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A publication of
The Salvation Army
USA Southern
Territory
Volume 24, No. 11
June 22, 2007
Conference helps equip Army for battle
Some 720 delegates gathered
in Atlanta on Commissioning
weekend to turn their
attention to one of the Four
Priorities as established by
Commissioner Max Feener. The Sunday
School Discipleship Conference at
Atlanta Temple Corps June 8-9 offered
Southern Salvationists the opportunity
to deepen their understanding of
the role Sunday school plays in the
building of Christian believers and how
discipling those believers builds an
army that is equipped to win the world
for God.
Dr. Charles Lake, a senior consultant
for New Church Specialties who has
been retained by the Southern Territory
to serve as a discipleship consultant,
led an all-day seminar on a discipleship
training program he has developed that
will be implemented across the South
over the next few months.
Lake’s seminar was one of four
adult tracks offered at the conference.
One of those, led by representatives
of WordAction, addressed ways to
maximize Sunday school curriculum
materials. Another focused on meeting
the needs of childen in Sunday school.
The innovative approach of taking
Sunday school outside the corps walls
and into the community was explored
in another track.
The conference opened with
Friday’s keynote session in which
Feener addressed the territorial
imperative to Lift Jesus Higher. The
meeting celebrated the achievements
both individually and collectively that
have been made in Sunday school and
discipleship in the Southern Territory.
The conference ended with a
concert of prayer that combined
testimony, praise and worship, personal
reflection and meditation and prayers
of petition and intercession. Prayer
journals were distributed to attendees.
Brooke Turbyfill
Jim Dillingham (left), Major
Allan Hofer are shown in the
concert of prayer service.
Heralds set out with good news
Captain Julio da Silva led the Heralds of the Good News in the declaration of the officer covenant in the commissioning and ordination service.
Major Frank Duracher
By Major Frank Duracher
Southern Spirit staff
Anxious to continue living up to their class
name, 39 Heralds of the Good News are
now dispatched to Salvation Army posts
across the USA Southern Territory, and even
as far away as Korea. Their sole objective
is to broadcast the love and grace of God
as evidenced through His Son and our Savior, Jesus
Christ.
“The question is: ‘Are you ready?’” General Paul
Rader put forth in his commencement address before
the cadets, their families and friends.
He urged the graduating class to keep a ready mind
as well as a humble mind in living out their calling as
Heralds of the Good News.
“God leads us to love and serve Him with all of our
devotion and energy. Ours must be an incarnational
faith that points others to Jesus,” Rader said.
The image of broadcasting the gospel was a thread
throughout the events connected to commissioning
this year, in keeping with the session name and
appropriately coinciding with the territorial Sunday
School/Discipleship Conference that weekend.
In her address as session speaker for the
commencement service held on the spacious lawn
of the Evangeline Booth College, Cadet Patrishia
Knott asserted her session’s determination to Lift Jesus
Higher, no matter what the reaction from the world
may be.
“We have been chosen, anointed and prepared to
proclaim the gospel of Christ, wherever we are sent,”
Knott said.
She offered as evidence Luke 4:18-19, which has
served as the session Scripture for the Heralds of
the Good News: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to
the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
Please see HERALDS, page 8

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The presence
The presence of God has two very different
meanings. There is the omnipresence of God – the
acknowledgement that there is no place in the
universe where God is not. If I take a rocket and travel
at light speed to the other end of the galaxy I can
still bow my head in prayer, knowing that I have not
outdistanced God. David’s eloquence comes to mind:
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from
Your presence? If I go up to the heavens, You are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, You are there. If I rise
on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of
the sea, even there Your hand will guide me, Your right
hand will hold me fast (Psalm 139:7-10).
While God may be present, we have not always
realized His presence. His presence and ours are
parallel instead of intersecting. We know what this is
like. Suppose you and I attend a great meeting but
because of the crowd and all that is going on, I never
see you. But as we exit, we bump into each other and
I say, “If I’d have known you were here I would have
sat with you.” While we were both present, there was
no benefit to each other of our presence.
Now, if we had sat together, we would have shared
the experience, enjoyed some conversation and
just been glad to be around each other. Because we
didn’t, despite all the good things that happened,
we missed each other. In the same way we can go to
meetings or listen to music and do all sorts of other
God-glorifying things but benefit nothing because we
have missed connecting with the presence of God.
I can be in the most glorious cathedral and sit
before the most precise and tuned choir, hear an
eloquent sermon and enjoy the richest fellowship, but
the building might be empty of all but an echo. On
the other side of this, I can be sitting on the floor of a
rough grass hut while someone stumbles around in a
language I do not know and be filled to overflowing.
The difference is not the surroundings but the
surrounding presence of God. So, look around you. If
you are in a big corps where blessing follows blessing,
praise God! You are where you ought to be. If you are
in a small place but each time you meet you come
away with your soul fed and your heart lifted, praise
God! You are in the right place. The secret is being
tuned into the presence of God. There was a lovely
song that was in our previous American version of the
Song Book called, “If Jesus Goes with Me.” In the first
verse it says –
It may be in the valley, where countless dangers hide;
It may be in the sunshine that I, in peace, abide;
But this one thing I know—if it be dark or fair,
If Jesus is with me, I’ll go anywhere!
