Daryl Crowden is the Salvation Army Emergency Services General Manager who has been overseeing operations in South East Queensland and the Northern Rivers region of NSW. (File photo) BY LAUREN MARTIN   Salvation Army Emergency Services (SAES) teams remain active in many areas across the Northern Rivers region of NSW, even though some evacuation centres have closed as the floodwaters start to recede.   One such centre that continues to cater to the community is Tweed Heads, where Corps Officer Major Nicole Viles has been serving since last week.   “Thank goodness the floods are not as high as expected, so many people are starting to relocate back to their homes where it is safe to do so,” Nicole said this morning.   “However, parts of the Tweed Valley, electricity is still out, and it could be three to four days before it is restored. So, for those people, particularly vulnerable people like the elderly, they will need to remain in some kind of refuge, be it an evacuation centre or motel until power is restored.”   Salvation Army teams, like Nicole’s, have operated in tough situations to assist local communities in need, facing power and communication outages. Norm Archer, Response Coordinator for the SAES NSW/ACT, working at the SAES mobile truck in the NSW Northern Rivers region yesterday. Some local SAES volunteers were unable to assist because of the danger in travelling to evacuation centres or the need to remain at home to secure their own properties. Despite these challenges, Nicole said she has seen God at work. “We had a provision of ‘Meals on Wheels’ meals donated just at the right time, when all the supplies we could get started to run low,” she said. “The fact that this area has not flooded the way that it should have flooded … all of that is God at work.” A generous donation from a northern NSW branch of ‘Meals on Wheels’ to The Salvation Army in Tweed Heads enabled hundreds of meals to be served at local evacuation centres. The Tweed Salvation Army Corps building itself is surrounded by trees, with a playground adjacent. Nicole said it is remarkable that none of the trees bordering the corps property fell during the cyclone, yet in the park next door, nearly every tree has fallen. “Our centre was protected,” she said.   Across northern NSW, since the start of the emergency, more than 4000 meals have been served in 18 evacuation centres from Kempsey in the south to Tweed Heads in the north. Communities have rallied to assist the Salvos to serve, with chefs from local clubs, and a catering team from Southern Cross University assisting at evacuation centres in Lismore. In other places, Salvation Army personnel aren’t on site but are providing food and coordinating the response, working with other not-for-profit organisations or agencies.   High winds in the Tweed Heads region brought down many trees. Relief in Lismore Lismore Corps Officer Major Phil Sutcliffe noted that, although community members had more time to prepare for this emergency, stress levels were significantly higher than in previous events, as many in the area are still recovering from the record-breaking floods of 2022 that caused extensive damage.   “In Lismore, there is a huge sense of relief that the river didn’t peak,” he said. “Our biggest issue is that this has brought up a whole fresh sense of trauma from 2022 and that will be our continued ongoing work after the evacuation centres close – to support communities to get back to normality.” Northern Rivers Team Leaders Captains Phil and Donna Sutcliffe (right) with volunteers who came up from Sydney and Canberra to assist with relief efforts in Lismore. The Salvation Army’s SAES National Response Manager, Major Bindy Lupis, stated that some recovery hubs would be established by Thursday, if not sooner, to assist people in getting back on their feet. To donate to The Salvation Army’s Cyclone Alfred Appeal, click here . You can also donate at Woolworths, both in-store and online.

