a few years later, the death of my baby son. I became involved with St Peter’s Church in Thundersley, where both my daughters were christened. But my husband’s faith waned and I was not really at ease with the Anglican style of worship. However, I had a good friend who was a member at Hadleigh Temple and I enjoyed going to services with her now and again. I was
back with powerful hymns, joyous music and less formal services.
Years later, after a lot of rough water under the bridge of life, I moved to Suffolk and drifted away from worship as I had a busy life, sailing most weekends with my new partner, but I never lost my faith. I found God in peaceful creeks on the east coast of England, in stunning sunrises or sunsets, or while sailing alongside dolphins around the Greek islands.
When that relationship came to an end, I returned to Essex during the Covid-19 lockdowns and moved into a house near Leigh-on-Sea Corps. I was lonely and a bit lost in life, but I bought a young puppy and regularly walked her past the hall on a Sunday morning, hearing the band and the singing from inside. I knew I wanted to be involved here! It took a while to get the courage to walk through the door, but everyone was very friendly and there was a warmth about the place.
I love the band, the singing, the choirs, the modern use of IT, the jokes and the informality of the services, all of which I find uplifting. I feel like I belong and I am part of this. I am pleased to declare my unwavering faith again.
Have you got a testimony to share?
We’d love to hear your faith story! Get in touch at salvationist@ salvationarmy.org.uk
Lynda (left) and corps preschool children convert a boat into a garden project
Charity
Continuing a series sharing some of her historical writings, Catherine Booth reflects on true charity
CHARITY, or love, is God’s most precious treasure. What is this precious, beautiful charity? For one thing it is divine. It must be shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost. In vain do we look for this heavenly plant amongst the unrenewed children of men. It grows not on the corrupt soil of fallen nature. It springs only where the ploughshare of true repentance has broken up the fallow ground of the heart, where faith in a crucified Saviour has purified it, and where the blessed Holy Spirit has taken permanent possession. It is the love of God – not only to God, but like God, from God, and fixed on the same objects and ends as those which God loves. It is a divine implantation by the Holy Ghost. It is a divine principle, in contradistinction to the mere emotion of love. All men have love as an emotion, mere natural love toward those whom they like, or who do well for them. ‘If ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?’ (Matthew 5:46 King James Version). Wicked men love one another from mere natural affinity, as the tiger loves its cubs.
There is great confusion among professors of religion on this subject. They feel sentiments of pity and generosity toward their fellow-men, and they may even give their goods to feed the poor, and yet not have a spark of divine charity in their hearts.
A man may do this to support and carry out a favourite system of intellectual belief of which he has become enamoured, just as men
become absorbed in politics, or in what they consider the good of their nature, and will even go to the cannon’s mouth to promote it. A man may do it in order to merit eternal life. Another motive may be to gratify a naturally generous disposition. To a friend of mine, when he was talking in a confidential way about his giving and the delight it gave him, attributing it to divine grace, I used to say, ‘I am not so sure it is all grace. You like giving better than other people like receiving.’
Look out that you don’t lose your reward through not taking the trouble to see what you give to; don’t give your money to any and every scheme. You are answerable to God for your wealth, and God will demand of you how you have bestowed your goods. True charity takes the trouble to find out the best channels in which to give for God’s glory and the salvation of men.
A false charity begins in self and ends on Earth. It always contemplates the earthy part of man in a superior degree to the spiritual part; and here it exactly crosses and contradicts the divine charity, which always contemplates man in the entirety of his being, and always gives the first importance to the soul.
If you are more concerned about relieving temporal distress than you are about feeding famished souls, you may know where your charity comes from. Do not misrepresent me and say that I teach all of one and none of the other. God forbid, for if any man ‘hath this world’s goods, and seeth
his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?’ (1 John 3:17 KJV ). But, on the other side, if he sees him spiritually famishing, how dwelleth the love of Christ in him if he does not minister to this spiritual destitution? I know that real Christianity cares for body and soul. Bless God, it does. But always mind that it sets the soul first.
This divine charity makes everything subservient to the salvation of souls. On one occasion the Master had fed the multitudes, and when they came to him again to be fed he said, ‘Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled’ (John 6:26 KJV ). You would have said, ‘Quite right; the people want to be fed; they are hungry.’ But do you hear the divine lament that comes out in these words, that the people were so spiritually obtuse that they valued the earthly bread more than the heavenly?
People are so unphilosophical in religion. They talk about not knowing. But you can find out in two minutes whether you love God or yourself more. What woman does not know whether she loves her husband more than herself? What is the proof? She seeks to please him and is willing to sacrifice herself for him – in fact, merges her interests altogether in his. Do you love God best? Are you willing to forgo your interests and to seek him?
• Based on The Highway of Our God, published in 1954.
Growing in generosity
Major Brian Slinn reminds us that giving is rooted in grace
2 CORINTHIANS 8:1–15
JUST before Christmas, I received a letter from the charity Barnabas Aid appealing for money to send urgently needed food to Christians in hunger. Alternatively, I could order a free box from them, fill it with food, send it to their warehouse and they would ship it to where it was needed. It was a specific and targeted request to me as a known donor and Christian and, since it was to the benefit of other Christians, they could reasonably anticipate a positive response. It was not unlike the appeal from Paul in our study passage.
