The men of The Salvation Army's Adult Rehabilitation Center find inspiration and hope in serving the survivors of the 2013 Oklahoma Tornadoes.
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Everything you donate to or buy from a Family Store supports our Adult Rehabilitation Centers
At our ARCs, men and women receive the tools they need to beat their addictions and start again; including Alcoholics Anonymous / Narcotics Anonymous groups, opportunities to build their work skills, fellowship with others in recovery and best of all, God’s love and acceptance.
View the video below on the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC). It beautifully describes the program and mission. In this video, there are several ‘mini testimonies’ from those who’ve entered our program broken and lost but completed it with a new hope for their future.
Please click the arrow learn more about our Adult Rehabilitation Centers and the Family Stores that provide the funding which supports this valuable community resource. Please share with your community!
Remember, everything you donate to or buy from a Salvation Army Family Store helps men and women receive no-cost, residential addiction rehabilitation services in one of our 22 centers in the Western US.
If you’d like to schedule a pick up, find a store or drop off location near you, please visit us at www.satruck.com
If you’d like to find an Adult Rehabilitation Center near you, please visit us at www.satruck.com
March On!
March has always been a significant month in Salvation Army history. It was 133 years ago, on the 10th day of this month, when Commissioner George Scott Railton; Captain Emma Westbrook, a 10–year Christian Mission veteran; and six women Salvationists arrived in New York City. The women wore blue uniforms with high–collared tunics with the name “The Salvation Army” embroidered in large letters. When the “invasion party” marched onto the docks in Battery Park, they boldly proclaimed the name of Jesus Christ and sang “Way Down on the Suwannee River” and Old Kentucky Home.”
Although Railton had planned to locate the Army’s national headquarters in New York City, local ordinances on street preaching and public assembly restricted such privileges to clergy of already–established denominations. To his dismay, Railton was prohibited from holding further open–air meetings.
Undaunted, he headed for Philadelphia, where Eliza Shirley and her family had conducted their breakthrough open–air meeting just six months earlier. It was a historic moment for The Salvation Army in the United States when Railton’s contingent met Shirley’s followers in Philadelphia on March 24, 1880. They held a special public meeting so that Railton could formally present the Army flag sent by Catherine Booth.
“This was the biggest meeting of my life,” Railton later wrote. Approximately 1,500 people, of all colors, including 200 soldiers wearing Army hatbands, made their way into the Athletic Hall, rented for the occasion. They cheered and sang the spiritual “My Lord, What a Morning, When the Stars Begin to Fall!”*
The determination to march on in the face of setbacks and loss is a daily challenge for all of us. From something as profound as mourning the loss of a Salvation Army icon such as Major Angelo Rosamilia** (as I did recently at Kensico Cemetery), to something as trivial as locking your key in the car (as I did the morning after), God has called us to be “transfigured” by His glory, to stay the course, and to march on.
In this Good News!, you’ll see the Army as it continues to march forward—with the installation of new territorial leaders, the invitation to prospective officer candidates, and the opening of new and refurbished facilities in the Adult Rehabilitation Centers Command.
God’s Truth keeps marching on!
Although Railton had planned to locate the Army’s national headquarters in New York City, local ordinances on street preaching and public assembly restricted such privileges to clergy of already–established denominations. To his dismay, Railton was prohibited from holding further open–air meetings.
Undaunted, he headed for Philadelphia, where Eliza Shirley and her family had conducted their breakthrough open–air meeting just six months earlier. It was a historic moment for The Salvation Army in the United States when Railton’s contingent met Shirley’s followers in Philadelphia on March 24, 1880. They held a special public meeting so that Railton could formally present the Army flag sent by Catherine Booth.
“This was the biggest meeting of my life,” Railton later wrote. Approximately 1,500 people, of all colors, including 200 soldiers wearing Army hatbands, made their way into the Athletic Hall, rented for the occasion. They cheered and sang the spiritual “My Lord, What a Morning, When the Stars Begin to Fall!”*
The determination to march on in the face of setbacks and loss is a daily challenge for all of us. From something as profound as mourning the loss of a Salvation Army icon such as Major Angelo Rosamilia** (as I did recently at Kensico Cemetery), to something as trivial as locking your key in the car (as I did the morning after), God has called us to be “transfigured” by His glory, to stay the course, and to march on.
In this Good News!, you’ll see the Army as it continues to march forward—with the installation of new territorial leaders, the invitation to prospective officer candidates, and the opening of new and refurbished facilities in the Adult Rehabilitation Centers Command.
God’s Truth keeps marching on!
History of the Salvation Army's Adult Rehabilitation Center
For more than 100 years, The Salvation Army has been providing assistance to people with a variety of social and spiritual afflictions through its 119 United States-based Adult Rehabilitation Centers (ARC).
The Adult Rehabilitation Center ministry began in 1881 when William Booth, founder of The Salvation Army, opened shelters for homeless people on the streets of England. This initiative quickly spread to the United States. Persons seeking our ministry, nurture and healing have come with issues of substance misuse, legal problems, relational conflicts, homelessness, unemployment, and, most importantly, a need for spiritual awakening and restoration.
Through the generosity of those who have donated material goods to our Family Stores, we’ve been able to offer those in difficult situations the hope and healing they need to begin leading productive lives
Did You Know...
Since the Salvation Army's Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) does not solicit government funding, the ministry runs solely on the generosity of individuals, organizations and businesses who donate goods to be sold in the Family Stores (formerly known as Thrift Stores). Proceeds from their sale go toward providing important services for the program participants, helping them get back on their feet and live a productive life.
Who Benefits From My Donations to the Salvation Army of Northern Virginia?
The men and women participating in the Salvation Army Northern Virginia Adult Rehabilitation Center program are directly affected by your donations. They are provided with a clean and healthy living environment, good food, work therapy, leisure time activities, group and individual counseling, spiritual direction and numerous resources to help them develop life skills and a personal relationship with God. Your neighbors and community benefit, too. The local Salvation Army Family Stores in Northern Virginia are full of great values and bargain prices on clothing, furniture, household goods, sporting equipment, books, electronics and much more!
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