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How Sally changed Tulsa
Client gets mad, then creative; result is movie about Army’s services to homeless people In the summer of 2009, John Ross, a recovering meth addict housed at Tulsa Area Command’s Center of Hope homeless shelter, was moved to anger about local politicians’ initiatives to relocate services for homeless people away from downtown. Ross’s case manager, [...]
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Tournament of Roses
This year the Southern California Divisional Music held an INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION for the Rose Parade March that will be ...
El Dorado’s Deborah Bartlett counts
Debora Bartlett has lost a lot. But she doesn’t seem to mind – in fact, she gives God the glory ...
General Larsson publishes CD of favorite tunes from
To make the songs of the Gowans & Larsson musicals available to this generation, General John Larsson is recording a ...
Cowboy Cadet
Jeremy Walker loves the wide open spaces, but he’s eager for the adventures of officership Words of a popular song by ...
Friends of Christ The Friends of Christ session has arrived to commence their two-year training period. When I first heard that the General selected that title for this session, my thoughts quickly went to John 15:15 – Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you [...]
SOUTHERN TERRITORIAL SOCIAL SERVICES ROUNDTABLE HOSTED AT THE EVANGELINE BOOTH COLLEGE – SCHOOL FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION The annual Territorial Social Services Roundtable was held at the School for Continuing Education under the leadership of Kevin Tomson-Hooper, Territorial Director for Social Services. This is a gathering of territorial and divisional social services director’s and representative’s who have the responsibility to provide [...]
¿Cómo Sally cambió Tulsa? Una creativa película sobre los servicios del Ejército de Salvación para personas sin hogar. En el verano de 2009, en el “Refugio la Esperanza” para personas sin hogar del Comando de Área del Centro de Tulsa, John Ross, un adicto en proceso de recuperación de metanfetamina se molestó por la iniciativa de los políticos [...]
God can use your passions! I am sure some famous Salvationist from our glorious past said that first, but God can, and will, if you’ll only let him. It’s amazing how many people I encounter as I travel around who are actually afraid that if they “give in” to the will of God for their lives (which sometimes means some [...]
