As a 2020 graduate, both my senior year and prom day looked much different than I had anticipated.

“Our lives have never been the same since we became Salvation Army officers,” smiles Captain Keesom Phanthaamath of the decision he and his wife, Captain Tina Phanthaamath, made.

These are extraordinary days we are living in. Days filled with great fear and uncertainty but, at the same time, great possibility. Not that we should ever deny the severity of COVID-19 or its global effect, but can we be challenged to see how God is working in these days?

The Army heritage of officership is woven throughout our families ... We are grateful for their legacy.

At The Salvation Army Bethany Hope Centre in Ottawa, a program for dads provides support through the joys and challenges of parenting.

Today is World Refugee Day and we want to join, with our brothers and sisters from around the world, in their plea for peace, justice and solidarity, asking God to make us instruments in his hands to respond with compassion and generosity. 

"We pray for refugees around the world, and ask that you would hide those whose enemies seek to harm them..." Commissioners Floyd and Tracey Tidd, territorial leaders, join in the prayer for World Refugee Day on June 20.

For corps leader Oren Cole, the most influential adult in his life was his father, Salvation Army officer Major Ross H. Cole. Standing at his father's grave, he knew his father's longing for heaven had been fulfilled.

Messengers of the Kingdom will soon take up their appointments across the territory to live out their calling and covenant. 

“This is a film for anybody interested in the multitude of issues affecting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants anywhere in the world,” says Salvation Army officer Major Alison Thompson, international emergency services co-ordinator.