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Dural History

Compared with the worldwide Salvation Army, the 'Salvos' in Dural are relatively young, officially getting underway in the suburb in the 1980s.

Always about people finding freedom in Jesus

Small beginnings

The Salvation Army in Dural began as a series of meetings in the lounge room of the Mutton family home in Galston.  

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Our beginnings

During its early days, The Salvation Army in Dural had a variety of meeting places – people’s lounge rooms, and, at one stage, a “chook shed”! In 1986, The Salvation Army purchased a small Cat...
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Making Music

Music has always been a vibrant ministry of The Salvation Army in the Dural area, with both a brass band and a contemporary worship group that plays at our Sunday service and at various community events throughout the ye...
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Always about people finding freedom in Jesus

From its early days to today, The Salvation Army in Dural has been about people finding freedom in Jesus. Our range of assistance programs and services is designed to remove barriers to finding that freedom, and to impro...
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