What is The Salvation Army?
2 COMMENT AND CONTENTS • WAR cry • 20 July 2019
The Salvation Army is a Christian church and registered charity providing services in the community, particularly to those who are vulnerable and marginalised. Motivated by our Christian faith, we offer practical support and services in more than 700 centres throughout the UK to all who need them, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation. To find your nearest centre visit salvationarmy.org.uk/find-a-church
From the editor’s desk MOONWALKING, for a certain generation, will always be associated with singer Michael Jackson. But the TV schedules over the past couple of weeks have reminded us that the original moonwalker was astronaut Neil Armstrong. It is 50 years since Apollo 11 landed on the moon’s Sea of Tranquillity and the world watched Neil and Buzz Aldrin via live television pictures. In this week’s War Cry we look back at the event with the Astronomer Royal, Lord Rees, who still remembers the ‘wonderful experience’ of watching those TV pictures. He reflects: ‘A lot of the equipment was, of course, untested. So it was an extremely risky project.’ Half a century later, the knowledge that the mission was a success can reduce our appreciation of the risks the astronauts took and the bravery they showed in going to the moon. It is not necessary to go back 50 years to find people who demonstrate bravery. Every year the crews of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution show that quality thousands of times as they help people who are in danger in seas that are far from tranquil. This week, we speak with the Rev Margaret Rose, who acts as a chaplain to the crew at the lifeboat station in Anstruther, Fife. Margaret, and the crew she supports, are all too aware of the dangers of the sea. But she describes the impressive way the crew members ‘work as one’ for the benefit of the people they are rescuing and for their own safety. The actions of the lifeboat crew are an example of the strength and security that can be found in unity. It is a timely reminder when so much of our society appears fragmented. Surely we would all be over the moon if we could find a little more unity within our own communities.
What is the War Cry? The Salvation Army first published a newspaper called the War Cry in London in December 1879, and we have continued to appear every week since then. Our name refers to our battle for people’s hearts and souls as we promote the positive impact of the Christian faith and The Salvation Army’s fight for greater social justice.
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FEATURES 3
Walking on the moon 50 years since the Apollo 11 mission
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Film that’s on song Pavarotti documentary released
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Launching out The role of a lifeboat crew’s chaplain
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Can you feel the love? Show’s star on why The Lion King is still the mane event
REGULARS 4
News and media
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Browsing the Bible
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Now, There’s a Thought! and Quick Quiz
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What’s cooking? Front-page picture: © 2019 Disney Enterprises, Inc
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