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Fran Everitt

Stories of Hope

Release Date: 06/20/2024

Jenifer Short rode 1400 km to raise funds for the salvos show art Jenifer Short rode 1400 km to raise funds for the salvos

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Jennifer Short had her challenges as a child but they all served to make her mentally tough and resilient. The Salvos were supportive through her childhood and so she decided to give back by riding from Sydney to Melbourne in a Salvo fundraising event.

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Christian Living Series 14 Dating and Courtship from a Christian Perspective show art Christian Living Series 14 Dating and Courtship from a Christian Perspective

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Navigating dating and love is often something we do when we are young and inexperienced. If we do this well we can avoid a world of hurt. The lovely Sue and I dated in our early 20s and it was both wonderful and terrifying. Giving someone your heart is risky and we just don't know what the future holds.

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The gentle wisdom of Lucas Cairns. show art The gentle wisdom of Lucas Cairns.

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Lucas Cairns is a talented musician, a loving husband and a father of 4. He is a Salvo officer who loves young people and is also a heart transplant recipient with a whole new lease of life. It will do you good to listen to this man explain how he has embraced the storms of life and how much he delights in the everyday miracles around him. To listen to some of Lucas Music click here.

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Australia is a wealthy country but if we don't make a plan for generosity and think well about it, we can be as stingy as anyone. On the other hand, it's OK to use money and enjoy life, so making sure I wasn't a cheap skate with my outfit for my daughters wedding, was something the lovely Sue controlled carefully. There were 6 helpers to keep me in line.

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Healthy relationships are really important and we do well to consider the balance we have, so that work, church, hobbies and family get the sort of relational attention they deserve. Movie nights with my adult daughters and our cute puppy, Maggie has been a delight.

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Supervision Series Part 3:  Conversations show art Supervision Series Part 3: Conversations

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In this the final episode on my series with Andy King on Supervision, we chat with three Salvo phone assessment workers and my pastoral supervisor about the way supervision helps in skills development and capacity in the workplace and also how it makes staff feel personally valued and supported.

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Christian Living series 11 The Role of Mentorship in Christian Living show art Christian Living series 11 The Role of Mentorship in Christian Living

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Rick Warren met regularly with Billy Graham.  We are never too old or successful to learn from others.   We all need good mentors - even us oldies. Rick Warren continued to meet with Billy Graham even as he aged and his ministry was thriving. They remained friends until Billy death in 2018.

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Mark Curtis Repost show art Mark Curtis Repost

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Mark Curtis was an alcoholic and a drug addict for over 20 years. He ended up in jail and was mandated to do a Salvo rehab in Perth.

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Christian Living series 10 Overcoming Spiritual Dryness show art Christian Living series 10 Overcoming Spiritual Dryness

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There will always have seasons of spiritual dryness. We are not robots and our emotional and physical resources sometimes get depleted. But knowing this helps us accept it and trust that fresh hope and vitality may not be far away. Pretending before God and our friends doesn't help, but being honest and vulnerable can provide some comfort the strength we need to hold on.

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Bethany Baillie is married to BJ and is a Salvo officer living in Western Australia.  She is a young woman with a huge heart for people on the margins.  A true blue Salvo who cares deeply for others.  Life was cruising along nicely, but falling pregnant just wasn't happening and so a journey of IVF was about to begin, when the unexpected happened.  A little life began to be formed just before this process began.  What a joy!  However this joy was short lived and the baby did not survive.  Bethany shares about her life and how running a half marathon was part...

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Fran Everitt didn't really want to come to Australia when she was 15 years old as the upheaval was significant. But thanks, in part to the beautiful community of the Salvos, her strength of character and love for people has flourished and she now cares for Aussie Salvo Officers from all over the world.