June 2023 Flourish Newsletter
Change is inevitable. How we respond to change is our choice. This month’s newsletter is full of ways to help you flourish in seasons of change. One thing we can […]
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Flourishing Story: There is a Season
By Josie LeyvaFairbanks, AK Corps – Alaska Division To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born and a […]
June 2023 Craft: Seasons May Change Painting
By Captain Heather PopeDivisional Women’s Ministries Secretary – Alaska Division This is the perfect project to remind us that even though things around us may change, God’s love is steadfast […]
June 2023 Devotional: Praise Changes Things
By Captain Michelle JosephsonHoonah, AK Corps – Alaska Division Praise is incredibly powerful and far richer, far deeper than we tend to think of it. What comes to mind when […]
June 2023 Bible Study: Flourishing in Times of Uncertainty
By Major Rachel ChouinardAnchorage Citadel – Alaska Division Flourishing means to grow in a healthy and vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment. At first thought, […]
May 2023 Flourish Newsletter
Life isn’t always a bed of roses. Into every life, a little rain must fall. How do you flourish in the times of grief, sorrow and tears? That is what […]
Flourishing in the Tearful Season
By Colonel Genevera Vincent It seems very natural that we would flourish in the seasons of joy and the happy times in our lives. Joyfulness and happiness just seem to […]
Flourishing Story: Flourishing in Grief
By Lt. Colonel Sherryl Van Cleef (Retired)North West Valley, AZ Corps – Southwest Division “And my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory by Christ […]
May 2023 Craft: You Turn My Mourning Into Dancing
By Commissioner Debi Bell (Retired)North West Valley, AZ Corps – Southwest Division Note: This can be used as a Mother’s Day or Women’s Tea Craft. You turned my mourning into […]
May 2023 Bible Study: Processing Grief
Submitted by the Southwest Division “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by […]
May 2023 Devotional: Mourning into Dancing
By Lt. Jayerica TumaleSouth Mountain, AZ Kroc Center – Southwest Division There have been mornings, evenings, nuggets of time, and even extended seasons where we have wept and mourned. We […]
Flourishing Story: Joyfully Serving
By Envoy Belsy MartinezBellflower Temple, CA Corps – Southern California Division. God always answers our prayers. I was born in Colombia, South America and came to the United States in […]
April 2023 Flourish Newsletter
Spring has sprung and this year we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior in April. It is a great time to be filled with joy. Flourishing in the joyful season […]
April 2023 Craft: Floral Letter Decoration
By Lt. Stephanie PhilpotInglewood, CA Corps – Southern California Division Spring is near, and it is almost time to bring out the spring décor. Floral letters are a great way […]
April 2023 Bible Study: Living in the Fullness of God
By Lt. Melissa JonesSeattle, WA Social Services – Northwest Division On a recent trip to New York City very early in the Spring, I went to one of my favorite […]
April 2023 Devotional: Planted in Joy
By Captain Aimee DochertyRetired Officer’ Representative & Order of the Silver Star – Southern California Division I know I’m not alone in this. I know I’m not the only one […]
March 2023 Flourish Newsletter
Life can sometimes be hard and painful. Flourishing through the tests and trials seasons is what this month’s newsletter focuses on. And we know that in all things God works […]
March 2023 Bible Study: Faith to Tackle the Storms
By Major Nancy HalversonDenver Citadel, CO – Intermountain Division It was 4:31 a.m. on January 17,1994 when the scariest “storm” of my life jolted us awake. It was an earthquake […]
March 2023 Devotional: Flourishing in the Tests and Trials Season
By Evie DobneyIntermountain Division When I think of tests and trials and those who’ve overcome them, I think of people like Helen Keller, a blind and deaf author and champion […]
March 2023 Craft: Mosaic Tiles
By Major Beth PaughIntermountain Division When I think of “Flourishing in the tests and trials season” two things came to mind, the first was a flower breaking through the winter […]
Flourishing Story: God’s Blessing in the Seasons of Life
By Major Deborah Greene (Retired)Intermountain Division God always supplies what I need just when I need it. There is an idiom which says, “Into every life a little rain must […]
Eyes Up!
By Major Beth Desplancke Just recently, my husband and I took a trip to celebrate our 25th anniversary and spent several days in Las Vegas. If you have ever been […]
February 2023 Bible Study: Flourishing in the Valley
By Lt. Amy LewisCaldwell, ID Corps – Cascade Division In our Christian walk I have heard the path we travel as we navigate life described as having mountain tops and […]
February 2023 Craft: Easy Macrame Rainbow
By Major Nancy BallDivisional Secretary for Program – Hawaiian & Pacific Islands Division Tools & Supplies: Directions: Download printable craft directions: