THE
GUARDIAN
3rd Edition, 2017
“Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith”
1 Timothy 6:11b-12
Dear Friend of Chaplain Ministries,
I am honored and humbled to begin serving the PRCC Family as the new Executive Director. It is a
privilege to serve and to seek to bring honor and glory to our gracious Lord through this ministry. The
PRCC has a long standing heritage of strong leadership and professional excellence. It is my prayer to
build on the solid foundation laid by Bill Leonard, Dave Peterson and Doug Lee. These men have
labored tirelessly and each one expanded the reach and ministry of the PRCC. What a legacy and
reputation these men have left. It has been a joy over my 30 years in the PRCC to see the growth and
development since my initial endorsement by Bill Leonard. It is my prayer to work faithfully to
continue to build on this legacy.
Terri and I are excited about the future of the PRCC. These are encouraging and challenging times
for our Chaplaincy. Our military and civilian Chaplaincy continues to expand, and we are blessed with
godly Chaplains who are dedicated to sharing the Gospel of Christ. There is still a significant amount
of work to do as I raise resources, educate presbyteries about the nature of the Chaplain ministry,
partner with seminaries for the preparation and continuing education of Chaplains, screen applicants
for endorsement, and minister to Chaplains, military personnel, and family members who have endured
over fifteen years of war. These are unprecedented times in our nation’s history and it is also a time
when we have a great opportunity to share the love of Christ. I remember my last deployment of over
fifteen months to Baghdad and how challenging those times were, but I also remember what an
opportunity it was to see the mighty hand of God at work.
Terri and I seek your prayers as I strive to navigate these waters to minister and represent Chaplains
as we seek to build the Kingdom of God. I want to thank you for faithfully praying for our Chaplains,
their families, their ministries and those they serve. I look forward to participating in “the good fight”
with you through our Chaplains.
Yours in Christ,
Jim
Dr. James R. Carter
PRCC Executive Director & Endorser
Chaplain Ministries Coordinator – Mission to North America
Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) USA (Retired)
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New PRCC Executive Director and Endorser James R. (Jim) Carter
Dr. Jim Carter accepted the call to serve as the next PRCC Executive Director
and began his ministry on September 1st, 2017. Dr. Carter returned to the
PRCC Commission after serving in a local pastorate for the past six years. He
served as the Founding and Senior Pastor of the New Presbyterian Church
(NPC) in South Florida. In addition to regular pastoral duties, Dr. Carter led
the church through relocation, a capital campaign and a debt free renovation.
Jim retired from a very successful military ministry career in the Army
Chaplaincy after reaching the rank of Colonel and serving in that rank for
sixteen months. Yielding to God’s call Jim retired from active duty to plant
NPC. It is encouraging to have a gifted Chaplain and spiritual leader of Jim's
unique background following our previous godly Executive Directors. Dr.
Carter understands both the rigors and challenges of military ministry life as
well as the civilian ministry and brings a Shepherd’s heart to the daily ministry of the PRCC. He is passionate to
serve the military and civilian Chaplains and military personnel as well as their family members.
Chaplain James R. “Jim” Carter was born October 30, 1960 and is a native of Monroeville, Alabama. After
attending Belhaven College and Reformed Theological Seminary and receiving his ordination as a Presbyterian
Minister (PCA), Jim entered the Army Chaplain Corps in 1988. He previously served in the Army Reserves as a
Second Lieutenant Chaplain Candidate from 1986-1988.
Chaplain Carter degrees include a Bachelors of Art from Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi; a Master
of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Reformed Theological Seminary,
Jackson, Mississippi and a Doctor of Ministry from Erskine Theological Seminary, Due West, South Carolina.
Chaplain Carter’s military education includes the U.S. Army Chaplain Basic Course and Advanced Courses,
Combined Arms Service Staff School (CAS3), the Command and General Staff College, and the Chaplain
Lieutenant Colonel Course.
Chaplain Carter served over 23 years within the Army Chaplaincy. He held numerous military ministry
leadership positions and has served in two combat tours. His assignments include: 24th Infantry Division, 3
rd
Engineer Battalion (Combat), Fort Stewart, Georgia; 2-7 Infantry Battalion, Fort Stewart, Georgia with a combat
tour in Saudi Arabia-Iraq (Operation Desert Shield and Storm); 59th Ordnance Brigade, Sogel, Germany; 409
th
Base Support Battalion, Grafenwoehr, Germany; 4-5 Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley,
Kansas and 4-1 Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, and 3
rd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas; Area III Installation Chaplain, Camp Humphrey’s, Korea;
Brigade Combat Training Religious Support Observer Controller (BCTP), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; 3rd
Regiment and Senior Pastor of the West Point Cadet Chapel, United States Corps of Cadets, United States
Military Academy, West Point, New York; Deputy Installation Chaplain and Chief of Religious Support
Operations, Fort Bliss, Texas; 4th Infantry Division Chaplain, Fort Hood, Texas and Multi-National Division
Baghdad Command Chaplain, (MND-B) Baghdad, Iraq (Operational Iraqi Freedom (OIF 07-09); Senior Pastor
of the Protestant Congregation and Deputy Installation Chaplain, United States Army War College, Carlisle
Barracks, Pennsylvania.
Chaplain Carter’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal with one Oak Leaf
Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal with four Oak
Leaf Clusters, Army Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq
Campaign Medal with two Stars, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal,
Army Service Ribbon, and the Overseas Service Ribbon.
Chaplain Carter is married to the former Terri Ganey of Mullins, South Carolina and they have two children,
Sarah (24) and David (21). He enjoys sports, tennis, traveling, reading and serving his local community.
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HAS YOUR CHURCH ADOPTED A SPECIFIC CHAPLAIN WITH PRAYER SUPPORT?
Thank you, Guardian Prayer Warrior, for faithfully lifting up our Chaplains, their families, their ministries,
and those they serve with prayer.
We desire to have at least one specific church praying for each of our full-time military and civilian
chaplains. We have some full-time Chaplains that have NO church assigned to pray for them. If your
church is currently not assigned as a “Chaplain-Adopting Church” for at least one PRCC Chaplain, please
discuss this with your Church’s Leadership and suggest they consider doing so this fall, as they plan their
budgets for 2018. Supporting PRCC/MNA Chaplain ministries financially is not a requirement to
Sponsor/Adopt a Chaplain with prayer support, but it is the main source of funding for our work to recruit,
credential, care for and cover the backs of our Chaplains.
You may find the list of churches that have Adopted a Chaplain on our website (WWW.PRCC.CO) then
look under the tabs on the right for HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?, then select SPONSOR A
CHAPLAIN.
Thank you VERY much,
The PRCC Staff
EMAIL: [email protected]
PHONE: 678-825-1251
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How can you support our Chaplains financially without costing you or your church a penny?
PLEASE HELP US GET THE WORD OUT To all Military Personnel and other Federal Employees
As you know, the PRCC must raise the financial support necessary to continue to recruit, endorse, and
care for our PRCC Chaplains in the field. There is one source of revenue that is available to us by way of
the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) that does not cost your church anything. But it does require our
churches to help us get the word out to folks who probably want to know about this opportunity.
The CFC is the “United Way” for Federal Employees (Military Personnel, Federal Courts, Federal
Civilian and Post Office Employees). When these folks are encouraged by their Federal Employer for
100% participation, they can now choose to direct their CFC gifts to support our Chaplains through the
PRCC! All they have to know to direct their payroll deduction gift to us is our
MNA/PRCC CFC #38370
Please communicate this good word to all of the Federal Employees in your sphere of influence.
The Campaign takes place in October and November, so please include this information in your church
and presbytery bulletins and newsletters during that timeframe.
Email us for more information & a sample bulletin insert: [email protected] or you can
find bulletin insert samples on our website at: www.PRCC.co,
Go to: How Can We Get Involved, Why We Need Donations, CFC Gifts to Chaplains
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CURRENTLY DEPLOYED Jason Gregory aboard JOHN P MURTHA -LPD 26 Matthew Fore aboard the CG-70 Lake Erie Keith Goode to Middle East Andrew Spriensma to undisclosed location Ben Shear to Middle East Luke Heibel to Middle East John Um aboard USS BLUE RIDGE Steven Fisher aboard USS FRANK CABLE
Edward David Kim to Kuwait Mark McKellen to Qatar Daniel Chung aboard a Carrier Strike Group Kenneth Conklin to Iraq John Van Dyke aboard the DESRON 28 Brady Rentz to the Pacific Theatre Chris Bryan to Kuwait
CHANGE IN CHAPLAIN ASSIGNMENTS Shannon Philio from Kuwait to Joint Base Lewis McChord, Tacoma, WA Matt Schillings to Fort Lejeune, NC (first AD assignment) CHC Conner Armstrong to Fort Lauderdale, FL, Knox Seminary Stephen Roberts to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, WA. USAR to AD Ted Hamm Fort Bragg, NC to Columbia, MD Hwa Chung, from Fort Knox, KY to Fort Sam Houston, TX. Buster Williams from Kings Bay, GA to Hawaii James Bond from Little Rock, AR to Bolling AFB, Washington D.C. JR Harris from Colorado Springs, CO to Minot AFB, ND Sam Rico from JBLM, WA to Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT Jason Hill from Grafenwoehr, Germany to Fort Drum, NY Michael Keifman from Okinawa to Fort Lee, VA Lynell Friesen from Alaska to Sheboygan, WI. Dan Oh from Maxwell AFB, AL to Fort Belvoir, VA Michael Oliver from Fort Stewart, GA to Fort Gordon, GA Matthew Heathman from Iwakuni, Japan to Mayport, Florida Lane Cramer from Washington, DC to Fort Knox, KY Jonathan Entrekin from Fort Rucker, AL to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, WA Tony Wade from Turkey to Travis Air Force Base, near San Francisco, California.
RECENT AWARDS or SPECIAL RECOGNITION Bee Kirk recently Board Certified
RECENTLY PROMOTED Chang Kim to Major Scott Cauble to Commander
NEW CHAPLAINS OR CANDIDATES Thad Davis, Chaplain Candidate to ANG Jason Oh, New CC at Covenant Seminary Jeffrey Shamess, Michigan National Guard Brian Douglas, working w veterans in Boise, Idaho Dan Bartel, Chaplain w Ember-Hope Youthville ministry in Dodge City, KS. Mike Horne, South Carolina State Guard Michael Shipma, USAR Kevin Wainwright, USA Marcus Assis, USAFR Seth Duhs from CC to USAFR
RETIRING CHAPLAINS Tim Power
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GLOSSARY
The military has its own language, and to make it even more challenging, each of the branches of
service has its own language, particularly when it comes to their acronyms. If you come across an
acronym in a chaplain report, you might want to check this Glossary to see if it is translated here. If
you don’t find it here, and want to know what the acronym means, send an email to the Chaplain!
If there is one that you think we need to add to this Glossary, let us know:
[email protected] Thank You!
Miscellaneous:
APF = Appropriated Funds
BN = Battalion
BDE = Brigade
BRAC = Base Realignment and Closure
CAV = Cavalry
CGSC = Command and General Staff College
CH = Chaplain
CHBOLC = Army Chaplain Basic Officer
CO = Company or Commanding Officer
CPE = Clinical Pastoral Education
DADT = Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
DIV = Division
DMZ = Demilitarized Zone
DoD = Department of Defense
HHD = Headquarters Detachment
IED = Improvised Explosive Device
ILE = Intermediate Level Education course
A Leadership Course
IRR = Individual Ready Reserve
KIA = Killed in Action
MP = Military Police
NAF = Non-Appropriated Funds
NTC = National Training Center, Ft. Irwin, CA
OEF = Operation Enduring Freedom
OTS = Officer Training School
PCS = Permanent Change of Station (moving!)
POWC = Protestant Women of the Church
PT = Physical Training
RMT = Religious Ministry Team
ROK = Republic of Korea
RP = Religious Professional (Armed Chaplain’s
Assistant)
SPMAGTF = Special Purpose Marine Air-
Ground Task Force
TDY = Temporary Duty Assignment
UMT = Unit Ministry Team
XO = Executive Officer
Air Force
USAF = Air Force Active Duty
USAFR = Air Force Reserve
ANG = Air National Guard
AFB = Air Force Base
Lt = Lieutenant
Capt = Captain
Maj = Major
Lt Col = Lieutenant Colonel
Col = Colonel
Army USA = Army Active Duty
USAR = Army Reserve
ARNG = Army National Guard
(LT) = Lieutenant
(CPT) = Captain
(MAJ) = Major
(LTC) = Lieutenant Colonel
(COL) = Colonel
UMT = Unit Ministry Team
Navy
USN = Navy Active Duty
USNR = Navy Reserve
CHC = Chaplain Corps
LTJG = Lieutenant Junior Grade
LT = Lieutenant
LCDR = Lieutenant Commander
CDR = Commander
CAPT = Captain
NAS = Naval Air Station
Marines – Chaplains retain their Navy Ranks
MEF = Marine Expeditionary Force
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September 2017
1 Friday This is Transition Day. CH (BG) Doug
Lee, USA, RET retired yesterday as the MNA
Chaplain Ministries Coordinator and as the PRCC
Executive Director and Endorser. Doug has served
our Churches and our Chaplains in this role for the
past nine years. We thank the Lord for Doug and all
he has done for Christ’s Church through Chaplains.
We are pleased to announce that CH (LTC) Jim
Carter, USA, RET starts today in these same roles.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Thank the Lord with us
for Doug Lee, and pray for him as he embarks on
“another retirement”. Doug has many plans for his
“third half”. Please pray for his continued health
and service to Christ. Also please pray for Jim
Carter, as he begins his new calling. Pray for the
Lord to give Jim His wisdom, and grant him health
and energy as he takes the “baton” from Doug
today and “presses on!”
EMAIL: [email protected] and
2 Saturday CH Bee Kirk, St. Joseph's Hospital,
Tampa, FL (PCA - Southwest Florida) I remain
working mostly cardiology and the medical/surgical
department at St. Joseph's Hospital. Longer term, it
is possible I could move onto a new team focusing
on patients who would receive a new technology
heart pump. Outside of work, I have decided to
begin work on my Doctor of Ministry degree. It will
likely take three years. My first class occurred the
last week in July. PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for
my wife’s minimally invasive surgery to repair a
degenerative disc. Please pray the surgery is
successful in relieving her back and leg pain,
thereby restoring her ability to exercise regularly.
Pray also for my eldest son's wife who is pregnant
with what we pray will be my second grandchild.
Please pray for the health of my daughter-in-law,
Audrey, as well as for full-term pregnancy, and the
birth of this child.
