New cadets officially welcomed to Booth College
Colonel Robyn Maxwell ties the session pennant on The Salvation Army flag. (Photo: Shairon Paterson)
The Heralds of Grace session of cadets has been officially welcomed to The Salvation Army School for Officer Training at Booth College in Sydney on 30 January.
The session, comprising 15 cadets, features a heavy representation from Queensland. Ten members of the new session come from either the Army’s South Queensland or Central and North Queensland divisions.
School for Officer Training Principal, Major Stuart Evans, welcomed the cadets to the college at an official lunch on 30 January.
Majors David and Shelley Soper, the Army’s Australia Eastern Territory Candidate Secretaries, then introduced the cadets individually and spoke of how they had been impressed by the quality of each. In particular, they said the cadets should be congratulated for their obedience to God.
“They’re all unique, diverse and all have different passions, said Major Shelley Soper.
“One thing they have in common is that they’re all excellent people who have character. [They’re] all people of obedience in the first step [of their training], all people with incredible capacity for service and ministry.”
Chief Secretary Colonel Wayne Maxwell then highlighted the significance of the Heralds of Grace session name.He encouraged the cadets to embrace their name as they prepare for ministry as Salvation Army officers.
“What a great name,” he said. “You have the opportunity as Heralds of Grace to live out a great Christian truth and that’s our desire, that we are servants of God. We’re heralds of a message that has implications for the whole world.”
With the assistance of Cadet Nicole Park, the session’s official flag bearer, Colonel Robyn Maxwell, Secretary for Women’s Ministries,then placed the Heralds of Grace pennant on The Salvation Army flag.
The lunch concluded with a benediction from Captain Sharon Sandercock-Brown, the School for Officer Training Assistant Training Principal and Director of Spiritual Formation.
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