![]() Al is also a trained Christian counselor. Al has served in disaster relief ministry from Hurricane Katrina,(2 yrs), hurricane Sandy (1yr)and after the after the earthquake in Haiti (2 yrs), assisting people to get their lives back on track. Al ministered God’s love for them, bringing spiritual care, comfort, and encouragement while showing them God’s love for each of them. He spent the year inside ground zero and set up a counseling, food service center and rest area ministering to the police, firefighters, and workers. Led by Pastor Gary Hamrick, Cornerstone is affiliated with the Calvary Chapel Association of churches. He transitioned fully into ministry in 2001 at 9/11 serving as a spiritual care pastor for mayor Giuliani’s office. Cornerstone Chapel is a non-denominational church in Leesburg, Virginia that worships God and studies the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Al’s passion led him out of the business world into the world of ministry over 30 years ago. It’s going to be our home for a long time.Wisdom To Live By: “Only Two Days On My Calendar – Today & That Day”Īl is gifted as an evangelist and teacher of the Word of God who loves to help people grow in their personal purpose from God. “That kind of stuff is important,” he said. I want to make sure it gets the care and documentation it needs for future generations.”įlanders was grateful to Rassau for the care he took in recovering the capsule and its contents.įlanders said the Salvation Army currently does not have a time capsule, but he said they’ll make a new one within the next couple of months.įlanders said he would want to include photos and personal correspondence. ![]() The edges of most of the paper is brittle. “It’s not something I want to have laying around here. Flanders said the Bible also was severely damaged.įlanders, who took possession of the contents Monday, said he will send them to the Salvation Army’s museum in West Nyack, N.Y., following a gathering for the Salvation Army’s advisory board Sunday. Rassau said the flag falls apart when touched. 7, 1924, for the stone-laying service for the citadel on Fourth Avenue and Eighth Street a photo of the 24-member New Kensington Band and letters of congratulations. C ornerstone Bible Chapel is a non-denominational assembly of Christians who are committed to following the principles given in the New Testament for the local church (Acts 2:42). 6, 1924 a resume on the opening of the New Kensington Corps and its reopening a listing of senior members, bandsmen, and Sunday school students a printed program dated Sept. 6, 1924 “The Daily Dispatch” newspaper dated Sept. 13, 1924 “The Young Soldier,” a Sunday school paper, dated Sept. 1 Cornerstone Fellowship was established in 1992. Originating from Livermore, California, its Lead Pastoris Steve Madsen, who founded the church in his own home from a Bible studygroup. flag a King James Bible “The War Cry” Salvation Army publication from Sept. Cornerstone Fellowshipis a local, non-denominational, multi-site Christian, church serving the East Bay. ![]() The capsule’s original contents were a 48-star U.S. Also in the capsule was a damaged photo dated April 30, 1974, showing the razing of the “old building.” The capsule was opened in 1973, and an inventory of its original contents, dating to 1924, was contained in a newspaper clipping that was among items added to the capsule.Īccording to the report, the capsule was placed in the cornerstone of the Salvation Army’s citadel at Eighth Street and Fourth Avenue when construction started in 1924. The capsule had been housed atop the sign outside the building at the corner of 11th Street and Fifth Avenue since 1974, when the Salvation Army moved there from its citadel at Eighth Street and Fourth Avenue. Although the lid was a pile of rust, “It protected it just enough.” He wasn’t sure it was there but told workers to be careful. Rassau said several people had told him a time capsule was in the sign. He said he took the sign down, in part, because people kept leaving donations for the Salvation Army despite it having moved out nearly three years ago. Owned by AJ Rassau, the building is now New Ken Social and home to his record shop, Preserving, and concert venues. The capsule was found when a sign outside the Salvation Army’s previous home in the former First United Presbyterian Church on 11th Street at Fifth Avenue was dismantled. Scott Flanders, who has headed the New Kensington Salvation Army since August 2020 in its current location at the former Fort Crawford Elementary School on Third Street. While water rusted away the metal container’s lid and damaged its mostly paper contents, the documents within - including a newspaper, news clippings, letters and books remain largely legible. Time was not kind to the contents of a near-century old Salvation Army time capsule found in New Kensington.
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