EMAIL: [email protected]
3 Sunday CH Mike Horne, SC State Guard,
Greenwood, SC (ARPC - Second Presbytery) I
will continue to serve the SC State Guard in the
future. I am currently a Captain and hope to be
promoted to Major in 1 1/2 years. As Chaplain I
attend to the needs of the members of the State
Guard and also to any veteran who is hospitalized
or in need of a Chaplain. (Branch of service does
not matter.) PRAYER REQUESTS: As I had both
knees replaced in August I would request prayers
for a quick and successful recovery.
EMAIL: [email protected]
4 Monday CH Eric Dye, Erie VAMC Chaplain,
Erie, PA (PCA - Palmetto) I am now serving as a
Staff Chaplain at Erie, PA VAMC. We are
preparing to attend Staff Chaplain training at the
VA National Chaplain Center in Hampton Roads,
VA. and continuing to provide ministry to Long
Term, Palliative Care and Hospice veterans and
their families. We are attending Faith Reformed,
PCA in Erie, PA. when not on duty for the Chapel
Service. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for
our son Peter's status for the AF promotion board to
be released sometime in August, and for daughter
Ruth's commissioning into the Washington State
National Guard later this year. Pray also for the new
Secretary of Veteran Affairs, Dr. Shulkin, as he
works to reform the VA culture. Nothing specific in
the way of things; but prayer and encouragement in
the work of the Lord in the VA system which
continues to be a source for certain negative
publicity hounds.
EMAIL: [email protected]
5 Tuesday CH (2Lt) Thad Davis, 145 Wing,
ANG, Charlotte, NC (PCA - Central Carolina) I
am awaiting appointment to the Air National Guard.
I hope to soon be appointed to the 145th Wing in
Charlotte, NC most likely as the operations group
Chaplain. I hope that I can minister effectively
during a large base-wide transition. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Pray for contentment in this time of
waiting, that God would lead as we seek ministry
opportunities and pray for our family as we adjust
to a change in ministry roles.
EMAIL: [email protected]
6 Wednesday CH (CAPT) Jeff Shamess, 1st BN,
119th FAR, MI National Guard, Wyoming, MI
(OPC - Presbytery of Michigan and Ontario) Thank you so much for your prayers and support
for my application to serve as a Chaplain in the
Michigan National Guard. I’m glad to report that I
had my final interview this morning and was
approved to serve. So, officially, “I’m in the Army
now!” I’ll have my first weekend drill starting in
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September. PRAYER REQUESTS: Thank you so
much for your support, and will you continue to
pray with me that the Lord might use this
opportunity to advance the cause of Christ in the
world. God be with you.
EMAIL: [email protected]
7 Thursday LT Joe Gilliam, CHC, USN, Naval
Air Station Oceana/Dam Neck Annex, Virginia
Beach, VA (PCA - Potomac) I am currently
serving at a chapel on Dam Neck Annex. The base
is primary made up of students that are working in
intelligence. I have a service that I lead on Sunday
night and I also counsel regularly through the week.
Our service will have anywhere from 12-25 in
attendance on Sunday. However, the students are
only here for about 3 months and then they rotate to
their permanent duty station. I am also doing
marriage counseling for several couples on base.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray that the Holy
Spirit would give me the ability to speak the Gospel
clearly and boldly in each counseling session that
God gives me. My family is up for orders next
month, so please pray that God would prepare our
family for where God sends us next. Please pray for
the marriage counseling, that God would restore
these relationships.
EMAIL: [email protected]
8 Friday CH (CPT) Mike Myers, GA Army
National Guard, Elberton, GA (OPC -
Presbytery of the Southeast) I have officially
transferred into 1st Battalion, 121 Infantry of the
48th IBCT in the Georgia Army National Guard.
Soldiers in the state affectionately refer to this
storied organization as The Brigade. It is an honor
to be involved with the courageous Soldiers that
make up its ranks and to add my small part to its
history. May the Lord bless the work here! Civilian
side ministry continues to progress, and we hope to
organize out of church plant status into a local
church with our own leadership soon. My amazing
wife Katy and I continue eagerly to await baby
number five due in September. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray that the Lord will bless
the organization process for Heritage. Please also
continue to pray for my ministry to my many
Soldiers in 1-121, especially that the Word of the
Lord would speed ahead and be honored. Thank
you all for your faithful support.
EMAIL: [email protected]
9 Saturday CHC (2LT) Jason Oh, Covenant
Seminary, St Louis, MO (KAPC-Midwest
Presbytery) I’ve completed CPE (Clinical Pastoral
Education) at Christian Hospital, Saint Louis,
Missouri. By God’s grace, I have had the
tremendous privilege of serving the drug addicted
patients as a clinical Chaplain. Through visiting
those patients, I’ve learned the opioid epidemic
crisis in the United States as well as in the St. Louis
local area. My intensive pastoral care involves
building relationships with these patients, and then
helping them find out where they are and who they
are and guide them as to how to get out of their
deep dark hole. I am also able to provide them the
Word of God because they need the good
companion who can be always with them and
deliver them from drug addictions. All these
experiences help me to improve my pastoral care
and counseling others. Praise the LORD! PRAYER
REQUESTS: My family and I ask God to fill us
with the knowledge of His will through all spiritual
wisdom and understanding so that we may live
godly lives and may please Him in every way. We
ask God to help us bear good fruit in every good
work, and grow in the knowledge of God, and be
strengthened with all power according to His
glorious might, and increase our endurance and
patience with joy, and give thanks to God in
everything.
EMAIL: [email protected]
10 Sunday CH (LTC) Jeff Dillard, USA,
Research, Development, & Engineering
Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
(PCA - Chesapeake) For my headquarters I'm
currently leading a weekly Bible study and prayer
group through John 13-17. We're taking it very
slowly focusing on how Jesus describes love among
the Persons of the Trinity and, therefore, what it
means for us to love and be loved. I also created
two hands-on practical exercises for Moral
Leadership Training. You can see the introduction
to one of them on YouTube at https://youtu.be/C1--
vLrfjII Both are followed by explicitly Christian
devotionals on leadership by voluntary attendance.
To see other digital ministries that I offer to my unit
of 14,000 personnel in 28 states and 11 countries,
you can check out my ministry blog at
https://tools4trenches.net/ PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please continue to pray for God's leading and our
loving trust and obedience, especially as I approach
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potential retirement and return to more traditional
ministry venues.
EMAIL: [email protected]
11 Monday CH (CPT) Steve Goddard, 2nd
Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, McGuire
AFB, NJ (PCA - Philadelphia) Praise God for His
faithfulness during my job transition here at Ft.
Bragg. I am now officially the Chief of Pastoral
Care at Womack Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg,
NC. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for me as
I learn the new job and strive for excellence in
providing religious support to the hundreds of staff
and patients in our hospital and clinics. We have a
great team here. Please pray that we will gel as a
team and that I will provide godly, focused
leadership. Most importantly please pray for
opportunities to bring the gospel of God's grace in
Christ to every situation in which God places me
here. Sarah and the children are doing well. Please
pray for her as she prepares for the beginning of the
new homeschool year. We have a great homeschool
community and Sarah contributes in amazing ways,
but she needs renewed energy and focus. It is
physically and emotionally taxing to keep up with a
baby and four other school-age children.
EMAIL: [email protected]
12 Tuesday CH (CPT) Bill Lamkin, 231st
Military Police & Civilian Hospital,
Montgomery, AL (PCA - Southeast Alabama) I
have begun a new position with Baptist Health in
Montgomery, AL where I am one of several
Clinical Chaplains in the system. My primary
location is at the Montgomery Cancer Center. I also
fill in as needed with Baptist Hospice and rotate the
on-call schedule at the 3 hospitals in our system. In
February, I was honored to be selected for Board
Certification with the Association of Certified
Christian Chaplains (ACCC) and plan to attend the
national convention in November (’17). This spring
my wife’s dad passed away. This coincided with the
end of her residency in Family Medicine. She will
begin her new medical practice in Montgomery, AL
very soon. In addition to my civilian ministry
opportunities, I continue as Battalion Chaplain with
the 231st Military Police (ALARNG) in Prattville,
AL. I am very thankful to be in such a great unit.
We have outstanding leadership and they are very
supportive of the Unit Ministry Team. Over the
course of the past year I led several classes for
Soldiers, participated in a staff hurricane exercise,
and conducted an Officer Professional
Development seminar for the Staff as I continued to
provide pastoral care to the Soldiers and families. In
August, the Chaplains of ALARNG participated in
marriage/family counseling training led by Dr. John
Van Epp. We also had the privilege of meeting our
new state commander MG Sheryl Gordon (the first
female commander in AL history). I am currently
enrolled in the Chaplains Captains Career Course
(C4) and expect to finish by December. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray for this year of transition
in our home and hearts, open doors for ministry
opportunities with the 231st and efficient time
management as I complete C4.
EMAIL: [email protected]
13 Wednesday CDR Robert Burns Jr., CHC,
USN, USNA Annapolis, Annapolis, MD (PCA -
Central Florida) Ministry at the Naval Academy is
going wonderfully! It is an honor and a privilege to
serve at this fine institution. We have been working
closely to build cooperation among the various on-
campus ministries and this past month the leaders of
each of the seven protestant campus ministries met
together for prayer and fellowship all on their own
volition! We have planned combined worship
opportunities and have built numerous avenues for
cooperation that have benefited midshipmen and the
ministries alike. The protestant chapel is in a state
of flux. It has been the same for the past six decades
at least. Please pray that we can create a new
worship style that is Christ Centered and yet
relevant to today's audience. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray that community revival
occurs within the Protestant chapel as attendance
numbers have diminished over the years.
EMAIL: [email protected]
14 Thursday CH (LTC) Douglas Hoover, USA,
Watters Family Life Chaplain Training Center,
Fort Bragg, NC (PCA - Ohio Valley) This
summer I became the director of the Ft. Bragg
Family Life Chaplain Training Center. Every year 6
to 8 Chaplain Majors come here and begin a 17
month master's program in marriage and family
counseling from a local university. At the Center
we help the Chaplains integrate theology, helping
produce truly pastoral counselors. As their
internship site, they have plenty of opportunity to
develop their new ministry. Each year we conduct
approximately 5,000 hours of counseling for
Soldiers and families at Ft. Bragg. It is a blessing to
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see lives and marriages transformed as individuals
and couples come, sit with our Chaplains for a
while, get unstuck from current challenges and
leave with new hope in life and relationships!
PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for wisdom
for these Chaplains, healing for relationships - with
God and spouse, and for God's glory as lives are
changed.
EMAIL: [email protected]
15 Friday CH (CPT) Chang Kim, USA, 319th
MI BN, 525th MI BDE, XVIII Airborne Corps,
Fort Bragg, NC (KAPC - Philadelphia
Presbytery) Thank you so much for your prayer
support and encouraging words during my waiting
time for results of the March 2017 Chaplain Major
Promotion Board. My Battalion commander called
me to his room the day before the official result
came out and congratulated me for being selected to
be Chaplain (Major) Kim. It was great news to me
and my family and Doug Lee also emailed me his
congratulations. Thank you again for all who
prayed for me and my family. So, what's next for
us? I don't know and yet I am very excited to
experience what God already has prepared for me
and my family for our next assignment. Meanwhile,
I will continue serving the Military Intelligence
Battalion and Brigade until summer of 2018 so that
my elder son can graduate high school by that time
and go to college. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please
pray for my ministry here with my current unit until
next summer and pray for my son who will be
leaving home for college. Lastly, please pray for my
next assignment as Chaplain (MAJ) Kim (Most
likely a Brigade Chaplain or Hospital Chaplain)
somewhere. I will be happy to serve God and his
people anywhere God wants me to serve!
EMAIL: [email protected]
16 Saturday Ch Maj Mike Hendrick, USAF, 24
SOW, Hurlburt Field, FL (ARPC - Second
Presbytery) Greetings to the PRCC Family! We so
appreciate all the prayers, emails, and support! It
was great seeing Doug Lee at the ARPC Synod and
breaking bread with him and the other ARPC
Chaplains. As of August 2017, I've just finished my
first year serving as Wing Chaplain for the 24th
Special Operations Wing (SOW) at Hurlburt Field.
As the singular Chaplain serving six geographically
separated Chaplains/units (GSUs) the LORD has
reminded fresh and anew how tangibly-faithful HE
is in provision. On August 9th, the 24 SOW
received its first E-7 Chaplain assistant to assist in
providing care for the four Hurlburt Field assigned
units and GSUs. This Chaplain assistant comes with
a breadth of experience and a Master of Divinity
(MDiv) degree. God is good! PRAYER
REQUESTS: As we go forward may you continue
to lift us in prayer as we seek, with God's power, to
bring members and families to Christ, grow them in
Christ, and launch them in His name to gather
others. Thank you ... Tammy and I so appreciate
you!
EMAIL: [email protected]
17 Sunday CH (LT) Matt Schilling, 2nd Marine
Logistics Group, Camp Lejeune, NC (PCA -
Grace) I will become an active duty Navy (at ODS)
beginning Sept 17, 2017. I have transitioned from
the Navy Reserves to Active Duty status. In mid-
September I will go to Officer Development School
for 5 weeks followed by 9 weeks of Chaplain
training. Then, in mid-December I will report to
Camp Lejeune in North Carolina where I will be
serving with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group,
Combat Logistics Battalion 8. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Pray that faith, hope, and love would
prevail in our family as we are separated during my
3 months of training and as we move to North
Carolina to begin a new adventure together in the
Navy. Pray that God would graciously use the
training I receive at ODS and Chaplain School to
prepare and equip me for the work to which God
has now called me.
EMAIL: [email protected]
18 Monday CH (MAJ) Chris Bryan, 35th
Engineer Brigade, Missouri National Guard,
Fort Leonard Wood, MO (PCA - Missouri) My
Brigade will mobilize in October 2017. We will
spend two months stateside in training at Ft.
Leonard Wood, MO and Ft. Bliss, TX, and then ten
months deployed at Camp Buehring in Kuwait. Our
mission is the command and control of Army
Engineers throughout the Middle East, so I
anticipate frequent travel to visit Soldiers and
Chaplains in addition to garrison responsibilities in
Kuwait. The time until our departure will be very
full. I will remain at my civilian teaching position
until the end of September to train my long-term
substitute and ensure a smooth transition. I hope to
complete several home improvement projects. Most
of all, I want to spend time with my wife, Cris, and
our family, friends, and neighbors. PRAYER
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REQUESTS: Please pray that I would have a
cheerful and willing attitude to serve wherever the
Lord takes me. Pray especially for my wife, Cris,
that God would comfort and sustain her in my
absence. Pray for an open door and boldness to
preach the gospel in word and deed at every
opportunity.