Paul is raising money for Christians in Jerusalem who are in need. Writing to the church in Rome, explaining he is on his way there, Paul tells them that: ‘Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution’ (Romans 15:26). By sharing this with them, he implies that they might like to do the same. Paul expands this theme when writing to Christians in Corinth.
Notice the language he uses. He writes: ‘In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity… They gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability’ (vv2 and 3). Paul presents this as a model for the Corinthians.
PAUSE AND REFLECT
How would you react to this?
How do you decide if or how much you can give to such appeals?
I imagine there would be some practical considerations for us. We might cite the economic challenges facing most people in the UK and Ireland today, including ourselves. We might think in terms of giving from our surplus income, money not accounted for in our outgoings. Is there any? If there is, will it curtail what I want to spend on my family or myself? These would be reasonable responses. But would we think it a privilege to give (see v4), or more like doing a favour?
The Corinthians surprised Paul. Their approach was not simply to respond in a practical way, but rather to view this request through a spiritual lens. ‘They gave of themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God’s will’ (v5 Tree of Life Version).
Their response is to indicate that their resources are available to God’s mission, and to Paul as a trusted partner. Not only do they offer ‘in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you’ – although we imagine these graces are expressed in their lives as Christian people – but also ‘in this grace of giving’ (v7). Giving is not a competition.
Paul writes: ‘I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others’ (v8). He is not beyond the hard sell.
When we consider the grace offered by Jesus’ coming among us (see John 1:16) and the benefit we gain from him, our proper response is to reflect that grace towards others. That seems to be Paul’s assertion.
Considering the interests of others by the example of Jesus is more notably expressed by Paul when he writes to believers in Philippi (see Philippians 2:1–8).
Paul presses his point to shift the rhetoric to the reality of giving. It’s one thing to admit the argument of including our resources as part of the offer we make of giving our all to God; it’s another thing to actually do it.
PAUSE AND REFLECT
What makes you hesitate in your giving?
Did you think about the demands of so many charities and donor fatigue? Or did you think about giving in kind through your time and abilities? That’s thinking locally and takes us back to the challenge expressed by Paul in verse 8.
His appeal is about being the body of Christ, where ‘if one part suffers, every part suffers with it’ (1 Corinthians 12:26). It’s beyond what we give to support the mission and ministry of our local church.
This appeal is about commonality. Sharing resources ‘according to what one has, not according to what one does not have’ (v12).
Nothing is gained by impoverishing ourselves. The hope is for mutuality and reciprocity (see v14) and modelled in the early experience of the Church (see Acts 4:32).
Paul references the experience of the Israelites on their journey through the wilderness, relying on God for their daily needs, where ‘the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one
who gathered little did not have too little’ (Exodus 16:18).
Paul eventually brings the gift of money collected from the churches to Jerusalem, where he is arrested and begins his journey to Rome and imprisonment (see Acts 24:17).
PAUSE AND REFLECT
We know all about collecting money in The Salvation Army. How versed are we in the ‘grace of giving’?
The title of this study invites us to grow in generosity. Would a better approach be to grow in our discipleship? To mature our understanding about our giving? To use the lens that the Corinthians applied?
Giving is costly. Paul, however, prepares the churches for this appeal and how their gifting could be managed. He helps them plan to give (see 1 Corinthians 16:1 and 2).
I knew a couple who created a Lord’s purse from this idea, making money available to support others without disturbing their regular budget. Is this something to adopt?
The cost of maintaining a corps and its ministry also asks our support. It can seem a lot to do.
But Paul reminds us that, by God’s grace, ‘you will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion’ (2 Corinthians 9:11).
A shortened version of Prayer Matters will continue to be published weekly in Salvationist in 2025. To read the full, unedited booklet, visit salvationist.org.uk/discipleship
SATURDAY 1 FEBRUARY: CARE FOR CREATION – THE GOODNESS OF GOD
Creator God, in light and darkness, in the energy of day and the rest that comes with night, in the heavens and waters, in solid land and flowing seas, in vivid flowers and fruit-laden trees, in the rising and setting sun and the cycles of the seasons, in the shining stars, in oceans teeming with fish, skies filled with birds, a world filled with animal life, and in ourselves, we remember the goodness of God. based on Creation Care Prayers from the Church of England
SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY: SABBATH PRAYER – STEADYING OUR SOULS IN GOD – CONTENTMENT
Reflect on whether you’ve bought into the lie that ‘you are what you have’. Then steady your soul, choosing to loosen your hold on material things and standing on the truth that you are loved for who you are. The God who cares for you will meet your every need.
