Junior Soldiers Awards

On Sunday 7 July, six junior soldiers from Hamilton City Corps (church)received their crest awards. This is the highest award for a junior soldier, following the bronze, silver and gold awards, and represents four years of lessons, personal discipleship projects and serving the mission of the Hamilton City Corps.

The junior soldier award recipients were aged between 12 to15 years old, and each young person received their crest award certificate signed by the Territorial Commander, a crest badge, a letter of congratulations from the Territorial Children’s Secretary and a Manna Christian Store gift voucher. Junior Soldier Sergeant (leader), Michelle Rattray, presented the awards.

Receiving their crest awards were Bowen, Tobias, Jethro, Kaleb, Isaac and Mereana. Mereana also received the Hamilton City Corps Junior Soldier of the Year shield, for attendance, remembering her Bible and verse memorisation.  

The presentations were part of an ‘all in’ intergenerational Sunday service on Founders Day and Covenant Sunday. The special award ceremony was the finale of a six-week series the corps had been doing on the armour of God, and the focus for the final week was the sword of the Spirit—the Word of God.

The Scripture focus for the special service was Hebrews 4:12, ‘The Word of God is living and active—sharper than a double-edged sword’. The congregation learned the verse together using actions, and the teaching focused on internalising God’s Word by memorising it and putting it into action.