EMAIL: [email protected]
19 Tuesday LT Brady Rentz, CHC, USN,
NMCB-4, Port Hueneme, CA (PCA - Tidewater) Our Battalion is within the 90-day window for our
next deployment. We have been busy with a steady
schedule of training and field exercises since we
returned home from our last deployment. The bulk
of the ministry in the Battalion is counseling and
leadership with a regular preaching schedule during
deployment. I will continue in counseling during
our pre-deployment window in addition to
preparing sermons. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please
pray for our preparations in the midst of the
business and for safety for pre-deployment and
throughout. In addition, please pray that the Holy
Spirit moves in the Battalion convicting hearts and
showing the need for our Savior. Please pray for my
endurance for another deployment and 9 more
months at the Battalion. Prayer for strength and
endurance for myself and my family.
EMAIL: [email protected]
20 Wednesday CH Ty Keys, Florida Dept. of
Corrections, Lancaster Unit, Trenton, FL (PCA
- North Florida) Last year Lancaster changed over
from a youthful offender (18 to 24 yrs.) to an adult
camp. These changes have restructured our
approach to Chaplaincy ministry at Lancaster. Our
future focus is to develop a new comprehensive
model to reach these older and more seasoned
inmates with the truths of the gospel. Inmates are
becoming more personally active in all the
programs offered in the Chaplaincy department. I
am seeking to learn more about the many different
religious groups’ spiritual needs to become a better
ministering Chaplain. PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please pray for the transition and training of a new
Chaplain that was recently hired and for more
effective time management for me, as I take a
clinical pastoral education class in the fall.
EMAIL: [email protected]
21 Thursday CH (CPT) Chris Crain, USA, SPT
BN 1st SWTG JFKSWCS, Fort Bragg, NC (PCA
- Palmetto) God has blessed the ministry here at
Fort Bragg and my family abundantly the last
several months. I'm thankful to have passed the
Jumpmaster course in May. Thank you for your
prayers. It was very challenging and, honestly
stressful, but God was good and gracious. I'm still
in shock I passed. I have enjoyed pulling
Jumpmaster duties on airborne operations now and
it has given me another way to connect with
Soldiers. I preach once a month and really delight in
bringing home the Word. I recently took some
single Soldiers white water rafting in the mountains
and we had a blast in the cool Nantahala River as
well as talking about some deep spiritual issues.
Nancy is prepping for homeschooling and for
leading a PWOC bible study. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray for me as I have just
gotten a new CDR and XO. They both embrace the
faith, thankfully, and support me. I'd like to be of
support to them and the unit. This is probably my
last year at Bragg before I PCS to the Captain's
Course summer 2018. Pray for this year to count for
eternity!
EMAIL: [email protected]
22 Friday CH John Cline, SSM Saint Louis
University Hospital, St. Louis, MO (PCA -
Missouri) I can thankfully and joyfully offer some
resolution from my last report. First I interviewed
on April 7th to be board certified by the Association
of Professional Chaplains and was passed. It was a
growing process for me as I had to represent myself
clearly and speak confidently of the work I do as a
Chaplain. It took a lot of work to prepare and I had
a lot of help from my colleagues but the interview
went really really well. Praise God. Secondly and
more importantly my wife and I were finally able to
adopt a little baby boy! He's now a healthy 4 1/2
month old who loves to laugh and smile and he has
been a delight to mom and dad. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray I find godly ways to care
for myself as I continue to find my work quite
draining. Pray also for my wife Stacey and I that we
care well for and thoroughly enjoy our little boy.
EMAIL: [email protected]
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23 Saturday LT Cornelius Johnson, CHC, USN,
Marine Communications Electronics School
Chaplain, Twenty Nine Palms, CA (OPC -
Presbytery of New Jersey) I am thankful that our
new Chaplain has finally arrived. Since February I
have been taking care of 4000 student Marines and
permanent staff as well. The commandant of the
Marine Corps has emphasized the importance of
spiritual fitness. We have already set up regular
classes for Marines talking freely about faith,
values, etc. Also, I have been mentoring several
young Marines who come from troubled
backgrounds. Many of these kids did not have
parental guidance and discipline growing up.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for new PRCC
Chaplain (Chaplain Hwang) and his family that
God's blessings would be on them. Also please keep
my family and me in your prayers as we serve here
at Twenty nine Palms. Pray that many of these
students would make a profession of faith
EMAIL: [email protected]
24 Sunday LT Danny Cho, CHC, USN, 2d
Marine Division, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion,
Camp Lejeune, NC (KAPC - North America
Presbytery) Ministry with Marines continues to be
a great blessing. A good portion of my unit is either
deployed overseas, or out-of-state on extended field
operations. Those who remain are busy with field
training and their own preparations for deployment
later this year and early next. With the summer
came the usual turnover in personnel. Many new
Marines and families have joined the unit. My own
time here is coming to a close in the near future,
which has proven to be a bittersweet anticipation
for both myself and Jiyoung. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please continue to pray for my
Marines and Sailors. Recent unfortunate events in
our military have demonstrated the dangers that
exist, even in training environments. Please pray for
their safety and well-being. Please pray for ministry
to these Marines and Sailors. Pray that those of faith
would have their faith strengthened, and those who
do not yet know Christ, that opportunities would be
given for them to hear of the good news. Please
pray for Jiyoung and me as we faithfully and
prayerfully continue to try to start a family.
EMAIL: [email protected]
25 Monday CH Clint Stockton, Andrews Fire
Dept., Andrews, SC. (PCA - Palmetto) As time
moves forward we plan to work with fire
department families to solidify their homes with
God being center in their lives. I have just been
asked to officiate a recommitment service for one of
our fire department couples’ 30th year of marriage.
PRAYER REQUESTS: I pray this will encourage
other firefighters to recommit to their spouses and
families.
EMAIL: [email protected]
26 Tuesday Ch Lt Col Glenn Gresham, USAF,
HQ AFSPC/HC, Peterson AFB, CO (PCA -
Central Florida) Thank you to all of you who
write and tell us that you are praying for us! I had
the privilege of attending our PRCC Chaplain
training and the opening of General Assembly - it
was a great time of fellowship, worship and
encouragement. I am profoundly grateful for our
denomination and our endorser team and for all of
the support and encouragement that they give to us
throughout the year. It is hard to believe that we
have been in this assignment in Colorado Springs
for a year already; the time here has gone by very
quickly. While my job is mainly administrative,
there are still opportunities for counseling and
providing a listening ear and guidance to fellow
Chaplains and Chaplain Assistants. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please continue to pray for all of our
military, both deployed and at home station and that
God would give our leaders at all levels wisdom
and strength to make right choices. Thank you!
EMAIL: [email protected]
27 Wednesday CH (CPT) Mike Basie, USA, 54th
BDE Engineer Battalion, 173rd IBCT, Italy
(ARPC - First Presbytery) My family and I are
living and working in Vicenza, Italy. I am the
Battalion Chaplain for the 54th Brigade Engineer
Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade. I will be on
several training rotations in the coming months,
ministering to Soldiers who keep up an extremely
fast pace. I will be doing airborne jumps, lots of
counseling, preaching in the Traditional Worship
Service, and training the Soldiers in spiritual
matters. My wife and four daughters continue to be
a great source of support even during our frequent
separations. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray
for wisdom in speaking the Gospel to Soldiers and
families, that God would lead many Soldiers to
know Christ, and for strength for my family and all
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the Soldiers’ families since the fast pace and
different culture make life difficult here.
EMAIL: [email protected]
28 Thursday CH (CPT) Stevo Roberts, USA,
JBLM, WA (OPC - Presbytery of the Midwest) My family and I are gearing up to transition to
active duty. I'll be assigned to joint base Lewis-
McChord in Tacoma, WA. This transition will mark
a major cultural adjustment for my family, but we're
excited to embrace our missionary calling within
our own culture! Our report date to our new
location will be today, 9/28. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray for our adjustment to this
new calling, for my adaptation to the active duty
culture, and for my wife and children's embrace of
full-time Army life. Please also pray that this great
change would prompt a deeper trust in our Lord
Jesus Christ and that we would find new faithful
and fruitful ways of ministering and caring for
believers and unbelievers alike.
EMAIL: [email protected]
29 Friday Ch Capt Jeremy Coenen, USAF, 354
Fighter Wing, Eielson AFB, AK (PCA -
Tennessee Valley) Greetings from beautiful
Alaska. We have been stationed at Eielson AFB,
AK since February 2017. What a change from the
heat of Louisiana! Thank you all for your
faithfulness in prayer. I am the Chaplain assigned to
the Maintenance and Operations Groups and I lead
the Protestant community where I preach most
Sundays. Sarah is a vital part of the ministry as she
is networking on base and leading our two boys in
our homeschool. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please
pray for us to build relationships at our new Base.
Pray that I lead the congregation well as I teach
them biblical truth. Pray that we point our family
and the people at Eielson to our gracious Savior.
EMAIL: [email protected]
30 Saturday CH Ross Haverhals Jr., Federal
Correctional Institution Sandstone, Sandstone,
MN (PCA - Siouxlands) The Protestant
congregation continues to thrive at FCI Sandstone
and the number of men desiring deep, unapologetic
Biblical teaching is truly encouraging. In answer to
prayer, Christian inmate leaders continue to grow in
the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. The month of Ramadan recently
ended, and for many reasons it was my most
challenging one yet as a correctional Chaplain.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for the Lord
to stir the hearts of men involved in the many other
religious groups that meet in the chapel, and for the
hearts of us Chaplains in order to continue to reach
out to all men, even those who are actively hostile
towards us. Please pray for the inmates in the
congregation who have recently been released, that
they may quickly become part of a solid local
church. Praises: I am grateful to the Lord for Pastor
Kevin Carr, the pastor of our church in Hinckley,
MN. He has been a great source of wisdom and
Gospel encouragement to me and my family.
EMAIL: [email protected]
October 2017
1 Sunday LT Daniel Chung, CHC, USN, Walter
Reed National Military Medical Center,
Bethesda, MD (PCA - Korean Southwest Orange
County) I'm getting ready to PCS from Walter
Reed to COMDESRON 23 in San Diego, CA. On
October 1 I will be deploying on a Carrier Strike
Group this fall and won't be back until the summer
of 2018. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for
the ministry onboard my ships, as well as our
safety. Please also pray for my wife and two sons as
this will be our first deployment as a family.
EMAIL: [email protected]
2 Monday CDR David Todd, CHC, USN, Naval
Leadership & Ethics Center- Naval War
College, Newport, RI (PCA - South Coast) We
are finishing work on the ethics portion of the
Division Officer Course and continuing work on the
ethics portion of the Petty Officer Course that will
be used throughout the Fleet. Meanwhile, we
continue to deliver the Commander's Course for
every commander, executive office and command
master chief - select in the Navy which includes
ethics and character/leader development. We are
also involved with the Chapel's various outreach
programs to the Naval War College, Officer's
Training Command and Naval Academy
Preparatory School students who are here for 12
weeks to 10 months. PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray
for wisdom and approbation of leadership in the
development and delivery of ethics and character
development modules for leaders. Pray for times of
rest and refreshment, both physical and spiritual, as
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there is much to do. Pray for the family and a good
work/home balance.
EMAIL: [email protected]
3 Tuesday CH Kenny Honken, FCI Waseca,
Waseca, MN (OPC - Presbytery of the Midwest) Praise God for the steadfast march of the gospel
through FCI Waseca! At our last Protestant Bible
study, we talked about repentance for two hours:
what it is, what it isn't, what it looks like in daily
life. What a blessing! Additionally, pastoral
counseling and my group work continues to be very
active, with slowly increasing participation. I am
very blessed to be the Supervisory Chaplain at FCI
Waseca! PRAYER REQUESTS: Please thank the
Lord for the success the ministry of the Word and
Sacrament is currently enjoying at the institution.
Please pray that my administrative duties would not
impinge upon the ministry of the Word any more
than absolutely necessary. And thank our God for
my wonderful administration, who are very
supportive me and the work of my department.
EMAIL: [email protected]
4 Wednesday CH Dick Fisher, Assistant Pastor
for Visitation, Chattanooga, TN (PCA -
Tennessee Valley) This summer I became a staff
missionary with International Biblical Training
(IBT). They teach in overseas Christian schools
training pastors and leaders on 3 continents. As part
of this global ministry, I will continue to develop
You Last Forever (YLF) materials and training. The
goal is to train 500 pastors overseas or in North
America for evangelism and discipleship using the
YLF Gospel paradigm and teaching. My overseas
travel, if any, will be limited, but I will multiply
myself through teaching and equipping others.
www.youlastforever.com I teach two Bible studies
a week to men who either 1) choose to be in a court
ordered discipleship program instead of going to
jail, or 2) are in recovery or homeless. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Pray that God will use His Word to
transform their lives. Pray for God to continue to
use the evangelism training I did at the Wildwood
NJ Boardwalk Chapel in August. This request for
training came through the Guardian. Praise God for
His goodness that we have the privilege of serving
Him.
EMAIL: [email protected]
5 Thursday CH (MAJ) Sam Kim, USA, HHBN,
1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, TX (KAPC -
North America Presbytery) Ministry at Fort Bliss
has been such a blessing to my family. As Deputy
Division/Rear-Detachment Chaplain, providing
support/guidance/training to over 30 Unit Ministry
Teams has been a lot of fun. The Lord has truly
blessed me with two great division Chaplains
whose mentorship and trust allow me to enjoy every
aspect of division-level religious support. As Senior
Pastor at Chapel Next Fort Bliss, I'm surrounded by
an amazing group of pastor-Chaplains to witness
what God is doing in the Fort Bliss Community.
My wife Susie and I have been approaching every
assignment as if it were our last assignment, and we
are humbled by the ministry fruits God has allowed
us to see. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for
all deployed Soldiers (including 8 UMTs) and their
Families back home. Please pray for God's wisdom
and discernment for our three children (Bryce-17,
Kaylee-15, and Morgan-13) as they attend the same
high school (senior, sophomore, and freshman), and
please pray for Susie and me as we serve God in
various ministries at Fort Bliss.
EMAIL: [email protected]
6 Friday CH (CPT) Steve Walton, 446
Movement Control Battalion, Kaiserslautern,
Germany (PCA - Southeast Alabama) I am
grateful to report that I successfully completed the
Captains' Career Course, so a big thank you to
everyone who prayed with me about that! By God's
grace I finished the online portion by the deadline,
and then got a last-minute slot in the residency
phase. Praise the Lord with us that this important
milestone is now behind me. In the fall, I intend to
start a lunchtime Bible study at my unit, and my
commander has encouraged this. I am also planning
a day trip for members of my unit, touring some
significant Luther & Reformation sites in our area.
