When I resigned from the Salvation Army, I didn’t really have a plan or a job to go to so I’ll let you read into that all you want. It was a pretty sudden decision but it was time to move to something else. After years of being on call 24.7, I wasn’t sleeping well [...]
work
Looking at harm reduction from a Christian perspective
So Calgary has stopped giving out free crack pipes as part of it’s harm reduction strategy. Since 2008, Alberta Health Services had been giving out crack-pipe kits as part of the Safeworks program, an effort to reduce transmittable diseases. The kits contained a glass pipe, mouthpiece and cleaning tool and were handed out in an [...]
Needed: School Supplies for Low Income Families
The Salvation Army Community Services needs school supplies for low income families. While you are moving between Staples, Costco, Wal-mart, and London Drugs getting stuff for yourself or you kids, feel free to pick up some extra notebooks, binders, and pens and drop them off at the Salvation Army. It’s a good program that makes [...]
Wollaston Lake
Since the middle of last week when the Wollaston Lake fire forced the evacuation of the community to Prince Albert and to two locations in Saskatoon, I have been handling food services at the Saskatoon Kinsmen / Henk Ruys Soccer Centre for the Salvation Army EDS since the first evacuees arrived. What generally happens is [...]
The end of the line
I attended a funeral for a long time resident of the Salvation Army Community Services today. He stayed with us for several years after the death of his wife and the alienation from his children. During the funeral today, the priest mentioned his time at the Salvation Army several times and each time he would [...]
the gallery
Today I have been busy putting together an art gallery for the Salvation Army Community Services. In the next couple of weeks the plan is to have a public gallery in the dining room that will consist of prints, paintings, and photos from people in our community. The dining room is used by about 300 [...]
