The Salvation Army is providing support to survivors and first responders in Boston, Massachusetts, after two explosions occurred near the Boston Marathon finish line Monday afternoon. The blasts caused three deaths and 144 injuries for runners and spectators.
Salvation Army officers and volunteers have deployed two canteens (mobile feeding kitchens) to downtown Boston; one of the canteens will be stationed at the staging area for emergency responders, and the other will be stationed at a gathering spot for impacted families. Salvation Army officers who are trained in crisis counseling are also headed to relevant locations to provide emotional and spiritual care.
“The Salvation Army will be onsite for as long as needed to provide support. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Boston and all who were impacted by the explosions,” said Major Ron Busroe, National Community Relations and Development Secretary for The Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army is in constant communication with city and state emergency personnel, and will be providing support as needed and requested.
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What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following?

The extra mile.

by Gary Ryan Blair

Because of friends like you, The Salvation Army is able to help desperate
families and children in our community. Whether it is feeding a hungry family
or providing programs for children to give them the right start in life, The
Salvation Army is committed to helping our neighbors in need. We couldn’t do it
without you!

On behalf of families and children in need, thank you for your generosity. God
bless you!

Captains Jay & Sally Davis
Grand Haven, MI

Wisdom from Fellow Pilgrims
Whom should we love, if not Him who loved us, and gave himself for us?
Augustus Toplady

Sunday
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship

Wednesday: Children, Youth & Music Programs

SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES:

After School Program: CHILL Students attend this program. It is an After School Program on the east side of Grand Haven and CHILL offers activities to help with learning & homework assistance. 

Food/Bread Pantry: Individuals and families can visit this pantry to get help with food items for meals. Various items are distributed when available to the pantry. Supported through donations from organizations and individuals in and around our community, our pantry supplies grocery assistance to feed thousands in need each year.

Our Transitional and Emergency Housing: Our housing is open to families. Residents are allowed to stay to eventually get more stable housing.

Emergency Assistance: Offers help with utilities, including electric, heating, gas and water as funds are available.

Give a man a dollar and you cheer his heart. Give him a dream and you challenge his heart. Give him Christ and you change his heart. Then the dollar and a dream become meaningful to him, and to others.

Probably one of the easiest things to do at times is to give money to help others in need. Although this is always required in our society where so many are needy it is not the only way to help others.  We must understand that people are made not only of the physical and the emotional but also the spiritual. A wholistic approach to helping others is needed in this day and age. William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army, had the philosophy of “soup, soap, and salvation”. May we work to help others with a wholistic approach. Feeding their hearts, and their minds as well as their bodies.