2022 Ordination, Commissioning and Sending Out
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Lieutenant David Bruford |
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Lieutenant Shaun Featherston |
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Lieutenant Peter Hardy |
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Lieutenant Kirsten Wood |
Commissioning 2022
For the first time since 2019, Commissioning in Australia will be celebrated in person, as well as online. Commissioning will look a little different this year with the celebration service for the Ordination, Commissioning and Sending out being held in four locations in four states.
You are invited to attend the Commissioning of the Reflectors of Holiness and Messenger of Reconciliation at the venues, dates, and times listed below:
Friday 25 November 2022
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Cadet David Bruford When: 7pm AEDT Launceston, Tasmania by Commissioner Robert Donaldson |
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Cadet Shaun Featherston When: 7.30pm AEDT Brimbank, Melbourne, Victoria by Commissioner Janine Donaldson |
Sunday 27 November 2022
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Cadet Peter Hardy When: 10.30am AEDT Blacktown, Sydney, New South Wales by Commissioner Robert Donaldson |
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Cadet Kirsten Wood When: 10am AWST Perth, Western Australia by Commissioner Janine Donaldson |
In addition to the Commissioning service, Covenant Day will take place on Thursday 24th November at Eva Burrows College. This ceremony will be an intimate session for our Cadets and their spouses, alongside Officer Formation staff and territorial leaders.
Please save the dates and together let’s plan to celebrate all our soon-to-be commissioned cadets.
Call to Prayer
In the Officer Formation Stream (OFS), staff and cadets alike have commenced a countdown to Commissioning. Those being commissioned, Shaun Featherston, Kirsten Wood, Peter Hardy and David Bruford, are preparing themselves for a sacred event, the making of a covenant. This will mark the conclusion of their officer formation journey and their entry into the vocation of officership.
The signing of the covenant marks entry into a deeply spiritual relationship with God for sacred service of a specific nature. To be ordained and commissioned as a Salvation Army Officer, the following covenant is made:
Called by God to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as an officer of The Salvation Army, I bind myself to Him in this solemn Covenant:
To love, trust and serve him supremely all my days,
To live to win souls and make their salvation the first purpose of my life,
To care for the poor, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, love the unloved, and befriend those who have no friends,
To maintain the doctrines and principles of The Salvation Army, and, by God’s grace, to prove myself a worthy officer.
Each of our cadets have engaged with the three spheres of formation (personal and spiritual, mission and ministry, education and theological), and have worked towards integrating their learning into their ministry and leadership The Officer Formation Stream pray that the journey has prepared each of them to step with confidence into these significant and sacred moments. We trust that each of them are ready and willing to make these solemn promises.
Our Covenant Service is the first of our Commissioning events and will take place in person at Eva Burrows College on Thursday 24th November. We ask you to cover our cadets with your prayers over the coming weeks.