by Lyndall Bywater (UKI Boiler Room Team)
MONDAY 3 FEBRUARY: SHARING THE GOOD NEWS – CENTRAL, SOUTHERN AND CHANNEL ISLANDS DIVISION – FRESH EXPRESSIONS
Pray for the expressions of Church that are flourishing, where we are seeing a sense of God’s refreshing. Pray that even in cold, dark February we will see the birth of spiritual vitality and new life within our corps, our centres and our own lives! by Major Mike Lloyd-Jones (Divisional Commander)
TUESDAY 4 FEBRUARY: SERVING AND CARING – CENTRAL, SOUTHERN AND CHANNEL ISLANDS DIVISION – LEADERS’ RETREAT
Pray for spiritual leaders preparing to come together for a time of reflection and spiritual retreat, that they will know God’s calming presence. Pray they will be blessed as we look to God through our theme of Behold! by Major Mike Lloyd-Jones (Divisional Commander)
WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY: GROWING IN FAITH – PRAYING FOR CHILDREN
Heavenly Father, we bring all children before you. They are such a joy and a blessing, and teach us many things. We pray that you will guide them and shine on them throughout their lives. from the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Resource Calendar
THURSDAY 6 FEBRUARY: INTERNATIONAL SALVATION ARMY – THE NETHERLANDS, CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA TERRITORY
We pray for The Salvation Army and its various expressions across these three contrasting nations. Pray for the leadership team, Commissioner Bente Gundersen and Colonel Donna Evans, that God will give them wisdom to see the shoots springing up, and to know how to tend them in the right way in each place. We pray that joy will bubble up wherever God’s people gather. by Lyndall Bywater (UKI Boiler Room Team)
FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY: JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION – ANTI‑TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY TEAM – CHAPLAINCY
MAJOR BRIAN SLINN Retired Officer
Atherstone
Survivors are of many faiths and none. Pray for our chaplaincy support team, that they will be able to connect with those they meet, and share the light and peace of Jesus in the midst of the darkness and hopelessness felt by many survivors. by Major Estelle Blake (Chaplain) and Major Heather Grinsted (Deputy Director of Anti-Trafficking and Modern Slavery)
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.
Your offering
Bring your sacrificial offering to your corps altar service on Sunday 2 March, or hand it in at your corps any time during or after the appeal. Why not ask your corps leader for a collection box and save up for your gift?
Donate using this QR code or by visiting salvationist.org.uk/selfdenial – and give your corps name when prompted.
Rooted in Growing in
Salvationist introduces the focuses on the Army’s work
WHEN you tell someone you’re part of The Salvation Army, how do you describe it? Is it the church down the road from your home that helps people in the neighbourhood? Is it a national Movement that works across the UK and Ireland? Is it a worldwide Army that’s helping to transform lives in 134 countries?
All the above are true, and that’s because The Salvation Army is rooted in community. Wherever it is planted around the planet, it’s grounded in authentic relationships with God and with others. As a global Movement, we are called to bring other people into fullness of life with Jesus, to help them flourish – physically, professionally, socially, spiritually.
“ Planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God (Psalm 92:13). ”
That loving, compassionate mission binds us together in a way that goes beyond geographical boundaries. It means that we are not just connected with Salvationists in our hometown, but with our fellow Salvationists in places as far from us as Indonesia. The Army’s work began there in 1894. Today there are more than 300 corps with roughly 70,000 soldiers and adherents, and the Army runs 103 schools, 6 hospitals and multiple social service centres.
This year’s Self-Denial Appeal supports the Army’s work across the country. The
Children at school in Palu
community faith and service
2025 Self-Denial Appeal, which in Indonesia
appeal itself dates back to 1886, when William Booth was trying to raise funds for The Salvation Army’s international work. An officer pledged to go without pudding for a whole year and give the money to the fund, and the idea of the Self-Denial Appeal was born.
Today, this annual appeal invites Salvationists across the globe to participate in sacrificial giving to support the Army’s work. By funding training, resources and infrastructure – from administration to IT – these offerings help to equip fellow Salvationists to do God’s work, so that the Army’s worldwide mission not only continues, but flourishes.
Psalm 92:13 says: ‘Planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.’ When we are rooted in God’s love, we know that we will flourish – and we want to invite other people into that fertile soil and see them flourish too.
Dedi is a lecturer at the Salvation Army Theological College in Palu, a busy city in Sulawesi. He is also a youth leader at Towua Corps on the same site, where he runs a youth group on Sundays.
The group sees 800 young people worshipping together and is growing quickly, because Dedi is intentional in offering a hand of friendship to all corners of his community. Where some may see ‘drug addicts’ or ‘sex workers’, Dedi sees ‘young people’.
‘Our principle is that we are never better than the people we serve,’ he says.
Dita came from her small town of Palolo to Palu to train at the Army’s nursing school. Today, she is a nurse, flourishing in her faith and her service.
James has been a teacher for 10 years at one of the Army’s schools in Indonesia.
‘The children’s enthusiasm for learning is extraordinary,’ he says.
He passionately believes in the importance of education to transform lives.
Each year, around 50 cadets enrol at the Salvation Army Officer Training Centre in
Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. Before becoming a cadet, Flora used to make handicraft products.
‘My hope is that in the future I can be a blessing to others,’ she says.
The Self-Denial Appeal begins on Sunday 2 February and ends with an altar service held on Sunday 2 March. Throughout the appeal, weekly videos will share their stories in more detail.
