The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance. -Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A VISION OF WHAT COULD BE...

Welcome to the Single Spouse Officers’ Club!

SSOC offers many opportunities for today’s non-officer spouses. You’ll make friends with others sharing a commitment to further the soul-saving mission of the Salvation Army. You’ll make a difference by raising money for SSO mission activities and camp scholarships for SSO children, and their SA uniforms. And you’ll enjoy regular membership socials and activities that appeal to a variety of interests including those of your children. And we’ll arrange special retreats to coincide with officer retreats and councils.

The SSOC is a nonprofit organization and serves the growing SSO  community and the local corps in two ways. First, we help support endeavors in our base community, as well as the communities surrounding the officer spouse’s appointment. We run regular fund raising events and revenues fund our charitable and scholarship donations. Last year, the SSOC, donated more than $15,000 to various  SA andcommunity organizations through our fundraising efforts. We also provided $10,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors and to our officer spouses seeking higher education.

In addition we are here to support one another. SSO life brings many challenges, and we come together to enjoy each others’ company and offer support to one another through the joys and challenges of life as non-officer spouses. Our membership socials will always include a time for voluntary attendance to our time for spiritual reflection, SA history and mission strategies, and Bible study. This will allow and encourage our members to share their experience, talents and insight with one another as we seek to foster fellowship and increase our impact on the army’s mission.

The SSOC is just getting off the ground, and If you find yourself with some extra time, please consider serving on the board or volunteering by doing a bit of research for us. You’ll have fun while helping our army become more effective!

Blessing, Ron Booth

Acting President and founder

How the Non-officer spouse Plans to Increase their SA support contributions-

Today's SA faces pressure to stay current, efficient and relevant. This is especially true for all churches.  A new Barna Group study examined how pastors of Protestant churches plan to improve the strategic, operational, and administrative aspects of their ministries. A COPY OF THE STUDY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED! We’ll learn more about how pastors plan to improve the effectiveness and capability of their ministries, and how we can benefit from their research. The SSOC will initiate a new private chat site and we will meet each Saturday evening from 20:00 to 23:00. Drop in anytime by clicking here(SSOC DROP-IN CHAT).