CELEBRATE COMMUNITY
Nineteen Junior Soldiers Enrolled at Beaver Creek Camp
CHARLOTTETOWN, N.L.—On Easter Sunday, Craig and Fallon Stringer dedicated to the Lord their son, Jackson Robert Roy. With them are Lts Darren and Dannette Woods, then COs.
POWELL RIVER, B.C.—“The enrolment of Bev Stirling and Scott Loftus as adherents was a special event in our corps,” says Cpt Jennifer Robins, CO. “They have lots of enthusiasm, and their caregivers and our people were excited to make them an official part of our congregation.” In the photo, Cpt Robins shares a congratulatory cake with Bev and Scott.
GAZETTE
INTERNATIONAL Appointments Mjr Marsha-Jean Bowles, chief secretary, Germany and Lithuania Territory, with promotion to the rank of lt-col Promotion to Lt-Colonel Mjr David Bowles Long service—25 years Mjrs Leonard/Rossyln Millar, Mjr Glenys Pilgrim, Mjr Frederick Pond Long Service—35 Years Mjr Agnes Hailes Long Service—45 Years Mjr Martin McCarter Retirements Mjrs William/Sharon Mason, out of Berkshire Citadel. Last appointment: community and family services workers, The Salvation Army Stan Hagen Centre for Families, Victoria, B.C. Div; Mjr Susan McCann, out of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Last appointment: special projects and chaplaincy, Montreal Montclair Residence, Que. Div
CALENDAR
Commissioners Brian and Rosalie Peddle Aug 28 morning service at national music camp, Jackson’s Point, Ont.; Aug 30-Sep 1 welcome of territorial leaders and installation of Mjrs Larry and Velma Martin as divisional leaders, Camp Sunrise, B.C. Div Colonels Floyd and Tracey Tidd Aug 31 installation of new divisional leaders, Camp Sunrise, B.C. Div 28 I August 2011 I Salvationist
SASKATCHEWAN—During junior youth councils at Beaver Creek Camp, 19 junior soldiers were enrolled, 12 from Haven of Hope Church in Regina and seven from Saskatoon Temple. Using the theme, Music N Motion, activities incorporated timbrels, worship flags, puppets, games and Bible teaching sessions. The celebrations concluded with a music festival at Saskatoon Temple, with the Guelph Citadel youth band. In photo, from left, Cpts Corinne and Steven Cameron, former COs, Haven of Hope, Regina; Cpt Mark Hall, TYS; Cpts Jamie and Shelly Rands, COs, Saskatoon Temple.
Officer Retirements Major Winn Blackman was commissioned with her husband, Bill, in 1973. They enjoyed corps appointments in Saskatchewan, Ontario and British Columbia. “I cherish my years as a corps officer and am grateful for those who touched my life,” says Winn. She served as co-ordinator of volunteers and divisional secretary for corps ministries in the then Manitoba and Northwest Ontario Division and as the divisional director for women’s ministries in Saskatchewan, later with the added responsibility of divisional secretary for program. In 2006, Winn became the divisional director of women’s ministries for the British Columbia Division and the liaison officer for Vancouver Corps 614, the War College and cross cultural ministries. Winn is pleased that her dream for safe housing for victims of sexual trafficking has been accomplished with the opening of Deborah’s Gate. “Officership has been a wonderful time of challenge and opportunities to serve Jesus Christ,” says Winn. “He is my first love and I desire to serve him until he calls me home.” Winn is looking forward to joining Bill in retirement and spending more time with their children and grandchildren. “Salvation Army officership gave me the opportunity to minister in a variety of ways and places,” says Major Betty Boyd. Leaving Tizzard’s Harbour, N.L., in preparation for training college in St. John’s, N.L., Betty taught school in Gander Bay, N.L., and served as an envoy in Carmanville and Cottrell’s Cove, N.L. Commissioned in 1973, she served as corps officer in Woodstock, Embree, Too Good Arm, Bayview, Burin, Mount Pearl and Botwood, N.L. Administrative appointments took her to the training college in St. John’s, territorial headquarters in Toronto and to Grand Falls-Windsor, N.L., as social services co-ordinator. “I have experienced much fulfilment in doing God’s work and am grateful for every blessing enjoyed along the way,” says Betty. Retirement brings her back home to Tizzard’s Harbour. Major Marjory Peddle, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, met Salvation Army officers holding an open-air meeting, one of whom was playing a tambourine. “My desire to play the tambourine brought me to Sunday school and eventually I became a junior soldier and played in the timbrel brigade,” says Marjory. “ ‘In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight’ (Proverbs 3:6) has been my motto since leaving for Canada in 1966.” After commissioning in 1974, she and her husband served in several corps. She became a single parent in Montreal and then moved to Burlington, Ont., where she developed the family services program. Marjory subsequently served for eight years at The Homestead in Vancouver and for the past 12 years at Kate Booth House, a safe haven for women and their children escaping abuse. “I have enjoyed attending Cariboo Hill Temple for nearly 18 years and the Lord has blessed me abundantly,” acknowledges Marjory.