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| William Booth The Founder |
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Salvation Army was founded by Methodist Minister, William Booth in 1865.
Since it's humble beginnings the work of The Salvation Army has spread
throughout the world and is now active in over one hundred countries. In
the United Kingdom The Salvation Army is the largest supplier of social
services apart from the government, with over one thousand corps centers
and outposts and over fifty thousand senior soldiers. There are over ten
thousand Adherents who consider The Salvation Army as their church but
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| Staveley Corps |
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Founded in 1922, the Staveley Corps
of The Salvation Army served the people of Staveley and the surrounding
area until reluctantly the Corps was closed in 1983. |
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Some
21 years later The Army re-established its presence in Staveley
with an outpost of the Clowne Corps. Since 1997 Staveley Corps has
again had its own hall and is once again an official Corps of The
Salvation Army. Visitors can be assured of a warm welcome at any
of the weekly events. We hope you will enjoy browsing our site. If
you would like to be kept informed of updates to the site please
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Envoys
thoughts after 5 years at Staveley Corps - East Midlands Division
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On the 25th January 1997 I was
commissioned the Commanding Officer of the Staveley Society soon
to be up-graded to Staveley Corps by General Paul Radar.
As I sit and ponder - I thank God for all that has gone on at the
Wharf Lane and Praise Him for all that is to come.
As a part time (unpaid) Divisional Envoy and full time Customer
Service Administrator/Low Level Controller and Mother and Home
Maker I have found it a great challenge to fulfill the roll of
commanding officer. The Lord has given me the energy to visit
those in need and meet the pastoral care of those in the Corps. We
have seen the development of those in the Corps. There have been
difficulties that have needed resolving and people from the
original Staveley Society have moved on to other local corps due
to traveling difficulties and illness and family circumstances.
Over the period the programme has developed to meet the local
people. We as a fellowship are not afraid of change and this has
been evident in the structure of our programme. Unfortunately, we
have been unable to maintain our Youth Club due to the
requirements of the Safe and Sound initiative. We continue to keep
in contact with most of those who used to attend.
The past 5 years have been eventful - we have had a Rock &
Roll wedding when the hall was full and people standing outside -
We are registered for weddings and we have had two over the period
with also two wedding blessings.
The building has improved since those early days - we used to have
outside buildings to meet our personal requirements now we have a
wonderful kitchen and inside toilets.
We have received visits from the local vandals with the windows
and the sign all have been replaced - this as you can imagine has
taken monies that could have been used for other outreach - which
is disappointing for all attending.
We have been host with the Women's World Day of Prayer and the
East Midlands Division Wednesday Evening Fellowship.
As a Corps we are developing a small band and my husband Steve has
taught some of the fellowship the fundamentals of music and how to
play simple hymn tunes - this is an ongoing project.
Our programme for 2002 is Sunday worship begins at 2.30pm and
closes at approx 4.15 with refreshments. The Junior Soldiers and
Primary meet after this. The Prayer & Bible Study Fellowship
meets on a Tuesday evening at 7pm and at the present are focusing
on the Staveley Community Management initiative which is sponsored
by the Government and a report is being processed which we as a
Christian community are involved.
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