This weekend saw our annual Christmas Fayre which was well attended, although the final total raised is not yet available. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make it possible. Unfortunately Marta missed our worship meetings on Sunday due to a bad cold, so I led the morning meeting she had already prepared and gave her sermon!
14-15 November 2009
Posted in Daily Photo, Journal, Salvation Army, Work | Tags: christmas, christmas-fayre, cold, corps, leicester, sa-hall, sermon, sunday, worship
8-13 November 2009
Last week was a fairly busy working week in which we observed Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day at Leicester Central Salvation Army. Much of our time was spent on organising our Christmas activities. Friday marked our first 100 days in this new appointment.
Posted in Daily Photo, Journal, Salvation Army, Work | Tags: administration, armistice, armistice-day, christmas, community-care, corps, leicester, ministry, office, planning, poppies, remembrance, remembrance-sunday, sa-hall, worship
1-7 November 2009
31 October 2009
On our first day back from holiday we drove to Nottingham for a meeting of the East Midlands Prayer Team. While we were there we had opportunity to walk to the birthplace of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army. Unfortunately the museum was closed, but we’ll have a chance to visit it another time.
Posted in Daily Photo, Journal, Salvation Army, Work | Tags: birth, birthplace, dhq, divisional, east-midlands, holiday, museum, nottingham, nottinghamshire, opportunities, opportunity, prayer, statue, william-booth
26-30 October 2009
The weekdays of our holiday were spent at home with my parents and we had some day trips out to nearby places to have a look around. We took them back home to Northampton on Wednesday and, on the way home, stopped off at Market Harborough and Foxton Locks. On the Thursday we had a walk round Leicester and visited various places, and on Friday visited the National Space Centre (photo).
Posted in Daily Photo, Family, Journal, Science & Nature, Travel & Leisure | Tags: astronomy, canals, day-trips, foxton-locks, holiday, leicester, market-harborough, northampton, parents, space, space-centre
18-25 October 2009
17 October 2009
16 October 2009
Today Marta and I have been doing some more networking in the city, as well as meeting friends. First of all a lunchtime meeting at the University of Leicester to find out about becoming members of the Chaplaincy Team, and secondly a visit to St Philip’s Centre which is involved in study and engagement in a multi-faith society. In the evening (as a break from working in the office) we went out for a coffee with Dan and Carol-Anne Rous and their two daughters who are passing through the area and spending a few days.
Posted in Daily Photo, Journal, Salvation Army, Travel & Leisure, Work | Tags: chaplaincy, chaplains, city-centre, coffee, coffee-break, diversity, ecumenical, friends, leicester, leicester-university, lunch, lunchtime, multi-faith, multicultural, multiculturalism, networking, office, religions, sa-hall, working-lunch
13-15 October 2009
My ministry as a Salvation Army Officer in Leicester city centre is never dull! This week an egg has been thrown at me and I’ve helped a very disturbed person. Marta and I have spent time in prayer this week, in groups and with individuals. We took part in a Harvest Service at a Mental Health Unit, from which a number of people help us in our luncheon club. We’ve also been involved in various meetings, and on Wednesday evening Graham and Hazel Smith (of Leicester Central Corps) were commissioned as Divisional Envoys by Major David Howarth at an Inter-Corps Fellowship. Today we made a pastoral visit in Thurcaston, hence the picture of its village church.
Posted in Daily Photo, Journal, Salvation Army, Work | Tags: churches, city, city-centre, commissioning, david-howarth, divisional, eggs, envoys, fellowship, groups, harvest, harvest-celebration, individuals, leicester, luncheon-club, mental-health, ministry, pastoral, prayer, thurcaston, village, visiting, worship
7-12 October 2009
The weekend was a busy one at Leicester Central Salvation Army. On Saturday there was a special memorial service and meal organised by our Zimbabwean Salvationists. On Sunday the band was out early in the city centre to play for the runners in the Leicester Marathon. Our Harvest worship was led by Majors Jonathan and Jayne Roberts, our East Midlands divisional leaders.
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