The videos can be watched on your own or together in meetings. They could be shared with corps members through social media. Each film will be accompanied by related prayer points. The videos and prayer points will be available online at salvationist.org.uk/ resources and will be published and available to read in Salvationist
Self-Denial 2024: Thank you for making a difference
Thanks to your generous sacrificial giving, the 2024 Self-Denial Appeal raised a total of more than £1 million, breaking the million-pound mark for the fourth time since 2020. More than £33,000 of that amount was raised online, with more than 200 people taking advantage of the opportunity to give their offering at salvationist.org.uk/selfdenial
The 2024 appeal focused on Army officers around the world. Thank you to everyone who gave in last year’s appeal – and to everyone who will give this year.
Giving is a biblical discipline that sits alongside disciplines such as prayer and studying the Bible. It enables
James
Dita
people to ‘do good and to share with others’ (Hebrews 13:16). The Self-Denial Appeal is a unique opportunity to give in a way that is rooted in our global community with God and each other, ‘not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality’ (2 Corinthians 8:13).
In 1 Corinthians 12:26, Paul reminds us that we are part of the body of Christ, that ‘if one part suffers, every part suffers with it’. By giving sacrificially, according to what we have, we can help to share resources so that each part of this global body can flourish together. Your giving this Self-Denial can ensure Salvationists in Indonesia have the skills and tools they need to help transform other people’s lives so they can flourish within God’s community too. Isn’t that something exciting to be part of?
• To order Self-Denial envelopes, personal collection boxes or hard copies of the poster or leaflet, email territorial. appeals@salvationarmy.org.uk
Self-Denial and Helping-Hand explained
International Projects Office Team Leader Benjamin Gilbert outlines the differences and links between the two appeals
When did Self-Denial start?
The Self-Denial Appeal started in 1886 when General William Booth called Salvationists to give sacrificially and to deny themselves so that they could offer God’s love to a hurting world. The Salvation Army is now active in 134 countries and the Self-Denial Appeal still operates in every territory. Whether living in wealth or poverty, Salvationists from all walks of life generously support the Army’s mission to share the gospel and improve the lives of millions of people through the love of Jesus.
What are the funds used for?
While the Helping-Hand Appeal funds are used internationally for community-based projects, the funds from the Self-Denial Appeal are channelled into the operational costs of The Salvation Army across the world. This includes everything from paying the electricity bill for a THQ in a country such as Ghana to paying for training courses for officers in Pakistan. Every territory and region contributes financially to the total appeal fund but, depending on the size and financial position of each one, some will receive back more funding than they put in.
ways
Daily offering
Give up something that you do every day. For example, instead of paying to take the bus, you could walk or cycle.
In this way The Salvation Army is able to operate around the world, with some territories – such as the UKI Territory, which is able to raise significant funding on its own –helping to support territories that are not in such a fortunate position.
How are the two appeals linked?
In many territories, the Army uses a church-based model when implementing its community programmes. A clean water or food security project will often closely involve a corps officer and corps volunteers. For example, a corps building might be used to conduct training or facilitate the distribution of seeds in a project. This ensures that relationships between a corps and its wider community can be built and sustained after the project has ended. The Self-Denial Appeal helps to keep the physical infrastructure of the Army going and the Helping-Hand Appeal enables corps to engage in community needs far beyond what their own resources would allow. Both appeals are mutually dependent on each other – so please give generously to both!
• Read the full explainer online at salvationist.org.uk/appealsexplained
Specific sacrifice
Forgo a specific treat or luxury. That could be a meal out or buying something that you don’t need.
One week’s salary on missionary service
To donate in this way, talk to your corps leader or corps treasurer.
Cadet Flora
Heckmondwike Galvanised for God
Moving forwards together
When the corps found itself facing an uncertain future without leaders during the Covid-19 pandemic, a small cohort of corps members met in the car park and agreed to forge ahead as a team, sharing responsibility for ministry and mission.
Fast forward four years and – under the overall stewardship of Corps SergeantMajor Janet Devine, along with a trusty group of around a dozen corps folks and a handful of extra volunteers – there is much for us to rejoice in.
Reimagining programme
People don’t come across the hall by accident, as the building is set back from a main road. We use social media to share our programme and often word of mouth is most effective. We’re blessed to have a lift and accessible facilities, which are great for families and people with mobility issues.
Our main upstairs hall used to be a preschool, which closed around the Covid-19 pandemic. Janet had the vision for transforming it with help from a good friend. After a year of prepping, they divided it into three sections: a parentsand-tots play area, comfy seating and a café-style space. All the furniture came from local company Over2Hills, which recycles and donates furniture to charities.
We have a Sunday congregation of about a dozen. At our Friday Friends community drop-in and our Second Saturday coffee morning we see up to 40 people attend. At each coffee morning, we have a different food theme and often sell books or bric-a-brac. For people on the fringes, attending community programme is church for them because they come to the Army, where they are welcomed and Jesus’ love is shared – we are known at the corps for having food with everything we do!
Stepping up as a family
We are a family who care about, check in with and encourage each other. We study the Bible together, sing together and enjoy social outings and fellowship.
Janet used to be a teacher, but for some it’s not been easy to step up and lead a meeting. Every four months we put out a rota for the Sundays ahead, with a column for signing up to lead worship, do refreshments or provide flowers. We look forward to each other’s meetings because everybody has their own style.