If you think that will happen because you showed
up, think again. Just like love grows between people
by careful attention and intentional cultivation so it
is that seeking the presence of God will not happen
just because you show up at a certain building at
a specified hour. God blesses those who seek after
Him, who tune their hearts to Him. That comes from
intentional seeking and communing with Him. Listen
to His words in His Word. Hear His heart in your
prayers.
If He tells you where you ought to be, decide you
will be there – nowhere else. One of Jonah’s sins
was the assumption that he could dictate where God
would act instead of being where God said. If God
points you to a hovel, don’t seek Him at a mansion.
He may be present wherever but His presence will
only be where He is honored in obedience and
sought sincerely.
The prayer room
When my hour began it was
dark outside. I quietly slipped
in the door of the prayer room
set up at THQ for the first of 52
weeks of our territory’s call to
24/7 prayer. The woman whose
hour was ending just glanced up
at me but said nothing. She soon
left.
Then I was alone with God. I
have my own devotions regularly,
but this was special. I brought with me my Bible and
the Songbook of The Salvation Army. After visiting the
different prayer stations, I settled down with a few
of my favorite Scripture verses. Those who know me
well will guess that Psalm 91 was included. He that
dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall
abide under the shadow of the Almighty (v.1).
I know the Psalmist was speaking of a Christ-like
lifestyle, not just for an hour or two taken now and
again. But the message I needed on this morning was
that this prayer room served as my secret place, and
that I could rest in the shadow of His presence. That
is powerful – and much needed, considering the bad
The Army
next
Youth Sunday at the Vero
Beach, Fla., Corps gave
a sneak preview of sorts
of what the future of The
Salvation Army could
look like. Nearly all of
the children involved in
the corps youth program
attended a special meeting
celebrating Salvation Army
heritage. The program also
included special skits.
The latest offering from
Crest Books is the anticipated
autobiography of General John
Larsson, “Saying Yes to Life.”
The project is the result of an
historic partnership between
International and the USA National
Headquarters. It is the first time
a Salvation Army book has been
printed simultaneously in two
countries.
The story stems from childhood
and conversion to his four years as
the 17th General of The Salvation
Army. Historians will appreciate
the timeline of Army events and
milestones Larsson describes.
Salvationists will enjoy the behindthe-scene
peeks at triumphs
and struggles of our Movement’s
leadership during his tenure as
commander of the newly-formed
United Kingdom Territory, and,
later, as Chief of the Staff and
General.
No Larsson biography would
M A J O R F R A N K D U R A C H E R
June 22, 2007
news we hear in the world nowadays.
That much would be enough for me, but the
Lord had one more message for me before the next
person’s time slot began. I took my songbook and
opened it. A tune had been going through my mind
since the Commissioning weekend. When my eyes
went to the lower left page, just at random, there was
the chorus whose words and melody I haven’t been
able to shake: Let me love Thee, Savior. Take my heart
forever. Nothing but Thy favor my soul can satisfy!
(Song 503).
The next fellow quietly arrived and a few moments
later I left the room for my office, and I couldn’t help
but notice the bright sunshine outside.
Larsson’s life as leader, playwright
is recounted in new autobiography
be complete without a hearty
recounting of his collaboration
with longtime friend, General
John Gowans. In the Army world,
the name “Gowans and Larsson”
is as well-known for music and
playwright as the secular world’s
“Rodgers and Hammerstein.”
The duo kept two strict rules for
composing: their duties as corps
officers would remain paramount,
and, each musical was “an ‘extra’
that neither of us would allow
to distract us from our main
appointment.” These caveats
remained whether stationed
in nearby towns or opposing
continents.
Larsson gives precious insight
to their musicals, endeared to
Salvationists around the world.
“Take-over Bid” set a pattern for
the other nine. “Spirit!” is “by
far the most influential.” And he
describes “Glory!” as “the best
crafted.”
Five
songs from
“Glory!”
subsequently
made the
1986 edition
of “The Song
Book of The
Salvation
Army.”
One “Man
Mark II”
composition,
“I’ll Not Turn Back,” narrowly
missed inclusion in the SBSA –
though it still touches hearts since it
premiered at the 1985 International
Youth Congress. Another favorite,
“They Shall Come From the
East…,” never needed a change of
note or chord, Larsson wrote. The
showcase song from “The Blood
of the Lamb” is described by the
author as “a gift from heaven.”
Major Frank Duracher

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Visitation/Relationships
The fourth Territorial Priority is Visitation/
Relationships, and I cannot stress enough the
importance of this facet of our objective to “Lift Jesus
Higher.”
The other three priorities (Effective Prayer, Quality
Worship, and Sunday School/Discipleship) are each
vital to the attainment of that objective; but arguably,
those three have a vested interest in our success in
carrying out this part of our mandate as servants of
Christ.
