Article by Mike Willmore
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| Kevin Foreman welcomed as an Adherent |
Sunday 10th January proved to be a Red Letter day for Kevin Foreman when he was welcomed by Corps Officer Major Richard Borrett as an Adherent at our corps here at Romford.
Kevin has been attending the Romford Corps for a little over a year, after his son Paul had become a Soldier. Through this connection, Kevin had sought advice from the Corps officers. Wishing to support Paul, but not wanting to participate or be involved in the meetings at that time, he sat out in the café where it is possible to see and hear all that is going on through the video link operating within the hall without becoming involved in the meeting itself. However, in doing so, his interest grew and he struck up a friendship with one of the corps members which gave him the confidence and desire to actually go in to a meeting. From that moment, in Kevin’s words, he never looked back. He started attending the corps meetings regularly, and within a relatively short time, knew many of the people who worshipped at the Corps.. His wife, Tricia, attended with him and with the coming of the New Year in 2009, both responded to a request for individual personal prayers. In February they felt that their prayers had been answered. From that day, as Kevin said, "I was amazed and felt that I had found something that had been missing in my life." He attended regularly from that time on and several months later was asked by Corps Officer, Major Ann Borrett, if he would like to become an Adherent. An Adherent in the Salvation Army is a person who accepts Jesus as Lord in his or her life and the beliefs of the Salvation Army and is willing to apply these to their life. It is effectively the Salvation Army equivalent of church membership. Kevin decided that he would like to know more about the Christian life and registered to attend an Alpha Course, which is an introductory course for those with an interest in knowing more about Christianity.
Having thoroughly enjoyed the course, Kevin was thrilled to accept the invitation to become and Adherent and, as He says, "Before I knew it, I was on the platform beaming and very proud to have become an Adherent, and will take part in as many activities at the hall as possible."
Kevin illustrated his point by running a very successful quiz on the evening of his enrolment. The Corps is very happy to welcome such an enthusiastic and valued member of our Romford Salvation Army Community. The day belonged to Kevin and the Corps have joyfully accepted this day to be known as ‘Kevinmas Day’ in honour of the occasion.
