David Giles
5:56
Judi Dench, Jason Donovan and Princess Eugenie have been helping @salvationarmyuk with their Christmas at Home online carol service! It takes the place of the usual gathering in the Royal Albert Hall. You can catch it on YouTube! #CountdownToChristmas 
*** Saturday, December 5 ***
David Giles
5:21
#Romania 🇷🇴: an online Angel Tree programme is being run for the 1st time to provide Christmas cheer + support to vulnerable children; invites supporters to sponsor a boy/girl of a specified age, and to buy gifts for each child e.g. toys/clothing. 📸 2019 #CountdowntoChristmas 
*** Sunday, December 6 ***
David Giles
6:19
The Salvation Army Japan 🇯🇵 to present its 1st ever national Christmas Concert streamed online today (6 Dec). Partnering with businesses + church leaders it will feature Japan Staff Band + special guest @migiwaaaaaaaaaa, a contemporary Christian artist. #CountdownToChristmas 
10:49
Despite repeated and wonderful past Christmas experiences, I admit that the anticipation is very real again...let’s get those candles lit...’unto us a child is born’. Circumstances can’t change that @SalvArmyIHQ 
*** Monday, December 7 ***
David Giles
6:01
The Salvation Army in #NewZealand has teamed up with brands Edmonds + @chelseasugar for Christmas. #BakingADifference asks people to make 🧁cakes, 🍪cookies + 🥧more to share with friends + family and will make a donation for those shared on social media. #CountdownToChristmas 
*** Tuesday, December 8 ***
David Giles
6:03
Staff/volunteers in Argentina🇦🇷 Paraguay🇵🇾 + Uruguay🇺🇾 are preparing bags of take-out food + toys for distribution at Christmas. Through service of love, The Salvation Army is reaching out those who need it the most, without any kind of discrimination. #CountdownToChristmas 
8:56
HM The Queen, accompanied by other members of @RoyalFamily, has today thanked @salvationarmyuk for its frontline work during the #COVID19 pandemic. A Salvation Army band played a selection of carols for Her Majesty in the grounds of Windsor Castle. Story: salvationarmy.org/ihq/news/inf08… 
9:15
A few snapshots from the special event at #WindsorCastle earlier, when HM The Queen and other members of the @RoyalFamily thanked @salvationarmyuk on behalf of other frontline workers for work carried out during the #covidpandemic. A privilege to play carols for Her Majesty! 
9:32
🎶 🎺 This evening, members of the Royal Family enjoyed Christmas songs played by a @salvationarmyuk band during an event at Windsor Castle to thank local volunteers and key workers. 
*** Wednesday, December 9 ***
David Giles
6:18
UK 🇬🇧: HM Queen Elizabeth II + other members of the Royal Family thanked The Salvation Army for its work in the pandemic. @salvationarmyuk leaders Anthony and Gillian Cotterill spoke to the Queen about the movement’s work supporting vulnerable people. #CountdownToChristmas 
11:23
This is what the #SalvationArmy’s #FrontLineHeroes during a global #Covid_19 crisis look like in #Russia, #Bolivia and #Tanzania… driving minivans or pick up trucks instead of batmobiles or invisible planes. Thank you for your service to humanity. #InThisTogether 
*** Thursday, December 10 ***
David Giles
5:09
The streets of Cairns, Australia 🇦🇺 will see carolling take place from the open top of a 🚌 double-decker bus! A 'nightclub on wheels' has been transformed into a mobile Salvation Army centre, sharing music and food parcels with the community! #CountdownToChristmas 
10:10
When The Salvation Army Housing Campbell Street residence in Tasmania had a fire accident last year, the artwork that lined its walls was ruined. Now a new art program is helping residents make their mark on the community: ow.ly/Tdvu50CHxVm
#livelovefight @SalvArmyIHQ
#livelovefight @SalvArmyIHQ
2:21
This is what the #SalvationArmy’s #FrontLineHeroes during a global #Covid_19 crisis look like in #India, #Indonesia and #Nicaragua … looking after patients in #SalvationArmy hospitals and clinics. Thank you for your service to humanity. #InThisTogether 
*** Friday, December 11 ***
David Giles
6:09
9,000 boxes of Lego have been donated by @LEGO_Group to Salvation Army #Denmark 🇩🇰. Next week, the toys will be distributed in Christmas Help packages provided to thousands of families. The toys will provide quality play time for children and parents! #CountdownToChristmas 
*** Saturday, December 12 ***
David Giles
6:17
In #Canada 🇨🇦 it has taken over 13 hrs to record the annual carol service in a COVID-secure way in #RoyThomsonHall, Toronto! Celebrating Christmas with The Salvation Army premieres at 7pm ET this evening at salvationist.ca/Christmas #CountdownToChristmas 
*** Sunday, December 13 ***
David Giles
6:02
The Salvation Army in #Brazil 🇧🇷 is addressing the threat of people going hungry, through its Christmas Hunger campaign. Last weekend nearly 500 homeless people in parts of São Paulo were served a nutritious Christmas meal of traditional Brazilian food. #CountdownToChristmas 
*** Monday, December 14 ***
David Giles
6:53
The Salvation Army in Chicago USA has taken over the city’s ‘L’ train 🚂 for Dec – dubbing it the ‘Rescue Christmas’ Express. Trains have been Salvation Army branded inside and out, saying ‘If you need help, reach out. If you can give help, reach within’. #CountdownToChristmas 
*** Tuesday, December 15 ***
David Giles
6:23
The Salvation Army Rwanda is distributing ~1,600 solar radios to families to ensure pupils have continued access to studies in Maths/English/French/Kinyarwanda being broadcast during the pandemic. Plus, it will allow them to tune into festive programming! #CountdownToChristmas 
*** Wednesday, December 16 ***
David Giles
5:50
The Salvation Army #Sweden: ‘We decided to raise money making + selling bamboo dishcloths. Bamboo's antibacterial properties makes it great for kitchen use. Knitting something felt like a good alternative to our usual Christmas outreach – I think it's fun.’ #CountdownToChristmas 
11:36
Bonus Christmas points if you spotted that we got the number wrong on the image for this entry in our #CountdownToChristmas!