Renee Layton (second from right) with members of The Salvation Army’s AOD team at William Booth House in Sydney. Image: Supplied BY KIRRALEE NICOLLE Alcohol and other drug (AOD) addiction can be wrongly perceived as a problem endemic to First Nations cultures, a Salvation Army Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander AOD Specialist says. Renee Layton, a proud Dja Dja Wurrung and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman from Victoria, says there are multiple misconceptions like this one when it comes to First Nations AOD use. “Really, AOD issues are not a part of First Nations culture, they are the result of colonisation, dispossession, trauma and ongoing systemic inequalities,” Renee says. Renee has been working in this role with The Salvation Army for about six months but comes from a background as a registered nurse. Renee has worked in an extensive range of nursing settings, including community health, forensics and withdrawals. Her first exposure to AOD nursing was at the Geelong Withdrawal Unit, a Salvation Army centre. She has also worked in public health as a Social and Emotional Wellbeing Manager for an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO). Social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples incorporates an ecological, collectivist perspective of self that is intrinsically embedded within family, community and extended kinship and clan group networks, according to Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing. “Sometimes a misconception is First Nations people don’t want help or refuse treatment,” Renee says. “When really, First Nations people do seek support, but barriers such as racism, lack of culturally safe services and historical distrust of mainstream health systems prevent access to appropriate care.” In her current role, Renee is working to embed culturally safe practices that incorporate SEWB into The Salvation Army’s AOD service delivery across the nation. Her vision is that when First Nations clients come to our service, they feel welcomed and safe and receive care that reflects cultural ways of healing . But where her passion originally stems from is somewhere much closer to home. “Growing up from the age of two years old, both my parents had heavy substance use and mental health issues that were also passed down to my younger brother,” Renee says. “It really shaped my understanding of the complexities around addiction, the compassionate care needed and also the cultural safety around AOD services.” These experiences have also helped Renee to have compassion for First Nations parents experiencing addiction, who she says are often perceived as being “bad” for their children. She says often, this isn’t the case. “When you look at our history as First Nations people, we are nothing if not a resilient Mob,” Renee says. “Really, a majority of First Nations parents who use AOD still provide love, care and support to their children,” Renee says. “While yes, I agree AOD use can impact families, many First Nations parents want to engage in treatment, seek support from extended kinship networks and use strength-based, culturally safe approaches to parenting their children. “This is our way as Mob we collectively heal and assist each other.” Renee says barriers to First Nations clients accessing services for AOD assistance can include a lack of cultural healing within the service, historical traumas that make a medical facility a frightening place to be, and the common requirement to go off Country to access a service and leave community obligations. “Hence why it’s important as an organisation [that] our services embed SEWB practices, partner with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations and have a First Nations AOD workforce,” Renee says. Renee says when it comes to First Nations people, AOD use should be treated as a health issue, not a legal issue. Renee says substance use among First Nations communities is often linked to intergenerational trauma, poverty, discrimination or a lack of culturally safe healthcare, not individual weakness or lack of willpower. She said treatment must address these root causes, not just the symptoms. “When you look at our history as First Nations people, we are nothing if not a resilient Mob,” Renee says. Renee says AOD use in First Nations communities can be viewed by some as a criminal issue rather than a health issue. “Stats show that First Nations people are disproportionately criminalised for AOD-related offences due to systemic racism and over-policing, rather than being supported through appropriate SEWB interventions,” Renee says. “The overrepresentation in the criminal justice system is not due to higher levels of offending but structural discrimination. Hence AOD use should be treated as a health issue, not a legal issue.” Renee has been seeking to implement a SEWB model using holistic approaches that address the mind, body, spirit, family and connection to Country, culture and community. This model uses community-centred approaches such as yarning circles, which offer a form of narrative therapy and sharing traditional knowledge alongside clinical interventions. Renee says this makes it a less rigid approach than a simply biomedical Western approach which tends to miss core aspects of Indigenous culture. “A Western model [for] AOD use is sometimes viewed as a personal issue needing behaviour modification, with recovery framed around abstinence or harm reduction strategies,” Renee says. “In contrast, the SEWB approach recognises that historical trauma, dispossession and systemic issues all contribute to AOD issues; it's not an issue with the person. It involves acknowledging that true healing means strengthening cultural identity and practices, community belonging and addressing social determinants such as housing, employment and education.” Renee has developed a community of practice for First Nations AOD staff within The Salvation Army to come together and provide one another with peer support and offer feedback. To find out more about this work, see here .

Each week throughout 2025 year, Salvationists around the world are uniting in prayer for a particular territory or region of The Salvation Army. Scouting is a growing ministry in this part of The Salvation Army world. The focus territory/region shares prayer requests to help us pray with precision and power for one another.   This week ( 10-17 March ] we are praying for the way, Iceland and The Færoes Territory . The territory is led by Commissioners Knud David and Lisbeth Welander. There are 310 officers (143 active, 167 retired), 5 cadets, 92 corps and 295 outposts. There are 4030 senior soldiers and 1952 adherents; and 1564 employees.   Praise: We will give thanks to our God who gives us strength for today and hope for tomorrow. Children's Ministry is a major prayer focus. Prayer requests: · Pray for new people, children, youth and adults to come to us and feel at home, get to know Jesus and become his disciples and members in The Salvation Army. · Pray for all those who are coming to our welfare centres and corps for help in a difficult time with rising costs. We pray that they also will feel valuable and seen. · Pray for God’s help to open our communities for immigrants and refugees and strengthen our commitment outside our own countries. The Homeless World Cup is an important global ministry opportunity · Pray for all officers, staff and volunteers who meet these people on the frontline. We pray for courage, strength and blessing. ·  Pray for our SA Congress in June 2025 and for the Homeless World Cup in August 2025, a football tournament with purpose, arranged by The Salvation Army in our territory. To find out more about the Norway, Iceland and The Færoes Territory, click here . To download the 2025 International Prayer Focus schedule, click here . The growing Salvation Army in Reykjavík, capital of Iceland.