Can you envision corporate prayer groups,
worship services, or even Bible classes, without first
establishing a firm relationship foundation among
our neighbors? Otherwise, it would be like merely
opening our chapel doors and expecting the masses to
flood in. It doesn’t work that way.
We want to put a strong emphasis on visitation,
to reach out into the communities around us and
form meaningful relationships. We are much more
effective in ministering to our people if we know
them personally. We also will grow as we reach out
beyond our corps walls (figuratively and
literally) in an effort to draw others into
our fellowship.
Now I know that we need to be
creative in terms of accomplishing this,
but it can and must be done. In fact,
we continue to receive glowing reports
of how Southern Salvationists are
reaching out in ministry and love.
To be sure, visiting the sick and shutin
is a ministry we must and should
do. It is our duty as Christian servants to visit those in
prison. We have an obligation to the Great Shepherd
to continue caring for His sheep.
And there are many other ways to forge
relationships. Imagine being hungry, and then you
are handed a hot meal. Or naked, and then you are
handed clean garments. Picture yourself homeless,
and then given shelter.
Nothing you will do for Christ in His name and for
His sake will go unnoticed by Heaven. But that is the
key: The motivation must always be to lift Jesus up for
the world to see!
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C O M M I S S I O N E R M A X F E E N E R
This is not a corps campaign, or a divisional
contest. We’re not about doing this for a few months
and then stepping back to see how we’ve done and
who has done the most.
This is what we must be doing all along. It is what
is normally expected of us by God the Father in being
about His business!
Whether you are an officer, soldier, employee or
volunteer – we are all servants of our Servant Lord.
Let’s put others before ourselves, and watch how
God’s Kingdom will grow!
RETIREMENT
honored
majors Robert and Beatrice Hopper
Majors Robert
and Beatrice Hopper
entered honored
retirement in a
ceremony with family
and friends at the
Charlotte, N.C., Temple
Corps. Commissioners
James and Ruth
Osborne conducted the
ceremony. Flagbearers
were Bill Goodier and
Captain Paul Gilliam.
Lt. Colonel Edward
Laity presided over the
program. Tributes were
presented by Major
Millie Fite, representing
friends and women
officers. Major Gary
High spoke on behalf of friends and men
officers and Joyce Goodier represented the
family.
Major Robert Hopper was born in Calhoun,
Ga., and grew up in Dalton, graduating
from Dalton High School in May of 1961.
In September of that year he entered officer
training in Atlanta. He was commissioned as a
lieutenant in June 1963 along with his future
wife, Cadet Beatrice Tidman, who entered
training from Tampa, Fla.
His first appointment was as assistant
corps officer in Augusta, Ga. After a year, he
was appointed to command Elberton, Ga.
In September 1964 he was transferred to
Marietta, Ga., and the following April married
Lt. Beatrice Tidman who had been stationed
at the Day Nursery in Baltimore following her
commissioning. In January 1967, the Hoppers
were appointed to Columbus, Ga., Bellwood
Corps, and later were assigned to open a new
corps in Phenix City, Ala. Later appointments
were to Thomasville, Gainesville and Macon,
Ga. Following a year at Florida Divisional
Headquarters, they were appointed to be
corps officers in Hagerstown, Md., where again
Majors Robert and Beatrice Hopper receive their certificates of
retirement from Commissioners James and Ruth Osborne. Flag
bearers are Bill Goodier and Captain Paul Gilliam.
they were appointed for one year. Following
were appointments as commanding officers
of Parkersburg, W. Va., and as divisional
financial secretary and League of Mercy/
Medical Fellowship secretary for the Arkansas-
Oklahoma Division.
In January 1989, the Hoppers were
appointed to territorial headquarters, Robert
as a territorial auditor and Beatrice in special
services at the Territorial Conference Center.
They were subsequently appointed area
commanders in Chattanooga, Tenn., and later
in New Orleans. In June 2002 the Hoppers
were transferred to Alabama-Louisiana-
Mississippi Divisional Headquarters.
In June of 2003, the Hoppers were
appointed to the North-South Carolina
Division as divisional financial secretary and
community care ministries secretary. They
were blessed with two children: son Captain
Robert Hopper, a Salvation Army officer
who was promoted to Glory Dec. 1, 2001;
and daughter Joyce Goodier, who lives in
Oklahoma City.
After 45 years of faithful service, Majors
Robert and Beatrice Hopper will retire and
reside in Gainesville, Ga.
Major Frank Duracher
Commissioner Phil Needham conducts retirement ceremony for
Majors John and Bonnie Jordan.
majors John and Bonnie Jordan
Majors John and Bonnie Jordan,
after 35 years of officership, 18
houses, 17 appointments in 10
states and seven divisions and on
two continents, entered honored
retirement in a ceremony at the
Marriott Century Center Hotel
in Atlanta. Commissioner Phil
Needham presented the certificates
of retirement. Lt. Colonel Donald
Faulkner was the master of
ceremonies at the event.
Jon Jordan and Lisa J. Mayo
spoke tributes on behalf of the
family. Also sharing their memories
and fond wishes were Clifford
Kendall, Lindsay Lapole, Victor
Geronemo, Major Kareen Nicholls
and Lt. Colonel John Falin.