3:32
Salvation Army musicians from the Matero corps (church) in Zambia provide music to passers-by 🇿🇲 
*** Thursday, December 17 ***
David Giles
5:26
‘Alternative Advent’ broadcasts by The Salvation Army #TheNetherlands 🇳🇱 has seen it look forward to A Future Full of Hope. Co-presented by well-known TV host Chris Segers they include Bible readings + contemporary/traditional music legerdesheils.nl/advent #CountdownToChristmas 
*** Friday, December 18 ***
David Giles
6:54
Hong Kong: People wanting a supportive, non-judgmental listening ear are being directed to a special Salvation Army WhatsApp facility and telephone hotlines 📱 for each area. In these hard times, #2020WalkWithYou assures people that they are not alone. #CountdownToChristmas 
*** Saturday, December 19 ***
David Giles
5:55
TV broadcaster NRK has helped The Salvation Army #Norway raise funds in a year where it can't have its usual processions + partying at the annual Oslo Christmas tree lighting. The 'stay at home' TV special saw many give funds + learn about the Army's work.#CountdownToChristmas 
*** Sunday, December 20 ***
David Giles
5:56
Working with the Amazing Grace Church, The Salvation Army Bulgaria 🇧🇬 is holding a Christmas party for 100+ people who live on the edge of a landfill site. It will be distributing warm winter jackets 🧥food 🥫and a small Christmas gift 🎁 #CountdownToChristmas 
6:38
A prayer space is currently open several times a week at Dublin City Salvation Army in #Ireland 🇮🇪 All are welcome. The goal: to provide a place for calm, reflection, and conversation with God in the busy and maybe particularly-stressful 2020 Advent season #CountdownToChristmas 
10:55
Can you believe it? It is the 4th Sunday of Advent? On my social media platforms I focus on Love. Check it out @GeneralBPeddle Leave a comment, join me in a prayer that our world would be captured by the love of a Saviour who came in human flesh. @SalvArmyIHQ
*** Monday, December 21 ***
David Giles
6:40
Up to 200 lunches at a time have been prepared for distribution by The Salvation Army, along with other practical assistance to help the people worst affected by flooding in Earlalai, Sri Lanka caused by Cyclone Burevi. #CountdownToChristmas 
*** Tuesday, December 22 ***
David Giles
6:15
In the #DRC, The #SalvationArmy has been organising Christmas Bible studies, food distribution to hospitals and the wider community and Christmas processions. #CountdownToChristmas 
9:10
This is what the #SalvationArmy’s #FrontLineHeroes during a global #Covid_19 crisis look like in #India, #Indonesia and #Nicaragua … looking after patients in #SalvationArmy hospitals and clinics. Thank you for your service to humanity. #InThisTogether 
*** Wednesday, December 23 ***
David Giles
5:41
Every day The Salvation Army's centre in Nuuk, Greenland has been open for hot lunch, hot drinks + a Christmas workshop – somewhere to sit, chat, and do a simple craft activity. 2 special events have also been held for children with decoration + gift making. #CountdownToChristmas 
12:06
Volunteers in Kent have worked late into the night for a second time preparing 1,000 sandwiches to feed hungry lorry drivers who remain stranded on the #M20. Read more: bit.ly/2KygUad 
12:10
Great work by all involved in this last night. @Pret & @StarbucksUK @StPancrasInt donated food, which was then transported to Ashford and passed to @SalvArmyIHQ who distributed to lorry drivers stuck on the M20. Well done all, Christmas spirit at its best.
Last night the station team worked with @Se_Railway to get food donated by our @Pret and @StarbucksUK stores over to lorry drivers caught up in Operation Brock on the M20 in Kent.
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3:19
Really grateful - an outstanding achievement which make a real difference. Well done #TeamDC 🎄 🎁
Not every child will have a present under the tree this year. In Newark, our colleagues have been working to change that by donating £4,482.35 worth of toys, games and tech to the Salvation Army (@SalvArmyIHQ) Christmas toy appeal. We’re proud of you, #TeamDC. #WeWinTogether 
3:20
Calling all members of the body of Christ to dig down deep. In the midst of isolation, closed borders, canceled plans and huge disappointment, it is important to shine the light, love and hope of this holy season. Christ is among us. @SalvArmyIHQ
6:02
What does Christmas mean to me? Family for sure, but it is about an Army that feeds Lorrie Drivers, houses those who need shelter, providing a Christmas meal, toys for children, carols for Seniors, no one alone...Immanuel -God is with us. Particularly in a pandemic @SalvArmyIHQ 
10:50
We want to say a huge thank you to ASB Bank who have teamed up with us to provide 5000 food hampers to Kiwis in need across Aotearoa. ASB teams from around the country have been busy packing hampers with enough food to help whanau share a festive meal with their loved ones ❤️ 
*** Thursday, December 24 ***
David Giles
6:02
Sheep 🐑🐑🐑 a (little) donkey and a camel 🐪 feature in a drive-thru service at The Salvation Army's Atlanta Temple Corps, Georgia US, created out of pandemic necessity. The Nativity tableau sits alongside the provision of practical support to 400+ families #CountdownToChristmas 
8:24
How many nativity sets do you have? The Salvation Army's Colonel Wendy Walters has 40 and is still collecting! ow.ly/bRRe50CTBxx
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