Three men have formed a maintenance team and do a very good job of looking after the building and grounds.
In recent months, three members of our fellowship have been promoted to Glory at 58, 64 and 101 years of age. We feel the loss tremendously.
We receive support from Major Joy Allchin (Leeds West Hunslet), who blesses us with her listening ear and pastoral support. When she visits, she speaks to everyone present. Our divisional mission officers, Majors Carolyn and Paul Wilson, also visit, and DHQ provides support.
Big in heart
Love God, love others is the foundation of what we do. Our area is one of high unemployment, poverty and homelessness. The old ‘heart to God, hand to man’ slogan sums us up perfectly. We may be few in number, but we’re big in heart and that’s what counts.
Corps anniversary, June 2024
At Christmas we prepared large food parcels for families referred to us for toys. We ensured these were sufficient to feed the family for a week.
Please pray for new folks and younger people to come through our doors and come to faith, especially people under 60 and enthusiastic workers for the Kingdom, to help secure our future as a church in this community.
Fast Facts
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INTERNATIONAL
International leaders inspire thousands SRI
LANKA
GENERAL Lyndon Buckingham and World President of Women’s Ministries Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham brought renewed inspiration during their visit to the Sri Lanka Territory.
More than 1,500 Salvationists attended a public meeting in Colombo, where the General’s message sparked a spiritual awakening with his challenge to ‘let your faith proclaim the love of God to others’.
More than 100 people sought spiritual renewal at the mercy seat, and 26 junior soldiers and 46 soldiers were enrolled.
At a youth rally, the General emphasised putting Jesus above all else. The rally inspired 450 young people to reflect Jesus in their personal lives and within their corps and communities.
Commissioner Bronwyn inspired more than 500 women with her personal testimony and challenge at a women’s rally. She encouraged the women to lead a secure life through Jesus and develop a personal relationship with him.
During the commissioning of the seven cadets of the Champions of the Mission session, the General charged the cadets to ‘be imitators of Jesus’, inspiring many young people to consider a calling
HOMELESSNESS
GLOUCESTER Amid freezing cold temperatures, the corps has been providing rough sleepers with free hot meals. In 2024 alone, the corps served 3,936 hot meals on a Monday lunchtime, distributed 292 sleeping bags and 277 duvets to people at risk of homelessness, and provided 2,267 supper bags. – AR
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to officership.
Officers councils included the presentation of 40-year long-service awards to Territorial Commander Colonel Nihal Hettiarachchi and Major Swarnalatha Wijesiri (Kudagama Corps).
At the executive officers council, the territorial strategic plan Focus on Transformation and Compass, the Global Strategic Framework, provided clear direction for future ministry.
The unveiling of a commemorative plaque at Hikkaduwa, where the Indian Ocean tsunami struck 20 years ago, highlighted the Movement’s longterm commitment to community transformation. This visit confirmed the territory’s dedication to sustainable development through housing initiatives, economic empowerment programmes, health-care services and community development.
A meeting with prime minister Harini Amarasuriya elevated the Army’s profile in Sri Lanka. The prime minister’s advice to emphasise youth development will be integrated into the territorial focus, creating new possibilities for youth-orientated initiatives. – AC
COMMUNITY
WELLING The corps has started running a cooking workshop aimed at building people’s confidence and knowledge around food preparation. The menu includes mackerel and salad wraps, potato and leek soup, and apple crumble. The participants have a brilliant time and enjoy being outside their comfort zones trying new things. – KS
ADDICTION
Army launches harm reduction strategy THQ
THE Addictions Department has launched a harm reduction strategy to deliver connection, social justice and life-saving support for people struggling with addiction.
The strategy reaffirms the territory’s continued use of harm reduction along with trauma-informed, psychosocial and spiritual support to address the root causes of addiction. This support framework, which includes access to the drug naloxone to reverse heroin overdoses, is a pragmatic, non-stigmatising approach that meets people where they are rather than requiring them to change as a condition of support.
Harm reduction has already been successfully embedded in Lifehouses. The strategy will explore harm reduction opportunities in other settings, including anti-trafficking and modern slavery, children’s and youth work, corps and collaboration with external providers.
The launch event included a training session about how to administer naloxone. External guests included Ethypharm, a manufacturer of naloxone, and researchers from King’s College London.
Director of Addictions Lee Ball said: ‘This strategy will not only save lives but seeks to change the systems that harm people.’
Attendees heard how the integration of harm reduction in Lifehouses has created a safer space for the 3,000 people the Army accommodates and supports at any given time. From 2019 to 2023 this approach resulted in a 23 per cent reduction in deaths from any cause and a 51 per cent decrease in overdose fatalities. This is in stark contrast to rising drug-related deaths in society.
Territorial Leader Commissioner Paul Main endorsed the strategy, and emphasised the importance of a compassionate response to addiction. – AR
General Paul Rader promoted to Glory
GENERAL Paul Rader (Retired), The Salvation Army’s 15th beloved international leader, was promoted to Glory on 18 January.
