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Salvation Army Trivia

2011-09-12T18:33:00.003+01:00

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

2011-02-08T22:52:00.004Z

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

2011-02-01T23:36:00.005Z

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

2010-07-29T01:09:00.002+01:00

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...?

2010-05-04T22:07:00.005+01:00

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.

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2010-05-04T01:07:00.000+01:00

Here I Go Again...

2010-05-03T00:36:00.002+01:00

Well, I'm not going to make any promises this time about blogging as I clearly never stuck to my last one but a friend of mine has started blogging and it has kicked me into thinking I should get back into it.
One thing I will say is that I'm not going to start posting about personal stuff this time as I don't feel a blog is the place to put it, it's my private stuff and thats where it's staying.

Since I last posted:

I moved out of my parents house and moved in with my best friend Lyndsey.
We had a fantastic little house and two kittens and I loved every minute of it.
Unfortunately Lynds had to move up to Aberdeen for study so I moved back home again which is where I still reside.

I also worked in a call center for Scottish Power, AOL and RAC.
I loved AOL and RAC and have plenty of brilliant memories of the banter filled days and also made some brilliant new friends from that.

Currently, I am unemployed.
I am hoping to go to college again after the summer to do Early Education and Childcare with a view to either work in a nursery or as a play therapist in a childrens hospital and also move into a little flat in bowling that I have my eyes on. its prettyful.

I think that will do for now. Rather make sure I had enough to blog at some other point than let it all out in one go haha.

peas
Leanne x

Anyone here?

2009-08-18T00:42:00.002+01:00

So it seems I haven't blogged for a while...ok a year but there has been a lot going on in the last year that hasn't warrented blogging about but I hereby promise from now on in, I will blog at least once a month and if I don't, you have my permission to direct me to this blog post and henceforth kick my butt!

Signed
Leanne

Shine ((part 1))

2008-08-04T21:36:00.002+01:00

I don't wanna be adored
Don't wanna be first in line
Or make myself heard
I'd like to bring a little light
To shine a light on your life
To make you feel loved
No, don't wanna be the only one you know
I wanna be the place you call home
I lay myself down
To make it so, but you don't want to know
I give much more
Than I'd ever ask for
Will you see me in the end
Or is it just a waste of time
Trying to be your friend
Just shine, shine, shine
Shine a little light
Shine a light on my life
Warm me up again
Fool, I wonder if you know yourself at all
You know that it could be so simple
I lay myself down
To make it so, but you don't want to know
You take much more
Than I'd ever ask for
Say a word or two to brighten my day
Do you think that you could see your way
To lay yourself down
And make it so, but you don't want to know
You take much more
Than I'd ever ask for

For Callum

2008-07-05T01:32:00.001+01:00

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Ever Thine, Ever Mine, Ever Ours

2008-06-26T20:49:00.004+01:00

Ok, so a few things have cleared themselves up, mainly due to me ignoring them and them going away ha but I just wanted to share my views on the Sex and the City movie.
I personally wasn't all that fussed about seeing it at first because I hadn't really gotten into the tv series due to other Wednesday evening commitments but I went along to see it, not really expecting anything overly spectacular or for anything to jump out at me...silly me!
I cried through the entire first half. Seriously. I have an idea why and for me, the entire first half was kind of the way I was feeling at that time. Now, here is where I come dangerously close to saying things I dont want to but lets just say that the way Carrie felt at her "Big" mess up (for those who haven't seen it yet) was how I was feeling at the time but seeing her friends rally round her the way they did made me realise that my friends would do the exact thing for me and have done, so really, this is a big thanks to them and as for the movie, I'd go see it again cause I missed the first half due to crying.

"Life doesn't always turn out to be your fantasy, thats why you need friendships that are real to get you through it all."

peas
xoxo

quick update

2008-05-31T00:30:00.005+01:00

hmm so I really want to blog something right now but I have so many thoughts in my head that it's virtually impossible for me to go through my brain and decide what I want to blog about and what is appropriate too. Lots to do with my private life and lots to do with my everyday normal life and sorting through that is just the beginning so I think the best thing to do just now is to ask for prayers or whatever you do cause until my head gets sorted, I can't blog.

Update:
Exams are over. Almost stress free.
I am taking a day off tomorrow, an actual day off. I'm going to play the wii for most of the day then at night watch "I'd do anything." and "Dr Who" both of which I haven't seen for weeks and weeks.
Im loving "The Big Bang Theory" right now, very funny.
I went Go-Karting today, so much fun but I have a sore back now, not fun.
Have a look at my slideshow, there's some pretty funky pictures in there.
I have a crazy bunch of new friends, its unreal! Love it!

peas
xx

A few thoughts...

2008-04-21T16:18:00.005+01:00

I probably won't have a chance to write anything here for a while since I was so kindly reminded today by Fraser, my maths teacher, that its now four short weeks till my final exams. So here's a few thoughts to keep you all busy over the next few weeks.
Yup, four weeks and its all over. Scary thought eh? Thats what has been going through my mind for the past couple of weeks whilst I was on holiday, a well earned and much appreciated holiday at that, and yes, it does scare me. It scares me that in just four weeks, I will have done my best to get the results I need to go to Uni in September, or not done well enough and I have to go back and try again.

