Scott and Natalie set to 'live like Jesus' in new location, roles
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BY KIRRALEE NICOLLE
Salvation Army leaders and friends in South Australia and the Northern Territory have recently welcomed Captains Scott and Natalie Frame into their new divisional leadership roles.
The Welcome and Installation Meeting was held at Adelaide Congress Hall (Adelaide City Salvos) on 8 February, where Scott was installed as Divisional Commander for SA/NT, and Natalie as Area Officer South Australia – Northern. The couple previously served as corps officers at Bayside Salvos in Redland City, Queensland.
As part of the welcome, Maria Anderson, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Coordinator for the SA/NT Division, gave the Acknowledgment of Country, and Area Officer for Northern Territory Major Kaye Viney prayed for the couple, and for their three children who have moved from Queensland alongside them. Commissioner Miriam Gluyas performed the installation and spoke highly of the couple as she described their new responsibilities to the division.
“They live like Jesus, they live for Jesus and they're led by the spirit of God,” Miriam said. “They will have visionary and practical leadership. They'll have ideas that come from God, but they'll get in and they'll get their hands dirty, and they'll be with you in the journey.”
In her response, Natalie thanked the SA/NT Division for its warmth, generosity and genuine open-heartedness, saying that in their travels across the division, the trait of open-heartedness had been clear in the ways people spoke to and about one another, and the support that was offered.
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Maria Anderson, Scott Frame and Natalie Frame at the meeting. Images: Miriam Gluyas and Brooke Prentis
“I've seen it in the way that mission has been described, not just as something that we do, but a calling that we all care deeply about,” Natalie said. “I've certainly watched it and seen it in the stories of mission that we've shared here today – lives being touched, communities being served, faith being lived out in practical ways. That same sense of open-heartedness has only grown stronger as we've sat here with you this morning or this afternoon. There is an openness here to God, to people, and to what God is already doing in the SA/NT.”
Natalie added that in leaving Queensland, where they have served their entire ministry, the pair had found themselves saying “you’re all our favourites” to their congregation, colleagues and special places.
“In even just a fortnight, somehow you are all becoming our favourites too,” she said to those gathered. “In God's economy, that works, right? Because we serve an open-hearted God who says to all of us, ‘You are my beloved’.
"So, it's not favouritism, it is abundance.
“The kingdom of God has room for more favourites all the time. And into eternity, we just keep gaining more and more favourites along the journey.”
The service featured multiple videos which showcased the work of The Salvation Army across the division, including the Tuesday Toasties ministry at Marion Salvos, the playgroup at Norwood Salvos and the Riverside Gym in Gawler. In reflecting on the service on his first day serving as Divisional Commander, Scott said that he was really excited by the multifaceted and holistic nature of the work happening across the division, and how it was clear in both those attending the event and the stories that were told. He said that as those who were new to the division, getting a glimpse of that straight away was a “beautiful” thing.
“I thought all these stories were beautifully representative of the fact that we could be a movement that can just really, in a very agile sense, move into spaces and say ‘what's a need?’ [then] meet a need, meet with people [and] show them the love of Jesus, and see what happens.
“I think it's a beautiful reminder that the best work we do is done in that very simple, hands-on, relational and everyday capacity, but it brings people to life.”
To watch a recording of the event by Adelaide City Salvos, see here.
