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The Salvation Army / USA Central Territory News and Views from the Midwest “We are all one body, we have the same Spirit, and we have all been called to the same glorious future.” Eph. 4:3,4 (NLT) Volume 50, Number 1 January 2020 Music and Arts Festival slated for June Territory to celebrate Live Music 2020 success his summer the Central the training of local leaders to sustain The Music and Arts Festival will be will celebrate LM2020 success sto - Territory will celebrate the live music in worship. filled with opportunities for worship, ries and ensembles from across the TLive Music in Worship in Since 2011 the territory has fellowship and learning. You won’t Midwest. The Saturday morning Every Corps by 2020 engaged members of our worshipping want to miss interactive gatherings session will feature youthful music (LM2020) initiative with a Music and communities in music and arts, like The Gospel Experience, a form of and artists, including the Territorial Arts Festival, June 12-14, 2020. The emphasizing the quality of Sunday Jesus Theater ministry engaging the Youth Band, Territorial Youth event will showcase success stories morning worship matters in every entire audience, or Worship Circles, Chorus and the Territorial Worship from each division, feature many of corps, adult rehabilitation center and an uninterrupted time of praise and Collective. the territory’s best music and arts Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community prayer open to instrumentalists and The Chicago Staff Band, the Bill groups, honor those engaged in pro - Center, recognizing not only the dif - worshippers. Other concurrent pro - Booth Theater Company and the viding worship in their corps and ference it makes for individuals but grams will feature corps musicians, Singing Company will contribute adult rehabilitation centers, and entire congregations. artists and dancers and an opportuni - throughout the weekend. There also encourage a commitment to expand ty to see and hear the winners of the will be a few surprise “flash” events online Territorial Solo Competition. mingled around the five united meet - Among the amazing vocal groups ings that you won’t want to miss! featured during the weekend will be The weekend will culminate with the newly formed Central Territorial a Sunday morning family worship Songsters. In addition, a United experience which will include the Chorus composed of Salvationists Commissioning and Ordination of from across the territory will take cen - the Messengers of the Kingdom ses - General Tillsley promoted ter stage. The chorus is open to any - sion of cadets. The festival will con - one in the territory; look for three clude that afternoon with a Sending to Glory opportunities to rehearse its items Out meeting that will include with the International Staff Songsters charges to music and arts local as they tour the territory in April. The leaders and the territory’s Summer eneral Bramwell H. Tillsley festival itinerary also will include a Mission Teams and the appoint - (Ret.), The Salvation Army’s United Kroc Youth Choir. ments of the new lieutenants. 14th international leader, Both the keynote Friday evening G Register at centralcommissioning.org was promoted to Glory on and the Saturday evening sessions November 2, 2019, from his home at the Army’s Meighen Retirement Residence in Toronto, Canada. Bramwell was born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, on August 18, 1931, to Salvationists Harold and Doris United in Christ Tillsley, who had immigrated from England to Canada just a few years before. He accepted Christ at a young age and became actively involved at Kitchener Citadel, including as a junior soldier, corps cadet, bandsman In 1977, the Tillsleys returned to and cornet soloist. Newfoundland, with Bramwell as In 1953, Bramwell married his the provincial commander. The beloved Maude Pitcher, and together position of divisional commander they entered the Toronto College for in the Metro Toronto Division fol - Officer Training in 1955 as cadets in lowed, bringing the Tillsleys to the Sword Bearers Session. Upon home ground. Bramwell became their commissioning in 1956, they principal of the International were appointed as corps officers in Training College in London, United Windsor, Nova Scotia, followed by Kingdom, in 1981, chief secretary Oakville, Ontario. They served for the of the USA Southern Territory in next six years at the training college 1985 and territorial commander in in Toronto before their appointments the Australia Southern Territory in as divisional youth officers in 1989, taking the rank of commis - Saskatchewan and corps officers at sioner. In 1991, Commissioner North Toronto Citadel in 1966. In Tillsley was appointed as Chief of 1969, the Tillsleys returned to the the Staff at International training college in Toronto, where Headquarters in London. Bramwell took up the position of edu - In 1993, he was elected as the cation officer. He went on to become 14th General of The Salvation training principal, first at the training The Rev. Michelle Williams, Captains Nesan and Cheryl Kistan with Army, an office he held until May college in St John’s, Newfoundland, Alfredo Martinez at the One Conference supporting the Intercultural 1994. With his wife, Mrs. General and then in the USA Eastern priority of the territory's Mission Imperative. Territory. Continued on page 11 2 9 1 0 6 L I , s e t a t s E n a m f f o H , y w k P e n o t S e i r i a r P 0 5 5 5 , r e g a n a M n o i t a l u c r i C : o t n o i t c e r r o c r u o y h t i w l e b a l d e h c a t t a e h t d n e S ? g n i v o M 2 9 1 0 6 L I , s e t a t s E n a m f f o H y w k P e n o t S e i r i a r P 0 5 5 5 Y M R A N O I T A V L A S E H T 2 Words that underpin our mission let loose the chains that hold them than appreciative recognition from back and to unlock their God- ordained potential. by Lt. Colonel Philip Maxwell those immediately benefited, and the Doing the most good gives the Secretary for Program knowledge that our people have proved so useful is an abundant definition to our ministry. ust over a century ago compensation for all toil and sacri - fice, for service is our watchword, around us. Even with our very best Ultimately, doing the most good is Evangeline Booth, then a com - efforts, we fall short of our intention. not a program but our passion. missioner and national com - and there is no reward equal to that J of doing the most good to the most Another Booth—William, our General John Gowans captured mander of The Salvation Army Founder—compelled his generation, in the United States, wrote immortal people in the most need. the heart of the Army with these With the precision of a surgeon, “While there remains one dark soul words found in our Salvation Army words that underpin our mission to without the light of God, I’ll fight, I’ll this day. Commissioner Booth cut to the very Songbook: essence of the Army’s existence: fight to the very end!” Against the In the wake of World War I, backdrop of need that surrounds us, I believe in transformation, Commissioner Booth enlisted the ser - doing the most good to the most peo - God can change the hearts of ple in the most need. there is a warning not to grow com - vices of the romance novelist Grace placent or to rest on our reputation. men. Livingston Hill to capture both the “Doing the most good” is not so The term “Salvation Army” provokes And refine the evil nature historic details and the motivation much a successful marketing cam - two distinct appreciations: one hope; Till it glows with grace again. behind The Salvation Army’s involve - paign (branding) by a public relations the other, engagement. We have a Others may reject the weakling, ment in the “war to end all wars.” In firm as it is the hallmark of Salvation message that offers hope to a frac - I believe he can be strong. the prologue to this epic manuscript, Army ministry. tured world, and a conviction and To the family of Jesus All God’s children may belong. The War Romance of the Salvation Doing the most good is a journey, calling to engage with it. Army, she penned: These statements define our ser - not a destination. Doing the most good provides the When moved to activity by the drive for our mission. vice and reflect our heart—a heart apparent need, there was never a Despite a century of refinement and that believes in transformation, that thought that our humble services development, we as an Army have not Doing the most good is not a seeks to make grace real, that holds would awaken the widespread admi - made it yet. We are still on a journey. statement of accomplishment but of to wholeness only found in Christ. ration that has developed. In fact, We live in a world marred by its own aspiration. It is this desire that compels us to humanity. There are broken lives all we did not expect anything further It is the measure we seek to attain. do the most good. Embedded within the Salvation Though a century may have Army’s DNA is the capacity to look passed, may we live up to the past the situation of those who come words of Evangeline Booth for through our doors and see the poten - “there is no reward equal to that of tial God has placed within them.