General Paul Rader was the international leader of The Salvation Army from 1994 to 1999. He also served as Chief Secretary in the Korea Territory (1977–84) and the USA Eastern Territory (1989), as Territorial Commander in the USA Western Territory (1989–94) and as President of Asbury University in Kentucky, USA (2000–06).
General Rader’s dynamic ministry and visionary leadership had a tremendous influence around the world.
He will be remembered for his preaching, teaching and sterling example of Salvationism.
General Lyndon Buckingham, the international leader of The Salvation Army, paid tribute, saying: ‘General Paul Rader was a devoted servant and leader. I salute his unwavering commitment to his calling, his unrelenting vision for the growth of The Salvation Army and the sharing of the gospel to the furthest reaches of the globe.’
The Chief of the Staff, Commissioner Edward Hill, added: ‘General Paul Rader was a dynamic and engaging leader who inspired me and countless other officers of my generation. I thank God for the power of his preaching and teaching.’
The global Salvation Army family holds Commissioner Kay Rader and the family in their prayers at this time. – AR
HOMELESSNESS
Innovative pop-up pods come to St Helens
THE Salvation Army launched its first NAPpad (Night-time Accommodation Project) in the northwest.
The NAPpad, which is situated in the car park of Salisbury House Lifehouse, provides temporary accommodation to people experiencing homelessness. It incorporates four individual units equipped with a toilet, sink, bed, duvet, pillow and heating.
Described as portable ‘micro-flats’ that offer safety and comfort, each pad is fitted with innovative sensors that detect if someone stops breathing, giving responders vital minutes to save a life.
Each pad also has an energy-efficient heating and water
system and can keep someone safe using the same amount of energy per night as a domestic light bulb.
If required, the NAPpads can be moved to different locations to meet local need.
Working in association with the council, the Army will accommodate people who have been referred by the local authority, with clients able to check in from 6pm and stay until 9am for a period of up to three nights while alternative, longer-term accommodation is found.
The NAPpads have been designed by Protectal in collaboration with The Salvation Army.
The St Helens unit has been dedicated to the memory of the Lifehouse’s service manager, Darren Mulcahy, who passed away suddenly in July 2024. A plaque to his memory was unveiled in the presence of his friends and family. – AR
SARAH Lawson, Cindy Ho and Toby To were welcomed as adherents by corps officer Major Vaughan Bovan. Sarah has been attending for several years, having been introduced through the corps community choir and now sings regularly with the songsters in Sunday worship. Cindy and Toby moved to the UK from Hong Kong three years ago. They saw the corps on the Welcome Churches website, welcomechurches.org, and decided they would worship with us. They are active members of our weekly Bible conversation. – VB
LORRAINE Brigdale and Ebony Jones were welcomed as adherents by Mel Hart. They both sing in the songsters and Ebony was previously a junior soldier. – KT
CLEVEDON
JUNE Grist, Clare Timbrell and Colin Oakes were enrolled as soldiers by corps officer Captain Lorraine Cole. It has been lovely to welcome June, Clare and Colin into the corps fellowship and to share with them in their faith journeys. We look forward to our continued journey together. – LC
HIGH WYCOMBE
BROTHER and sister Charlie and Esther Thompson were enrolled as soldiers by Territorial Leaders Commissioners Jenine and Paul Main. Charlie and Esther testified to their relationships with the Lord and Esther shared a piano solo. Friends and family from further afield attended and it was good to have a packed hall for this special occasion. The band, songsters and African Praise were joined by extras who came to support the day. Commissioners Jenine and Paul used the theme Growing in Faith and challenged everyone to consider how we are growing in faith. We are grateful for the ways Charlie and Esther have both grown in their faith. – CG
NOTTINGHAM WILLIAM BOOTH MEMORIAL HALLS
CORAL Platts was welcomed as an adherent by corps officer Major Robert Jepson. After her own church sadly closed its doors, Coral made her way to the Army and found a new spiritual home. In her testimony she powerfully spoke of the Lord’s great love and care for her over the years and how she knows the Lord led her to the corps. Also pictured is corps officer Major Julia Jepson. – RJ
CRADLEY HEATH
BRANKSOME
COLIN Stroud, Linda Witherington, Janet Wonnacott, Lloyd Bartlett and Nick Budden (standing) and Angela Burden, Peter Doubtfire, Sharon Faber, Jonathan Dyke and Suzy AtfieldCutts were welcomed as adherents by corps officer Major Gia Salarishvili during the 137th corps anniversary celebrations. Some have attended for years, others have recently come to the Army. Holding the flag is Joan Doubtfire. – JD
LEICESTER SOUTH
ANN Richardson and Marion Wood were welcomed as adherents by corps officers Majors Louise and Paul Wood. Ann and Marion have attended the corps for several years and participate in many weekly activities. They decided to take a step along their faith journeys by becoming adherents. All of them are pictured with Recruiting Sergeants Cerys and Mat Jenkinson. – CJ
STAPLEFORD
BETH Machin and Victoria Murdock were welcomed as adherents by corps officer Captain Huw Dutfield, supported by relatives and friends. Beth has been attending for a couple of years after a friend invited her and Victoria first linked up with the Sanctuary café. Beth chose ‘You Laid Aside Your Majesty’ and Victoria chose ‘It Is No Secret’. Also pictured are Ann Foster, Major Marion Shipp and Adherents Secretary Frank Taylor. – FT
