PEOPLE & PLACES
PETERBOROUGH, ONT.—Five people have stepped forward at Peterborough Temple to be commissioned as local officers. From left, Mjrs Herbert and Kathie Sharp, COs; newly commissioned YPSM Leslie Lee; Lisa Quackenbush, commissioned as young people’s band leader; Bob Quackenbush, holding the flag; newly commissioned ACSM Kelly Elkiw; newly commissioned CSM Claudia Davison; and newly commissioned SL Heather Robertson.
SUSSEX, N.B.—New mission board members are installed at Sussex CC. Front, from left, Mjrs Everett and Violet Barrow, ACs, Maritime Div; Melissa Mowbray, Peter Goddard and Amy Parlee, new mission board members; Mjrs Judy and Stan Folkins, COs. Back, from left, Wendy Virtue, Walter Folkins, Wayne Murphy, Doris Fraser, Donna Virtue and Darleen McGray.
PETERBOROUGH, ONT.—Murray Shadgett, corps secretary at Peterborough Temple, receives a certificate of appreciation from Mjrs Kathie and Herbert Sharp, COs, as he retires following 20 years of faithful service.
PETERBOROUGH, ONT.—Bandsman David Weddell receives a certificate of appreciation from Ron Reid, bandmaster, Peterborough Temple, marking his retirement following 50 years of service to Salvation Army banding.
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS Do you know the difference between the CCM and the CSM? Who’s your CO? And what exactly is a DDWM? See below for a list of some common acronyms and abbreviations that appear in the pages of Salvationist.
WINNIPEG—Four senior soldiers are enrolled at Weston CC. From left, Lt Keesom Phanthaamath, CO; Mjr Margaret McLeod, AC, Prairie Div; Lt Tina Phanthaamath, CO; Jayson Kones, Derrick Lusanji and Magese Lusanji, senior soldiers; Donald de Vlaming, holding the flag; Kabeyi Lusanji, senior soldier; and Mjrs Shawn and Brenda Critch, DC and DDWM, Prairie Div.
SYDNEY, N.S.—There is much to celebrate at Sydney CC as four new adherents and their children, Sarah and Colin Adams, with baby daughter, Ahnika, and Jacqueline and Ray Adams, with their children Jadzia, Jorja, Tėa and Rayce, are welcomed to the corps family. In further acts of commitment, Ray and Jacqueline dedicated their children back to the Lord, and then the four young people were enrolled as junior soldiers. 26 January 2016 Salvationist
BM/SL—bandmaster/songster leader CC—community church CCM/CCMS—community care ministries/ community care ministries secretary CO—corps officer CS—chief secretary CSM/YPSM—corps sergeant-major/young people’s sergeant-major IHQ/THQ/DHQ—International Headquarters/ territorial headquarters/divisional headquarters JSS—junior soldier sergeant RS—recruiting sergeant TC/DC/AC—territorial commander/divisional commander/area commander TPWM/TSWM/DDWM/DSWM—territorial president of women’s ministries/territorial secretary for women’s ministries/divisional director of women’s ministries/divisional secretary for women’s ministries Tty/Cmd/Rgn/Div—Territory/Command/ Region/Division TYS/DYS—territorial youth secretary/divisional youth secretary