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The Voice for Chaplaincy - Chartered by Congress - Serving Since 1925
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Weekly Newsgram - March 29th
, 2017
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Last year the MCA received the Veteran/Military Friendly Congregation (VMFC) program from the CareForTheTroops organization. This program is a ground -up initiative to assist congregations and other communities of faith in becoming intentionally "friendly" for veterans, actively serving military, and all their families. We currently have over 50 congregations enrolled in five states and the District of Columbia.
A primary supporter of this program is the Vet2Vet TN organization. This unique volunteer service group, operating in East TN, has linked together congregations, veterans courts, the Mountain Home VA Medical Center, the Helen Ross McNabb Center for behavioral health, Care Cuts, and many other service organizations to provide for the needs of veterans throughout their region.
Vet2Vet TN is a remarkable organization in which veterans help veterans in every life circumstance. Their enthusiasm and dedication ensure veterans have opportunities denied them in many other locales.
Vet 2 Vet TN hosted a "When War Comes Home" boot camp on Friday, March 24th, and encouraged family members and friends of veterans to attend to learn more about supporting veterans who may have PTSD or other post-war problems.
I joined with them for the day and presented our VMFC program and provided an overview of the MCA. We look forward to continued cooperation with Vet2Vet and other organizations dedicated to holistic support services for our nation's heroes.
Lyman Smith
Executive Director
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TAPS
Colonel, USAF, Re
tired
Joined MCA 1974
United Methodist
Deceased March 23, 2017
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VA Statement on Veteran Crisis Line
You may have seen a recent OIG report and related articles that talk about the amount of rollover calls from the Veteran Crisis Line. The report is accurate but doesn't include the most recent statistics that reflect transformational change within the VCL.
"Prior to the opening of our new Atlanta call center our call roll over rate often exceeded 30%. Our current call roll over rate is less than 1%, with over 99% of all calls being answer
ed by the VCL."
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How the Faith Community, Veterans Advocates and our community respond to the Crisis of Opioid Overdose,Mental Illness, Suicide, Depression
& Post Traumatic Stress
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Presentations & Interactive Discussions;
FREE ADMISSION, FREE PARKING & FREE LUNCH PROVIDED!
The Chapel of Four Chaplains
1201 Constitution Avenue, The Navy Yard -Bldg. 649
Philadelphia, PA 19112
FOR ADDITIONAL INFO OR TO RSVP (REQUIRED BY April 3):
Please contact Christine or Michelle at 215-218-1943
Four Chaplains Symposium
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This course will be an intensive immersion in the archetypal, psycho-spiritual and communal dimensions of warriorhood and trauma. It will offer profound and extensive teachings and practices in how to transform trauma from a shattering to a deepening and enriching experience of the liminal, to embrace it as a rite of passage and experience it as a sacred initiation. The course will welcome and be relevant to all warriors - our first responders as well as veterans - all who walk forward into danger to preserve and protect the rest of us.
Details
May 11-14 & July 13-16, 2017
Thursday 9:00am - Sunday 4:00pm
at Pacifica's Ladera Lane Campus
60 CE Credits available
Registration Fee: $1,460
CE fee: $40
Registration fee includes meals
(Meals included: Saturday breakfast through Sunday lunch)
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Case Western Reserve University invites applications to its Military Ethics Program-the first graduate degree program of its kind. Classes for the inaugural cohort begin in Fall 2017.
* Students can complete the academic program in one intense year or at their own pace.
* Graduates earn a specialized degree that stands alone, pairs with a law degree or serves as a stepping-stone to a PhD program.
* The degree prepares students for career advancement or teaching in military ethics, law,
policy, foreign affairs and other fields.
* The program faculty includes international experts in military ethics, international relations, public policy.
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Religion and Spirituality:
The Impact on Chaplains
MCA National Institute 2017
October 23 - 26, 2017
Newport News, Virginia
or call
866-329-1758
ask for Military Chaplains
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If you missed the March 22nd
edition of the Newsgram
click here
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SUPPORTING CHAPLAINCY IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM: Active, Retired and Former Chaplains of the
United States Army,
United States Navy,
United States Air Force, Department of
Veterans Affairs, and
Civil Air Patrol
AND THOSE THEY SERVE: military members, veterans, and their families
at home and around the world
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The Military Chaplains Association of the USA
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