It appears I'll continue to lead the EUCOM Bible
Study for the year ahead. There are not many
Chaplains in Stuttgart who are willing to baptize
infants, so some of the local active duty Chaplains
have reached out to me when such ministry needs
arise. Our church here has lost quite a few families
over the past year, but we hope the current PCS
season will bring new people to our ranks. We are
also making plans to reinstate Sunday School in the
fall, and to host a Reformation mini-conference. We
enjoyed having both of our sons home with us this
past summer. PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray that
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the Lord will bless my service for Him in my
battalion and on post here in Stuttgart, and that our
sons would thrive spiritually and academically.
Pray also that I would faithfully preach the Word
and shepherd Christ's flock, both in this
congregation I pastor and in every opportunity my
Chaplain duties afford me.
EMAIL: [email protected]
7 Saturday CH Jeff Woods, UAB Hospital,
Birmingham, AL (PCA - Evangel) I’ve been in
the Emergency Department for about 5 months
now. It is bigger than a football field. On a typical
day every space is full (there are over 50 spaces)
with many more patients waiting. UAB is the
primary level 1 Trauma Center in the state, which
means many patients are air lifted to the hospital
from all over the state. I see Motor Vehicle Crash
Victims, Gun Shot Wound Victims, ATV Crash
Victims, Stabbing Victims, and Rape/Assault
Victims usually within minutes of their arrival.
PRAYER REQUESTS: My prayer request is that I
continue to be blessed with discernment and
wisdom as I minister to those who are experiencing
such frightening things.
EMAIL: [email protected]
8 Sunday CH Chris Jennings, Northeast Georgia
Medical Center, Gainesville, GA (PCA - Georgia
Foothills) God has been very gracious to me as I
have filled the Manager of Pastoral Care role at
Northeast Georgia Health System (based in
Gainesville, Georgia) now here for about 15
months. It has been a tremendous opportunity for
growth for me in leadership and being a resource
for other Chaplains. I have two direct reports (staff
Chaplains) and I also lead our Volunteer Chaplain
program (about 30 volunteer Chaplains) and our
Contract Chaplain program (about 25). PRAYER
REQUESTS: Our department and our health
system are both undergoing a tremendous amount
of change, so please pray that God would bless my
ministry and leadership in our department. Pray that
God would use our department to minister His love
to the patients, families and staff here in our
hospitals. Pray also that God would be with my
wife Nicole as she is a stay-at-home mom to our
seven children (Samuel, Thomas, Caroline, Claire,
Matthew, John and Amelia). I am very grateful for
God’s work in our life as a family and we covet
your prayers for us!
EMAIL: [email protected]
9 Monday CH Ed Fleagle, Chaplain - Arkansas 1
DMAT & CAP, Little Rock, AR (ARPC - First
Presbytery) I remain a CAP Chaplain as a patron
member and a Chaplain for the Arkansas Team One
of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT).
The federal government has been on a trend to
eliminate Chaplains within the HHS. Unless those
orders are rescinded by the current administration,
our presence will no longer be with any Disaster
Medical Assistance Team. PRAYER REQUESTS:
Pray that this trend to eliminate Chaplains with
DMAT would be reversed.
EMAIL: [email protected]
10 Tuesday CH (MAJ) Drew Arrington, USA,
US Army Chaplain Center & School, Fort
Jackson, SC (ARPC - Catawba Presbytery) I
continue to serve at the US Army Chaplain Center
and School training civilian ministers to be Army
Chaplains. The major project which occupied a lot
of time and effort is close to approval. Now begins
the task of evaluating the training and doing some
research for further developing the course.
PRAYER REQUESTS: I ask prayers for me, my immediate family, and my
extended family. With a heavy and sorrowful heart
I ask for your prayers. This summer saw the death
of my father from lung cancer in late June. A week
later, my niece died suddenly in an accident while
the family was gathered to support my mother. Pray
that we may seek the God of peace and the comfort
that only He can provide.
EMAIL: [email protected]
11 Wednesday LT John Um, CHC, USN,
Deployed aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC19),
(PCA - Korean Southeastern) Praise the Lord!
Our RMT conducted Suicide Prevention Campaign,
“Seeking out help is a sign of strength” and our
Sailors did 50 push-ups at Hawk Nest to remind
everyone of 50 Sailors’ suicide related deaths in
2016 and to promote the suicide prevention
campaign. Religious Ministries Teams organized
more than 10 Community Relations events, one of
which was a visit to Shunkouen Orphanage for
2017. Many donated gifts and American candies
from our Sailors were distributed to close to 70
children in the orphanage house. We had a blessed
time with them playing sports, reading books, and
games. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for
God's plan over our next ministry opportunity and
duty station. We will be moving to Washington
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State from Japan in June 2018 as a Coast Guard
Chaplain. Pray for our daughter Grace as she will
be leaving the middle school and her friends.
EMAIL: [email protected]
12 Thursday Ch Lt Col John Sackett, USAF,
Wing Chaplain, 71 FTW/HC, Vance Air Force
Base, OK (PCA - Rocky Mountain) Thanks again
for the continued support and encouragement from
many of our Guardian partners. Susan and I have
felt loved and encouraged. Susan continues to
slowly heal from some radiation damage to her
esophagus and airway, and while it's discouraging,
by God's grace she has continued to support the
family and chapel ministry in tremendous fashion.
Our Worship service is going well. 1 John is a
blessing to preach through and we are experiencing
slow growth in attendance and volunteering. We
have also started a Sunday Night small group using
William Barcley's "The Secret of Contentment".
We have four couples in our study, and our college
age daughters (Abbey and Laura) are leading a
parallel study for their older children. Susan also
has launched a leadership wives' prayer group and
is expecting about six base leader's wives to attend.
I am grateful to the Lord for His sustaining grace,
and for increasing our love for Him. Recently one
of our Chaplain assistants stopped by our house the
night before she flew to Korea, with tears in her
eyes she thanked Susan and I and remarked "You
have changed my life"... We rejoiced that we had
the opportunity to remind her that God was
changing her life, and He would continue that work
of grace even in Korea. PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please join me in praying for real healing for Susan.
Pray also that her MRI's would show no return of
cancer at this one-year point. Please also join us in
praying through the above mentioned ministry
items. Finally, thanks for your continued prayer for
me with respect to how and when to finish out my
time in the Chaplaincy and for God to open the
right doors for ministry afterwards. Thanks again
for joining us in prayer.
EMAIL: [email protected]
13 Friday CH (COL) Keith Goode, USA,
Deployed to Middle East (PCA - South Texas) As
you read this update, I will have returned to the
Middle East to assume the duties of the Combined
Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve
(CJTF-OIR) Chaplain. In that role, I am responsible
for the overall supervision and management of the
religious support personnel across the Syria and
Iraq region. This Task force includes more than 30
US Chaplains and a dozen Coalition Chaplains
representing 8 different nations. The opportunity is
great, but it is the realizations that this is simply the
first quarter of ministry that will stretch out over the
next very long year. PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray
for wisdom to lead well- by example,
encouragement, and candor. Even with the good
news about how ISIS is being defeated, the needs in
the Middle East remain overwhelming politically,
militarily, and spiritually. How to minister in Jesus'
name to a world gone mad is my prime prayer every
day, and I ask you to join me in the same!
EMAIL: [email protected]
14 Saturday CH Ken Hargis Jr., Washington
Regional Hospice, Fayetteville, AR (PCA -
Covenant) I am continuing to pursue certification
as a CPE Supervisor so that I may begin training
other Chaplains and help them get their credentials.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray that I may
effectively represent Christ to the dying and their
families and that God will 'open doors' at the end to
any who do not know Him so that I may share the
Gospel and help them leave this world with hope
and peace.
EMAIL: [email protected]
15 Sunday CH (COL) Bob Nay, USA, U.S. Army
Security and Assistance Command, Red Stone
Arsenal, AL (PCA - Philadelphia) I spend a bit of
my time on the road providing religious support and
care to our personnel. I appreciate the local Army
Garrisons who provide financial support for me to
conduct spiritual fitness luncheons. These
luncheons are growing in size. The focus is the
power of the Gospel in us to love Christ and our
neighbor and to stand firm in the daily challenges
we face. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for
my travels overseas, my distance education for the
Army War College, and that we remain at Redstone
until my daughter graduates high school.
EMAIL: [email protected]
16 Monday CH Al Herrington, Tippah County
Hospital, Ripley, MS &, New Albany, MS (PCA -
Eastern Carolina) Maybe one of the best Chaplain
moments happened when I was on duty this week. I
stopped to go into Walmart. Walking in the door, a
young boy saw my Chaplain cap and uniform and
he asked what a Chaplain does. As I stooped down
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to talk with him I explained that I was there to help
protect him. His mother and other people gathered
to hear what I had to say. He asked me about my
badge, knife, and gun. I let him blow my whistle. I
told him I help, protect and serve others. I shared
with them that I get to talk to others like him about
Jesus. The doorway was getting crowded by now
and the Walmart greeter was not happy we were
congregated there. He told me to be on my way as
there were busy shoppers coming in. However, the
young boy, his mother and others wanted to hear
more. We moved out of the way of the door and I
continued to share with all of them. As he left he
gave me a big smile. You might think this is a small
incident but in God’s providence it is being ready to
give an answer for the hope we have within us. That
is one of the privileges I have as a PRCC Chaplain.
I go into a lot of difficult situations but talking to a
young boy and others was important for that
moment. PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for strength
to work through health related issues of allergies to
mold and back disc problems. I have a need of a
good used truck for my Chaplain’s ministry. Pray
for Sheriff’s deputies to know God’s peace as they
face increasing danger every day.
EMAIL: [email protected]
17 Tuesday Ch Maj Chris Reeder, USAF, 355
MDG/12 AF/ AMARG Chaplain, Davis
Monthan AFB, AZ (ARPC - Florida Presbytery) Things continue to go well here at Davis Monthan
Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ and we continue to
enjoy our outstanding leadership. At the time of my
last report my wife Jennifer and I were anticipating
notification of an assignment. Since that report we
received that notification and then soon after
received a second notification that we were not
moving after all but instead staying in place at
Davis Monthan AFB for one more year. My buddy,
one of the other Chaplains on staff, who has been
working ACSC (Air Command and Staff College)
via on-line correspondence with me has completed
the course (I’m still working on it) and he is
unexpectedly moving this summer. Jen and I will
miss him and his family. They have been dear
friends. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray as I
continue to work on ACSC, for my buddy as he
goes to his new assignment, and for our two new
Chaplains who will be joining our staff soon.
EMAIL: [email protected]
18 Wednesday CH Douglas Perkins, St. Francis
Hospital/Compassionate Care Hospice,
Wilmington, DE (PCA - Heritage) I remain as
Senior Chaplain for Compassionate Care's
Wilmington/New Castle palliative/hospice work.
And I praise God that "no more on-call shifts" for
weeknights & weekends frees me up to focus on
church-pastoring & revitalization work (including
mercy ministries) here in metro
Wilmington/Wilmington Manor. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Pray that new church officers (elders,
deacons) can be further built up and
elected/installed in 2018 for both my 'parishes': City
Church of Wilmington and the revitalized
Wilmington Manor congregation (which MAY be
re-titled "Church of All Nations"). I've never had a
sabbatical in my 30+ years of ministry, so my wife
Pam & I praise God for our health holding up
(physically, spiritually, emotionally, and mentally)-
-even with raising 5 kids (2 adopted) and
specializing in cross-cultural ministry in
metropolitan areas. Ask the Lord of the Harvest to
continue to empower us & those we equip. Pray that
Pam would "finish strong" her second & final year
as chair of our presbytery's Women's Ministry
Council. It will culminate in the annual March 2018
gathering which last year (in her first 'presiding')
drew over 200 ladies, with an additional track of
pastor's & Chaplain's wives. Pray that I'd be
applying much of the "by faith" passages from
Hebrews 11 which were memorized during 2016-
17. Ask God that I'd remember to pray similar to
Jehoshaphat: "LORD, I don't know what to do...but
my eyes are upon You!"
EMAIL: [email protected]
19 Thursday CH (LTC) Wylly Collins, Joint
Forces Headquarters, Alabama ARNG,
Montgomery, AL (PCA - Southeast Alabama) We are now in the midst of hurricane season. We
continue to monitor possible storms in the Gulf of
Mexico for any potential hurricanes. We will be
having our annual Religious Support Team Training
with our Chaplains and Chaplain Assistants in the
Alabama Air and Army National Guard. This year
we will be having training on how to conduct
couples counseling. There is a real focus on
resiliency in the military today. We hope that this
additional training will give more tools to our
Chaplains as they minister to Soldiers/Airmen and
their spouses. We will also be hosting a British
Army Reserve Chaplain. We are looking forward to
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learning from him on how Chaplains minister in the
Army Reserve in the United Kingdom. We are
seeing a number of applicants who are interested in
becoming either Chaplains or Chaplain Candidates.
PRAYER REQUESTS: I praise God for that.
Thank you for your prayers and support!
EMAIL: [email protected]
20 Friday CH (LTC) Mark Levine, USA, U.S.
ARCENT, Shaw AFB, SC (PCA - Missouri) My
wife, Cameron, and I are grateful to be able to
report that I’ve been extended in my assignment as
the ARCENT Deputy Command Chaplain until
next summer! Now, while it is the prerogative of
the Army to change its mind, this is initially great
news for us. We love the area and continue to grow
in grace through involvement in the ministry of
First Pres. in Columbia. I have the privilege of
mentoring several younger men, and am also
involved in a single men’s Bible Study group. Lord
willing, I will be able to finish work on my D.Min.
by next summer, as I’ve just finished up the course
work in May. Work at ARCENT continues apace. I
am continuing my Bible Study in the Sermon on the
Mount, and soon will transition to teach through
Galatians. PRAYER REQUESTS: Once again, I
am humbled and grateful for the prayers of many of
you, several of which have been kind enough to
drop a line of encouragement to me. Please pray
that the Lord would abundantly bless the various
avenues of ministry both Cameron and I are
involved with. Especially pray that we would
experience many open doors for evangelism,
counseling, and transformed lives through the Word
of God here at ARCENT. Also please pray that the
Lord would provide a buyer for the house we are
trying to sell in the Ft. Campbell, KY area.
Continue to pray for my son, David, that he would
come to faith; for my daughter, Luci, for blessing in
her work, contentment, and a godly husband.
