General Shaw Clifton Issues Statement on Centenary of Scouting
11 July 2007
Salvation Army World Jamboree 2006 delegates enjoy themselves
General Shaw Clifton has issued the following statement:
ON the occasion of the centenary of scouting (1 August 2007), The Salvation Army wishes to extend greetings and good wishes to Scouts and leaders around the world.
The Army has always had close links with the Scouting Association. It was encouragement from the organisation's founder, Lord Baden Powell, that prompted The Salvation Army to inaugurate Life-Saving Scouts in 1913, to be followed by Life-Saving Guards in 1915.
Those links were strengthened in 1948, when Salvation Army Life-Saving Scouts became officially affiliated to the Scouting Association.
The Salvation Army recognises and respects the values of scouting. As a worldwide Christian church and social agency, at work in 111 countries, it acknowledges the unifying power of an organisation such as the scouting movement.
The theme '2007: One World One Promise', selected for this centenary year, serves to emphasise this unity.
Many Salvation Army Scouts and leaders will be among the anticipated 40,000 who will celebrate the centenary by participating in the 21st World Scout Jamboree, to be held from 27 July to 8 August in the birthplace of scouting, the United Kingdom.
May the centenary objective of ‘Every Scout in the world making a contribution towards peace’ be realised, and the benefits of scouting be seen to make a real difference around the world.
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Salvation Army World Jamboree 2006 delegates enjoy themselves
General Shaw Clifton has issued the following statement:
ON the occasion of the centenary of scouting (1 August 2007), The Salvation Army wishes to extend greetings and good wishes to Scouts and leaders around the world.
The Army has always had close links with the Scouting Association. It was encouragement from the organisation's founder, Lord Baden Powell, that prompted The Salvation Army to inaugurate Life-Saving Scouts in 1913, to be followed by Life-Saving Guards in 1915.
Those links were strengthened in 1948, when Salvation Army Life-Saving Scouts became officially affiliated to the Scouting Association.
The Salvation Army recognises and respects the values of scouting. As a worldwide Christian church and social agency, at work in 111 countries, it acknowledges the unifying power of an organisation such as the scouting movement.
The theme '2007: One World One Promise', selected for this centenary year, serves to emphasise this unity.
Many Salvation Army Scouts and leaders will be among the anticipated 40,000 who will celebrate the centenary by participating in the 21st World Scout Jamboree, to be held from 27 July to 8 August in the birthplace of scouting, the United Kingdom.
May the centenary objective of ‘Every Scout in the world making a contribution towards peace’ be realised, and the benefits of scouting be seen to make a real difference around the world.
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