I had an amazing opportunity to volunteer at the Salvation Army building on 4th Street‚ San Jose. The Salvation Army was founded by General William Booth and started in 1865. Since then it has grown to almost 1‚150‚666 members. It runs through the Protestant Church and they believe in the Holiness Movement. As of currently its headquarters is in London and they can be located in 127 different countries. The reasoning of its name is because it consists of officers‚ soldiers and adherents who are known
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Organizational structure According to Mel (2011)‚ the Salvation Army is an international movement society‚ which is an evangelical entity of the universal Christian church. The Salvation Army is located in Gainesville‚ Florida. Its message is founded on the wisdom of the Holy Bible. Its ministry is focused on the need to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through preaching and providing for human needs in Jesus name without biases or discrimination. The Salvation Army is led by a mission to assist people who
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In this essay I will not only “inventory” my college readiness experience but I will also attempt to critique my own life skills as to assess my ability to excel in the college experience. Looking into the “Habits of Mind”‚ I understand you asked me to elaborate on one however two stand out. I would like to take the opportunity to expound on two. The first being metacognition‚ I am a conscious thinker. I consciously reflect on my past experiences personal and professional to determine my future
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Billie Taylor died and her estate was passed on to her sole heir Claude Abel. Abel‚ his wife‚ and a local moving company boxed up items from Taylor’s house that were to either be sent back to Idaho where Abel and his wife live or to be donated to the Salvation Army. Included in the belonging that were to be sent back to Idaho was an original painting depicting a Native American on a white horse in typical old west scene by Bill Gollings that was gifted to Taylor. Due to the fact that Abel was trying to
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The short story Salvation‚ written by Langston Hughes‚ is based on his personal experience at church as a young child. Langston Hughes aunt takes him to a meeting for the children at her church. At the meeting all the kids were to sit on the mourners bench and wait for Jesus to save them. Towards the end of the ceremony‚ all the children had been saved by Jesus except Langston and another boy. Eventually‚ he decides to get up and said that he had been “saved” by Jesus‚ although he never was. His
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Every month the Ketchikan Area Chief Petty Officer Mess works with the Salvation Army to provide meals for those in need of a meal. In the small fishing town‚ nestled in the majestic fjords of the Tongass National Forest lies this amazing community called Ketchikan. Located in the southeast region of Alaska‚ this unique village offers many opportunities to thrive and prosper; but like every other town in America‚ there are those who struggle to get by. Times are hard for these individuals and families
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“Salvation” Langston Hughes Finds God in His Essay “Salvation” In Langston Hughes’ essay “Salvation‚” the author recounts how his failure to “see” Jesus and be outwardly saved results in a deeper‚ more stirring revelation: that only he---and not Jesus---can save his soul. Although Hughes devotes much of his essay to parodying the salvation experiences and apparent hypocrisy of other church members‚ and he tells us that the church building is stuffy‚ uncomfortable‚ hot and boring
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How does one find salvation? One would answer with the simple reply that salvation can be found through religion. There are a wide variety of religions that people put their faith in hoping to find their salvation such as; Buddhism‚ Muslims‚ Mormons‚ etc… but the most familiar is the Christian religion. In Langston Hughes “Salvation” exposes the flaws within the Christian religion‚ the fact that individuals do not understand what they are being taught and just doing what is expected of them as well
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Salvation In Langston Hughes’ autobiography‚ “Salvation‚” he shares his childhood experience of his Auntie Reed’s Christian church. Going into the revival‚ Hughes’ expectantly waited for Jesus to come save him; “to see Jesus.” What was supposed to be a religiously enlightening moment of his life transpired to be a disheartening realization that Jesus’s existence could have very well resulted from mass hysteria. He revolves his experience around the confusion resulted from miscommunication between
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I arrive at The Salvation Army at nine a.m. When I first get there I sign in and check in at the front desk. Once this is complete I walk to the back where I accompany Mrs. April Calvin in her office. Mrs. Calvin is a case worker for The Salvation Army where she works with majority of the families who stay in the transitional housing units. She is transitioning to where she will be the supervisor over all of the case workers and Ms. Sam is in the process of phasing in to become the new case worker
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