Comissioned with the Blood
and Fire session of 1973, John and
Bonnie Jordan served as corps
officers in Bluefield, W. Va., and
Charlottesville, Va. They later were
appointed to Atlanta as director of
social services and metropolitan
Atlanta area coordinator and to
Baltimore, where they established
a separate command for the citycounty
program.
In 1983, they transferred to
the Adult Rehabilitation Center
Command. They trained in
Washington, D.C., and took
command there when they
completed their training. After
eight years there, they were
appointed to the Atlanta ARC and
later to divisional headquarters in
Charlotte, N.C.
The Jordans agreed to serve in
Australia, and John was appointed
territorial consultant for family
stores, a role that led to their
playing a key role in founding the
Rehabilitation Services Command.
Upon their return to America, they
were appointed to head the Austin,
Texas, Area Command. Later
appointments took them to the
ARCs in Miami and Baltimore.
Their active service concluded
in Atlanta, where John served as
territorial social services secretary
and as territorial community
relations and development
secretary. Bonnie requested to
remain in ARC work and was thus
appointed to the Atlanta ARC,
where she served as associate
director of special services.
The Jordans have two children:
Lisa and her husband, Jonathan
Mayo, live in Kampala, Uganda,
with sons Jordan and Ethan; Jon
David and his wife, Chana, live
in Charlotte with their children,
Brandon and Brittni.
In retirement, the Jordans will
reside in Atlanta.

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Commissioning of the Heralds of the Good News w
Cadet Awards
June 22, 2007
Photos by Major Frank Duracher
Second-year award winners (L-R): Cadet Julio da Silva, Cadet Ken Argot, Cadet
Nichole Lynn, Major Ken Luyk, Cadet Abigail Miller, Cadet Melissa Smith and
Cadet Donald Marvels.
Cadet Ken Argot
received the
Commissioner’s
Award from
Commissioner
Max Feener.
Heralds of the Good News
(Second-year cadets)
Major Robert Taylor Memorial Guitar
Cadet Roger Hasty
Scholarship Achievement Recognition
- Those 2nd year cadets who have
a cumulative Grade Point Average
of 3.60 or higher through their full
training experience:
Cadet Ken Argot, Cadet Amy Argot,
Cadet Ryan Brown, Cadet Kati Chase,
Cadet Craig Gontner, Cadet Darla
Gontner, Cadet Lorie Hunter, Cadet
Patrishia Knott, Cadet Abby Miller,
Cadet Andy Miller, Cadet Julio da Silva,
Cadet Melissa Smith
Academic Achievement Award for
highest Grade Point Average through
the two years of training:
Winner: Cadet Melissa Smith (3.86)
Runner-up: Cadet Ken Argot (3.84)
Warrior Session Spirit of Evangelism
Award:
Winner: Cadet Donnie Marvels
Runner-up: Cadet Julio da Silva
Sidney Cox Music Award for most
effective use of musical talents in
ministry:
Co-Winner: Cadet Patrick Gesner
Co-Winner: Cadet Abby Miller
Samuel Logan Brengle Holiness
Sermon Award:
Winner: Cadet Julio da Silva
Runner-up: Cadet Roger Galabeas
Commissioner’s Award for overall
excellence in the training process:
Winner: Cadet Ken Argot
Runner-up: Cadet Julio da Silva
God’s Fellow Workers
(First-year cadets)
Academic Recognition - Those who
have been on the Principal’s List all
three quarters of their first year. In
order to be on the Principal’s List a GPA
of 3.6 must be attained with no grade
lower than a C.
Cadet David Costellow, Cadet Brett
Cundiff, Cadet Kimberly Cundiff,
Cadet Aaron Hawley, Cadet Daniel
Heronemus,
Cadet Meagen Heronemus, Cadet
Daniel Nelson
C.M. Gooch Award for highest Grade
Point Average for their first year of
training:
Winner: Cadet David Costellow (3.87)
Runner-up: Cadet Meagen Heronemus
(3.86)
Warrior Session Spirit of Evangelism
Award:
Winner: Cadet James Taylor
Runner-up: Cadet Brett Cundiff
John & Helen Rhea Stumbo Bible
Award for solid Biblical scholarship
and effective application in the
cadet’s life and ministry:
Winner: Cadet Abby Miller
Runner-up: Cadet Julio da Silva
Major Ken Luyk is shown with first-year award winners: (L-R) Cadet Brett
Cundiff, Cadet James Taylor and Cadet David Costellow.
Silver Star
Shining Stars
Cadet Sara Saunders pins the Silver Star on the
lapel of her father, Major Dan Boyer. The Fellowship
of the Silver Star Luncheon was held at
the Evangeline Booth College on Commissioning
weekend. Commissioners Max and Lennie
Feener participated in the program along with Lt.
Colonel Martha Mothershed and Majors Ken and
Dawn Luyk.
Principal’s Award for an excellent
spirit in overall campus life;
faithfulness and consistency
throughout the training experience:
Winner: Cadet Nichole Lynn
Runner-up: Cadet Kati Chase
Cadet Roger Hasty receives the Robert
Taylor Memorial Guitar Award from
Major Barry Corbitt.

