Rededication

Last night was a great opportunity to rededicate ourselves as much as rededicating our centre at Glenelg. The building looks great, and will look even better when the final works are completed (e.g. the kitchen appliances, the solar panels and the new tables and chairs).

We are indebted to DHQ for funding the works from legacies and other funds. This is a sign of their support to our combined Corps efforts in both of our centres.

If you were unable to join us, we made a few important announcments.

As part of our combining of the two Corps into one Marion Corps with two campuses, we are able to include more people in leadership and spread the load. Significantly, our bandmaster Neil Stokoe has been released to just look after the band after also carrying the responsibilities of being our Corps Sergeant Major. We are grateful to Wendy Sudron who has accepted the role as our new CSM. Neil will continue to assist her.

We have picked up the keys to our new shop in Ascot Park. This will be a rented shop that can open as often as possible and will mean that our operations at Glenelg are no longer in deficit. We will be looking to fit the shop out over the next few weeks.

Most of our activities that have previously operated from the Glenelg centre will return there over the next few weeks, starting with Playgroup. There will not be worship services conducted in the centre in the short term, but we hope to plant a new congregation there later in the year. This will be a Sunday evening congregation, but the format is yet to be finalised.