New hymnals
for a new
chapel
| January's first Sunday
brought the first worship service held in the renovated chapel of the Atlanta
Adult Rehabilitation Center, one phase of a $7 million renovation project
underway at the ARC. | Commissioners Max and Lennie Feener, as well as
Lt. Colonels David and Barbara Jeffrey, were on hand for the service. During
the service, 150 new Celebration Hymnals provided by the Atlanta Women's
Auxiliary were dedicated. | Shown at right are Marilyn Schramm,
chair of the auxiliary's ARC Committee, Major Judy Ward, director of
special services at the ARC and Major Karol Seiler, coordinator of women's
ministries for Atlanta. |  |
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Casey nurtures corps prayer life at Morehead City, N.C.,
Corps
By Major Frank Duracher
Southern Spirit staff
Joan Casey has believed
in prayer since she became a Christian at age 13. So when she and husband,
Harold, decided in 1997 to become Salvation Army soldiers in Jonesboro, Ga.,
she naturally brought with her an active prayer life.
"It was a very small corps back then, but they made Harold
and me feel like we were family," Casey said of her first encounter with
the Jonesboro Corps. "Right away we became encouragers to our corps
officers and fellow members by praying for them regularly."
Many prayers were answered, she recalls, one of which was the
growth of the corps to a fellowship of about 75 members.
Harold retired and the couple decided to move to Morehead City,
N.C., because they'd always wanted to live by the ocean. In the Morehead
City Corps they found a situation very similar to the Jonesboro Corps some
years earlier: a small group of soldiers and an officer couple in need of
encouragement. It was natural for the Caseys to bring with them a practice of
fervent prayer which they gladly shared with their new corps home. Joan became
the unofficial "prayer sergeant," keeping tabs on prayer requests and
reporting every Sunday on how God was answering their petitions.
"We pray for many things, like our three Marines who belong
to our corps but are currently serving in Iraq," she said.
"Intercessory prayer is so important, and as a corps we lift each other up
before the Father. Even neighbors of our corps members know that we are a
praying congregation, and they want us to pray for them as well."