The Salvation Army has today announced its new world leader and the 19th General will be Canadian-born Commissioner Linda Bond.

Commissioner Bond becomes the third woman and the fourth Canadian to hold the post of General of The Salvation Army since the international church and charity organisation was founded 146 years ago.

Sunday Morning
Theme “The me I want to be”
Scripture “Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus” (Colossians 3:17)

The 17th High Council convened on Friday 21 January 2011 at Sunbury Court, United Kingdom, to elect the 19th General of The Salvation Army in succession to General Shaw Clifton who will retire at midnight on 1 April 2011.

Sunday Morning:

Theme: “The Me I Want To Be”

Scripture: ‘Be transformed by the renewing of your mind’ Romans 12:2

What a great night we had.
Competitive but with lots of fun and laughter, and the food was good as well.
Congratulations to “The Brains” who won by one half of a point.  They had a very multi-generational team which was clearly the way to win this particular quiz.
Looking forward to the next event.

The soldier’s convenant

A full member of The Salvation Army is called a soldier. This page shows what beliefs are publicly acknowledged when someone becomes a soldier.

Do you ever feel that a complete change is overdue? Well, that’s how we felt about our old website.
Hopefully you’ll find this new look easier to navigate around, with more up-to-date content that helps.

What better time than the start of a New Year to give our website a new look?
Hopefully you’ll like the new theme & the new functionality that it brings.
As well as being cleaner, it also means that it’s easier for us to keep the site up-to-date with the things that you’re interested in.
Be sure to let us know what you think about the new theme using the Contact Us page.

Let’s face it. There are times when we just can’t seem to feel the same way about our Christian faith. Christian singer and songwriter, Keith Green, once wrote and sang the words, “My eyes are dry, my faith is old, my heart is hard, my prayers are cold”. A number of life circumstances can contribute to this feeling. It doesn’t have to be one thing, it can be a series of small things all adding up to the slow parched death of our spiritual lives.  Somewhere, in a place we …

This week we start our new teaching programme The me I want to be from the author and teacher John Ortberg. The series starts on Sunday morning at 10:00 am and is backed up by a 5-week series of study groups through out the week. To be part of this latest programme which includes Sunday worship just meet with us on Sunday morning at the Church and Community centre on Commercial Street, Pontymister. Visit The me I want to Be Website to find out more. To view the first session visit …