Lastly, I would appreciate prayers for wisdom,
discernment, and open doors as to the Lord’s
leading in the last third of our lives.
EMAIL: [email protected]
21 Saturday Ch Maj Mark McKellen, USAF, 87
ABW/HC, McGuire AFB, NJ (PCA - South
Texas) By the time this goes to print, I will have
deployed to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. While
there, I will serve as the Deputy Wing Chaplain.
My units will be the Expeditionary Medical Group
and the Combined Air Operations Center.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for God's
protection of my family while deployed. Also,
please pray that God would open doors of ministry
opportunities to share the Gospel. Thank you for
your continued prayer support.
EMAIL: [email protected]
22 Sunday CH (MAJ) Seth George, USA, 3rd
Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Carson, CO (PCA - Rocky Mountain) My unit is
starting to wrap up a 9 month deployment to
Central Europe. I have had the privilege of
supporting battalion Chaplains and Chaplain
Assistants in units deployed to the Baltics, Poland,
Germany, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. We
have been able to interact with Chaplains from most
of these countries. Of particular interest were the
questions from the Latvian Chaplains who live in a
secular society much like ours and asked how we as
U.S. Chaplains maintain relevance in a culture that
appears to value secularism. Our discussion
revolved around the importance of timely ministry
and evangelism at the platoon level and trusting that
God will open doors that we cannot. In my
estimation, that has always been and always will be
the joy and challenges of the Army Chaplaincy.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Including myself, there
are eight Chaplains in our brigade, please pray for
us as we re-deploy and integrate back into our
homes. Also, pray for the Chaplains in these other
countries that they will be effective in their ministry
as well.
EMAIL: [email protected]
23 Monday CAPT Dwight Horn, CHC, USN, I
MEF, Camp Pendleton, CA (PCA -
Philadelphia) The ministry is focused on two
central issues: 1) development and care of 60
Religious Teams; and 2) continuous training that
explores God's truth for war and captures it in
philosophical concepts that enable open discussions
for all while inciting inner spiritual awakenings.
With both, I have had great opportunities and it is
exciting to see God work. PRAYER REQUESTS:
As I provide training in many settings, pray that
God uses those opportunities to open conversations
that lead to metamorphosis and metanoia (Rom
12:1-2)
EMAIL: [email protected]
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24 Tuesday 2LT Ken Kruchkow, Westminster
Theological Seminary, Glenside, PA (OPC -
Presbytery of Michigan and Ontario) We just
finished a three week training and it was
unbelievable! The breadth of ministry experiences
in such a short time was amazing. I had more
gospel conversations, passed out more Bibles and
had more encouraging counseling moments than I
have ever experienced in this short of time
compared to any of the other ministries I've been
part of. I was privileged to get to shadow my
Chaplain during several situations before being sent
on a mission by myself to fill in for a Chaplain.
Much of what I saw shadowing was put into use
when I was on my own. My mission went so well
that I was given an Army Achievement Metal.
Chaplaincy is a great ministry opportunity and I
thank you for your prayers during this time and in
the months to come. PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please pray for endurance for my family and me,
grace with those I interact with, and full healing of
my leg. It is still experiencing setbacks after
progress was made.
EMAIL: [email protected]
25 Wednesday CH (CPT) Edward Kim, USA,
304th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, South
Korea (KAPC - Northern California Eastern
Presbytery) I will be doing multiple projects on
suicide prevention for out unit. I'm organizing our
resources for suicide prevention since it has been
one of the biggest issues for the Soldiers. Also, I'm
bringing ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention
Skills Training) to the unit, so that there will be
multiple layers of first-aid type of resources
available around the Soldiers. Hopefully this will
help with this ongoing issue. PRAYER
REQUESTS: I am heading into the second year of
my Korea tour, and hopefully will be going to C4
(Chaplain Captain's Career Course) next summer. I
want to finish strong as I provide the exact ministry
that this BN needs, and at the same time, the Family
will continue to be taken care of as we move on
from here.
EMAIL: [email protected]
26 Thursday LT Stephen Scott, CHC, USN,
Naval Base Point Loma, COMSUBRON 11, San
Diego, CA (PCA - Gulf Coast) I recently had the
privilege of going underway with one of my
subMarines. As we submerged, I observed how
detailed and specific the subMariners were as they
called out various commands to each other. I saw
how they trusted each other from the navigator
giving the proper course, to sonar listening for any
close contacts, to the helmsman who drove the
subMarine strictly by instrumentation. These
subMariners prepare and drill daily in order to
continue defending our country. It reminded me
about how we as believers should mimic this trust
and teamwork in our daily walk with Christ. We too
should be together preparing for the daily spiritual
battles we face and learn to sharpen each other as
we defend against the fiery darts of the evil one.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for the work load of
these subMariners. They have a difficult
deployment schedule and when they are back in
port, they still maintain strenuous schedules. Pray
for the challenges that come with Sailors struggling
to go under water for a length of time. Pray that I
would be able to provide wise counsel to them and
encourage them with comfort and hope that can
only come from Christ.
EMAIL: [email protected]
27 Friday CH Michael Barber, St. David's
Medical Center, Pastoral Care Dept., Austin, TX
(PCA - South Texas) Our large downtown hospital
continues to grow with construction of new added
rooms/units. Overall this is a wonderful ministry
that keeps me and my Chaplain team very busy.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for endurance
for myself and my Chaplain team in this ministry.
Please pray that I can continue to learn how to
sacrifice and care for my wife and two boys at
home. Lastly, praise God that we are pregnant with
a baby girl due in November! Please pray for a
healthy baby girl and healthy pregnancy for my
wife.
EMAIL: [email protected]
28 Saturday CH (CPT-P) Inhwan Noh, 106th
CH DET, New Windsor, NY (KPCA - Eastern
Northern Presbytery) I am currently waiting for
God's directing my future full-time ministry:
hospital Chaplaincy (CPE) or church ministry. I am
also waiting to be reassigned to a new unit.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray with me about
both of these matters. Pray also for me to be
spiritually recharged for the next ministry since
deployment. I am looking forward to seeing the
glory of God working in my ministry and for
becoming a true example of a joy-filled Christian in
my family and outside the family. Pray for the Lord
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to provide us a minivan that my family needs in the
near future.
EMAIL: [email protected]
29 Sunday CH (LTC) Tom McCort, USA, Camp
Zama, Japan, (PCA - Illiana) All is well in Japan!
I am still greatly enjoying the ministry here. The
Lord has blessed our services lately; we've seen
increased attendance as well as a few conversions.
The Contemporary service has really taken off. We
started it last OCT and its now our largest
Protestant service with roughly 120 attending each
week. I continue to lead the Gospel service, which
is a great privilege and joy for me. I marvel that
within God's providence, a white, Reformed
Presbyterian (me) leads a "spirited" (or Spirited!)
worship service of mostly African-Americans and
Japanese locals with Pentecostal leanings. God
moves in mysterious ways! PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please continue to pray for my zeal
and faithfulness to God in the many roles of life:
disciple, husband, father, pastor and garrison
Chaplain. I often wonder, "who is sufficient for
these things?" (2 Cor. 2.16) Also pray for Rachel as
she now teaches school, for Chris as he plans his
future, for Hailey and Brennan in High School.
EMAIL: [email protected]
30 Monday CH (MAJ) Lenny Siems, USA, 1
Jarrett White Road, Tripler AMC, HI (PCA -
Mississippi Valley) Colleen and I have been in
Hawaii for a year and are enjoying being here. I
continue my work in the hospital, visiting patients,
leading a Bible Study and managing the
Department’s funds. I enjoy working in the hospital
with so many interesting people. After working in
battalions and brigades for most of my time in the
Army it is exciting to minister to a broad spectrum
of people from Federal Civilian workers to
Veterans. I am learning a lot and to be able to
minister to such a variety of people has been
exciting and exhilarating! PRAYER REQUESTS:
Continue to pray for the ministry here at Tripler
Army Medical Center, that many would be
comforted by God’s Grace and presence in their
lives. Pray for our dog, Ginger, she has bad
allergies here in Hawaii, and is having medical
issues related to that
EMAIL: [email protected]
31 Tuesday CH (1Lt) Seth Duhs, New Covenant
Presbyterian Church, Natchez, MS (PCA -
Grace) Greetings brothers and sisters in Christ
from Natchez, MS! Things here are rocking along
as usual – being a solo pastor is definitely a full-
time job! As of last Sunday (July 9), we finished
examining two new Elder candidates and one
Deacon candidate for new leadership here in our
church! This is the first time new officers have been
trained since 2010, so a much needed blessing and
opportunity. My wife is five months pregnant with
our first child. We are excited! She is due in
November and we are waiting to find out the gender
until the child is born. There aren’t many surprises
left these days! I was also recently promoted to 1st
LT the first of May. I will head to BCC next May
for 6-8 weeks at Maxwell AFB! PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray for the continued growth
of our church, the anticipation and excitement of
our first child, longevity of life together, and the
energy to do ministry 24/7 in all seasons & areas of
life – from church work, to the Air Force, to the
Community College in town – wherever the Lord is
leading me.
EMAIL: [email protected]
November 2017
1 Wednesday LCDR Jason Gregory, CHC, USN,
Deployed aboard the USS JOHN P. MURTHA
(LPD 26) (PCA - Tennessee Valley) We are
nearing our first huge inspection onboard the ship,
so stress levels are relatively high. However, that
also gives me the opportunity to speak God's calm
into the chaos. Ministry at sea remains strong, but
we will soon be sent to "the yards" for several
months for routine upgrades to the ship. This will
mean plenty of time with our families. However,
yard periods are generally times when Sailors find a
lack of purpose (we are meant to go to sea!) and can
get into trouble! PRAYER REQUESTS: Please
pray that my Sailors will make good decisions.
Also, my wife and I are expecting our second child!
Our little girl will be born around Thanksgiving--
something truly to be thankful for. Please pray for
Mom and Baby's health and well-being.
EMAIL: [email protected]
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2 Thursday CDR Todd Orren, CHC, USN,
Newport, RI (PCA - Northern California) It has
been a very challenging time for me this year. I
have had some health issues. I had a heart ablation
the very end of 2016 and recently I had a total hip
replacement. I am still recovering and in some pain
but I trust the Lord has a good plan. The chapel is
being taken care of by the other Chaplain that is
stationed at Corry Station while I am healing. I look
forward to getting back to preaching and counseling
soon. I have been working through Romans on
Sunday mornings! PRAYER REQUESTS: Please
pray for my healing as well as the ministry at Corry.
Pray that we will proclaim the Gospel clearly and
that the students will respond with faith. Thank you
for your prayers it means a lot to us and our
ministry.
EMAIL: [email protected]
3 Friday CH (MAJ) Jay Outen, USA, 160th
SOAL (A), Fort Campbell, KY (PCA -
Covenant) Our unit received a grant to fund
alternate family resiliency events. These funds will
enable us to conduct father/son events,
father/daughter events, and parenting conferences.
These events have the potential to provide valuable
connections within the families of our Soldiers
returning from deployments! PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray for our family as our
oldest leaves for her freshman year of college in the
fall. Also please pray for the marriages within our
unit. Many of our Soldiers spend a significant time
away from home each year. This has a cumulative
effect over time.
EMAIL: [email protected]
4 Saturday CH Parker Johnson, First
Presbyterian Church, Brewton, AL (PCA -
Southeast Alabama) The Lord continues to bless
my efforts as a volunteer Chaplain for the Brewton
Police Department. I continue to do devotions two
or three times a week at shift change and counsel
officers when needs arise. I've been serving as
Chaplain for about a year now, and it’s encouraging
to see the inroads that the Lord has given me with
many of the officers. Ride alongs are particularly
fruitful as I get one-on-one time with officers for
several hours at a time! PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please pray for the general culture of the
department and the working relationships between
the officers. Pray especially for the marriages of all
first responders in the area. Pray also for my
continued favor with the administration.
EMAIL: [email protected]
5 Sunday Ch Maj Mike Howard, USAF, Wing
Chaplain, Fairchild AFB, WA (PCA - Northern
California) As we begin our second year, and as I
serve as Wing Chaplain at Spangdahlem Air Base
in Germany. We are thankful to God for Mike, Jr.'s
successful surgeries here in Trier, Germany. In June
and July he had two surgeries - corneal cross-
linking - to correct his keratoconus in both eyes
AND he had all four wisdom teeth removed. All
this while wrangling a job at Outdoor Recreation on
base. He returns to Dublin, Ireland in September to
begin his third year of studies. Shannon continues
to serve the base community as a "Key Spouse" for
the Wing Staff Agencies, as well as a volunteer at
Airman & Family Readiness. In July Shannon and I
moved into base housing! PRAYER REQUESTS:
With all the leadership transition this summer, I'd
ask you to pray for our relationships and ministry
with the new leaders, spouses and kids this fall.
Thank you for your faithful prayers!
EMAIL: [email protected]
6 Monday CH Michael Stewart, Columbus
Regional Health, Columbus, GA (PCA - Central
Georgia) Just this week in the neonatal intensive
care unit of the hospital a baby who had survived
four months since birth passed away. I was called
on to minister to the family and afterwards was
asked to facilitate a debriefing for the nurses and
physicians and other staff who had taken care of
this baby for all those days. Deaths in the hospital
take their toll emotionally and spiritually with our
dedicated and excellent staff. I'm grateful to be their
Chaplain and the one who can point them to the
ultimate comforter, the Lord Jesus Christ!
PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for my son as he
goes to seminary and for both him and his wife to
have a child.
EMAIL: [email protected]
7 Tuesday Ch Lt Col Mike Curtis, USAF, 25 AF
NSA/CSS TX, San Antonio, TX (PCA -
Missouri) The past few months have ushered in
some change in our units, mostly in growth of
number of persons to serve, but no growth for our
Religious Support Team. With our other Chaplains
at our site, we are able to faithfully minister to our
workforce, but challenges remain in reaching
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families - they cannot come onto our site nor attend
most events. We have started an initiative to
sponsor an event or two for them, as well as partner
with other offices for joint events. Our next one will
be a site-wide family day with tours. I have been
able to support our mission here; it is good to be
embedded into our operations! Changes ahead
include my amazing Chaplain Assistant retiring and
new missions happening for our site personnel. We
are always excited to be part of a joint military
environment, it is never boring! PRAYER
REQUESTS: Keep TSgt Annalisa Hernandez in
prayer as she transitions from our ministry here into
her next career path, also our men and women as
they work new and uncharted territory in defense of
our nation. Pray for our family as we make
decisions regarding college for our oldest son and
for the other boys as they face the ever-changing
morals of our world - that they can keep grounded
in faith. And join us in praise for the wonderful
team we have here and the ways in which we have
been able to mobilize volunteers to assist in
ministry!
