Category: Officership
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10 Ministry Tools for the Non-Musically Inclined Pastor.
YouNot all of us pastors have the luxury of having a full worship band, pianist and an ear for music. Let’s face it, some of us reading this article right now can’t carry a tune in a bucket…and that’s okay. We don’t all have to have the gift of music. Scripture even points out the […]
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Messy Church – Weekend VBS…”I Am’s of Jesus”
So we did a weekend of Messy Church recently, that consisted of 2 hour segments on the topic of the “I Am’s” of Jesus. I would recommend along with leaders at the stations, you have a time keeper to keep the stations and children moving. These Messy Church plans can be adapted and adjusted to […]
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Dear Salvation Army, 3 Reasons Why Failure IS An Option…
First let me insist that failing to plan is a plan to fail…I am sure you have heard that before. But it’s true. Everyone of us has potential to risk big for the Kingdom of God, but if we fail to plan for that kingdom building exercise, we plan to fail. Dear Salvation Army, I […]
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Dear Salvation Army Officer’s Kids: 5 Survival Tips For Officer Kids Who Are Moving…
Hey fellow ponderers, please allow me this moment to be a little selfish…actually I want to specifically think of my children, and other officer kids out there on the cusp of moving (perhaps once again). I know that this blog post will not speak to everyone, and not everyone will relate, but please recognize that […]
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Dear Salvation Army, For THY Mission Make Me Holy
Dear Salvationist, the movement of This Army of Salvation is inexplicably wrapped up in the holiness of the body of Christ. Without this deep desire to be Holy and then to do holiness towards others, we become just another social service organization. In the midst of doing the most good, often times the danger of […]
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Dear Salvation Army, Mending Fences…
Dear Salvation Army, reconciliation is a beautiful thing. We seek it for our soldiers, we preach it from our pulpits, but do we truly live it? I have heard it said that we as people are quick to expect forgiveness when we have been wronged, but what about when we have performed the misstep, what […]
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Dear Salvation Army, Where Are We Going?
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” -Michelangelo This is more of a collective pondering today. We need your comments, thoughts and opinions in order to carefully and thoughtful answer the above question: […]
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Dear Salvation Army: 4 Mistakes New Officers Make
“Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.”― Oscar Wilde Dear Salvation Army, it has been a while since we last spoke. Today let us explore the topic of mistakes in relation to Officership. It is […]
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3 Resources to help you become a better Salvation Army Officer…
Let’s face it, the role of a Salvation Army Officer is difficult. I know…understatement of the century! There are certainly joys…along with heartache and sorrows – it’s a mixed bag sometimes. We all wish that things would go according to plan, but most of the time we look like this: And, we hope nothing gets […]
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Dear Salvation Army, How Accountable Are We Really?
Last year (2016), General Cox set forth an initiative called Journey of Renewal. This initiative has been created to encourage, grow, and tackle many of the struggles our Army faces today. In some countries in recent years there have been horrific criminal events that have taken place, and in some regards this is the Army’s […]
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