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Commissioning of the Heralds of the Good News w
Photos by Major Frank Duracher
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1) Heralds of the Good News sing ‘Send
the Fire’ during the praise session.
2) Commissioners Max and Lennie Feener
ordain Captains Mark and Lorie Hunter.
3) Members of the Heralds of the Good
News session leave the platform to form a
cross among the congregation.
4) Families gather to pray at the altar
following Commissioner Max Feener’s
message on discipleship.
5) Cadet Patrishia Knott, session speaker,
asserted her session’s determination to
always Lift Jesus Higher.
6) General Paul Rader’s commencement
address challenged the Heralds of the
Good News to have ‘ready and humble
minds.’
7) A hallelujah windup ensues during the
singing of ‘O Boundless Salvation.’
8) Cadet Jonathan Raymer receives his
diploma from Major Ted Morris.
9) Captain Roni Robbins extends the call
for candidates to fill the seats now vacated
by the new captains.
10) Captain Ken Argot, representative
speaker: ‘With our dying breath, may we
proclaim the good news of Christ’s eternal
victory!’

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June 22, 2007
Long Service
2007
Major Lois Allison
is congratulated by
Commissioner Max
Feener for 30 years of
officership.
25 years
Major Candice Biggers
Major Keath Biggers
Major Elizabeth Duracher
Major Aminta Edmonds
Major James Edmonds
Major Gary Haupt
Major Suzanne Haupt
Major Mark Israel
Major Marleine Mills
Major Carolyn Nichols
Major Ronnie Raymer
Major Sharon Raymer
Major Peggy Stutts
Major Daphne Vick
Major Donald Vick
30 years
Major James Allison
Major Lois Allison
Major Alice Bell
Major Mark Bell
Major Debra Broome
Major Otis Childs
Lt. Colonel Donald Faulkner
Lt. Colonel Marian Faulkner
Major C. Bruce Jones
Major Diana Jones
Major Margaret Kennell
Major Sheila Lanier
Lt. Colonel David Mothershed
Lt. Colonel Martha Mothershed
Major John Needham
Major Marthalyn Needham
Major Allen Satterlee
Major Bert Tanner
Major Teresa Tanner
35 years
Major Lawrence Barrington
Major Suzanne Barrington
Major Larry DeBerry
Major Paulette DeBerry
Major Larry Hambrick
Major Patricia Hambrick
Major Bonnie Jordan
Heralds of the Good News ready to go the distance
Continued from page 1
to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering
of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised, (and) to preach the acceptable year of the
Lord.
On Sunday, the ordination and commissioning
service was conducted before a capacity crowd at the
Ferst Center for the Performing Arts, on the campus
of Georgia Tech. Cadet Julio da Silva presented the
officer covenant as his 38 session mates stood in
agreement.
Commissioners Max and Lennie Feener then stood
over each cadet that knelt at the holiness table. Each
Herald of the Good News was given a Scripture verse
to claim personally and “ordained as a minister of the
gospel of Jesus Christ, and commissioned as an officer
of The Salvation Army with the rank of captain.”
The first Herald to speak out as a new officer was
Major Frank Duracher
Major John Jordan
Major Darrell Kingsbury
Major Deborah Kingsbury
Major William Madison
Major Jeanne Miller
Major Donna Murphy
Major Phillip Murphy
Major M. Sue Overton
Major Audrey Watts
Major Richard Watts
Major Larry White
Major Johanna Wilt
Major Russell Wilt
40 years
Major Dorris Gonzalez
Major Henry Gonzalez
Major George Hoosier
Major Sharyn Hoosier
Major Robert Melton
Major Joyce Michels
Major Oliver Michels
Major Creselia Parrish
Major James Parrish
Major Jack Repass
Major David Singletary
Major Maurice Smith
Commissioner Philip Swyers
Major Jacquelyn Tolan
Major Mary Dell Tolcher
Major Brenda Turner
Major Shirley White
Major Patricia Wixson
45 years
Major Beatrice Hopper
Major Robert Hopper
Major Patricia Johnson
Major Charles Nowell
Major Sylvia Nowell
Major Charles Smith
Major Rose Wiley
South
greets
new TSM
By Brooke Turbyfill
Southern Spirit staff
The Sunday school track of the SSDC had
the primary purpose of teaching Salvationists
how to learn the Word of God, love people
and lead others to do the same. Through
three seminar options, delegates learned
how to build relationships with people
who traditionally would not attend church
through the re-named Home Company,
now called SQUADS. They also learned
about traditional Sunday school methods
as taught by WordAction and a relational
way to reach unchurched children called
SONday’SCOOL.
Each seminar provided tools and
inspiration centered on building
relationships that attract people to Jesus.
Captain Kelly Igleheart, territorial youth
secretary, told delegates in a SQUADS youth
ministry seminar, “I don’t care what you do,
relationship is the most important thing. This
is a tool to build relationships.”
