A request…..

Hello people out there in blogland…a little request. I’m looking for a ‘group’ to come and do a weekend of missioning next summer. Ideally I’d be looking at maybe two or three groups throughout the whole summer. By missioning I mean a day of open air work with evangelistic ‘festival’ in the evening, leading two … More A request…..

Blogs Update

Just a reminder to check out my other blogs to the right: There is a new Wick Salvation Army blog, an update on the activities and ministry of the corps. Salvationism Out Loud blog continues to have updates of ideas for wearing your faith on your sleeve. Salvationist Men continues to be an offer of … More Blogs Update

Ichabod?

From armybarmy.com/blog (see right): General Gowans drops this bomb: “They started taking care of the corps instead of taking care of the lost and the Lord took their candlestick from its place. The glory has departed.” Can it be true? How do we rectify? PS ‘ichabod’ is Hebrew for ‘the glory has departed’

Schools

So, another part of our ministry, which is another area completely new to me, is work in schools. We actively take part in school life, leading assemblies in all four primary schools and at the secondary school. This, of course, feeds into the kids work at the corps very well. There are two of our … More Schools

My weekly pub-crawl

Just in case you’re wondering, no, I haven’t backslidden! Each Saturday night at 10pm, when your average Corps Officer is putting up his feet, watching telly, tinkering with his/her sermon, or attending a nice festival, Wick Corps prefers their corps officers to be in the pub. Each week I set off with my ‘trusty’ War … More My weekly pub-crawl

Our Youth Work

This week I have witnessed nothing short of miraculous…a wonder. It was something I’d been told about, but never quite believed it. Our corps have an incredible children and youth ministry to kids at Primary school age and the beginning of secondary school. Not only are we, as officers, actively invoved in chaplaincy at all … More Our Youth Work