EMAIL: [email protected]
8 Wednesday LCDR Cristiano DeSousa, CHC,
USN, NROTC NORTH CAROLINA, Durham,
NC (PCA - South Florida) I have successfully
relocated to the Durham, NC area for Navy student
duty at Duke Divinity School. I've registered for
four courses or 12 credit hours. It is a challenging
school schedule but rewarding in many ways.
Aimee and I have slowly adjusted to the new area
and rhythm. I am looking forward to doing well and
wrap up the fall semester this December! PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray that we may build
relationships within a local church. Please continue
to pray that God would grant us a child. Please pray
for God's blessings on my studies this fall.
EMAIL: [email protected]
9 Thursday CH Randy Williams, Memphis VA
Hospital, Memphis, TN (PCA - Northern
California) I will be beginning to address issues of
Moral Injury by talking to community clergy,
Stephens Ministry groups, and co-facilitating a
Moral Injury support group. Moral injury is the
damage done to a person’s conscience or moral
compass when they perpetrate, witness, or fail to
prevent acts that transgress their own moral and
ethical values. It can accompany PTS (Post
Traumatic Stress), or be separate from it. An
example might be when a person has neglected their
spiritual life for a number of years and feels guilty
asking for prayer since they've become ill. Or,
they've done things that has contributed to their
illness, i.e. drinking and driving led to an accident
and don't think that God will forgive them because
of their actions! PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for
our Vietnam veterans, many with declining health
due to Agent Orange. Pray for OIF/OEF/OND vets
who were exposed to open burn pits in the desert.
EMAIL: [email protected]
10 Friday CH (CPT) Kenneth Conklin, USA, 1-9
Cav., 2BDE, 1CD, Fort Polk, LA (PCA -
Missouri) I’m serving as the new Chaplain for 5-25
Field Artillery, part of 3rd Brigade of 10th
Mountain Division at Fort Polk, LA. We will soon
be deploying to Iraq for 9 months! PRAYER
REQUESTS: Pray for both Allyson and me to be
able to build relationships with the new people
we’ll meet at Polk. Pray that I’d be able to fit in
with the unit, and once we come back, fit in to
chapel and community at Polk. Pray that my
shepherding and ministry of Word and Sacrament
to my Soldiers would bear fruit, and that God would
use me to speak the Gospel and words of comfort,
mercy and truth into people’s hearts and lives.
EMAIL: [email protected]
11 Saturday CH Kyle Schmidt, Caris Healthcare
LP, Town & Country, MO (PCA - Missouri) I
am enjoying work with Caris Hospice in St. Louis
as spiritual care and bereavement director. The Lord
continues to open doors for His Word with our
patients and families. I am honored to be used in
this place and time for His purposes. I plan to
continue with more CPE training as opportunities
arise in the future. PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray
that I may love my family. Pray for vision for the
future with my wife working. Pray for our staff and
volunteers as burn out is a pressing concern in this
particular field of ministry.
EMAIL: [email protected]
12 Sunday CH (MAJ) Light Shin, USA,
USACHCS, Fort Jackson, SC (PCA - Korean
Eastern) I have recently had an incredible privilege
to lead worship services at 120th Reception
Battalion. This is the first stop for all trainees prior
to basic training, where they receive their uniform
and learn how to salute. Many are scared and
intimidated, but many are excited and motivated. It
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has been a wonderful opportunity to share the
gospel and be encouraged by their receptiveness to
the gospel. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray
that God would grant me wisdom and winsomeness
to apply the truth of God in the life of these new
trainees, that they would not be ashamed of the
gospel throughout their time in the basic training,
the Army, and life.
EMAIL: [email protected]
13 Monday CH David Kim, Pastoral Care Dept.
New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
(PCA - Korean Northeastern) As a part of my
ministry goals in this hospital, I plan to do a brief
survey with Patient Care Directors of my hospital in
order to implement ongoing education programs for
nursing staff in regards to collaborating with
pastoral care department. Also, I will continue to
offer educational sessions to new nursing staff
regarding 'Self-Care: prevention of compassion-
fatigue'. I hope this provides me a God-given
privilege to share with them about the secret of
peace only Christians can enjoy. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray for my quick recovery
from a health issue, and please pray for Jenny, my
wife's trip to Korea; for God's comfort and strength
for everyone in her family.
EMAIL: [email protected]
14 Tuesday CH (CPT) Jon Williams, 1182 DDSB
Support Battalion, North Charleston, SC (PCA -
Calvary) A year ago we moved to Fountain Inn
South Carolina where I am a full time solo pastor at
Fairview Presbyterian Church. Tracy and I have a
daughter Briley who turned two in July and are
expecting a baby due in January. We are thankful to
be in Fountain Inn. We look forward to serving the
Lord at Fairview PCA for years to come. I look
forward to continued service in the Army Reserve
for as long as possible also. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Pray for a possible transfer to a BDE
which is 20 minutes from (very close to) my house!
Pray that God would help me to set boundaries in
order to love my family well, and for prayer for
vision for our Church and renewed commitment to
knowing and following Christ.
EMAIL: [email protected]
15 Wednesday CH (MAJ) Eric Leetch, USA, I
CORPS HQ, JBLM, WA (PCA - South Florida) It has been a busy quarter here at JBLM. Actually,
most of these months have been spent away from
the base, either training at our home-away-from-
home in Yakima, WA, or at the National Training
Center in Fort Irwin. However, the Lord continues
to bless our family in countless ways, all of which I
am convinced are a result of the faithful prayers of
our "Guardian friends" and other loved ones. One
blessing in particular (one I am ashamed to say I
never prayed for) has had a wonderful effect on our
family and on the Brigade as a whole: our new
commander is both a fine leader and committed
follower of Christ. PRAYER REQUESTS: My
prayer request would be that I can support him in
Christ as he shoulders a heavy burden in the months
ahead.
EMAIL: [email protected]
16 Thursday CH Phillip Binnie, Miami VA
Healthcare System, Supervisory Chaplain,
Miami, FL (PCA - South Florida) I was recently
selected as a member of an advisory group to work
on the new Miami VA Policy for Life Sustaining
Treatments. The intent is to give treatment options
to veterans at end of life well before they may be
needed. We have about 12 months to roll out this
VA-wide mandated policy with approvals.
PRAYER REQUESTS: I request prayer that the
spiritual perspective will be honored for veterans
and their families in preparing for end of life care.
Thank you.
EMAIL: [email protected]
17 Friday CH (MAJ) Andy Nix, USA, Garrison
Chaplains Office, Fort Stewart, GA (ARPC -
Catawba Presbytery) Ministry remains busy as
units on post prepare for deployment or long term
training. With these events, workloads across post
increase and my office is no exception. I expect to
see an increase in marriage counseling as well as
overall increase in conflict, alcohol and drug abuse
and domestic violence. PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please pray for all the Unit Ministry Teams across
post as we seek to minister to those whom God has
placed in our paths as well as continue to care for
ourselves and our families. Please continue to pray
for me professionally that the burdens of this
counseling does not become more than I can bear
and that I continually rely on the strength of the
Lord as opposed to my own strength and
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knowledge. My oldest daughter is looking hard at
colleges and will be starting her senior year in just
over a month. Pray that the Lord will give her
wisdom as she makes a selection and pray for my
wife and me as we guide her in this endeavor. My
family is doing wonderfully and we are all growing
in the knowledge and grace of our Lord Jesus, pray
that it continues.
EMAIL: [email protected]
18 Saturday CH Christopher Brown, MUSC
Hospital, 169 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC (PCA
- Lowcountry) I just recently passed my 10 year
anniversary at MUSC. It's hard to believe it's been
that long! God has certainly blessed me that I can
do the work of ministry to the sick and suffering
full time. A comment I often hear at the hospital is
"You have a hard job; I don't know how you do it."
To be honest, I don't know either, except for the
grace of God! On a recent visit a patient talked
about some of the profound sadness and stress in
her spirit. It was a blessing to share the Truth with
her and to see the Light start to break through.
PRAYER REQUESTS: I would appreciate your
prayers for my spiritual life. Space doesn't permit
me to go into detail, but I will say God seems to be
leading me through a "refining" time. Please do
pray that "He who began a good work will be
faithful to complete it".
EMAIL: [email protected]
19 Sunday CH (CPT) Ted Hamm, USA, 503D
MP BN (ABN), Fort Bragg, NC (PCA - South
Florida) I have continued to be highly encouraged
as to ministry and gospel opportunities at my unit
and chapel during this year with the Blackhawk
Combat Aviation battalion. We recently received
surprise orders to move to Ft Meade, Maryland. I
will be a Chaplain recruiter; fishing for new
Chaplains in the northeastern US. After admittedly
initial disappointment, we are getting excited about
what God has for us. His ways are above our ways
and He is the one who plans our steps. While I will
miss direct Soldier contact as a traditional Army
Chaplain of a unit during this season, it will be
somewhat of a break from the fast operations tempo
of Fort Bragg. And it may be an opportunity to
pursue the DMin schooling I have thought about the
last couple years. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please
pray for our marriage and family relationships:
preparing for and during the move, and during our
last couple years together before Craig leaves for
college. Please pray that I may have an impact on
the types of Chaplains who come into the Army,
and that God will use me to coach, mentor, and pray
with young seminary students or pastors
considering this calling.
EMAIL: [email protected]
20 Monday CH (MAJ) Shannon Philio, USA,
593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command,
JBLM, WA (PCA - Grace) I've been living out of
suitcases for the last month and a half. I redeployed
from my 10-month tour in Kuwait on 7 June, signed
out of Fort Bragg on 13 June, and enjoyed post-
deployment leave on the MS Gulf Coast before I
reported to Joint Base Lewis McChord under
Seattle/Tacoma, WA on 1 August. I am the Deputy
Command Chaplain for the 593rd Expeditionary
Sustainment Command, responsible for overseeing
and mentoring seven battalion unit ministry teams. I
will be conducting many Strong Bonds marriage
and single Soldier retreats. I will be preaching
regularly at the Main Post chapel. I am now at 20.5
years of active duty service, by God's grace and
favor. The calling to edify the flock in uniform and
evangelize the lost with the message of God's love
and salvation still burns brightly within me.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for a smooth
transition for me. Please continue to pray for the
Lord's working in and through me to minister to our
military team and families for His honor and glory.
EMAIL: [email protected]
21 Tuesday 2LT Conner Armstrong, True North
Custom, 75th CSH A Company, Ft. Gillam,
Chattanooga, TN (PCA - Tennessee Valley) As I
move to Fort Lauderdale to complete the remainder
of seminary as a residential Chaplain Candidate
student at Knox Theological Seminary, I have had
to transfer units. I move from the 75th Combat
Support Hospital in Fort Gillam, GA, to the 725th
Military Police Battalion in Fort Lauderdale. I am
in the process of finishing CHBOLC and look
forward to using the new knowledge I have
obtained. I have not met the Chaplain I will be
serving under at my new unit. PRAYER
REQUESTS: I would appreciate prayer regarding
finding a job while I finish seminary, ideally
something related to the Chaplaincy. We are also
adding a new member to our family, our first
daughter.
EMAIL: [email protected]
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22 Wednesday CH (CPT) Jonathan Secrest,
USA, 705 MPs, Fort Leavenworth, KS (PCA -
Calvary) I am starting my assignment with the
prison here at Fort Leavenworth and am looking
forward to getting to know the prisoners under my
care. This will be the first time we have lived on
post and are looking forward to interacting with the
community here. PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for
my opportunities to preach the gospel to both the
prison community and garrison community alike.
Pray for my older two daughters that they may
grow in grace and wisdom as they pursue their
future development.
EMAIL: [email protected]
23 Thursday CH (MAJ) Hwa Chung, USA, CPE,
Brook Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston,
TX (PCA - Korean Central) Greetings from San
Antonio, TX! I praise God for His faithfulness and
goodness. I thank you, our prayer warriors, for your
unceasing prayer support and words of
encouragement. I arrived safely here at San Antonio
(Fort Sam Houston), TX and began the Clinical
Pastoral Education (CPE) Resident Program with
eight other Army Chaplains. I will receive various
trainings (class work, 24 hours on-call-duty and
clinical ministry practicum) for one year in order to
become a hospital Chaplain. May God's blessings
be with you always! PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray
for family: My family will be at Fort Knox, KY
while I am in training. Please pray for their safety
and spiritual wellbeing. May God protect them and
guide their daily lives. Pray also for their health.
For me: Please pray for my training. May God give
me wisdom and understanding so that I can
complete the training successfully. Pray also for the
Chaplains receiving the training with me so that we
can all work together in harmony and unity in Jesus
Christ.
EMAIL: [email protected]
24 Friday LCDR Buster Williams, CHC, USN,
NSSC Kings Bay, Kings Bay, GA (PCA -
Northwest Georgia) We are in the middle of
transitioning to our new assignment with the
Marine air group in Hawaii! We anticipate lots of
opportunities for Bible studies, counseling young
Marines and their families, service in local
churches, and outreach opportunities with our
Marine families. I may be doing short deployments
or field exercises in the very near future. Hoping
work events don't turn our tour with the Marines
into a combat deployment so pray for our leaders.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for a smooth
transition to Hawaii- especially quick and excellent
housing, help in finding a local church and support
group, initial positive impressions on my new
command, and for the kids to quickly adjust to a
new environment. Prayers for personal loss -
Christa's mom died in late June and my very close
cousin on the 4th of July leaving behind 4 young
children and his common law wife. Pray for
salvation for Buster's family, and for many to come
to Christ and be encouraged in Christ through the
new ministry in Hawaii.
EMAIL: [email protected]
25 Saturday Ch Capt JR Harris JR, USAF, 5
BW/HC, Minot AFB, ND (PCA - Pacific) The
year 2017 closed out with a lot of transition and
change for the Harrises. We PCS'd to Minot AFB,
ND to serve as the Deputy Wing Chaplain for the
5th Bomb Wing. In my first job as a Deputy Wing
Chaplain, supervising five Chaplains, I'm learning a
great deal about leadership and about how the Lord
has called me and equipped me to serve. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Pray for me to be able to adapt to this
new base (in an austere location) quickly so that I
can best serve the mission and the people of Minot.
Also, pray for Abby and me to find solid Christian
community where we can invest in and be loved in.