Another thing that's scaring me right now is that I took over the singing company (junior choir) at the Army in January for a trial period (supposed to be lasting a month), and suddenly I have little people to be responsible for. Like having my own little people family to watch over, encourage and in some cases, learn from.
It scares me that I might not be the best for them or what they need right now or that my studies are going to take over and I'm going to lose that connection with them that I got back in January when I first started. It scares me that these kids are now watching every little thing I do and may or may not copy what I do, repeat what I say or act how I act and I'm not sure if I'm ready for that yet.

If you didn't already know by now, our Officer (minister) Chris was taken into hospital a while ago and was diagnosed with having a mini stroke. Now this came as a complete and utter surprise to every single one of us. How can a man his age and with his energy have a mini stroke?
And yet, every time I ask how he is, he tells me he has nothing to complain about. What a guy?!
He gave his testimony during the meeting on Sunday night (as he's still not allowed to work properly) and he was clearly meant to say something that night, either to help me or someone else, I don't know, but he read the words of the song "I'm in His hands."
This song has become one of a surprise favourite of mine over the past couple of years since it was sung at Music School by someone.

I'm in His hands
I'm in His hands
Whatever the future holds
I'm in His hands.
The days I cannot see
Have all been planned for me
His way is best, you see,
I'm in His hands.

Enough said, I think.

Just a few...

2008-04-02T18:17:00.000+01:00

Random thoughts.

In my bag: 1 Higher Maths Past Paper text book.

1 A4 notebook with maths and english inside.
1 English Critical Essay Question Paper
1 English Critical Essay on Havisham
1 English Close Reading paper Questions/Passages
1 iPod Nano 2gb (with headphones)
listening to Girls Aloud,
essential studying material.
1 Bottle of water x2
1 Purse (brown) with not alot of money in it.
1 Max Factor Lip Shine and Protector
1 Old Train Ticket
Not Seen: Hankies and Study Cards

I burnt a pizza last week at youth fellowship, I left it in the oven for over an hour haha

Favourite Ad at the moment is the cadbury one with the trucks.
Class!

View from the College Library:

Note the new building is mahoosive!
Speaking of college, there is a hottie, yes one single (well married actually) hottie but he's grown a beard!
Now tell me why you would want to grow a beard and cover this face?

Also note, this is not a joke, he is actually a lecturer at the college :D
yummy!

Random Text:
Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it but only you can feel its warmth.
Thank you for being the pee in my pants!

Random Thought:
Neighbours is exciting!

Goggle?

2008-04-01T21:16:00.002+01:00

I, just like Kevin, Googled my name hehe

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=6074391754

scared much?

xx

Not alot really...

2008-03-14T13:53:00.002Z

Well, my prelim exams are over, the stress is gone but those great and wonderful plans I had made for my whole week off are all gone too. Originally, I had planned a total detox for myself: drink nothing but water (and the occasional cuppa), eat more fruit, go out more during the day even if it was just for a walk and go to bed at a decent hour, but then Sunday night, when I came home from the meeting, I started having coughing fits again (the first after being at Dan's house).
Monday morning I awoke with no voice and an aching throat. "It's fine, I'll be good by tomorrow." Or so I thought. Its now Friday and it got worse, the less I say the better for you, trust me.
So it just goes to show that no matter how much you prepare for something, it can all go disastrously wrong over night aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgh!!

Freezing in London

2008-02-21T21:28:00.001Z

16th Feb 08
The day London froze. Inspired by improv everywhere and made a reality by 100's of volunteers. At exactly 3:30pm on a secret cue, almost everyone in the square froze. The few bewildered tourists didn't know what was happening. For 5 minutes the participants held their positions, and then magically everyone unfroze.

Why? Well, why not.

Fear and Hook

2008-02-20T17:32:00.005Z

So, last night I had a bit of a rant with my good friend Dan and he was kind enough to be patient with me and listen to me ramble on about my fears of relationships and other things that I'm not going to get into detail (because it was a private conversation).
Now, afterwards, although feeling slightly better after getting some stuff off my chest, I still felt really down about my self but on telly, there was a documentary on about self help books, you know the ones that celebrities swear by and some even say helped them become the rich and famous person they are? Yeah, those ones.
Anyhoo, I was listening to it kind of half heartedly and not really getting into it until the doc maker spoke to a woman who had written a self help book after she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer 22 years ago. I felt I could really relate to her because what she said and her attitude towards her illness was sort of the same as the way I was or tried to be at least. She said that no matter what hits you, you have to just say "It's ok, I can do this." or "It's ok, I'm gonna get through this." and then she said something that I am never going to forget. She named her book and it was called "Face the fear then do it Anyway." I have to face my fear, get over the fear that I have of what people are going to think of me, what my parents are going to think of me and I have to just do it.
The documentary guy then went on to speak to other people about their self help books and one person spoke of how if you "think happy" then you'll "be happy". This made me think of a film I have watched for two nights in a row now and may watch it again tonight because its that good lol and that is one of Stephen Spielberg's earlier films, "Hook".
There is a scene in which Robbin Williams (Peter Pan) is sitting in a sling shot being prepared to learn how to fly. The lost boys are all around him with brightly coloured banners saying things such as "Ice Cream", "Puppies" and "Birthdays" but there was one that stood out from the rest and it read "Think Happy Thoughts".
So for now, I am going to "Think Happy Thoughts" and maybe I will think myself happier.

peas
xxx

First off...

