2. Faith, Hope, Love and The Salvation Army
Lesson 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

3. Starter: Three in a row
Choose nine of these words and write them on your card in any random order.
homeless
faith
salvation
action
army
hope
love
charity
poverty
church
Christian
mission 3

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5. What do you know about The Salvation Army?5

6. *Research by nfpSynergy, May 20096

7. Poster discussion activity7

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9. What have you learnt? Plenary
Use 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. 9

10. I’ll fight! 10

11. Reflection: what would you fight for?
Write your own ‘I’ll fight’ speech about some of the issues and problems you feel strongly about or
b) Write a modern-day version of William Booth’s ‘I’ll fight’ speech 11

12. Reflection: what’s most important?
‘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? 12

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