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“If you love me, you will obey what I command” (John 14:15 NIV).
Karen Gleason, Editor
SAN FRANCISCO—The Salvation Army partnered with the San Francisco Giants on “Fellowship Day” with a post-game event where members of the team shared testimonies about how faith has played a role in their personal and professional lives. The event also included a short concert by Christian music artist Aaron Shust.
During the pregame ceremony, Major Dawn Rocheleau (San Francisco Kroc Corps) sang the National Anthem and the South of Market Corps provided an on-field colorguard.
YUBA SUTTER, CALIF.—The corps discovered that social media gets its message to a wider audience. Through a Twitter post, the local paper saw a possible story, and a reporter came to the one-year graduation of the Depot, where eight people graduated from a substance abuse program. The Depot helps families battling addiction and homelessness and restores families through a holistic approach. The newspaper account made the front page.
Captains Thomas and Kimberly Stambaugh are the corps officers.
YAKIMA, WASH.—Each month, Home League members redecorate the corps’ Christmas tree with a timely theme, from a “Love Tree” in February, to an Irish-themed tree in March, and so on. The current tree is harvest-themed.
Corps members look forward to these transformations and find that it helps keep the spirit of Christmas alive all year long.
Majors Thomas and Crystal Morrow are the corps officers.
SAN DIEGO—The Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center hosted its first “Kroc Rocks the Block” community outreach party, featuring a free concert by Christian songwriter Moriah Peters. Nearly 500 people attended, and several first-time guests came to the corps on Sunday morning.
Majors Rick and Margaret Peacock are the corps officers.
VENTURA, CALIF.—Corps Officers Lts. Matthew and Vanessa Jensen and a group of teens from the Southern California divisional young adult retreat divided into four teams Sept. 29 to collect prayer requests from everyone along Ventura’s busiest street. They invited anyone interested to church and offered a listening ear through relational evangelism.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—Alaska Divisional Headquarters (DHQ) recognized Human Trafficking Awareness Weekend Sept. 29 by offering workshops with experts and local law enforcement, a viewing of the documentary “Nefarious: Merchant of Souls,” and lunch.
Afterward, during the second annual Walk to Raise Awareness, participants walked from DHQ to Town Square Park in front of the Performing Art Center where refreshments, information and music awaited them.