2008-02-19T12:44:00.000Z

So I now have a real blog. I may from now on keep my Bebo Blog for random stuff cause this kind of stuff scared people senseless haha
So, who am I? Im a 24 (almost) year old Maths and English Student who is honoured to call herself a Christian and goes to an amazing church called the Salvation Army. I have amazing christian and non christian friends who I love dearly and really wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them.
Now, this first post is just to get all my cards out on the table. Mainly to allow me to have an outlet to get things off my chest and to give a background about me, my illness and my christian life.
I posted the following on my Bebo blog, not sure how people took it to be honest, a couple of people commented but no one else has said anything yet lol so here goes with the first post. Enjoy
xxx

Firstly, if you already know this, then dont bother reading it, you already know everything Im gonna say anyways so
Secondly, Im not doing this to be melodramatic, I just feel lately that I've been mentioning it alot to folks and I get blank stares back and it cracks me up, in a funny way so I figured I'd tell you all at the same time.
Also, it kinda explains why I have never drunk alcohol before. If it wasn't for me being ill, Im sure I probably would drink despite being in the Army and the rules and regulations stating that "I must not drink alcohol, smoke, take drugs or harm my body in any way." or something to that effect.
Anyways, onto my rant hehe

23/2/1984, I was born. Queen Mothers hospital, Glasgow. As you know by now, nothing is ever simple for me, this was evident even right from birth. Trust me to be born with my head between my legs. Trouble was, my legs were the wrong way round too, they had been dislocated whilst still in my mother and I had managed to fold myself in half too. They operated on my legs a few times to fix them and after four years of being in plaster, I could finally walk.

Age 7:
I had just got home from an appointment at the Renal Unit in Yorkhill for one of my check ups, everything was going well until the phone rang. The Renal Unit wanted me back up to the hospital right away because my kidney's were far to small and had stopped working.
I was immediately put on Dialysis and stayed in hospital for a while. I missed out on nearly all of primary school due to hospital visits, appointments and infections that made me worse, thankfully all of them were fixable.

Age 11: It was a hot May 5th 1995 and the hospital had called twice already that year but this time they were sure they had a transplant.
I had a new kidney and I was starting High School, I thought it was the best year of my life.
High School came and went with relatively little happening, still had hospital appointments and stuff but that was just because they missed my sparkling personality and witty banter.

Jumping forward to the end of 2002, I started to get ill again. At first we thought it was just because the Western had decided that the kidney wasn't working as well as they wanted, so they poked and prodded the poor thing and my blood levels were reflecting that but by summer 03 It had definitely had enough and packed in. I don't blame it really, it had a good run of nearly 9 years so it was due to do something exciting.
More treatment followed and on 23rd February 04, yes, thats right, my Birthday, I was put back on Dialysis again and had my kidney removed. Oh, I really should say at this point that I only had one kidney, they had taken my original ones out when I was 9 lol
I lost alot of weight again, at my lightest I was just under 8 stone and between an 8 and a 10 in dress size, which I loved at the time but now realise I was extremely under weight and not healthy at all.
Spring and summer went by relatively quiet, although the hospital did want to put me on Hemo Dialysis which I refused to do because I knew that was the last straw and I wasn't ready for that yet.

Christmas 2004:
This is where my personal/reflective essay for english comes in handy. Everything that happened over Christmas that year is in that lol
I had come home from helping out my dad with his school christmas carol service at Paisley Abby and had gone to bed. Next thing I knew, my dad had come into my room and told me that the hospital had called. I thought they were gonna do some more poking and prodding, as they had gotten into the habit of doing by now, but he said they had a transplant for me haha
So there I go, up to the hospital expecting to be sent straight back home again as had happened so many times before but it didn't happen. I actually got my transplant. December 23rd 2004 @ 6am.

Everything has been perfect since then. My hospital appointments are now up to 6 weeks apart and my blood levels look like any other normal, healthy person believe it or not and I haven't been in hospital since.

As I said before, dont take this as me being melodramatic, I just wanted to get it off my chest and out in the open. Lots of people don't know me that well, especially those who I just met since August, which is quite alot actually lol so this is really for them, to explain why I do or don't do certain things and why I look like hell sometimes too haha!

comments and questions are appreciated thanks
peas
xxxxx