| On Sunday 20th March,
ALOVE is 1. |
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| A year on from its launch at the Shepherd’s
Bush Empire, we thought it was time to take
stock of all that has happened so far. Of
course, it’s early days in the life
of ALOVE, but take 5 to be encouraged by the
amazing things you and God have done during
the year! ... |
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March: |
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On
Thursday 25th March a group of Salvation
Army teenagers meet the Secretary of
State for Culture, Media and Sport,
Tessa Jowell. They present hundreds
of postcard petitions to urge the Government
to re-think parts of the draft Gambling
Bill.
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May: |
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700
new Salvation Army generals are commissioned
at Shocking (a Salvation Army youth
event). The unofficial commission was
led by Tre Shepphard (lead singer of
One Hundred Hours), as part of a challenge
for young people to be The Salvation
Army for a new generation.
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read article |
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June: |
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Tessa
Jowell MP writes to ALOVE in response
to the postcard petitions that she had
received.
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July: |
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Hemel
Corps win The Salvation Army annual
Sporting event ‘Field Day’.
: read article |
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August: |
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ALOVE Summer schools
happen around the UK and Republic
of Ireland.
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Central North |
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Soul in the City
happens in London.
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read article |
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11 people also graduate
from the ALOVE Timothy Programme.
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read article |
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Youth at Erskine
Corps run a Youth Alpha Course
in their community.
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read article |
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September: |
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November: |
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Youthwork
– the conference runs for
it’s second year in Southport.
Around 100 Salvation Army youth workers
attend.
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read article |
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December: |
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Salvation
Army musicians in London create £7000
for youth work through Christmas Carolling.
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| 2005 |
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January: |
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ALOVE launches Youthwork
– the partnership’s
new course: WEVYWSK (What Every
Volunteer Youth Worker Should
Know) to train Salvation Army
youth workers.
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read article |
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ALOVE puts up weekly
cell outlines on the web site.
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Cell Outlines |
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The Salvation Army’s
European Youth Congress, scheduled
for August 2005, is announced.
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February: |
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ALOVE runs ‘Human
Traffik’ – a major
Salvation Army youth event. Held
in 2 venues (London and Sheffield),
the event raises awareness for
the issue of human trafficking.
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read article |
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ALOVE launches ‘40’
a special Lent resource to help
people reflect on the life of
Christ, pray, take action and
also raise awareness for the issue
of human trafficking.
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Lent resource |
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ALOVE also launches
new merchandise to spread the
vision, including the ‘Move
It, Speak It, Pray It, Stop It’
human traffic awareness wristbands.
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Clothing & Accessories |
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March: |
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The Salvation Army
calls for further action about
the Draft Gambling Bill. Hundreds
of people sign the online petition.
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read article |
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Regional Youth Lent
Events occur around the UK.
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Lent Focus |
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Throughout the year
– NEOs have been developing
throughout the UK and Republic
of Ireland.
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NEO |
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There’s so much more that’s
been happening and there isn’t room
to feature it all here, so we want to say
thanks to everyone around the UK and Republic
of Ireland that has been part of a year in
the life of ALOVE.
Keep on keeping on! |