The youth ministry seminar, entitled
“Prime Rib Youth Ministry on a Hamburger
Budget,” was taught by Barefoot Ministries’
Jeff Edmonson. Pouring your life into
teens, said Edmonson, doesn’t require a
large budget. He provided practical ideas,
including getting youth involved in service.
Captain Anne Westmoreland, corps
officer at the Lawrenceville, Ga., Corps, and
Captain Mikyung Lee, associate corps officer,
advised delegates about programs called
Captain Ken Argot, the session representative speaker.
He explained that historically, to be chosen to be a
herald, two criteria must be met: an ability to run fast
over long distances and to give an accurate report of
the important news.
“Heralds brought news from the battlefront, and
if they slacked, the kingdom could be in jeopardy,”
Argot said. “Their messages coordinated strategies
among separated units, and over a large geographical
area. Heralds were often targeted by the enemy
– being a herald called for sacrificial service and
unwavering integrity.”
Argot referred to the legendary Philipedes, the
Greek soldier who gave his life delivering a message
that saved his countrymen, and brought victory. Like
Philipedes, we must be willing to spend ourselves to
deliver a message that is vital and urgent, he said.
“As Heralds, we run a marathon of our own. One
Dan Childs
Commissioner Max Feener installs Kathy
Tedford of Tampa, Fla., as the new territorial
sergeant-major in the keynote session
of the Sunday School/Discipleship Conference.
Tedford succeeds outgoing TSM Wm.
Edward Laity.
Seminar shows Salvationists
Sunday school’s possibilities
Babysong and BabySQUADS. Westmoreland
taught how to use BabySQUADS as a means
of reaching out to parents of infants.
WordAction speakers Melissa Hammer,
Abby Takala and Virginia Folsom discussed
how to get elementary age children engaged
in Sunday school through hands-on
activities. A highlight was the site rotation
model of doing Sunday school, in which
delegates were divided into two groups. The
first group took part in a Bible craft activity;
the second raced to memorize Scripture.
The SONday’SCOOL seminar, led by
TSM Kathy Tedford, presented an afterschool
curriculum that helps corps draw
children who would not attend a traditional
Sunday school class.
Retired officer Major Georgia Henderson,
who serves the youth at the St. Petersburg
Citadel Corps in St. Petersburg, Fla., said the
SONday’SCOOL seminar inspired her with
creative ideas. “Our children come to The
Salvation Army for love and support, and if
while we’re loving them, we can teach them
the gospel, that’s what it’s all about. This
curriculum is well-suited for that.”
As the YPSM and Girl Guards leader at
her corps, Henderson understands the need
to be creative to reach kids. “It’s a whole
generation of children whose parents are
disenfranchised with church or just too busy.
We’ve got to reach out and adapt to those
children or we will lose them.”
in which we carry the perpetual warning to stand firm
against Satan’s attacks, and to rescue the captives that
are speeding toward hell,” Argot said.
“With our dying breath, may we proclaim the
Good News of Christ’s eternal victory!”
The territorial commander drew his message from
Luke 14:25-27, 33 and brought the commissioning
and the Sunday School/Discipleship Conference to a
sacred common ground. He preached that if anyone
would be a disciple of Christ, that person must deny
themselves and take up his cross.
It is as if Christ is saying, “Come die with Me!” the
commissioner observed.
“Discipleship demands that we abandon what
is most precious, accept what is most painful, and,
abolish what is most personal,” Feener said. “The cost
of following Christ has not changed, even today. But
His grace is still sufficient as well.”

June 22, 2007 9
Sunday school/
Discipleship
Conference
Focus on reigning Jesus
marks keynote sesssion
By Dan Childs
Southern Spirit staff
All that is undertaken by The
Salvation Army in the Southern Territory
must reflect a vision of the risen
and reigning Savior, Commissioner
Max Feener told the delegates who
assembled at the Atlanta Temple Corps
for the keynote session of the Sunday
School Discipleship Conference June
8-10.
The territorial commander, who
challenged the USA South to Lift Jesus
Higher upon taking command last year,
shared a vision of a Christ who was
rejected and crucified but overcame the
grave and now reigns in triumph and
glory.
“There is something about Jesus
that transcends Christianity,” Feener
said. “When you speak about Jesus,
something happens. I believe that now,
By Brooke Turbyfill
Southern Spirit staff
The symphonic rhythms of the Concert of Prayer
beckoned delegates of the Sunday School/Discipleship
Conference to “Lift Jesus Higher” through a chorus
of worship, quiet reflection, faithful intercession and
joyful thanksgiving on June 9, 2007.
Over 1,000 people flooded the Georgia Tech Ferst
Center and were presented with a prayer journal to
follow along throughout the night.
Delegates were ignited in worship from the very
beginning with a dance performance by Dallas-Fort
Worth dance team, Step Out. The Southern Territorial
Band led the crowd, under the direction of music
secretary Dr. Richard Holz, through the doorway of
God’s presence with a triumphant processional of
“I Will Enter His Gates.” The Georgia Youth Chorus
continued the pronouncement of God’s glory with “In
the Sanctuary,” while dancers with flags accompanied
simultaneous shouts of Scripture.
