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Tickets available for Visit of Japan Staff Band

Rob Westwood-Payne — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:00:16 +0000

As part of ISB120, the 120th anniversary celebrations of The Salvation Army’s International Staff Band, Cradley Heath Band is hosting a visit of The Salvation Army’s Japan Staff Band, prior to them taking part in a concert featuring all eight staff bands at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

The Japan Staff Band will be giving a concert of varied music on Spring Bank Holiday Monday, 30 May 2011 at 7:00pm at Cradley Heath Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath, West Midlands B64 5EP. Tickets will be priced at £10.00 in advance (£12.50 on the door if available) and are available now online using the form below, and from Cradley Heath Salvation Army from 3 April 2011.

The Japan Staff Band is attached to The Salvation Army’s Territorial Headquarters in Tokyo, taking part in special meetings to convey the love of God and bring people to Christ, along with other events in local communities – concerts, performances at welfare institutes or hospitals, participation in community events, etc.

All the members of the Japan Staff Band are members of Salvation Army churches in Tokyo and its suburban areas. Some of them work for the Headquarters or social institutes or hospitals of The Salvation Army, while others have general occupations in common business world.

Japan is of course, very much in the news at the moment. We are praying and thinking of the people of Japan and hoping some sense of normality might return to their lives before too long.

We read daily in our newspapers and watch on our televisions at the scale of devastation and concern. We can only imagine what life is like. Bandmaster Hajime Suzuki has spoken about the effect on him and his Salvationist colleagues. Even though he is a long way (around 230kms) from the affected areas, the effect on Tokyo has been enormous. Even now, there is uncertainty about Salvationists who lived in the area hit by the tsunami and earthquake. We all pray for Hajime and his colleagues, those who are still unaccounted for, their families and other people of Japan.

Of course, the Japan Staff Band’s plans for their UK tour have, quite properly, taken second place in recent days but it is very apparent that we look forward to the band being with us in just a couple of months. They have, in the past week, recorded their tour CD. God bless them as they finalise their tour plans for we look forward to them being with us and I know that they will receive an enormous welcome from the people of Cradley Heath.

We are delighted they will be with us as part of their UK tour prior to the ISB120 event.

Don’t miss out on this “once in a lifetime” event!

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Amazing Love!

Rob Westwood-Payne — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:00:01 +0000

Easter is a special time of year for Christians. We remember the sacrifice Jesus Christ made in dying for our sins and making us new creations through his resurrection.

The week before Easter is known as Holy Week, and allows an opportunity to reflect quietly on the events which led to Jesus’ Crucifixion on Good Friday.

Cradley Heath Songsters of The Salvation Army will be providing a musical meditation on Maundy Thursday, 21 April 2011 at 7:30pm to allow you to do just that. We have a wealth of Easter songs with beautiful words to help you focus on the Easter message. The songs will include first performances of Wondrous Cross (Philip Wilby) and All in the April evening.

You can find out more about these songs by visiting this page.

Why not join us at The Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath, West Midlands B64 5EP? Admission is free. We would love to see you with us!

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Rob Westwood-Payne — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:26:50 +0000

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Hello world!

Rob Westwood-Payne — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:03:54 +0000

Cradley Heath SA Songsters - 2002

Welcome to the website of Cradley Heath Songsters of The Salvation Army.

The Cradley Heath Songsters is the adult choir of the Cradley Heath Salvation Army church. Cradley Heath is situated in the Black Country in the West Midlands of England. Our style of music ministry is exciting, and we design our programmes to be lively and thought-provoking. Find out more about us on these pages, using the navigation bar above.