Each week throughout 2025 year, Salvationists around the world are uniting in prayer for a particular territory or region of The Salvation Army. The focus territory/region shares prayer requests to help us pray with precision and power for one another.   This week ( 3-9 March ] we are praying for the USA Eastern Territory .   This territory includes the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Pray for USA Eastern Territory Prayer and praise points: ·       Pray for spiritual renewal at the corps and adult rehabilitation centre level. A true movement of his Holy Spirit to enliven our missional work. ·       Pray for God himself to display favour toward us and allow the overflowing blessings of heaven itself (financial and beyond) to fall upon us. ·       Pray for our frontline officers; that they will sense their worth to the Kingdom and to the Army and that they will feel emboldened and encouraged in their work. ·       Pray for godly discernment for our territorial leaders as they seek him to navigate through these unparalleled and complicated times. Give them the mind of Christ. ·       Pray that the Lord of the Harvest will send workers into his vineyard. In this regard, a special prayer that the Spirit will lead men and women into officership as a high and noble calling. ·       Pray for the tens of thousands that come through our doors seeking help and assistance. May supernatural bridges of ministry be built into these ministries by the power of God. ·       Pray for unity in our nation. May our corps and centres be places of peace, reconciliation and grace. To find out more about the USA Eastern Territory, click here . To download the 2025 International Prayer Focus schedule, click here .

Australian Ambassador to Poland, Benjamin Hayes (right) and team present gifts for women and girls to Warsaw Corps Officers Dominika Domanska (second from left) and Oleg Samoilenko (second from right). To coincide with International Women’s Day (Saturday 8 March), the Australian Embassy in Poland prepared special gifts for the ladies from The Salvation Army Warsaw Corps seniors club and girls from the after-school project. Dominika and Oleg were warmly welcomed to the Australian Embassy in Warsaw. Ambassador Benjamin Hayes – whose stepfather was part of The Salvation Army – and his team presented the gifts to the Warsaw Corps Officers, Captains Dominika Domanska and Oleg Samoilenko, on Thursday 7 March.   “We are extremely grateful and happy for this cooperation … and the warm conversation,” said Oleg.

