Boost

This was the title of our Divisional Officers' Fellowship. A variety of speakers were designed to give us a boost. Plenty of time was scheduled to give us a physical boost as well by allowing for rest and recreation. Different speakers affect different people and some that were highly motivational didn't particularly inspire or motivate me at all. But some of the sharing by colleague officers was very helpful and my spirit certainly received a boost.

Today the mission of the Doncaster Corps received a boost with the installation of an Assistant Corps Officer. A good crowd gathered to witness Captain Dianne Gibbons being installed in that position. We see Dianne's appointment as a boost to the mission resources of the corps.

In the congregation was a young man who it turns out I'd had a telephone conversation with around last Christmas. When he hadn't arrived it had slipped my mind. He had also visited on our Planned Giving Pledging Sunday and left half way through. Today he was one of the last to leave the Hall. He is a guitarist. That means that God has given us a young Keyboard player and a guitarist within a few weeks. This certainly should be a boost to the musical resources of our corps.

One of the new families has just welcomed a brand new boy into their family. This is also a boost for the congregation. God knows what He is doing. Our new officer has a baby boy a month old. We now have 2 baby boys and a baby girl. God's plan is fairly clear to me. After a period of time when the corps had very few babies being born we now have the great opportunity to reach out to young families. 3 babies may not seem many but when you consider that each of these families has come to the corps within the last 8 months you can begin to sense my excitement.

Now we need some brass players and some singers and some leaders and some more converts and more soldiers and more money and more ...

Maybe God is providing what we need and we shouldn't run ahead of Him.
Thanks God for the various boosts! Please keep them coming!