I was with my 'other' congregation - the Australian Army. This weekend was our annual mandatory training weekend. That means we are all fitness tested, we meet our new staff and new Commanding Officer, and we are briefed on a range of topics ranging from OHS to alcohol to travel and even fraud.
I spent a lot of the weekend with new recruits and particularly counseling one or two that haven't had the most pleasant start to their Army experience. I was also responsible for briefing the unit about mental health and suicide awareness.
Again I thank the Corps for your patience in allowing me to undertake this important ministry.
Today there will be a tinge of sadness as we let a project from the Corps go. For a few months we have been working toward the New Dawn program which will house and employ people in partnership with BP. As the project has evolved a relocation of the project, physically and administratively, has become necessary. The project will now be based out of a house in Croydon and administered by Towards Independence.
While it is annoying to have put in such hard work to get this going and then see it managed elsewhere, we understand that this could have great outcomes for a number of people and it is good that The Salvation Army can partner with business in this way.
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