EMAIL: [email protected]
26 Sunday CH (LTC) Collin Grossruck, USA,
USAG-RP, (PCA - Pacific Northwest) I’m just
starting to lead pastors, volunteers, and staff in
ministry to six congregations in the Kaiserslautern
area. This community is really six sub-communities
with diverse locales and needs. It is like a large base
divided in many small towns separated by
highways. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray the
Lord enables us to rebuild relationships damaged by
past mismanagement. Leadership has been lacking
and much change is needed to move forward in a
positive way. Stand with us in faith for God to
provide new pastors for chapels full of many
faithful volunteer ministers.
EMAIL: [email protected]
27 Monday CH (MAJ) Samuel Rico, USA, Yale
Divinity School, New Haven, CT. (PCA - Rocky
Mountain) Thank you all for your prayers. By the
time you get this note my family and I will have
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arrived at Yale Divinity School. The past five years,
my family has done some serious bouncing around
the country and the kids with their schools. God has
held them up, and we're praying they'll be stronger
for it. We are excited and thankful for the chance to
attend Yale. My family's support has been fantastic.
I love them dearly, they're so flexible. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Pray for my kids as they transition
(we'll only be at Yale one year and then move
again). Pray for my wife and me as we raise our
little Francesca alongside our teens. Pray for our
continued growth in storing up treasures in heaven
as a family. Pray that God uses this time of study
for His glory and spreading the reign of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.
EMAIL: [email protected]
28 Tuesday CH (CPT) Jason Hill, USA,
Headquarters Battalion, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, NY (PCA - James River) I
am getting settled into the unit and assessing the
needs of the Soldiers. We will implement Chaplain-
led programs to assist in meeting the discovered
needs, including a marriage enrichment training
program. We will begin preparations for
deployment in early 2018. PRAYER REQUESTS:
Pray that the Lord would allow my family to
connect closely with friends that will help their
growth in Christ. Pray also for the Lord's guidance
as to what programs to begin to help the families of
the unit grow spiritually and for God's favor with
my leaders in the unit and with the division and
garrison Chaplains.
EMAIL: [email protected]
29 Wednesday CH (MAJ) Mike Keifman, USA,
Combined Arms Sustainment Command
(CASCOM), Fort Lee, VA (ARPC - Virginia
Presbytery) We have moved from Okinawa to Fort
Lee, Virginia. I have been assigned to the
Combined Arms Sustainment Command
(CASCOM) as the Capabilities Developer for the
Chaplain Corps. I will be providing advice on
Chaplain Corps capabilities for the Army. I will
also be holding regular Bible studies, prayer
breakfasts, pastoral counseling, and Sunday
worship services. Sue and Dan are doing very well.
Sue will continue to homeschool Dan. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray for our Soldiers at Fort
Lee. Many are new to the Army and need direction
and strength as they transition from civilian to
military life. Also please pray for the Chaplains at
Fort Lee, that their ministry will bear fruit for
Christ.
EMAIL: [email protected]
30 Thursday Ch Capt Chad Montgomery,
USAF, McConnell AFB, Deputy Wing Chaplain,
Wichita, KS (PCA - South Texas) Transitions are
often challenging. I could write a "things are
perfect" note, but post-fall life is mixed. On July 9
the unit gave us a farewell roast/share time and then
we started driving to Wichita, Kansas. Most
military Chaplains experience these. It is a reminder
of many things: people you poured into and missed
nights with your family in order to help will not be
there for various reasons. Some people you talked
too much less than others will thank you for what
you did. Many will just enjoy the moment and then
you are gone from their memory once you move.
Not unlike pastoral ministry and life in general. A
powerful reminder to me once again that we are
called to be faithful - see Luke 17:10. Our influence
does infiltrate many thanks be to God. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Kansas (my kids only know N.
Carolina since we have been there for almost 7
years). Pray for my parents (Dad has advanced
cancer).
EMAIL: [email protected]
December 2017
1 Friday CH (LTC) Jim Carter, USA RET,
PRCC Executive Director, CH Del Farris,
Civilian Chaplains, CH (COL) Mack Griffin,
USAR RET, Military Chaplains, CH CDR Dave
Tubley, USN RET, Military Chaplains, and
Gary Hitzfeld, Administrative Assistant and
Guardian Editor We summarize our calling to the
PRCC with four “C” words: “Catch, Credential,
Care for and Cover the backs of” PRCC Chaplains.
These are challenging days for our Bible believing,
teaching and preaching Christian Chaplains, and
Jim and his PRCC Staff are working hard in all four
of these areas of ministry. Although Chaplain
salaries and operating expenses are paid for by the
institutions they work for, the PRCC Staff must
raise financial support from individuals and
churches to cover our salaries and operating
expenses. If you and/or your church are considering
some year end gifts to Christian Ministries, we
would be grateful if you would include us in those
considerations. You may donate online at
www.PRCC.co. Please also remember Chaplain
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Ministries in your estate planning. Thank you very
much for your faithful prayer and much needed
financial support.
EMAIL: [email protected]
2 Saturday CH Lynell Friesen, HSHS St.
Nicholas, Sheboygan, WI (PCA - Pacific
Northwest) I recently accepted a call to Chaplain
ministry at St. Nicholas in Sheboygan, WI. St.
Nicholas is a 185-bed nonprofit community hospital
sponsored by the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis
(HSHS), and is located within the western
Wisconsin division. This hospital operates three
others within the greater Green Bay Area. At
present I am still acclimating to the transition from
urban Alaska to this rural northeastern Wisconsin
ministry. PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for us as
we endeavor to find a church home for my wife and
me in Sheboygan. Pray for employment for Debbie,
my wife, that best uses her gifts and skills. Pray for
me to develop interpersonal relationships with
patients and individuals that focus on deepening our
relationship with Christ within this traditionally
Catholic, Lutheran, Dutch Reformed, and Hmong
community.
EMAIL: [email protected]
3 Sunday CH (COL) Dan Oh, USA, U.S. Army
Intelligence & Security Command Chaplain,
Fort Belvoir, VA (PCA - Korean Southwest) I
would like to express my deepest gratitude for those
who prayed for me while I was a student at the Air
War College in Maxwell AFB, AL. I happily report
that I have successfully completed the program and
recently made a Permanent Change of Station
(PCS) to the United States Army Intelligence and
Security Command (INSCOM) in Ft. Belvoir, VA
as its Command Chaplain. INSCOM is a complex
organization with more than 17,000 assigned
personnel across the globe for whom I am
responsible to provide religious support as well as
overseeing 37 Chaplains and their ministries. The
job is certainly challenging, but I know that its
rewards will be great. PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please pray for wisdom from the Lord as I am
learning about my job and how INSCOM operates
as well as strength from the Lord as I will be
travelling extensively. Please continuously pray for
my two daughters who currently live and work in
Washington D.C. As always, I am immensely
grateful and indebted to all of our prayer warriors.
EMAIL: [email protected]
4 Monday CH (CPT) Leon Buchanan, USA, 1-91
CAV (Airborne) 173rd IBCT (A), Grafenwoehr,
Germany (ARPC - First Presbytery) We just
PCSed to Germany and we are experiencing some
culture shock. We are getting our feet under us and
we are starting to build relationships with the unit
and the chapel. The family is excited to live in
Germany and we pray that God will open people's
heart to the Gospel. We are in a state of hurry up
and wait as we are patiently anticipating our
housing, goods and car. PRAYER REQUESTS:
Pray for God to prepare the hearts of my new Unit,
and for God to use this time in Europe for the
outpouring of His Spirit on my family. Pray also for
a gathering of godly women to surround my wife as
I minister to troops.
EMAIL: [email protected]
5 Tuesday LCDR John Van Dyke, CHC, USN,
COMNAVSURFLANT Ministry Center,
Norfolk, VA (PCA - Western Carolina) I am
assuming duties as the Chaplain for DESRON 28.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray that I will
serve my own ship well, as well as the four
Chaplains whom I supervise on the other ships in
our Destroyer Squadron. Please pray for our
daughter, Rachel, as she launches out on her own.
Pray that she will trust the Lord and look to him for
His grace. Pray too for our son Samuel as he begins
in a new school this year. Pray for his growth in
faith and in wisdom.
EMAIL: [email protected]
6 Wednesday Daey Shim, 102ND TRAINING
DIVISION (MS), Fort Leonard Wood, MO
(PCA - North Texas) I continue serving as the
young adult minister at Korean Presbyterian Church
(PCA) in St Loui, and serving the 102ND Training
Division unit as a Chaplain Candidate. I am
planning to do a practicum for the chaplaincy
program at WestPoint in the summer 2018. I will
apply for CPE at local hospitals there. I am
currently at Fort Jackson for Chaplaincy training
(CHBOLC). PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray
for safety. Pray for me to be equipped with spiritual
strength.
EMAIL: [email protected]
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7 Thursday CH (MAJ) Michael Oliver, USA,
116th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort
Gordon, GA (PCA - Nashville) I became the
116th Military Intelligence Brigade Chaplain on
June 15, 2017. This unit is located at Fort Gordon
(Augusta, GA). I'm a geo-bachelor in this position,
but my wife and home are only two hours away and
I regularly visit home. This unit is "garrison-
deployed" and conducts missions 24/7. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Pray that I will effectively minister
to the 116th Military Intelligence Brigade. Also,
pray that I will be a good coach/teacher to my three
subordinate Unit Ministry Teams.
EMAIL: [email protected]
8 Friday LT Matt Heathman, CHC, USN, CNSS-
14 Ministry Center, Mayport, FL (ARPC -
Mississippi Valley Presbytery) We have returned
safely to the States and are transitioning into our
new home. After a month on the road and two
months in an apartment, we finally moved into our
house. I am beginning a new ministry with the
Navy in Mayport, Florida - outside of Jacksonville.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for me as I
begin a new ministry. Pray for our family,
especially the children, who have experienced a lot
of change in the past few months - our youngest
two are brand new to the States, one child does not
remember the US, and our eldest has some vague
memories of the US. The move has been the
toughest on the oldest two, please pray for them.
Also, I am due to deploy within the year. Please
pray for us as we have that on the horizon.
EMAIL: [email protected]
9 Saturday CH (LTC) LJ Creamer, USA, HRC,
Fort Knox, KY (ARPC - Northeast Presbytery) I
have relocated to Fort Knox, KY for a one year
pilot program at Human Resources Command.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray that I will
quickly learn new personnel systems so that I can
better serve Army Chaplains. Pray also for
opportunities to share the Gospel. Thank you for
your continued prayer support.
EMAIL: [email protected]
10 Sunday CH Brent Easton, Lourdes
Hospital/Hospice, Paducah, KY (PCA - Illiana) I
am grateful to the Lord that He has seen me through
the trial of Board Certification with Association of
Professional Chaplains and am happy to receive
final word on ratification and the Certification is in
the mail. In addition to Chaplaincy I also have the
regular opportunity to preach and fill pulpits in and
out of my Presbytery. It is a joy to have so many
opportunities to let the Light of Christ shine and
extend Hope to the Hurting. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray for me and my wife
Holly as we seek to raise Hosanna (12 1/2 and
Justus (11) who are both pre-teens. These are new
and difficult years for all of us. Pray for us to have
understanding and patience as they live these
internal changes and that we always point to Christ
as their only hope!
EMAIL: [email protected]
11 Monday CDR Scott Cauble, CHC, USN,
Naval Chaplaincy School & Center, Fort
Jackson, SC (PCA - Ohio Valley) I have now
completed two years as an instructor and Special
Projects Officer at the Naval Chaplaincy School in
Fort Jackson, SC. As I work into my third year, my
duties are more in the administrative realm of
ensuring our students receive the best possible
training as they serve the Lord and our nation's
Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardians. Since my
interest is in the history of our Chaplain Corps, I
have recently been given the opportunity to assist a
group in preparing for training that will be given
around the Navy in 2019. I am also beginning a
writing project that I hope will be used to educate
and inspire today's Chaplains with the lessons from
the past. PRAYER REQUESTS: I was recently
promoted to the rank of Commander and would
appreciate your thanking the Lord on my behalf to
serve in this new capacity.
EMAIL: [email protected]
12 Tuesday CH (MAJ) Jonathan Entrekin, USA,
Resource Manager, Fort Rucker, AL (PCA -
Tennessee Valley) My time as the Resource
Manager for the Religious Support Office at Ft.
Rucker is drawing to a close. I have orders to report
back to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, WA
on 08 January 2018. I will be serving as the 42d
Military Police Brigade Chaplain. This will be a
homecoming of two sorts. We were stationed at
JBLM from 2011-2015, so we are very familiar
with the area and already have a network of people
we look forward to reconnecting with. But also, this
will be my second time serving with Military
Police. In fact, I served in one of the MP Battalions
that falls under the 42d Brigade. I am very familiar
with the MP mission at JBLM which includes law
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enforcement, as well as prison support. There is a
Regional Correctional Facility on JBLM. In my
time serving with MPs, I realize they are a branch
that never gets to really "come home" from
deployment. They carry a loaded firearm every day
to work. Their work puts them daily at risk for their
lives. When they kiss loved ones good by every
morning, it could be their last kiss. They work shift
work regularly, making it difficult to spend
meaningful blocks of time with family. And, by
nature of their job, they are often witnesses of the
worst humanity has to offer. PRAYER
REQUESTS: As you pray for our family, please
pray for our Military Police and their families as
they assist, protect, and defend our Service
members. Please also pray for our family, as we
will be separated while the kids finish up the school
year here in Alabama. In the summer of 2018, I will
come back and move the whole family back up to
Washington State. Please pray for an inexpensive
living situation for me while alone at JBLM.
EMAIL: [email protected]
13 Wednesday CH (CPT) Andrew Spriensma,
USA, Deployed to (URCNA - Classis Central
U.S.) I have returned home from deployment and
have enjoyed a good mix of family and ministry
over the past few months. The Lord richly blessed
me with ample opportunities to proclaim the gospel
during the deployment, and many of the
relationships that were built during the deployment
continue to grow as we are back at home station.
We have recently started a bible study in our unit,
entitled CREDO: What do Christians really
believe? We are studying the Apostles Creed.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for the Lord's
blessing upon our study. I also ask that God would
give me wisdom and compassion in my daily
pastoral care and counselling.
EMAIL: [email protected]
14 Thursday CH (CPT) David DeRienzo, USA,
5-52 ADA, Fort Bliss, TX (OPC - Presbytery of
New York and New England) God is good in El
Paso! As a Chaplain you end up sharing preaching
responsibilities with others, but lately I've been able
to get in the pulpit at least two or three times a
month. By far the most beneficial use of my time!
