Social Service Programs:
Get Help! If you need assistance, we are here to help you. We serve those in need without discrimination. Spanish-speaking staff are available. Please call to receive services.
Emergency Disaster Services/Hotel Motel Assistance: Due to Fire, Loss Of Job, Eviction, Natural Disaster: Essential services include an emergency Food Pantry and Energy Assistance . Our pantry serves parts of Schuylkill county & Carbon County. Energy assistance may be available for households facing shut off or are already disconnected.
We are able to help those in need because of the financial and volunteer support of many friends and neighbors. Find out how you can be involved as an individual or with your civic or church group. There are many ways to help
October of Each Year Holiday Sign-Ups for Thanksgiving and Christmas Assistance
July & August Months Youth Camp (Children Spend A week at Camp Ladore in Waymart Pa) Sign up required. Youth 7-12 in age and Teen Camp 14-18 Contact Melissa Latham or Major Whispell; Senior Camp- Contact Dina Depos
Youth group: The Salvation Army in Tamaqua: Includes multiple youth groups, which primarily consist of its Sunday schools and youth groups. Groups specifically for females are known as Girl Guards (older females) and Sunbeams/moonbeams (younger females). Adventure Corps/Explorers and Rangers serves boys who are enrolled in school form first through eighth grade Teen Group 12-19 years of age.
Youth Groups The Salvation Army's Youth Ministry are groups designed for young Children and young adults ranging from the ages of 6-19 is a Christian group; however, one does not have to be Christian to attend its functions. Youth programs are designed to reach the "un-churched," the unbeliever, and to train and equip the believer in Christ, all at the same time. Youth Group is a positive alternative to the street way of life for our young kids of today, where they can have fun, play games, develop healthy relationships, and most of all receive answers to a lot of life's most complicated questions and about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Open Gym: The Tamaqua Salvation Army is Open from 6-8PM Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays for Basketball for Men and Women each Week.
Music Programs The primary purpose of all Salvation Army music program is to serve as an instrument to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Men And Women’s Fellowship The Tamaqua Salvation Army's Home League is a fellowship group designed to influence women in the creation and development of Christian standards in personal home life involving fourfold aims of worship, fellowship, education and service. The Men's Fellowship provides an opportunity for Christian men to gather and support each other as they live a Christian life inspired by the teachings of the Bible and the life of Jesus Christ. Both groups meet every Tuesday evening at 5 p.m. at the Tamaqua Salvation Army.
Sunday school and Worship Service for all ages, Worship Service 11:00 are with Nursery provided for children up to age 5 years and Children's Church for children ages Sunday School 12:30; 6-12 * Vacation Bible School held annually in August.
Sunday: 11:00 AM Sunday Worship Service (ALL ARE WELCOME)
Sunday: 12:15 PM Sunday school for all ages
Monday: 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Needle Bugs; Exercise 10:30 AM; 6:30:00 PM- 8:00 PM Youth Group Grades 1-12; Moon Beams pre – K thru Kindergarten; Sunbeams Grades 1-5;
Girl Guards Grades 6-12; Boys Adventure & Explores Grades 1-5 and 6-12; Teen Group ages 13 thru 19 6:30 PM – 7:30PM every other week
Tuesday: 2:00PM- 4:00 PMPM Bible Study Prayer Meeting; 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Men’s & Women’s Fellowship -Ages 14 and older
Wednesday: 10:00 AM to 12 Noon Older & Bolder; 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Drama/Dance; 6:00 PM Timbrels (Tambourine Practice); Narcotic anonymous 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Thursday: Exercise 10:30 AM
Friday: Open Gym for Basketball 6:00-8:00 PM
Monday-Friday: Social Service Assistance
Help with Fuel/Rent/Motel/Hotel/Food- Ass Funding IS Available
Emergency Disaster Services (EDS): Year Round Assistance Needed – We are a designated Disaster Sight for Families High school and St Luke’s Hospital