The worshippers jumped to their feet clapping and
singing as Marty Mikles led worship with “Forever”
and “My Savior’s Love,” after which David Rowland’s
song of gratitude introduced the World Services
Ingathering. The territory gave $8,006,178, through
programs such as Partners in Mission. In a video
display, Commissioner Max Feener thanked the
territory for giving so generously, and cheers from
delegates could be heard as the Territorial Songsters
led a chorus of “Shout for Joy.”
Major Willis Howell, divisional commander of the
Kentucky-Tennessee Division and commentator for
the evening, stepped onto the dark stage and posed
a question that resounded with hushed anticipation,
“Do we still shout for joy?” He then introduced the
first of three stories that were told throughout the
night – testimonies of the transforming power of
prayer.
Jim Dillingham was the first to testify about how
the Lord healed him from drug and alcohol addiction
more than ever, the world is longing to
see Jesus.”
In order to fully grasp Jesus, one must
see Him in all dimensions: scorned,
brutalized and killed before overcoming
the clutches of death to rise and ascend
to heaven to rule with His Father.
“If people are going to see Jesus
today, they are only going to see Him
by the way of the cross – there is no
other way. The cross must be crucial in
our vision of Jesus,” Feener said. “But
He must also be seen as the resurrected
Jesus, and then as the reigning Jesus
whose life produces absolute victory.”
The challenge for The Salvation
Army and all believers is to show the
world Jesus in all His glory, Feener said.
“We must lift Him higher than any of
our programs. The emerging generation
is knocking at our door – they need to
Dan Childs
Commissioner Max Feener congratulates Major Lucy Langer as he presents an
Extraordinary Service Award for mentoring disciples.
see Jesus.”
The keynote session celebrated
the theme of Lifting Jesus Higher
through learning, loving and leading.
Special recognition was given and
awards presented to Jerry Williams of
the Conway, S.C., Corps as Sunday
School Teacher of the Year and the
Bowling Green, Ky., (top percentage
increase-173 %) and Salisbury, Md.,
(top numerical increase-3,587) corps
for having the fastest-growing Sunday
schools. Lt. Colonels David and Barbara
Jeffrey made the presentations.
Major Lucy Langer was given
special recognition in the form of the
Extraordinary Service Award for her role
as a mentor to other believers. Langer
is a retired officer who now soldiers at
Atlanta Temple.
Mike Smith was recognized for
outstanding discipleship among men of
the adult rehabilitation centers. Smith
is an employee at the Northern Virginia
ARC.
The service concluded with
recognition of Wm. Edward Laity, the
outgoing territorial sergeant-major, and
an introduction of Kathy Tedford of
Tampa, Fla., who succeeds Laity in that
post. Music for the service was provided
by the Southern Territorial Band and
Songsters and transmission.
Prayerful symphony lifts Southern Salvationists
at the Atlanta
ARC. “I went for
recovery,” he
said, “but I left
with the greatest
gift in the world,
a relationship
with my Lord
and Savior Jesus
Christ.”
Lt. Colonel
Marian Faulkner
gave the second
testimony. Her
son, Stephen,
was not
expected to live,
and she was
told by doctors
when he was
10 days old that
he would not
survive. After rallying their corps to pray, the Faulkners
took their son home five days later. “God has a plan
for those we love,” she said, before inviting delegates
who needed physical healing to stand while remaining
delegates prayed for them.
Captain Stephen Morris shared a final story about
the strength that comes through prayer. He recounted
that his wife, Captain Wendy Morris, sent an e-mail
asking Salvationists all over the world to pray for him
while he served the victims’ families at Virginia Tech.
Morris said it was like having his own personal concert
of prayer when he discovered hundreds of people had
written a prayer in the body of their e-mails to him.
Delegates joined Morris in prayer for those who
lost loved ones in the Virginia tragedy. Such somber
intercession led to Howell’s next instruction for
personal petition and prayer journaling.
Brooke Turbyfill
Worshippers gather at the altar during the concert of prayer at the SSDC in Atlanta.
Quiet reflection was given outward expression as
the intercessory prayer time reached its crescendo.
During a display of quotations about prayer and
mission from spiritual heroes such as Samuel Brengle,
delegates interceded for two groups of people serving
overseas. The first group, 2007 Salvationist Service
Corps teams going to Kenya, the U.S. Gulf coast and
Peru, took to the stage. A spirited line of flag bearers
stood for the second group, U.S. Armed Forces, while
delegates petitioned for their safety.
These thoughtful prayers were broken only by
the call to continue to pray throughout the year of
24/7 nonstop prayer, as Feener announced it by way
of video. The prayer concert ended in much the
same fashion as it had begun, being hemmed in by
congregational song, “In Christ Alone,” to fulfill the
mandate of Lifting Jesus Higher.

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June 22, 2007
Salvationists get discipleship training preview
By Dan Childs
Southern Spirit staff
Dr. Charles Lake gave an in-depth
preview to a discipleship training
program that has been adopted by The
Salvation Army internationally. The
program, already in use in some corps
across the Southern Territory, will be
implemented on a wider scale around
the territory in the coming months.
