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Sundays
You can join us live for Sunday Worship on YouTube each week. Head over to our channel - www.youtube.com/@maidenheadsalvationarmy and Subscribe and you will be notified when we go Live on Sunday morning, shortly before 10:30am. Or head on over to the Channel on Sunday morning and the Live video should appear at the top of the Page.
If you're unable to join us in-person on Sunday morning, then we look forward to you joining us this way instead.
Worship Today – 5 July 2026
10:30am. Livestream of Together 26 Congress Meeting and Commissioning
Followed by refreshments in the Hub
Next Sunday – 12 July 2026
2nd Sunday Celebration @ 10:30am
Led by our Young People's Singing Company
Followed by refreshments in the Hub
Followed by Corps Lunch
Weekly Activities
Sunday
12 noon-12:30pm. Singing Company Practice
12:30-1:00pm. Community Kitchen
Monday
Tuesday
9:30am-12:30pm. Hub Community Café & Community Kitchen
Wednesday
7:30-8:30pm. Growth Group online (then next session - 29 July 2026)
Thursday
9:30am-12:30pm. Hub Community Café & Community Kitchen
10:00-11:30am. Homeless Drop In in partnership with The Brett Foundation
7:00-8:00pm. NO Songster Practice (next rehearsal - 16 July 2026)
8:45-9:45pm. NO Band Practice (next rehearsal - 16 July 2026)
Friday
9:00am-12 noon. Pop Up Charity Shop - CANCELLED - BACK ON 31 JULY 2026
9:30am-12:30pm. Coffee Morning - CANCELLED - BACK ON 31 JULY 2026
9:30-10:00am. Boiler Room Prayer Meeting - CANCELLED - BACK ON 24 JULY 2026
Saturday
6:00pm. Farewell Social for Gail and Rob
Growth Group Online
Why not join us? Growth Group online meets each week on Wednesday at 7:30pm via Zoom. Everyone is welcome. You don't have to have been to Growth Group online before, and you don't need to be a member of Maidenhead Salvation Army.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/93963988634?pwd=L2JsNzRtc21ORndNL2RFRyt6RDAxZz09
Meeting ID: 939 6398 8634
Passcode: 064413
Boiler Room – Powerhouse
You are welcome to join us for our Boiler Room Prayer Meeting every Friday between 9:30am-10:00am in-person in the Prayer Room. Subjects will be provided each week for us to pray for, based on our mission and ministry and what is going on around us.
There is a Prayer Requests box on Reception (along with Prayer Request notepads) for use by corps members and hopefully, others who come into the Hall. We will pray those requests on a Friday morning too (unless they are marked Confidential for the CO only). Please do take advantage of this when it becomes available. We need to pray for each other! (as I know many of us do).
Pause and pray at 9.38am for future leaders
Every day at 9.38, you're invited to pause and pray for future leaders of The Salvation Army – inspired by Jesus' words in Matthew 9:38: ‘Ask the Lord of the harvest… to send out workers into his harvest field’ (New International Version). Wherever you are, simply set a daily reminder and take a moment to pray that God will send out people into his mission field. Watch a video from the Candidates Unit on www.salvationist.org.uk to find out more.
Who are we praying for?
- For those called to be spiritual leaders
- For those nearing or in retirement as they discern where they are called to serve
- For those living out Jesus in their workplaces
- For families called to be like Jesus in school, college and their communities.
If a calling to spiritual leadership is on your heart, talk to your corps leader or email vocation@salvationarmy.org.uk.
News & Information
ISS Visit to Maidenhead – Sept 2026
As part of the celebrations for Maidenhead Citadel Salvation Army’s 140th anniversary in 2026, we are delighted to welcome the International Staff Songsters in September. To support their visit to Maidenhead, we are looking for offers of accommodation to billet members of the Songsters on Saturday night (19th September). If you can assist in this way, please speak to Jenny, who will add your name to the billeting list. Tickets will go on pre-sale from this Sunday (7 June), at £10 per ticket (free for under 16’s associated with the Corps). so please see Jenny or John Renouf to secure your place. Tickets are limited, so to avoid disappointment, book yours on Sunday.
Dates for the Diary …
July 2026
5 July - 10:30am. Commissioning and Together 26 Congress being live-streamed from the Hall
11 July - 6:00pm. Rob & Gail's Farewell Social
12 July - 10:30am. 2nd Sunday Celebration led by the Young People's Singing Company. Followed by Corps Lunch.
19 July - 10:30am. Sunday Celebration led by the Songsters
23 July - Captains Vicky & Martin Crawford commence work
26 July - 10:30am. Installation and Welcome Sunday Celebration led by Major Denise Cooper
31 July - 9:00am. Pop-Up Charity Shop & Coffee Morning
Captain's Log
God Gives the Growth
On Farewell Sunday, I preached from 1 Corinthians 3:5-11 with one clear message: it is not about numbers, and it is not about leaders. God gives the growth.
Paul wrote to a church tangled up in comparing leaders and measuring success the world's way. His answer was simple. Paul and Apollos were just servants - planting and watering. But it was God who made anything grow.
First, growth is not measured in numbers. The question is not how many seats we fill - it is whether our hearts are growing in faith.
Second, leaders are servants, not saviours. They plant and water, but God is the one who gives life and produces fruit.
Third, Jesus is the only foundation worth building on. Everything else - every programme, every leader - is secondary.
This week, ask yourself honestly: am I letting God grow my faith, or am I trying to produce the growth myself? At home, stay rooted in prayer rather than striving in your own strength. At work or school, trust that God is quietly at work even when you can't see it. In your neighbourhood, show up with love and without agenda. And at the corps, as we spend our final few days together, remember: what holds us together as a corps family is not a leader or a programme - it is Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and for ever.
You don't need to manufacture growth. Stay connected to the vine, and trust the one who has always been faithful to his people.
God bless you all!
In Christ.
Rob
Thank you to those who have used Battle Drill Daily Devotional over the past four years. We now have an iOS (Apple) App –
https://apps.apple.com/app/battle-drill-daily-devotional/id6779606962.
If you want to take this further, the Battle Drill app is free to download on iPhone (sorry - Android version to follow!). You'll find every devotional and sermon in one place - plus a journal to write your reflections, a prayer list to track what God is doing, and the option to log your listening time as Mindful Minutes in Apple Health. It's a simple tool for people who want to stay rooted in Scripture, whatever the day brings. Search "Battle Drill Daily Devotional" in the App Store or tap the link.
Battle Drill Daily Devotional Podcast for the next two weeks:
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Monday: You Are Known by Name
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Tuesday: God Is Close in Crisis
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Wednesday: Finding Treasure in Darkness
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Thursday: Community in Crisis
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Friday: Trust in Uncertainty
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Saturday: Growing Through What You Face
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Sunday: God Rules Every Season
There's a new episode of Battle Drill Devotional every day. You can pick a copy of this week’s up from Reception. Click on the link - https://linktr.ee/battledrilldevotional - to listen, watch or subscribe to the podcast. You can even listen to it three times a day on Salvationist Radio!
Livestreaming - You can find, like and follow our new Facebook page. If you're unable to join us in-person on a Sunday morning or your family and friends want to catch up with us later in the day or week, then this is the way to go.
