 News
From the Field |
| Mark Bell, CAP. He was appointed the Michigan Wing chaplain last year, and recently was selected to serve as the Great Lakes Region Deputy Chaplain for Colleges and Development. Mark continues to assist the chapel staff at Selfridge ANG Base, Michigan by conducting chapel services and standing in for chaplains at other post events. The Base is on the BRAC list and, as of this writing, the chapel is scheduled with final closure at Easter 08. |
 Charles Edwards,
TXARNG, ret, was promoted to Brigadier General (Brevet) and is
serving as the Chief of Chaplains for the State Guard Association of
the United States Army National Guard and as the National Chaplain
for the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) |
| Trey Vaughn,
USMC, baptized 28 souls prior to and during deployment. Twenty-five of those baptized were Marines and three were from other countries. |
| Gerald Woodford, USA , began a service at Grafenwoehr GE this summer. The first service had 26 in attendance. |
| Mike Hartsell, USA (ret), reports that the Northside Church of Christ, San Antonio, continues to minister to wounded soldiers at BAMC and began a ministry with families at the Fisher House. The members are involved also in cooking breakfasts for soldiers and families on designated Saturdays. |
| Ted Parks, USA, reported that he conducted worship services for about 25 members of Church at Camp Liberty, Iraq. The worship experiences were described as uplifting and encouraging resulting in 3 baptisms. |
| Les Maloney, USAR, mobilized to III Corps at Fort Hood wrote an article containing material drawn from his dissertation on the Psalms, which was published in Restoration Quarterly, January 2007, entitled "Intertextual Links: Part of the Poetic Artistry within the Book I Acrostic Psalms." |
 Michael Whittington, USAF (ret) recently spoke at the Lipscomb Summer
Celebration (Annual Lectureships) on the subject of “Straining Gnats
and Swallowing Camels” See info at http://www.lipscomb.edu/ |
| Bruce Mentzer,USN, was recently featured in the European Stars and Stripes for his direction of 11 students who participated in a master’s degree in counseling and psychology from the University of Maryland University College/Bowie State University and were certified in Family Wellness Retreats in the Naples area. This is part of the “teach the teacher” portion of the Family Wellness Associates program.
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| Tom Vail, USA,
Chief of Department Pastoral Ministry Training at U.S. Army Medical
Department Center and School are doing very exciting and innovative
training in combat and emergency ministry training. See their
website at: http://www.samhouston.army.mil/chaplain/DPMT/default.aspx
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| COMMUNICATIONS: Email continues to be the best means for much of the communications between the Endorser and chaplains. For almost 2 weeks in August my DSL line was down due to a lightning strike. If you emailed during that time and did not receive a response, my system was down. I make it a practice to return emails within 24 hours, if possible. You should be receiving, as a minimum, the monthly Mobilization and Deployment Report.
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| MINISTRY REPORT: I will email each active and retired chaplain a copy of the Annual Ministry Report for 2007 in February 2008. This report is prepared for the Fairfax elders, but since it gives a thorough overview of operations for the proceeding year and the current state of the Ministry. Jim began the practice of ensuring that all chaplains are added to the distribution so that everyone is informed regarding a Ministry in which we all have a stake. I will also include the Federal Roster of Chaplains with name, general location and email address.
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| Do you have news to share from your ministry?
Current and retired chaplains are invited to email your notable news
and photos. |
