Taking Caring to the Next Level
The vital Community Care Ministries (CCM) of The Salvation Army has been re-named and restructured as it takes on a new role and focus across both the Australia Eastern and Southern territories.
Salvos Caring as it will now be called, will revitalise and broaden the ministry across the church and community – intentionally focusing on others to help and care for them in a practical way.
Salvos Caring is part of the Territorial Mission and Resource Team – Corps (TMARC) and will also be a part of the Divisional MARC teams, and the hubs.
“Salvos Caring reflects more than just a name change; it’s an identity change,” says Lieut-Colonel Robertson, Territorial Co-ordinator of Salvos Caring. “It’s all about corps and social centres working together, creating opportunities for people of all ages to reach out to others in practical ways, and living a way of life that reflects that.
“It is not a program pushed from the top down, but rather it’s organic, open-ended and an outward-focused way of life. It should be part of our ‘DNA’.
“It’s the practical arm of equipping every Salvo to be a disciple maker, and we are building into that.”
The term “Salvo” does not just mean Salvationist, but rather everyone who is connected in some way to The Salvation Army – including employees, volunteers and supporters, both Christian and non-believer.
Salvos Caring can include, but is not limited to, random acts of kindness, giving bottles of water to workmen on a hot day, digging post holes for farmers, delivering a meal to new parents, or visiting someone who is sick.
“Salvos Caring then, aims to naturally build relationships with people in the community so that Salvation, the ultimate relationship, can happen, and people can come to know Jesus,” says Lieut-Colonel Robertson.
“Practically, this means being a friend to everyone, kindness, responding to needs and sharing the journey with everyone.
“We ARE Salvos Caring, not part of it.”
Salvos Caring is currently developing resources and communication tools to help share ideas, such as a Facebook page - facebook.com/salvoscaring
“We want to make it as simple as possible for people to be involved,” says Lieut-Colonel Robertson. “Anyone and everyone can be doing this.”
If you have any questions, please email the team at Salvos.caring@aue.salvationarmy.org
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