Missions

The Salvation Army

Our November Mission of the Month will be “The Salvation Army.” We will once again have the Red Kittle set up in our Narthex on all the Sunday’s following Thanksgiving for donations to this very worthy organization.

Founded in England in 1865 by William Booth and his wife Catherine, they took their message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the poor, the homeless, the hungry and the destitute. It was originally called “The Christian Mission” but in 1878 when Booth read a report calling the Chrisitan Mission as a volunteer army, he penned in Salvation Army instead.

In 1891 the Red Kettle campaign got its start here in America. Captain Joseph McFee was looking for a way to cover the cost of a community Christmas meal and placed a pot at the Oakland ferry landing where passengers coming and going to the ferry could leave their donations. By 1897, this campaign was also making its mark in the East where 150,000 Christmas dinners for the needy was achieved.

Today, the Red kettle campaign continues to make a very important contribution to our society.