Salvation Army Trivia

I recently helped out my dad do our monthly Cafe Church at Clydebank Salvation Army and we decided to go down the road of having a quiz night. We had a general knowledge round, a Kids round, a Salvation Army Marches round and a Salvation Army Trivia round.
Here are the questions we used for the Salvation Army Trivia round, how many can you answer? (without google!)

Question 1:

Just about everyone in the US has seen the Salvation Army's red kettles during Christmas season. What pro football team has, for the past ten years, been instrumental in getting "the kettle season" off to a good start?

A: Dallas Cowboys

B: Cincinatti Bengals

C: Miami Dolphins

D:Washington Redskins

Question 2:

The Salvation Army founder talked about three S’s which he believed best expressed the way the Army helped the less fortunate. What did these three S’s stand for?

A: Sobriety, Sandwiches and Souls

B: Soup, Singing and Sandwiches

C: Sobriety, Singing and Salvation

D: Soup, Soap and Salvation

Question 3:

In which year was the order of the founder instituted?

A: 1917

B: 1915

C: 1920

D: 1913

Question 4:

In which year was the War Cry first published in the UK?

A: 1877

B: 1878

C: 1879

D: 1880

Question 5:

Who was the first appointed songster leader in the Salvation Army?

A:John Lawley

B:Commisioner John Carleton

C:Theodore Kitching

D:Hugh Whatmore

Question 6:

Which of our Generals has had a locomotive named after them?

A: General Eva Burrows

B: General Albert Orsborn

C: General William Booth

D: General Edward J. Higgins

Question 7:

How many countries to date does The Salvation Army work in? (as of April 1st 2011)

A: 122

B: 124

C: 126

D: 128

Bonus point:

How many different languages does the Army provide services in?

Question 8:

Put these Generals in order of when they were commissioned.

Evangeline Booth

Wilfred Kitching

Albert Orsborn

George Carpenter

Question 9:

The Salvation Army International Corps offers free ___ and ___ classes.

English and Tae Kwan Do

Knitting and Pottery

English and Cooking

Accordion and Boating

Question 10:

What is the Salvation Army’s Mission Statement?

A: Called to be followers of Jesus Christ,

The Salvation Army exists to save men,

grow in number and serve the homeless.

B: As disciples of Jesus Christ we will be a Spirit-filled, radical, growing movement with a burning desire to lead people into a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, actively serve the community and fight for social justice.

C: Called to be disciples of Jesus Christ,

The Salvation Army exists to save souls,

grow saints and serve suffering humanity.

D: As disciples of Jesus Christ we will be a Spirit-filled, amazing, trendy movement with a burning desire to lead people into a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, actively serve the homeless and fight for better pay.

Please post your answers :D

It's Good To Talk

I love adverts (commercials). I love clever adverts, not the annoying ones like 'Go Compare' or that really annoying 'Webuyanycar.com' one either, I mean the ones like 'Comparethemeerkat.com' or the new 'Yell'/'Yellow Pages' one with the modern day J R Hartley. My favourites though are the ones that tell a story, like the Nescafe ones where the woman met the guy and the romance blossomed or even the BT adds where the story has continued now to them expecting a child together. I liked the old BT adds too, the 'It's good to talk' ones; "Oh so you have an 'ology' now..." always made me giggle and think "ooh thats gonna be me soon".
Oh how times have changed but these sentiments are still true today.




I still believe that 'It's good to talk' even though I am partial to keeping alot of things to myself however I did find it difficult to deal with things because I had all this pent up frustration and I didn't think anyone was listening to me. That is until I started emailing a friend, a friend I never knew I had until we emailed each other one day after I broke down in front of him and spilled everything I was feeling. We emailed back and forth for several months, he became my mentor and a good friend and he saved me from the black hole I was falling into at the time.
I changed things in my life instead of emptying it. I organised things around my life instead of organising my life around other commitments or things I could never have thought of getting out of before and all because I talked to someone who was able to see that it wasnt that no one was listening to me, it was that I wasn't talking to anyone and I am a much better and stronger person because of my email friend and for that I am eternally greatful. I will never be able to repay him for his help and his patience and I only wish there were more people in the world like him, so if he happens to be reading this blog...thank you, I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for you.