The Pine Rivers team in action over the weekend, including (from left) Major Donna Todd, Renee Thompson, Chris Brindley, and Aux-Lieuts Alli and Liam Holland. BY SIMONE WORTHING in Queensland Salvation Army Emergency Services (SAES) teams were in full swing in South East Queensland over the weekend as the densely populated area from Double Island Point to Coolangatta experienced winds of up to 105km/h and hundreds of millimetres of rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Alfred. Cyclone Alfred made landfall as a category one system but dropped to a tropical low-pressure system throughout its crossing period just 60km north of Brisbane’s CBD. More than 230,000 households and businesses remain without power and flash flooding alerts have been issued for coastal areas clustered around the Brisbane, Gold Coast, Logan and Ipswich council areas. SAES response “We have teams on standby to come down from northern Queensland,” explained Major Bindy Lupis, Salvation Army Emergency Services (SAES) National Response Manager. “It looks like we might be wrapping up in some areas of Queensland, but several rivers are still rising, so we are on standby. Our South Queensland teams’ capacity will be stretched, so we want teams ready to deploy quickly.   “It’s weird ... some centres are closing and wrapping up while we are on standby for others to open.   “Adam [Cole, SAES response coordinator] is currently at Riverview Gardens (Salvation Army Aged Care Centre) with a few volunteers, cooking up a storm and distributing meals.” Daryl Crowden, General Manager, SAES, said that they were finalising details to begin the next stage ‘Recovery’ program in the communities of South East Queensland and Northern NSW as of tomorrow.   Madison Clutterbuck at the Pine Rivers evacuation centre over the weekend.  Pine Rivers Responding to a local council request (as is the process in Queensland), a Salvation Army team is catering and assisting at the Pine Rivers evacuation centre north of Brisbane. Corps officers Aux-Lieutenants Alli and Liam Holland have been joined by retired officers Majors San and Topher Holland, and Chris Brindley, Strategic Planning Partner at Divisional Headquarters and SAES volunteer. Carolyn Spratling and Michael West, SAES response coordinators from Victoria and Tasmania, respectively, are assisting at this site and coordinating the wider response in the region.   The Pine Rivers team served 40 people for breakfast this morning and will continue preparing and serving meals until needs are met and they are stood down. They also prepared and delivered meals to the smaller evacuation centres at Rothwell and Caboolture.   Major Topher Holland and Aux-Lieut Alli Holland at the Pine Rivers evacuation centre. Runaway Bay The Runaway Bay evacuation centre on the Gold Coast served 70 people for lunch today and is still operating. The Gold Coast City Council has transferred people from other evacuation centres to Runaway Bay, making it the only one open in the region.   The Council also brought a few people into the centre who had nothing but the rain-soaked clothes they arrived in. Salvos Stores swung into action and, before long, had bags of clothes ready for those who needed them. Volunteer Kevin Lawler serves two policemen who smelt sausages on the barbie at Runaway Bay over the weekend. Power was out in the area over the weekend, adding to the challenges faced by the SAES team there. Volunteer Kevin Lawler, who is also a community engagement worker at the Gold Coast Temple Corps, cooked meals on the SAES trailer outside. These were served inside the centre, away from the driving rain and howling wind.   Supplies have also been stretched. “We make do with what we have though,” said Kevin. “We are being very resourceful. Council has brought some in some supplies, and we are still able to put out nice meals for people,” he said.   “There is an atmosphere that we’re all in this together. Earlier, people were scared, then frustrated, and always hungry. Everyone is out of their routine, but we’re getting on with things. “We’ve had some wonderful interactions with people. The police here have been offering to help in the kitchen. Everyone is getting on with each other – those experiencing homelessness, those who’ve been flooded out, who have lost roofs, who are just coming in for a feed.   “We are all tired, but spirits are high. They’re a great bunch, all volunteers, so here because we want to be and we’re in it together.”   Kevin shared that one man, who had been thinking about life, as people often do in disasters, had given his life to Jesus. Kevin, who is also a chaplain, will follow up with the man in coming weeks, as was requested.   The evacuation centres at Nambour and Caloundra will continue catering today. Hervey Bay In coastal Hervey Bay, 300km north of Brisbane, more than 300mm and strong winds lashed the region yesterday afternoon, causing flash flooding, evacuation of several low-lying homes, airport closure and increased deployment of SES (State Emergency Service) crews.   “Major Jacqui Warrington, (ministry team member) offered Salvation Army resources at Hervey Bay Baptist Church where a makeshift shelter has been set up, and we are assessing damage at the corps,” said Major Lauriee Arthur, Hervey Bay Corps Officer, with Major Paul Arthur. To donate to The Salvation Army’s Cyclone Alfred Appeal, click here . You can also donate at Woolworths, both in-store and online.

