Launceston Salvos share the love of Jesus at Easter families festival

Kelly Brown, Launceston Corps Ministry Assistant, sets up the badge-making activity.

By CLIFF WORTHING

Launceston Corps participated in the annual Easter Alive Children and Families Festival along with about 30 local churches on 8 April.

Corps volunteers served up 250 sausages and 200 nacho bowls free of charge at Riverbend Park. They also provided badge-making and glitter tattoo activities.

Nigel Chong, Emergency Services Coordinator, and Anna Strochbetter, mission volunteer, have fun cooking the barbeque.

“We got to share the love of Jesus and the hope of Easter to our community,” said Aux-Lieut Roderick Brown, Launceston Corps Officer.

“We strive to be present in our community, engage with people and were able to re-establish connections with people we haven’t seen for a while.”

Kelly Brown, Corps Ministry Assistant, mentioned she was able to engage with a student from a local school where she is currently completing a chaplaincy placement.

“It was good to share Christ’s love seen in the events of Easter in a different setting to where I normally engage with them,” Kelly said.