Douglas E. McClure

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  • Encouragement Through Discipline (New Year’s Resolutions)

    Hebrews 12:4-13  4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he…

  • 2011 in review

    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,200 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 20 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…

  • Why We Need to Reclaim Santa Claus

    After having lunch today with my friend, Garrett Andrew, and listening to him share his sermon from the past Sunday, I could not get the thought of “Reclaiming Santa Claus” out of my head. I have included a link to Garrett’s sermon at the bottom of this post. One of the thrusts of Garrett’s sermon…

  • Study links religious services to optimism (Reuters)

    Couple attending a church with hearing one of my sermons and you could have an eternal, optimistic life! 🙂 Study links religious services to optimism By Andrew Stern 10 November 2011 Reuters Regular attendance at religious services is associated with a more optimistic outlook and a lesser inclination to be depressed, compared to those who…

  • Day 7 of Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) Response – Wilkes-Barre, PA Area Flooding

    Greetings to the South from Wilkes-Barre, PA Corps Officers, Captains Doug & Patti Richwine: We met several wonderful people here in the Wilkes-Barre, PA area.  One of these people is Stanley Owca from the Brookside neighborhood. Another person we had a chance to talk to was Gregory Germek.  Mr. Germek is used to helping others…

  • Day 6 of Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) Response – Wilkes-Barre, PA Area Flooding

    In recent days, we have discussed the various phases of the disaster response process.  One of the important phases in this process is the transition of one incident command to another team. One of the strengths of The Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Response process is its’ ability to transfer the responsibility of command and distribution…

  • Day 5 of Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) Response – Wilkes-Barre, PA Area Flooding

    The area around the Wilkes-Barre, PA general area is beginning to see some return to normalcy. A lot of neighborhoods have power and basic services. We have seen more decreases in feeding on mobile units.  Two canteens were sent out today. Unit 2 was sent to Plainsville & West Nanticoke, and unit 5 went to Shickshinny, Maconaqua,…

  • Day 3 & 4 of Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) Response – Wilkes-Barre, PA Area Flooding

    We are now into an interesting time in the emergency disaster services plan.  Our original response to the flooding in this area has been feeding.  We have begun to supplement that feeding program with cleanup kits, bags of ice, snacks, and bottled water. As the numbers of people requiring mobile feeding have declined, we are…

  • Salvation Army reinforcements arrive – News – Citizens Voice

    Salvation Army reinforcements arrive – News – Citizens Voice. To help cope with the scope of the damage in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee, the Salvation Army has brought in reinforcements.     Local members of the nonprofit, faith-based organization have been on the ground since the flood on Sept. 8-9, and this weekend…

  • Day 1 & 2 of Emergency Disaster Service (EDS) Deployment – Wilks-Barre, PA

    On September 17, 2011, I was deployed along with 40 other people from the state of Georgia to the Wilks-Barre, Pennsylvania flood response. I flew out of Albany, GA at 6:00am and arrived in Philadelphia a little after 12 noon.  My original deployment assignment was the Canteen Operation Coordinator.  My assignment is to coordinate the…