Our Leaders
Captains Gordon and Dianne Main are the Corps Officers of The Warrnambool Salvation Army.
Gordon and Dianne are both from Tasmania and were Corps Officers for 5 years at Glenroy (a suburb of Melbourne) after graduating from College in 1994.
Gordon previously spent 20 years working for Telecom / Telstra, mainly in Administration Roles but they never kept him in the same job for more than 6 months. He also has a good social background after spending some time working for Salvation Army Welfare in Hobart. He is very creative and has written many drama's as part of his ministry. In his spare time he enjoys Cryptic Crosswords and playing chess.
Dianne worked as a legal secretary for 23 years and also spent some time working for Welfare in Hobart before going to College. She loves fishing and also craft work.
They have two children, Kathryn & Lyndon who are both married and live in Melbourne and two grandchildren, Imogen and Annalise.
Lieutenants Darren and Susan Lamotte are the Assistant Corps Officers of the Warrnambool Salvation Army.
Darren and Susan are both children of Salvation Army Officers and so travelled around a lot before marrying and settling in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
This is their first full time ministry position with Darren previously working in the wool industry in various administrative roles for fifteen years, before working as National Operations Manager for a small import/export business. Darren enjoys anything to do with sports and spending time with friends.
Susan worked as a Dental Nurse before becoming a personal assistant/receptionist for The Salvation Army. Since having children she has continued to do some part time work as well as running a playgroup and being president of the Kindergarten the children attended. Susan enjoys spending time with family and friends, and loves to entertain. Susan has a real passion for young people and journeying with them.
They have three children, Amy-Lee, Zara and Ethan.
Click here to read Darren's blog.
Our Members
The officers of The Salvation Army form only a minority of the
organisation's human resources. They are well supported by
effective and highly committed unpaid local officers.
Local officers are uniformed men and women who, while following their normal employment, undertake specific responsibilities in the local Corps / Church. Together with the Corps Officers, these people form the leadership team of the Warrnambool Corps, each having specific areas of responsibility.
Besides officers and local officers, there are many soldiers who are also involved in the process of 'delivering the mission'.
Why the Uniform?
In 1878, Elijah Cadman, a short but lively Salvationist, became
rather excited in a meeting and said:
| God bless all the Captains of The Salvation Army! I would like to wear a suit of clothes to let everybody know I meant war to the teeth and salvation for the world. |
Soon afterwards, uniforms appeared in all sorts of forms. In 1880, these varied uniforms were made uniform by regulation.
Over the years styles have changed, but the uniform is still important to us and stands for war, witness and welcome:
- War ... against sin;
- Witness ... to God's love and forgiveness; and
- Welcome ... to all who need help.