The Salvation Army Church
ByAfter my dismissal from Broomfield United Methodist Church I was so burnt out on church that I didn’t want to attend anywhere. I just needed time to recover from the trauma of being fired and the unfairness, back-biting and other unpleasant things I witnessed at the BUMC.
A couple of months ago, we started attending the church at the Broomfield Salvation Army. I love it there. It is a very small congregation of about 20-30 people. The services are unpretentious and simple. The pastor, Captain Tom Fenton is a fantastic Bible preacher. He speaks straight from the Word and is engaging, entertaining and dead-on target. He minces no words…just tells it like it is.
The music ranges from acapella hymn singing to a family of professional brass players, the Stonebacks. Ron, the patriarch plays tuba. His wife plays French horn. Their triplet daughters play trumpet and are all completing masters degree work in trumpet performance. A fiance play trombone.
Their sound is so silky smooth and buttery. They can play fabulous pianos and spine tingling fortes. For the postlude on Sunday, the quintet play Sousa’s Semper Fi March. It awesome. Reminded me of when I was kid in Tallahassee. I can remember the FSU band marching down Monroe street in parades playing that march and others.
I am seriously enjoying the services at the Salvation Army.