Jenny Anydots

Currently I am watching 'Cats' - The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. It is one of my favourite stage shows as I think the music is funky and the dancing is awesome and I only wish that I had stuck in at dancing cause that would have been my dream job. I consider myself a bit of a Jenny Anydots. I do everything but the thing I set out to do, ever the procrastinator!





So, since the last time I blogged (which seems a lifetime ago now) there have been a few things cropped up in my life. As I said in my last blog I was going to open a new blog to let you all know what it was and I clearly haven't done that I'll just start here and now.
As you may know, I have been diagnosed with Renal Failure twice now in my 26 years I've been alive. I've had two kidney transplants and I currently have no kidney's at all.
I am finding it a little harder to deal with this time through. I suppose it's because the first time it happens, you are just learning about it all and you get by because you have to, second time through you are wiser and have learned so know what to do and when to do it so you deal with it and handle it differently but third time around I have to admit I did have to check that it was all happening again. I couldn't believe it. Why? Why again? Once, twice...I can handle but a third time? That just takes the biscuit.
Something that I am going through this time is the type of Dialysis treatment I am currently getting. Hemodialysis is a completely different style of treatment however it does the same job as regular Dialysis by cleaning the blood through a machine. It cleans out the toxins in my body that a Kidney would normally take care of.
I attend Stobhill Renal Unit 3 times a week for 4 hours at a time to be attached to the machine in order for it to clean my blood for me. Yes, its the biggest pain in the neck ever and I am getting very fed up with it all now however I do need to remind myself that this machine is keeping me alive and there is nothing I can do until I get another Kidney and no one knows how long it will be before that happens.

I'm not entirely sure why I wanted to post this but hey, its out there now....


Watching: Cats
Feeling: Tired and Grumpy and Thirsty
Wanting: A drink

Educating Rita

So, Im sitting (or should I say lying) here on my bed, watching 'The Mummy', chatting to friends on msn and on facebook (which is shockingly bad right now) about blogging and how blogs can inspire, heal, enlighten and humour someone. We spoke about what kind of blogs there are and how different people use different tools to start their blog posts ie knitting, photography, technology, religion etc and we agreed that blog's can sometimes get too personal. That sometimes a blog is not the place to be revealing every single thing that is going on in your life right now because lets face it, who wants to know that you've just bought the latest in control pants now eh?
As far as my own blog is concerned, I do not blog often as I do struggle to talk about things out loud and I do struggle with the fact that if I start to talk then I can't stop and I worry that I do get too personal with what I write however, I am going to be starting a new blog within the next few months for a very personal reason and you will get to see why that is when I start (if that all makes abundant sense?) as there has been a very big change in my life recently and its going to take me on a journey that I have travelled before and am not looking forward to travelling there again, so I'm going to blog.
It will get personal, it will be uncomfortable to read at times because it will be honest and it is up to you whether you want to follow it or not however I will say one thing about it, it will be educating....

Happy Star Wars Day...?

Well since today was May the 4th it would be wrong of me not to wish you all a Happy Star Wars day and May the fourth be with you and all and happy revenge of the fifth for tomorrow too!

Today I hurt alot, both physically and mentally.




Yesterday I walked over the Erskine Bridge as part of a sponsored walk to raise funds for those going to Music School this year. Its about 1 Mile long so going over and back again Im guessing, if my maths is correct, was about 2 miles. Doesn't sound like far but when you are extremely unfit and have hip troubles it may as well be the London marathon. However, I and about 20 others or so made it across and back again then celebrated with a well deserved BBQ and game of football. Hurrah!

Today I am in pain. My legs, especially my hips, are sore and very stiff. I look like I need a walking stick when I walk and waddle even more now than previously...oh well.
I also had my regular check up at the Renal Clinic to check up on the old transplant. I appear to be a bit of a mystery to them at the moment. I have no symptoms to suggest why one of my blood levels appears to be too high and I feel absolutely fine however they still want to do a biopsy to see whats going on. Nightmare.

Happy Star Wars day?.....almost.

Watching: Ellen DeGeneres
Listening to: Paloma Faith on BBC Radio 2 at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
Eating: Ben and Jerry's Phish Food Ice Cream.
Drinking: Gallons of water...

peas
Leanne

PS. also changed a few things around on the blog. updated my picture slideshow so if you get a chance, have a wee swatch.