SHIREBROOK
HEATHER Morley was welcomed as an adherent by corps officer Captain David White. As a young girl, Heather was brought to the corps by her grandma, who was a soldier. Over the past year or so, her son, Lucas, encouraged her to come back after he heard the story of Heather being a junior soldier. They both now attend worship and many programme events. Heather is also a valued volunteer in the café. – LW
BASINGSTOKE
JOY Fry, Ruth Wood and Ruth Jenkins were welcomed as adherents by corps officers Captains Jonathan and Sarah Pitts. The meeting, themed Belonging to God, explained the different ways we feel we can belong, including being an adherent, sticking ourselves to God and the corps family. Also pictured is Recruiting Sergeant Annie Tarry. – SP
STOCKTON
FREDDIE was enrolled as a junior soldier by Majors Kim and Nigel Gotobed during the 150th corps anniversary celebrations. We were thrilled as Freddie overcame his nerves and read out the Junior Soldier’s Promise to a packed hall. – SD
EMMA Perks, Kerene McKeown and Jean Burrows were welcomed as adherents by corps leader Territorial Envoy Lee HightonNicholls. Emma joined the corps following the return to gathered worship after the Covid-19 pandemic. Jean and Kerene have joined the fellowship more recently after many years with other denominations. All three testified to God drawing them to the Army and are excited to see how he will use them in these days. – LH-N
VERONICAH was welcomed as an adherent by corps officers Captains Chris and Naomi Kelly. Veronicah testified about her journey as an asylum seeker, which led her to seek support from the corps where she now regularly attends and helps with ministry during the week. She spoke of her sense of belonging and purpose within her new church. – NK
AIMÉ was enrolled as a junior soldier by corps officer Major Sandra Hall. She was invited to attend the corps by Nikita, who is a junior soldier. Aimé enjoyed being part of all that was happening and soon felt she would like to be a junior soldier. Diane Lloyd, who took Aimé through her classes, reminded the congregation of what being a junior soldier entails. Aimé knelt at the mercy seat to sign the Junior Soldier’s Promise and was joined by Nikita and fellow junior soldier Noah to read it. – JD
KIRKWALL
EDGAR and Heather Balfour were welcomed as adherents by corps officers Captains John and Rebecca Mitchinson. Edgar and Heather have been active members of the corps for several years and decided to make it official by becoming adherents. Both gave personal accounts of how they came to faith and picked songs that conveyed how God has worked in their lives in a powerful way: ‘Goodness of God’ and ‘God Sent His Son, They Called Him Jesus’ (SASB 219). Holding the flag is Songster Leader Andrew Stanger. – SS
BLESSING Osamudiamen and Gloria Ogumane were enrolled as soldiers by corps officers Majors Cliff and Joy Allchin. Blessing began attending The Salvation Army when she joined her husband in the UK from Nigeria. In her testimony she thanked the corps for all their help and praised God for the benefits of grace she has received. Blessing and her husband, Godwin, invited their neighbours, Gloria and Kelvin, to The Salvation Army and all four are now soldiers. Gloria recited her favourite Scripture, Psalm 23. Pictured are Major Cliff with Blessing (left) and Major Joy with Gloria (right).– CA
WILLENHALL
CHIPPENHAM
LEEDS WEST HUNSLET
MAJOR JOHN SMITH
JOHN Smith was a proud Cornishman from Camborne Corps, entering the International Training College in 1976 as a Disciple of Jesus. Prior to training, he was a teacher in Crawley, majoring in music. He met Lorna at the training college, and they were married in 1979.
Their first appointment was at Caterham. Appointments included the training college and various divisional and Territorial Headquarters appointments. At their request, they returned to corps officership, serving at Droitwich Spa, Peterborough, Sheffield Citadel and Tunbridge Wells, where, despite illness, John was a wonderful corps officer.
During his appointment at the training college, one of John’s duties involved leading the cadets in united singing. There are many officers around the country who continue to ‘sing with their eyes’. Every appointment featured his love of music in some way or another and throughout his service John brought so much joy to others.
In retirement, John led the community choir at Bromley Temple, where many came to faith through his ministry. His passion was preaching and sharing Jesus, having a deep concern for the spiritual wellbeing of others. His final act of ministry was to pray for and with the palliative care doctor and nurse, reminding Lorna and the grandchildren to continue to allow the Holy Spirit to be their guide.
John was so proud of his wonderful daughters, Emma and Hannah, their husbands, Mark and Laurence, and, of course, his grandchildren, Lillie, Esmé, Eva, Mally, Fin and Jago. They love and miss their papa very much.
John was to the very end a faithful Disciple of Jesus, with a great sense of fun. He will be missed greatly by so many, not least Lorna who served alongside him for 46 years.
Rest well, faithful servant of God and rise in Glory. – LS
DOROTHY DRAPER PENZANCE
DOROTHY was born in St Ives in 1937. At the age of 17 she was saved, becoming a soldier and corps cadet guardian. A year later she entered the Faithful session at the International Training College.