Lake’s presentation comprised one
of the seminars offered to delegates
at the Sunday School/Discipleship
Conference in Atlanta June 8-9.
Lake, a part-time senior consultant
for New Church Specialties, has agreed
to serve as a consultant on discipleship
for the Army. The discipleship training
program that he has developed is in
use in more than 200 corps in the USA
Central Territory.
His program consists of 10 levels of
training, each lasting for nine weeks.
The four foundational levels cover
basic disciplines of discipleship, and
the following four address Christian
values. Two additional levels examine
the fruits of the Spirit.
Lake said that the training programs
stress discipline and accountability on
the part of the participant. The basic
levels also stress setting aside quiet
time, regular prayer, study of Scripture,
fasting, solitude/meditation, confession
and celebration. The program calls
for memorization of Scripture so that
it may be engraved on the believer’s
heart, always ready to be used as a
resource. But, Lake noted, the believer
often needs help in learning how
to effectively apply Scripture to life
situations.
“What we want to teach disciples to
do is not to learn the Scriptures as fact
but as life-transforming truths,” Lake
said.
Lake’s presentation also covered
a variety of practical and logistical
matters that should be considered
when offering the training to members
of the congregation: how to group the
classes (by age group, gender, etc.),
when to meet, what type of room
works best, ideal seating configurations
and size of the class. He also noted
that the teacher should always be on
the lookout for prospective teachers
from among the participants in the
seminars. “The more you multiply,
the more your ministry is going to
develop,” he said.
Lake said it is crucial that Christians
realize the importance of continual
growth in their spiritual walk. Salvation
is only the first step on a journey with
God that is marked by adventure,
wonder, revelation and transformation.
“I don’t think that what the church
needs today is revival,” Lake said. “I
think the church needs discipleship.
Conversion is not an end, but only a
beginning,” Lake said. “I think that
too often we forget that. I believe that
multitudes of Christians in the church
will live and die without ever really
knowing the gifts that God makes
available to them.”
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has developed. The
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June 22, 2007 11
Major Frank Duracher
Cadet James Taylor and Captain Jennifer Taylor
invited Marcus Crowley and Charles Williams to the
ordination and commissioning service.
New captains get
warm wishes from
homeless friends
By Major Frank Duracher
Southern Spirit staff
The Parade of Witness is back, sort of.
Salvation Army vehicles were en route from the
Evangeline Booth College to the Ferst Center for
the ordination and commissioning service when
they passed under the very bridges where dozens of
homeless people live, and where the cadets conduct
a canteen ministry among the forgotten residents of
Atlanta.
The caravan was carrying cadets of the Heralds of
the Good News and God’s Fellow Workers sessions
when it was spotted by the homeless folk, among
them Marcus Crowley and Charles Williams.
In a moment of spontaneity, dozens of homeless
men and women sprang to their feet, applauding
the cadets and cheering them on as the startled
Salvationists drove by.
“The cadets have conducted a canteen ministry
among these folk for a while now – delivering
hot food, clean blankets and clothing and, most
important, the gospel on a regular basis,” said
Major Dawn Luyk, assistant principal for ministry
development at the Evangeline Booth College.
“We were all floored when we saw all these people
we’ve been working with giving our new captains and
second-year cadets this salute,” she said. “From what
I hear, there wasn’t a dry eye in any of the vehicles,”
Luyk said of the impromptu Parade of Witness and
show of affection.
Cadet (now captain) Jennifer Taylor and her
brother, Cadet James Taylor, were among cadets who
loved ministering to people under that bridge near
the Georgia state capitol. The Taylors became very
attached to the group and invited them to attend
the ordination and commissioning service. To their
surprise, Crowley and Williams showed up at the
Ferst Center and sat with the Taylor family in the
congregation.
Crowley and Williams were caught up in the
excitement and grandeur of a Salvation Army
commissioning, complete with flags waving and
brass band music. The two men also watched with
reverence as each of their “favorite cadets” knelt at
the holiness table and were ordained as “ministers of
the gospel of Jesus Christ, and officers of The Salvation
Army.”
When Commissioner Max Feener gave the altar
invitation following the morning sermon, Crowley and
Williams went forward with the entire Taylor family to
pray.
The two men agreed that the people living under
those bridges love The Salvation Army and are
particularly appreciative of the Christ-like concern and
love expressed by the cadets and other Salvationists
who minister to them.
“These Salvation Army people have inspired us so
much,” Williams said. “They bring us hot food and
food for our souls as well!”
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Southern Bible Conference
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A publication of
The Salvation Army
USA Southern
Territory
Volume 24, No. 11
June 22, 2007
General Paul Rader &
Commissioner Kay Rader
Majors Richard &
Janet Munn
Lt. Colonels Kenneth &
Jolene Hodder
Featured guests
Saturday, August 25
Welcome & Installation
of Lt. Colonels Terry & Linda Griffin
Dr. John Oswalt
Major Mary Jean Thomas spends time in the
24/7 prayer room set up at THQ. The territory
began a year of round-the-clock prayer June 9.
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