October 2024 Newsletter
Welcome to the third year of the Flourish Newsletter. This year we are going to focus on flourishing in our identity in Christ. You are priceless to God! What is […]
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October 2024 Bible Study: You Are His Precious Child
By Major Sybil SmithTorrance, CA Corps – Southern California Division “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that […]
October 2024 Devotional: His Precious Child
By Captain Leilani ArmendarizHemet, CA Corps – Southern California Division This devotional coordinates with this month’s craft: His Precious Child Painting I was sixteen years old when I held my […]
October 2024 Craft: His Precious Child Painting
By Captain Leilani ArmendarizHemet, CA Corps – Southern California Division This craft coordinates with this month’s devotional: His Precious Child. Directions: While you are crafting, enjoy these songs, reminding you […]
September 2024 Flourish Newsletter
This month we are focusing on being deeply rooted in the spiritual discipline of Listening Prayer. Prayer is a dialogue between us and God. Often we view prayer as a […]
September 2024 Devotional: 11 Powerful Daily Prayers to Help You Start Your Morning Off Right
By Captain Irene CastroDivisional Women’s Ministries Secretary – Del Oro Division Some people of faith might not want to admit it, but most can probably remember a time when reciting […]
September 2024 Bible Study: Prayer Stations
By Captain Irene CastroDivisional Women’s Ministries Secretary – Del Oro Division Note: Since the spiritual discipline we are focusing on this month is “Listening Prayer” this month’s Bible Study is […]
September 2024 Craft: Haku Lei Making
By Lt. Helen ReyesWomen’s Ministries Executive Assistant – Del Oro Division Haku Lei Making – A Hawaiian Crown of Flowers A haku lei, or lei po’o is a lei made […]
Speak, For Your Servant is Listening
By Major Beth Desplancke My son, Ryan, has a husky named Ayla, who spends a lot of her day chilling in the front entryway of our home, looking out the […]
August 2024 Flourish Newsletter
This month we are focusing on being deeply rooted in the spiritual disciplines of meditation on and the memorization of God’s Word. In her book, Spiritual Disciplines: Practices That Transform […]
August 2024 Bible Study: Meditation and Memorization of Scripture
By Captain Jan PembertonDivisional Women’s Ministries Secretary – Cascade Division Instructions:This Bible Study contains questions about the study of Meditation and Memorization of Scripture. Take your time as you read […]
August 2024 Devotional: Meditating on God’s Word
By Captain Jan PembertonDivisional Women’s Ministries Secretary – Cascade Division When we look at the word meditation, we think of someone on a yoga mat with their legs crossed in […]
August 2024 Craft: Prayer Hand Knit Blanket
By Captain Jan PembertonDivisional Women’s Ministries Secretary – Cascade Division This is a perfect craft for those like me who have trouble with traditional crocheting or knitting. This project is […]
Meditation and Memorization of Scripture
By Colonel Genevera Vincent I remember with great fondness my Sunday School days as a child. I can still visualize many of the lesson pictures from the Scripture Press material. […]
July 2024 Flourish Newsletter
This month we are focusing on being deeply rooted in the spiritual discipline of hospitality. In her book, Spiritual Disciplines: Practices That Transform Us, Adele Ahlberg Calhoun writes, “Hospitality creates […]
July 2024 Devotional: Hospitality
By Major Tina BottjenMat-Su Valley, AK Corps – Alaska Division Growing up, I had always viewed hospitality as throwing elegant parties with the best foods that took all day to […]
July 2024 Craft: Wreath of Hospitality
By Major Tina BottjenMat-Su Valley, AK Corps – Alaska Division “Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” Romans 15:7 (NRSV) Materials needed. […]
July 2024 Bible Study: Hospitality
By Linda GarciaFairbanks, AK Corps – Alaska Division I wanted to accurately define hospitality: Hospitality is action and affection, receiving and loving a stranger. I grew up seeing this displayed […]
June 2024 Flourish Newsletter
This month we are focusing on being deeply rooted in the spiritual discipline of forgiveness. In her book, Spiritual Disciplines: Practices That Transform Us, Adele Ahlberg Calhoun writes, “To forgive […]
June 2024 Devotional: Forgiveness
By Major Gaylene YardleyDivisional Women’s Ministries Secretary – Southwest Division Note: This devotional coordinates with this month’s craft, Soap Carving, and this month’s Bible Study. Can you say that you […]
June 2024 Bible Study: Forgiveness
By Major Gaylene YardleyDivisional Women’s Ministries Secretary – Southwest Division Needed Supplies (needed by each person): “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave […]
June 2024 Craft: Soap Carving
By Major Gaylene YardleyDivisional Women’s Ministries Secretary – Southwest Division Note: This craft coordinates with this month’s devotional and Bible Study. Supplies Needed: Everyone will carve a cross, heart, Bible […]
The Need to Forgive
By Major Beth Desplancke She hurt me deeply. Her words to me were mean, and untruthful. She attacked my character and my capability. She came across as being perfect, without […]
Summer Bible Study: Psalm 119
By Major Beth DesplanckeTerritorial Women’s Ministries Program Secretary As you soak in the sun or soak in a pool, I encourage you also to use the summer months to soak […]