TWO respected leaders of Ararat\u2019s Salvation Army Corps have been farewelled after more than a decade of service to the region.<\/p>\n
Major Greg Turnbull and Major Lynne Turnbull, who came to Ararat in 2011, have recently been appointed to run the Salvation Army operation in their home town Echuca.<\/p>\n
Members of the Ararat Salvation Army as well as community members and representatives of other churches gathered before Christmas to farewell the popular couple.<\/p>\n
Major Greg Turnbull told the Advocate he will miss the community and its friendship.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe raised our three kids here, they all went through the local schooling system and yes we will miss it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have mixed feelings. They (the congregation) knew we wanted to move but they are also happy that we are going back home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Major Turnbull hopes his time in Ararat has improved lives and has nominated emergency response, community meals and relationships with indigenous people as key achievements.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the welfare that we do, helping out the community and helping out at emergencies like floods and fires, the Salvos are called upon to help out. I\u2019m also proud of the community meals we put on and our connection with Budja Budja (Aboriginal Corporation),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur job being a minister and Salvation Army officer is a unique position, it\u2019s a calling and through that we have a lot of unprecedented access to people\u2019s lives. People come to us during the hardships in their lives needing help or prayer. People come to us when they want to get married too. We really appreciate your trust in us,\u201d Captain Turnbull said.<\/p>\n
Captain Lynne Turnbull said serving the Ararat and Stawell communities has been an honour.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been a big part of our lives, 13 years and we have gotten to know a lot of people here through the church, through the shop and just out in the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be very difficult to leave those friendships. It has been an amazing journey and I wouldn\u2019t take it back for anything,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201c13 years of my life I have come to know all these different people and you\u2019ve added to my life and I have grown from knowing each one of you,\u201d Captain Turnbull said.<\/p>\n
Salvation Army Area Officer Major Peter Walker said Greg and Lynne Turnbull have served the Salvation Army with great distinction.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf there is a task at hand or something to do, they totally invest in it. I think very highly of the way they engage with people, they invest in people and they make people a priority,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Captain Jacky Targett from Kyabram will be the new head of the Ararat Salvation Army corps from mid January.<\/p>\n
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TWO respected leaders of Ararat\u2019s Salvation Army Corps have been farewelled after more than a decade of service to the region.
\nMajor Greg Turnbull and Major Lynne Turnbull, who came to Ararat in 2011, have recently been appointed to run the Salvation Army operation in their home town Echuca.
\nMembers of the Ararat Salvation Army as well as community members and representatives of other churches gathered before Christmas to farewell the popular couple.
\nMajor Greg Turnbull told the Advocate he will miss the community and its friendship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[31],"class_list":["post-2973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2328-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqUu4-LX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2973"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}