Church Reproduction

By Chaplain Bruce Kalish, Grand Rapids Home for Veterans (GRHV)  Dear Chaplain Andy, In addition to the brief on-line report that I submitted today, I am sending this letter to further define my chaplaincy work this first half of 2018. The backdrop for our current operational climate at the Home is the on-going plan to…

By Chaplain Dan Moen, with Andy Meverden Effective military chaplains are flexible, adaptable, and creative.  Rather than being the main drivers in establishing unit culture and activities, they are often placed in a reactive/responsive position, while they “roll with the punches,” and “hurry up and wait!”  Chaplain Dan and Sasha Moen’s recent experience illustrates this. …

By Chaplain Dru Nelson, US Navy A couple months ago, I had the honor and privilege of baptizing three Veterans at the San Diego VA Medical Center. Two weeks prior to the baptism, I had led one of the veterans pictured to Christ.  I met the other two through various interactions; one through a weekly…

By Chaplain Phil Persing, with Intro by Andy Meverden, Director of Chaplaincy Every time we endorsers meet with the Military Chiefs of Chaplains; we hear the same thing: “Send us your best! We need your best!” After ten years on the staff of First Baptist Church, Juniata, Pennsylvania, Pastor Phil and Beckie Persing (and their…

By Chaplain Brian Hargis, US Army, Hawaii Below is the summary of events on 24MAY, concerning HMR* IMPACT Chapel: At 1700 hours on Thursday, 24 MAY, Lisa, a resident of HMR, posted to HMR Spouses FB page; “White banged up Minivan speeding onto HMR with lots of police cars chasing!” For the next several hours,…

By Pastor Mike Barnard, Auxiliary Clergy Support, US Coast Guard, Do you have a heart for ministering to active duty military personnel and their families, but aren’t called to leave your church? Is your church located on or near the East or West Coast or major inland waterway? If so, then the United States Coast…

By Chaplain Dan Klender, USN At Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia (DG), our amenities are severely limited due to our remote location.*  We have one modestly sized Ship’s Store that stocks mostly limited food items.  The problem is that mark-up is considerable due to the expense of transporting wholesale goods.  Variety is also limited for…

By Chaplain Jason Dong, Oregon Army National Guard   Prayer Summit: During Annual Training I offered daily morning prayer on a hill in the middle of our Brigade Support Area (BSA).  Every morning I would stand there at 0600.  Sometimes I would have one or two Soldiers come up to pray and some mornings there…

By Chaplain Travis Hairston Rejoicing: My greatest blessing this quarter was taking over the Main Post Chapel Protestant service children’s ministry. When I arrived at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) this past January I was asked by the Garrison chaplain to consider serving as the Main Post Chapel’s children’s pastor since the chaplain currently over this…