Presidential volunteer award presented to Denver’s Sam Snyder. BY MELISSA McKEWEN Salvation Army volunteer Sam Snyder—an Army soldier since April 2011—received the national Drum Major for Service award on Jan. 10 at the Harbor Light Center in Denver, Colo., where he is a graduate and employee. The 100 people attending included local officers, men in [...]
Denver ARC officer wins first place at recent martial arts competition. Major Sylvia Hoogstad of the Denver ARC not only likes to “rumble,” but is pretty good at it; she won first place in her division in forms at the recent “Rumble in the Rockies” competition in Aurora, Colo. “Forms are ancient fighting patterns [...]
Metro Denver Women’s Auxiliary celebrates 25 years of auxiliary camp. By Joy Church, Colonel Members of Colorado’s Metro Denver Women’s Auxiliary gathered for the 25th anniversary of auxiliary camp at Intermountain Division’s High Peak Camp. “Patchwork of Memories—Stitched in Silver” was this year’s theme. The first auxiliary camp in 1987 began due to the auxiliary’s [...]
By Amy Stagg All of The Salvation Army Intermountain Division’s 19 corps were represented at the 2011 youth councils, with a total of 112 delegates convening at High Peak Camp in Estes Park, Colo. At the first “United Session: Epic Journey,” participants enjoyed praise and worship music with special guests Abraham Guevara, Erick Rodriguez and [...]
New divisional leaders welcomed during Family Camp Lt. Colonels Dan and Helen Starrett received their official welcome to The Salvation Army’s Intermountain Division Sept. 2, when they were installed as divisional commander and divisional director of women’s ministries, respectively. The welcome and installation took place at The Salvation Army’s High Peak Camp in Estes Park, [...]
Colorado corps unites vacation Bible school and back to school. The Salvation Army in Grand Junction, Colo., led by Captains Dan and Terrie Wilson, reinvented vacation Bible school (VBS) this summer, piggybacking it with their back-to-school program for phenomenal results—approximately 1,200 attended the week-long VBS compared to 12 in 2010. Last year, back-to-school backpack [...]
The Salvation Army in Grand Junction, Colo., led by Captains Dan and Terrie Wilson, reinvented vacation Bible school (VBS) this summer, piggybacking it with their back-to-school program for phenomenal results—approximately 1,200 attended the week-long VBS compared to 12 in 2010.
Center holds youth rally and welcomes a former Denver Broncos player. By Ron McKinney, Captain The Denver Red Shield held a “Super Hero of the Bible Back to School” youth rally on Aug. 14, kicking off its fall programs. With attendance of 158 at Sunday school—133 children and 25 adults—the event featured a memory verse [...]
National Seminar on Evangelism (NSE) to meet in Colorado Springs By Carl Darby The Salvation Army’s annual National Seminar on Evangelism (NSE) will convene Aug. 6-13 at the Glen Eyrie Conference Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Attendees from the four territories will join with one mission—not some everyday opportunity, but a once-in-a-lifetime transformational experience. [...]
Salvation Army workers get their hands dirty establishing a business enterprise. The Billings (Mont.) Corps has given a whole new meaning to the expression “cheaper than dirt” with their latest “Bokashi” project. The Salvation Army in Billings, teamed with the Rimrock Foundation, received a $300,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development [...]
