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Faith, Hope, Love and The Salvation ArmyLesson objectives• To be able to explain what The Salvation Army is and

some of the work it does • To understand what motivates members of The Salvation

Army • To think about the themes of faith, hope and love

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Starter: Three in a rowChoose nine of these words and write them on your card in any random order.

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homeless faith salvation action army hope

love charity poverty church Christian mission

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What do you know about The Salvation Army?

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*Research by nfpSynergy, May 2009

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Poster discussion activity

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What have you learnt?PlenaryUse the Faith Hope Love plenary sheet to show what you have learnt about The Salvation Army and to think about your own values, ideas and beliefs.

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I’ll fight!

Reflection: what would you fight for?

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a) Write your own ‘I’ll fight’ speech about some of the issues and problems you feel strongly about or

b) b) Write a modern-day version of William Booth’s ‘I’ll fight’ speech

Reflection: what’s most important?

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‘The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love.’ The Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:13

Do you agree? Why or why not? What do you feel are the three most important things to have in this life?

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