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Getting God’s Word Into The Hands Of Those Who Serve Their Country

By 28 May 2011. Filed in History, News & Commentary.

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Getting God’s Word Into The Hands Of Those Who Serve Their Country

Getting God’s Word Into The Hands Of Those Who Serve Their Countryhttp://blog.gideons.org/2011/05/gideons-service-testaments-for-military/

From 1908 to 1940, The Gideons International placed Bibles only in hotels and motels. Then one Gideon had an idea of creating a pocket-size New Testament, adding Proverbs and Psalms, and handing it out to members of the military.

In January of 1941, the International Cabinet of The Gideons International approved the decision to supply the Armed Forces with copies of God’s Word. Acting wholly in faith, the Cabinet ordered 50,000 Testaments.

 

 

In memory, in honor

By 28 May 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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In memory, in honor | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL

In memory, in honor | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, ALhttp://www.timesdaily.com/article/20110528/ARTICLES/305289999/1004?Title=In-memory-in-honor

As Memorial Day approaches, Americans are encouraged to remember those who have dedicated their lives to military service and died in the process.

“Memorial Day is what this is for … for the dead,” said Capt. James Pennington, a Leighton native, who serves as a chaplain at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

“But it’s also for the ones serving now,” he added in a phone conversation from Walter Reed. “Some are deployed several times and are not wounded physically, but they carry the scars of war every day, both emotional and psychological.”

This weekend, Pennington asks for prayers that God strengthen the resilience of soldiers, “so they have hope.”

He is one of a team of chaplains assigned to see every new soldier within 48 hours of his or her admission to the medical center.

 

 

Gold Stars: A symbol of sacrifice and the Army’s commitment to families of the fallen

By 27 May 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Army.mil Article: Gold Stars: A symbol of sacrifice and the Army's commitment to families of the fallen

Army.mil Article: Gold Stars: A symbol of sacrifice and the Army’s commitment to families of the fallenhttp://www.army.mil/article/58292/
Gold_Stars__A_symbol_of_sacrifice_and_the_Army_s_
commitment_to_families_of_the_fallen/Donna Engeman started wearing the Gold Star lapel pin after her husband, Chief Warrant Officer John Engeman, was killed southeast of Baghdad on May 14, 2006. She wanted to honor and remember the man she admired as “superman.”

But she soon realized the significance of the star was lost on others.

Not long after his death, she tried to order a Gold Star license plate at the DMV. The clerk unknowingly asked if Engeman was the service member. When she replied no, she was not, the clerk told Engeman her husband needed to be with her.

The clerk thought she wanted a disabled veteran license plate, and Engeman couldn’t get her to understand the difference between a Gold Star and a Purple Heart – an awkward conversation, indeed. They were both relieved when she left.

Shocked grad gets dad, diploma

By 27 May 2011. Filed in Chaplain Assistants, News & Commentary.

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Shocked grad gets dad, diploma | Shelby County Reporter

Shocked grad gets dad, diploma | Shelby County Reporterhttp://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/2011/05/27/css-grad-gets-dad-diploma/COLUMBIANA – Olivia Perry was thrilled Friday night to get a diploma from Cornerstone Christian School.

But the advanced honors graduate was a little bummed her dad wouldn’t be there to see it.

Columbiana resident Kin Perry, an Army assistant chaplain deployed to Afghanistan in August 2010, wouldn’t return until August 2011.

 

 

Church’s newsletter is first-class publication

By 27 May 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Church’s newsletter is first-class publication – Bill Clark | The Columbia Daily Tribune – Columbia, Missourihttp://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/may/27/churchs-newsletter-is-first-class-publication/…..

I consider it a good day if I get a personal, first-class letter. I consider it an even better day when I receive Patrick Cronan’s monthly newsletter from Rocheport United Methodist Church.

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His undergraduate education was at Southern Methodist University, where he earned a degree in history in 1968. After a year at the University of Missouri School of Law, he spent three years in the U.S. Army, graduated from the Army chaplain’s school and served as a chaplain’s assistant in Germany.

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Chaplains’ memorial garden to be dedicated June 1

By 27 May 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Chaplains’ memorial garden to be dedicated June 1http://www.thetandd.com/news/local/article_71051064-8814-11e0-a248-001cc4c03286.htmlFORT JACKSON – The Army Chief of Chaplains will dedicate a memorial garden at 8 a.m. Wednesday, June 1, at the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School at Fort Jackson.

For former Iraq War chaplain, Memorial Day invokes ‘crucial’ memories

By 27 May 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Episcopal News Service - NEWS

Episcopal News Service – NEWShttp://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_128511_ENG_HTM.htm[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Bob Blessing describes war’s defining moments with only a slight trace of humor: “Relationships count, and if nobody’s blowing you up or shooting at you — it’s a good day.”The San Diego chaplain’s most recent tour of duty in Iraq included a considerable amount of both explosions and shootings, prompting a serious “reflective mode” as he observes the upcoming Memorial Day holiday. “I’m really dealing with life and resurrection. Remembering all the lives and how they served, to me, is crucial,” he said during a May 25 telephone interview.

 

 

Spring Lake service honors those gone, but not forgotten

By 27 May 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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FayObserver.com - Spring Lake service honors those gone, but not forgotten

FayObserver.com – Spring Lake service honors those gone, but not forgottenhttp://fayobserver.com/articles/2011/05/26/1097178?sac=MilSPRING LAKE – Col. Larry McCarty is no stranger to sacrifice.

McCarty is pastor at First Baptist Church of Spring Lake and an Army reservist who until recently served as the senior chaplain for Fort Bragg.

In the past year, McCarty said there have been 38 soldiers for which he either attended death notices, memorials or funerals, many of those taking place in Iraq.

But McCarty isn’t numbed by the death that he’s seen during a military career that dates back to 1974, when he joined the Navy.

 

 

Veterans shelter hangs in balance

By 27 May 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Veterans shelter hangs in balance | TBO.com

Veterans shelter hangs in balance | TBO.comhttp://www2.tbo.com/news/pasco-news/2011/may/26/PANEWSO1-veterans-shelter-hangs-in-balance-ar-232693/The future of a controversial shelter for homeless veterans is still up in the air.

Pasco County commissioners were prepared to vote Wednesday to revoke a $400,000 grant for the project, but finance director Michael Nurrenbrock pulled the item from the commission agenda.

The St. Jude’s Veterans Resource Center and its founder, retired Army chaplain Morson Livingston, had a long history of volunteering on behalf of Pasco’s veterans. The nonprofit agency had received nearly $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide transitional housing for homeless veterans.

St. Jude’s planned to buy a church building on Ridge Road and convert it to a 30-bed transitional housing program, but it quickly ran into opposition from neighbors. During a neighborhood meeting in April in Tanglewood, county officials began to have serious reservations about the project.

 

 

Doretta Fortenberry merges military with ministry

By 27 May 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Doretta Fortenberry merges military with ministry | Religion | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Doretta Fortenberry merges military with ministry | Religion | Chron.com – Houston Chroniclehttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/7583172.html

The young woman standing before the pulpit is a bit of a revelation.

How can such a petite frame hold such a grand voice?

When Doretta Fortenberry speaks, her tone is strong, her cadence friendly, her accent a home-grown gentle drawl.

At this service, Fortenberry, 33, is dressed in slacks and a stylish jacket before filled pews at First United Methodist Church in Pearland.

At another service, the U.S. Army lieutenant will wear fatigues.

And in a couple of years, she will be an ordained Methodist minister, an Army captain and a military chaplain.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/7583172.html#ixzz1NZZ8UQa0

 

 

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