Connections 07

Please join in giving praise to God for a very special weekend held in Melbourne, Australia. Our Territorial Commander was given a vision from God of a very special set of commissioning/congress meetings which he termed Connections 07.Part of this weekend were two days of conference meetings which were attended by many people, including non-salvationist employees from our social centres. People from all over our territory gathered to learn and share together.Commissioners James and Carolyn Knaggs led God inspired and anointed Officers Councils. Most public meetings were marked by crowded Mercy Seats as people were saved and sactified. The Sunday afternoon meeting was marked by a sense of joy and excitement as 29 new captains received their first commissioned appointments. Included in this number were a significant number of Lieutenants along with the Cadets.Long term readers of the Forum will remember my Praise Reports from our days soldiering at the Ringwood Corps. Many of them contained comments about the Candidates within the corps. On Sunday 4 of these were commissioned. Sometimes I think that those years when Jennifer was the Recruiting Sergeant and I helped the Candidates prepare for the Training College were the most fruitful of our officership to date.On Saturday there was a giant march/parade/procession throughout the city followed by a Social Justice Rally in a public square, followed by both children's rallies and youth rallies. The people in the streets of Melbourne stopped to watch, listen and be involved in what the 3000 Salvos were doing. It was amazing to see children on the streets being given mini Army flags to wave and enjoying doing so. Salvo children ran from the parade to give these flags to their peers and then returned to join their parents in an act of witness. The streets of Melbourne have not seen this sort of thing from the Salvos for many years.Many bloggers from our territory have testified to their belief that God has started a significant work that will change our territory for the better.Here's the TC's blog for his view of Connections 07. http://tcspeak.blogspot.com
Praise God!

Peter