Salvos Stores share ‘Unshakeable Love’ across Australia
- Apr 1
- 2 min read
BY LAUREN MARTIN
Corps officers, mission leaders and volunteers are bringing the love of Jesus to Salvos Stores across the country this week in the lead-up to Easter.
Presenting an Easter Reflection based on the Australia Territory’s ‘Unshakeable Love’ holy week theme, store staff, volunteers and customers are gathering to hear about the true meaning of Easter – that Jesus died so that we can live.
With small props of a cross, a heart and a hollow Easter egg, people in stores are invited to consider that there is a loving God who is always with us.
Those presenting the reflection also ask those who don’t yet know Jesus if they want to accept him as their saviour: “You might have already accepted this gift of life and purpose. Today, you can thank Jesus for his gift of life and ask him to help you experience life in all its fullness, now and forever. If you don’t know Jesus as your friend, you might like to invite him into your life today. You can ask him to be close to you and to show you the full life that he talked about.”
Major David Collinson, Salvos Stores Executive Officer for Mission, says this is the third year that stores across Australia have held an Easter reflection, and it is part of a commitment by the mission enterprise to boldly show the public that Salvos Stores is part of a faith-based movement, with Jesus at the centre.
“People will now notice that in all stores we allow Christian Bibles to be displayed and given away. Also, all of our mission messages in stores include Scripture verses.”
He says that when he delivered the Easter Reflection at the Tempe store in Sydney this week, around 50 people gathered, including staff, volunteers, and customers.
“There were people from different denominational expressions who wanted to engage with the Easter message. What’s great about Easter is that people can relate to different parts with their own traditions.”
Commissioner Julie Campbell shared the Salvos Stores Easter Reflection at Chester Hill in western Sydney. She says, “It was a pleasure to share about the Unshakeable Love of Jesus this morning with the team and customers … I thank God for this team of passionate workers,” she wrote on her Facebook page.
Click through the slideshow below for a selection of more Easter Reflections in Salvos Stores around the country:
