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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scrutinizing their every step and watching them‚ but it is all in their head. Being one’s own person is what makes people who they are. Individuals differ in other dimensions from their shoe size to their view on who will become the next president. In “Salvation” by Langston Hughes‚ young Langston shared how he and his peers experience pressure from their church and how differently they all deal with the situation. When children are being raised by their guardians‚ they tend to follow their footsteps. The
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Mr. Richard Hester author of the book New Testament Bible History Illustrated handbook wrote this book in hopes that his own years of experience along with the wisdom and knowledge he gained as a young man from many other men who had spent their lives serving the Lord‚ would be a help to students as well as teachers‚ preachers‚ and any believer that are wanting to know more about the history of the New Testament. The second reason Mr. Hester wrote this series was to create an effective teaching
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both the human influences that shape the final form of the Hebrew Bible and the multitude of stories present in the text that reflect the graciousness of God. Instead‚ it is only with an understanding of the Hebrew Bible that a reading of the New Testament
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describe what they have seen to give you a sense of place and help you imagine what it looked like to be there with the writer. In his short story “Salvation‚” Langston Hughes uses this part of narration to describe the elderly of his church. “A great many old people came and knelt around us and prayed‚ old women with jet-black faces and braided hair‚ old men with work-gnarled hands.” Even this small description is enough to help a reader start to put themselves in Hughes’ shoes. Visualization is the
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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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said “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” In the essays “Salvation” and “Shooting an Elephant” authors Langston Hughes and George Orwell convey the similar message that anything of importance‚ can’t be forced on anyone‚ they rather have to find it for themselves. Orwell was about twenty years old when he went to the village of Burma to work as an officer for the British. The story focuses on a moment in his life involving shooting
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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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