To read the International Appointment Bulletin, click here

In the 1967 Gowans and Larsson musical ‘Take-over Bid’, a song that soon became well known said, ‘There’s nothing like an Army cup of tea.’   This was true even back in 1898 when a son of the Founders, Herbert Booth, launched the Missionary Tea League. Salvation Army tea plantations in India and Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) produced tea under the brand name ‘Hamodava’ (Singhalese for ‘Salvation’), and members of the league promised to drink only this tea. In this way, they supported poor tea farmers and gave them an income to support their families and communities.   Tea became the drink of choice for many Salvationists around the world and it’s only in recent decades that coffee has given it some competition.   If – as history suggests, at least – the ‘Army cup of tea’ is our beverage of choice, what is the Army equivalent when it comes to food? ‘Oh, there’s nothing like an Army plate of ...’ what?   I’d like to offer several possibilities. The first is the curried egg sandwich. Cut into quarters.   I recall, as a child, attending Home League with my mother and many, many corps lunches and afternoon teas, and every single one, without exception, included quartered, curried, egg sandwiches. I grew to love them. Well, most of them.   Some were going stale, and the corners were starting to curl. Some had too much curry and made you rush for a glass of milk. Some were too runny and had to be accompanied by a serviette to wipe your mouth. And some were too thick – an inch of egg between two thin slices of bread. You took one bite and suddenly you were in damage control as egg oozed out from all sides of the sandwich, threatening to drop on the sacred hall carpet.   My second nomination for most traditional Army food is the humble pikelet. Smaller and easier to handle than a pancake (very important at a morning tea) and fluffier than a crepe, a good pikelet with a light smearing of butter is a beautiful thing. You can get more extravagant and top them with jam and cream, but for me that just makes them look like they’re trying to be a scone. Butter is fine.   Pikelets are almost uniquely made in Australia and New Zealand, although a similar creation is eaten in Scotland. They’re easy to make and that’s perhaps why they’re a quick default for when time is short and you need to bring a plate!   Coming in third is the cocktail frankfurt, theoretically made from a pork-like substance. If you put a large bowl of these on the table and some tomato sauce for dipping next to it, you need to step away fast before you’re swamped by children and bandsmen. Piranhas, I tell you. I’ve seen a large bowl of frankfurts totally disappear in 17.4 seconds.   They’re also the classic ‘I could probably fit in just one more’ food item. I can attend a corps lunch where I eat some sandwiches to start with, have a few frankfurts and then conclude with a nice dessert of trifle or cheesecake. And then have one more frankfurt.   So, there you have it, the complete Salvation Army meal: some curried egg sandwiches, a few frankfurts, some pikelets and another frankfurt. All washed down with a good old Army cup of tea. Happy days.   Major Mal Davies is the Assistant Divisional Commander for the Victoria Division

SAES volunteers Michelle and John Ault serving hot drinks at Runaway Bay Indoor Stadium on the Gold Coast, where evacuees are fleeing flooding, storm damage and power outages. Image: Simone Worthing The Salvation Army is currently providing meals and refreshments to first responders and evacuees in nine centres from the Sunshine Coast to northern New South Wales, and this number is likely to grow as Cyclone Alfred develops. These evacuation centres are being managed by local and state governments, with The Salvation Army partnering with multiple other agencies to deliver wholistic services and pastoral care, while creating safe spaces for those in the cyclone’s way. The safety of Salvation Army Emergency Services (SAES) personnel is a priority. Teams are being deployed in accordance with government instructions and emergency protocols, which ensures they are not placed at undue risk. The SAES is doing their best to ensure essential supplies such as food and water are on hand should personnel need to be removed for safety reasons.  Auxiliary-Lieutenant Tim Clark, Caloundra Corps Officer on the Sunshine Coast (Qld) is also a volunteer with Salvation Army Emergency Services (SAES). Yesterday afternoon, he spoke with members of the Salvos Online team about the preparations for Cyclone Alfred in the Caloundra region. Caloundra Corps Officer Aux-Lieut Tim Clark. What kinds of preparation are happening there at the moment? The Sunshine Coast Council has three refuge centres across the Coast, one at Landsborough, one at Nambour Showgrounds and one at the Caloundra Indoor Stadium, and we are looking after the catering for Nambour and Caloundra. At the Caloundra Indoor Stadium, we have two guys – Rob Smith and Sean Kelly – who have been making food for those coming in from the community. People are also coming there to get sandbags. Can you describe the atmosphere that you’ve seen in the community? There’s a lot of anxiety. I think because it’s been dragging out so long, a lot of the homeless guys that we connect with all left a day or two ago because originally, it was supposed to hit pretty much now. Anyone who could go somewhere either north or west already has. It’s the ones without vehicles or tents who are really stuck. Other people have tried to find shelter with family and friends. In a way, there’s a bit of an advantage that it’s been delayed for those people who are still trying to figure out what they’re going to do. We did have a young couple who came into the corps on Tuesday and my wife (Auxiliary-Lieutenant Karen Clark) was helping them. They’re in their early 20s, and they’ve got a young child. They were recently homeless and living in their car, which had been in an accident, so they couldn’t keep living in it. They did have family, but the family had had enough of them and sent them on their way, which I thought was a bit hard with the cyclone bearing down. So, we paid for them to stay in the hotel on Tuesday night, and then, since they wanted to go north, we connected them with Captain Matt Gluyas at Noosa/Coolum Corps and then the Sunshine Coast Homelessness team, who have put them in a motel and given them a few options going forward. That’s a happy ending because you don’t want young families waiting in the car while the cyclone comes. So, do you have teams waiting on standby? Yes, at Nambour Showground they already have about 40 people on standby, and here in Caloundra there are about 12 to 15 currently. They are partnering with other organisations, including the Everyday Foundation, who brought in dinner. We’re doing all this in collaboration with the Sunshine Coast Council, and in Caloundra there is another organisation bringing meals to the stadium. There are lots of organisations that pitch in and help around here with food. What is it that The Salvation Army can offer when people are frightened, and when the cyclone hits? Just being a non-anxious presence in the space because when there’s a lot of people who are stressed, they don’t want you also to share your stress with them. It is a good demonstration of who we are as a Salvation Army when our faith is expressed in these times. Read more: Salvos launch Cyclone Alfred Appeal On the Gold Coast today, Salvos Online journalist SIMONE WORTHING visited Runaway Bay Indoor Stadium, where the SAES team is providing meals, food and support. With many in the region having already lost power and with a high risk of flooding, evacuated residents are congregating at the centre, some already having escaped damaged homes. Simone chatted with SAES volunteers John and Michelle Ault, who are serving evacuees hot drinks. The entrance to the Runaway Bay evacuation centre earlier today. Image: Simone Worthing John and Michelle, what’s it like for you to volunteer at the evacuation centre at Runaway Bay? John: We quite enjoy it. It’s good to see people, even when they’re in hard situations and they’re not at home in their beds. Quite often we end up on the front counter because we like talking to people and keeping a happy face, keeping people’s spirits up – and so we can overdose on coffee ourselves! What sense are you getting from the people who are here? How are people feeling about what’s coming? John: It depends on the people a lot. Some people, I think if they’ve been flooded out, are very upset. But there’s also some people here because they’re scared they'll be flooded out. They’ve left early and they obviously are a little bit more positive. So, you get a wide variety. Michelle: Of the people I’ve spoken to, one lady has already lost the roof on her house, and one lady was flooded out. So, there are already things happening, and we haven’t even hit the cyclone part yet. Macalie Adams and Kevin Lawler (left) at the Runaway Bay centre where The Salvation Army is set up. Images: Simone Worthing, To donate to The Salvation Army’s Cyclone Alfred Appeal, click here . You can also donate at Woolworths, both in-store and online.