Upon commissioning, she was appointed to Goodwill work, serving in several appointments. In 1966 Dorothy married Captain Jim Hayes and together they served at Dinnington and Seaham Harbour before Jim was promoted to Glory in 1970, leaving Dorothy with their baby son, Bramwell.
Dorothy then served in Launceston, Exmouth and Tavistock before returning home to St Ives, where she served as corps secretary. During this time, she married Bob Draper, who was sadly promoted to Glory after only three years of marriage. In the last few years of her life, Dorothy’s quiet witness was much appreciated by those around her. She was a faithful witness who is now enjoying her Saviour’s presence. – BH
Appointed
Effective 20 March
CAPTAIN ANNMARIE
GIFFORD, Territorial Development Officer, Eastern Europe
Effective 1 April
MAJOR DAVID ALTON, Divisional Commander, Central, Southern and Channel Islands Division
MAJOR JANE ALTON, Divisional Leader and Assistant Divisional Commander, Central, Southern and Channel Islands Division
Effective 25 June
MAJOR MIKE
LLOYD‑JONES, Assistant Chief Secretary, Chief Secretary’s Office, THQ, with the rank of lieut-colonel
Local officers appointed
CORPS TREASURER
HEATHER BURNS, Aberdeen Citadel CORPS
SERGEANT‑MAJOR
KEVIN JEFFERSON, Aberdeen Citadel
RECRUITING SERGEANT
MARGARET ROSS, Aberdeen Citadel
DEPUTY BANDMASTER
PAUL FRENCH, Stockton
Promoted to Glory
DORIS TAYLOR , Waterbeach
SONGSTER RESERVIST
PAULINE DARE, Basingstoke, on 8 January
Bereaved
KEITH TAYLOR , Waterbeach, of his wife Doris Taylor
RETIRED BANDMASTER
ROBERT DARE, Newcastle City Temple, and Retired Corps
Treasurer Win Hollis, Basingstoke, of their mother Pauline Dare
CAPTAIN SHARON
HAMPTON, Coedpoeth and Rhosllanerchrugog, of her father Robert Walker
ENGAGEMENTS
General Lyndon Buckingham and World President of Women’s Ministries
Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham
Fri 7 Feb Sunbury Court (ICO Lecture)
Sun 9 Feb Sunbury Court (ICO Spiritual Day)
Thu 13 Feb – Fri 28 Feb India Western Territory
Territorial Leaders Commissioners Jenine and Paul Main
Mon 10 Feb William Booth College (Let’s Talk training)*
Wed 12 Feb Central Southern and Channel Islands Divisional Headquarters
Chief Secretary Colonel Peter Forrest and Territorial Secretary for Leader Development Colonel Julie Forrest
Sun 9 Feb William Booth College (morning worship, Let’s Talk facilitator training)**
Sat 15 – Sun 16 Feb Sunderland Millfield (135th corps anniversary)
*Commissioner Jenine Main only **Colonel Peter Forrest only
NOTICES
Self-Denial Appeal resources
The Self-Denial Appeal runs from Sunday 2 February to Sunday 2 March. As well as the five weekly films exploring the Army’s work in Indonesia, resources available include prayer point PowerPoint slides, a sermon outline and a reflection video for use during the altar service. Access them at salvationist.org.uk/resources
Care for Creation: International Bible study
This monthly Bible study for Army colleagues worldwide considers caring for creation. It takes place on the first Tuesday of each month, alternating between 8am and 8pm. Our Shared Home(s) will take place on 4 February at 8am, led by Lieut-Colonel Karen Shakespeare (IHQ). For more information, email environment@salvationarmy.org.uk
Racial Justice Sunday
Racial Justice Sunday (9 February) invites all Christians to weave racial justice into their everyday lives. Churches Together in Britain and Ireland have provided resources themed Coat of Many Colours. Download them at salvationist.org.uk/resources/key dates/racial justice sunday
Addictions training for corps
Join specialists in a series of nine monthly online training sessions for people in corps settings to increase their understanding of addiction and how to give effective support. The sessions will equip attendees with approaches and tools to work with people affected by addiction. The first will take place from 9.30am to 11.30am on 25 February and focus on emotional regulation. For more information, email addictionservice@salvationarmy.org.uk
SOUNDS
Sunday Worship
Join Salvationists across the territory in worship, with music, prayer and a Bible message from a guest speaker. This week’s message is from Captain Callum McKenna (William Booth College). Can’t join us at 11am on Sundays? Catch up with the weekly podcast of highlights. Each week’s broadcast is repeated in full on Sundays at 6pm, Mondays at 12am and Thursdays at 9am.
• Listen online at salvationist.org.uk/radio
Sing to the Lord with the ISS
Enjoy favourite recordings from the International Staff Songsters chosen by a special guest. Listen at 5pm on Sunday 2 February.
• Listen online at salvationist.org.uk/radio
Morning Praise with Kids Alive!
Get your day started with half an hour of music, prayer, a thought and lots of giggles! Listen on Saturdays from 7.30am to 8am. Can’t tune in on Saturday morning? The broadcast is also repeated in full on Sundays at 9am and Mondays at 7.30am.
• Listen online at salvationist.org.uk/radio
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