Additionally, I've been teaching some material I
developed that is focused on financial stewardship
and ethical decision-making for young people as we
prepare for our Middle East deployment at the end
of the year. My family is well, with one entering 1st
grade, one in kindergarten, and the twins still at
home with mom. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please
pray for our marriages and families in the Battalion
as we will soon feel the strain of prolonged
separation. Please pray for our Battalion leadership
that they would seek the Lord and His wisdom in all
that they do.
EMAIL: [email protected]
15 Friday Ch Capt James Bond, USAF,
Chaplain, 19 AW/HC , Little Rock AFB, AR
(ARPC - Second Presbytery) Summer was busy as
Jennifer, the girls and I PCS'd from Little Rock to
Bolling AFB, Washington D.C. After spending
more than five weeks in temporary living facilities
(TLF), we were able to secure housing on base.
This is a definite blessing as traffic in the D.C. area
is heavily congested. Bolling is a joint Navy/Air
Force base providing service and support for the
Capitol region. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please
pray for us as we learn to adjust to the frenetic pace
of D.C. Blessings to you all.
EMAIL: [email protected]
16 Saturday CH (CPT) JJ Kim, USA, Chaplain
Captain Career Course, Fort Jackson, SC
(KAPC - Northern California Eastern
Presbytery) My family moved to Camp
Humphreys at the end of June and just finished In-
processing. Due to multiple trainings, the
OPTEMPO is high at 602d ASB with over 1,000
Soldiers. PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for BN
CDR, CSM and leaders of 602d, and for Soldiers of
602d ASB to accomplish their missions safely and
pray for their family members. Pray also for my
family, Reina, Abigail, and Eugene
EMAIL: [email protected]
17 Sunday LT Bill Schweitzer, CHC, USNR,
Marine Raider Training Center, Camp Lejeune,
NC (PCA – Low Country) During my yearlong
HMA from the mission field, I am serving as the
MARSOC school Chaplain. I have just completed
my first week. I am not yet up to speed on the
situation here, but I have already done some of the
kind of things I hoped I would do: I attended the
funeral of one of the young Marine Raiders (special
operators) killed on the recent C-130 crash and
spent a good while with his wonderful Christian
parents. I shared the gospel with a young man who
came to the Chaplain’s office looking for directions,
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and I had some decent time in prayer for the
command. PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for the
young man who heard the gospel and for me to
grasp what is needed here. Pray for three upcoming
retirement ceremonies I will be officiating, and
finally, for the numerous ways in which Pam and
the kids need to get set up for life here.
EMAIL: [email protected]
18 Monday LCDR Louis Lee, CHC, USN,
Command Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan
(KAPC - Northwest Presbytery) We are about to
begin a busy fall season of ministry and work.
There's nothing fancy about ministry/work - just an
everyday faithfulness and integrity. PRAYER
REQUESTS: I covet your prayers for vigor in my
ministry, God's protection for my family, daughter
going back to college (sophomore), and health of
my father who lives on the East Coast.
EMAIL: [email protected]
19 Tuesday CH (MAJ) Mike Turpin Jr., USA,
BDE Chaplain for the 25th CAB, Hawaii, HI
(PCA - Palmetto) It is a very busy time in our
home. One child is away at College, I am spending
four months away training and another child is
starting her senior year of high school and applying
for colleges. We are also building anticipation for
our next duty assignment. We are still running a
great little chapel service and celebrated our one
year anniversary here. The team members I am
working with are humble servants of Christ and it is
a joy to work with them. I still have Chaplains that I
supervise from Alaska to South East Asia. It is a
great opportunity and God is constantly blessing
our mission. PRAYER REQUESTS: I would ask
for prayers as I begin my four-month training and
the family is apart once again. Pray for that the
chapel service would thrive in my absence.
EMAIL: [email protected]
20 Wednesday CH (CPT) Luke Heibel, USA,
Deployed to Middle East (PCA - Tennessee
Valley) I am currently deployed and serving as the
Special Ops Task Force Chaplain. We are working
towards maintaining the pace of battlefield
circulation to provide Religious Support and
pastoral care to all of our Soldiers spread
throughout the country. Once things wind down
here there will be a busy season of reintegration
with retreats and support to families. PRAYER
REQUESTS: Please pray for safety and security
for all of our Troops; protection against injury and
death. Pray also for all the families, especially the
marriages of our deployed Soldiers. Pray that God
would both preserve and protect them, and for a
season of spiritual growth during the hardships of
war and separation.
EMAIL: [email protected]
21 Thursday CH (CPT) John Lee, USA, 1st
Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Germany
(KAPC - Northern California Eastern
Presbytery) We have been road marching
throughout the eastern Europe countries to
participate in one of the biggest multi-national
operations in Europe. Currently we are in Georgia
to finish our last military training with Georgian
Soldiers and scheduled to head back to Germany.
We will take a break after we return home and get
ready for another one-month long deployment at the
end of October. PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for
my physical and spiritual strength during
continuous military exercises/operations in Europe.
Pray for the abundant harvest of souls in the midst
of high tempo unit training schedule, and for
Soldiers and families during frequent family
separations being caused by multiple mini
deployments in Europe.
EMAIL: [email protected]
22 Friday CH (LTC) Mike Milton, Department
of the Army Military Intelligence, Fort Belvoir,
VA (PCA - Tennessee Valley) I am in the process
of transitioning to Mandatory Retirement (MRD).
As Command Chaplain of U.S. Military
Intelligence Readiness Command (MIRC), I am
focusing my energies on equipping my Deputy
Command Chaplain. We are in the midst of a
horrible trend of suicides. We have had three in one
unit (the 345th MI BN at Fort Gordon), another in
San Diego. I am leading a training event for our
Command in September to address the ethical
framework of postmodernity that could be, in part,
be contributing to these catastrophic cases.
PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for my physical
health, to complete the race I have run in the Armed
Services. I will retire with forty years of service in
either the Army or Navy. I want to end with a
witness for Christ Jesus our Lord.
EMAIL: [email protected]
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23 Saturday Ch Maj Tony Wade, USAF, Travis
AFB, CA (PCA - Heritage) Greetings from
Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. I'm in the process of
leaving here to head to my next assignment. By the
time you are reading this, in God's Providence, I
will be the Deputy Wing Chaplain for the 60th Air
Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, near San
Francisco, California. "God moves in mysterious
ways His wonders to perform." While it is a good
assignment (being a deputy wing Chaplain at a
large base), it was not our choice. Lisa and I had
hoped to be east of the Rocky Mountains, closer to
family. Hence, Lisa and I came to the difficult but
prayerfully-considered decision for Lisa and our
son, Nathanael, to stay in Centerville, Ohio (near
my previous assignment at Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base) while I serve in California on a two-
year unaccompanied tour. It's difficult, but it makes
sense for us: Nathanael has "special needs." In
Centerville, he and Lisa have well-established
connections: church, neighbors, medical care and
good schools for Nathanael. And on a positive note,
Travis is a major Air Force hub, and I will be able
to get back to Ohio on a fairly regular basis. And I'll
be able to plug into the local, Bay-area PCA
community, including attendance at Presbytery!
PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for Lisa and
Nathanael "keeping the home fires burning." Pray
for Lisa and me in this extended season of
separation. Pray for me in my role as the Deputy
Wing Chaplain on a large staff.
EMAIL: [email protected]
24 Sunday CH (LTC) Moon Kim, USA, 2ID
Division Chaplain, South Korea (PCA - Korean
Southeastern) Brothers and sisters in Christ, thank
you so much for your prayers and support. With
your faithful thoughts and prayers, I have been able
to encourage and motivate 40 plus Chaplains and
Chaplain Assistants in order to share God's love
(Gospel) with Soldiers in Area I, Korea. All our
2ID/ RUCD (ROK US Combined Division)
Chaplains and Chaplain assistants are busy
providing religious support (weekly worship
services, bible study and pastoral counseling , etc.)
to their units as they participate in several training
exercises this quarter. We have unique
opportunities here in Korea in that we work with
ROK (Republic of Korea) Army Chaplains as we
service our Soldiers because we train/ fight
together. Our Battalion Unit Ministry Teams
engage several community outreach programs, i.e.
weekly or monthly orphanage visits, English camp
and other community support opportunities in
sharing God's love. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please
pray for Chaplains and Chaplain Assistants to be
strong in the Lord as they endure this hardship tour.
Please pray for our Soldiers to maintain "Fight
tonight" readiness.
EMAIL: [email protected]
25 Monday CH (LTC) Jim Carter, USA, RET,
and PRCC Executive Director and MNA
Chaplain Ministries Coordinator, I would to take
this special day to Thank You, our Chaplain
Champion Prayer Warriors, for your faithful
prayers for our Chaplains, their families, their
ministries, and for those they serve. This ministry
would not be possible without you. If the Lord has
blessed you financially in 2017, would you consider
sending a special year-end Christmas gift to be used
to serve and support our Chaplains? Checks would
be made out to PRCC Chaplain Ministries, and
mailed to: % Mission to North America,
PO Box 890233, Charlotte, NC 28289-0233. You
may also donate online at our website:
www.PRCC.co Thank you, again, and Merry
Christmas from our PRCC Staff and Chaplains.
PRAYER REQUESTS: “Lord, thank you for all of
those whom you have called to support the work
and ministries of our PRCC Chaplains. Thank you
for your grace and protection for our Chaplains in
2017 and we pray that PRCC Chaplains everywhere
will continue to serve You faithfully and bravely,
despite opposition, and to advance Your Kingdom
in the new year”. We particularly pray for all
military personnel, Chaplains included, who are
separated from their families today, serving us and
our country in far-away and dangerous places. We
pray also for their families who are celebrating
Christmas without their deployed loved ones.
EMAIL: [email protected]
26 Tuesday CH (COL) Chip Huey Jr., USA, US
Army Chaplain School, Fort Jackson, SC (PCA -
Grace) I continue to serve as the Director of
Training at the Chaplain School. Since graduating
from the War College this summer I began
preaching in a new worship service on Fort
Jackson. I'm very glad to have the opportunity and
privilege. My daughter rejoined the family after a
year-long internship at a Christian camp in
Pennsylvania. Kristin and the boys, whom she
continues to home school, are thriving. PRAYER
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REQUESTS: We are very grateful for the prayers
of God's people! Please pray that God will be at
work in the US Army Chaplain School preparing
evangelical men to serve God and country. Please
pray that God will work in the hearts of my
covenant children seeking, saving, sanctifying, and
preserving them.
EMAIL: [email protected]
27 Wednesday LT Matthew Fore, CHC, USN,
CREDO, Camp Pendleton, CA (KAPC - North
America Presbytery) I'm currently deployed in the
5th Fleet AOR with the USS Lake Erie. The crew is
doing well. Uniquely, this is the first deployment
for about 65% of the crew (to include myself). They
are a resilient bunch and we've bonded very well for
the first few months. We've had a number of port
visits to include a Humanitarian Assistance Disaster
Relief (HA/DR) operation in Sri Lanka. We still
have a way to go. We are in an area where our
adversaries could cause us harm. My family is
doing well. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray
for our safety Please also pray the Lord takes care
of my family while I am away.
EMAIL: [email protected]
28 Thursday CH (CPT) Robbie Rayburn II,
USA, Fort Campbell, KY (PCA - Missouri) I
have recently returned for Ranger School. The Lord
was gracious and I returned successfully and am
now looking forward to reintegrating with my
family and with my battalion here at Fort Campbell.
We are also shortly back from Afghanistan and all
our Company and Battalion Commanders will be
changing out, so it will take a little while to get to
know the new team. I am looking forward to getting
back into the swing of things at home and am
praying that we will see new faith in the Battalion
as well as deepening faith in God and in His
provision for His people. PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please pray that the 3rd Brigade Chaplains have the
wisdom to understand how to minister to our
Soldiers. Pray also that new doors will be opened to
share the gospel and that I would have the courage
to walk through them.
EMAIL: [email protected]
29 Friday CH (CPT) Matt Oliver, USA,
Squadron Chaplain, Fort Carson, CO (PCA -
North Texas) We are in the thick of our training,
preparing for deployment early in 2018. This means
more time in the field and less time with family.
Many of these Soldiers are already struggling with
their marriages and personal lives. Fortunately, they
are reaching out for help. I have opportunities in the
field and in my office where I enter into the lives of
these Soldiers. I am not going on this next
deployment. I report to "the schoolhouse" JAN2018
for our Chaplain Captains Career Course (C4).
PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for ministry
opportunities with Soldiers and their families, for
protection over our marriage, that my current
Chaplain Assistant will have a heart for ministry
and willingness to serve, and for my replacement -
We need a Chaplain who cares about Soldiers, is
willing to die to self, and has the skills to lovingly
shine Light into the darkness, and that I finish
strong.
EMAIL: [email protected]
30 Saturday CH (MAJ) Geun Lee, USA, 2
ABCT/1 AD, Fort Bliss, TX (KAPC -
Philadelphia Presbytery) We recently made
another PCS move less than 12 months since our
last one in July 2016. We are excited to inform you
that our family has moved to Ft Hood, TX. We
spent the first three years of our experience at Ft.
Hood from the year 2010 to 2013 before and are
now glad to be back to familiar territory. Finally,
after 14 years of FORCOM Chaplain time, I am
going to do something I have never done before. I
now serve in an IMCOM Chaplain ministry
position. I will be the Deputy Plan and Ops
Chaplain at USAG- Ft Hood Religious Support
Office. PRAYER REQUESTS: Many prayers and
words of encouragement would be greatly
appreciated.
EMAIL: [email protected]
31 Sunday CH (1LT) Michael Shipma, USAR,
Harvest, AL (PCA Providence Presbytery) I was
commissioned as an Army Reserve Chaplain on
July 19 during our UMT's celebration of the
anniversary of the Chaplain Corps. This took place
at Bicentennial Chapel, Redstone Arsenal, where I
currently serve as the Garrison Director of
Religious Education. My Occupational Physical
Assessment Text is behind me, and I now wait for
my unit assignment. PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please pray that all the details that need to take
place as I prepare to go to school would work out
uneventfully, and for my family as we begin this
new season of ministry as a Chaplain.
EMAIL: [email protected]
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Address Service Requested
Doug and Nancy Lee
Doug retired as the PRCC Executive Director
and Endorser on August 31, 2017. We are all
thanking Doug and the Lord for Doug’s past
service, and are praying for them as they
“press on” with their future ministries.
PRCC - Presbyterian & Reformed Commission on Chaplains
Endorsing and Supporting Chaplains in the:
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARPC)
Korean American Presbyterian Church (KAPC),
Korean Presbyterian Church in America - Koshin (KPCA),
Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC),
Presbyterian Church in America (PCA),
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA)
The United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA)
www.PRCC.co
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Phone 678-825-1251