In Week 2 of Self Denial, we journey to Tanzania and see how sustainable agriculture and livestock projects are empowering communities. Here we meet Ahadi, whose family has been transformed through training, sustainable farming, and a renewed sense of hope. Each week, we will hear inspirational stories from Salvation Army programs i n Georgia, Bulgaria, Tanzania and India. To find out more and donate, visit selfdenial.info

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the strength, resilience and voices of all women and girls. In this wonderful conversation, Sue Hodges (Salvation Army Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Coordinator NSW/ACT), Aunty Kathy Dodd Farrawell (Glebe community member and artist), and Larissa Minniecon (Indigenous Ministry Coordinator, St John’s Glebe) discuss their experiences, wisdom and ongoing desires to empower and encourage First Nations women and all women in their communities.

Read stories of resilient and inspiring women around the world at this online exhibition at International Headquarters. The Salvation Army’s Women’s Ministries team at International Headquarters are inviting everyone to join them in celebrating International Women’s Day (8 March) by honouring the “incredible stories of women who live with purpose and passion” at their exhibition ‘Women Who Hope’ .     To read some of these stories from women around the world, including Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham, World President of Women’s Ministries, click here . This online and physical exhibition is “a powerful celebration of empowerment, resilience, and the extraordinary journeys of women who inspire us all. The Salvation Army’s hope for women is big and bold. We long to see lives transformed and empowered by the life-changing message of Jesus, enriched through local and global connections, equipped to fulfil their potential and engaged in social justice and action to positively impact the world.”   ‘Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer’ (Romans 12:12). “Hope is a light to those it touches,” says the team. “Hope perseveres to find the good. It sees the person past the stigma. It casts a vision of possibility amid ruins and rubble. Hope continues to love and to care, even when the road is long and difficult. Hope believes for something better. “Our hope is found in Jesus.”