Anglican Chaplains Serving for the Glory of God

A Transfer In Leadership Latrobe, Pennsylvania will not only be remembered as the site where the Anglican Church in North America held their 2014 Assembly, but also the place where its first archbishop, The Most Reverend Robert Duncan, transferred the authority of his office to his successor, The Most Reverend Dr. Foley Beach. The momentus event was well attended by church members, ecumenical partners and international dignitaries. Services were held at the beautiful Basilica of the St. Vincent Arch Abbey. In his address Archbishop Beach encouraged the church to boldly move forward and asked for your prayers. “Our responsibility is to be faithful and diligent in preaching the Word; it is up to the Holy Spirit’s timing for that Word to bear fruit.” 

Its Official… We are now….The Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy. This year's Assembly 2014 was also a milestone for our jurisdiction. The Lord has taken the last seven years to grow, shape, and bless this chaplain ministry so that at this year's assembly, our constitution and canons were approved. As the formal endorsing body for chaplains within the Anglican Church in North America, our change from a diocese to a jurisdiction ensures that chaplains can receive the best support possible. Canon Jay Cayangyang, assisted by his wife Linda, organized and monitored our Anglican Chaplaincy display booth where we had the opportunity to provide videos and printed materials on the variety of ministry specialities we serve. Our presence created a positive awareness for chaplaincy and Canon Jay did a wonderful job answering questions and providing contact information for many who stopped to ask about license or endorsement.

Our Training Symposium and Convocation on 28-30 June, 2014, took place in Greensburg, PA. In addition to our required chaplain training sessions and convocation business meeting, we also were presented with several new jurisdiction initiatives including The Chaplain Adoption Fund, The Worrell Benevolence Fund, The Anglican Chaplain Journal, and directives for church planting.

Our guest lecturer and keynote speaker was Mr. John Stonestreet. John is a Speaker and Fellow of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview and co-host with Eric Metaxas of BreakPoint, a daily national radio feature exploring Christian worldview, apologetics and cultural issues. His message presented thoughtful and alternative options for spreading the Gospel along with strategic principles for implementation. He allowed question and answer forums, and provided humorous anecdotes for relief from challenging assessments of today's culture. At the conclusion of the lecture series, we thanked him with our chaplain Plaque of St.George.

Women’s Fellowship Tea In addition to courses on Anglicanism, spouses enjoyed fellowship as Connie Jones graciously hosted a tea. It was a chance to informally come together and become more acquainted, as well as reconnect with old friends. "Because chaplains work in both military and civilian settings, demands on families are varied and it’s important to make connections for support and prayer," said Connie. Each guest randomly selected the name of one person to pray for throughout the coming year. Barb Trombitas said, "It was a relaxing time to share all the challenges and joys in our lives." Everyone left with Anglican prayer beads to help see them through the journeys ahead. We are grateful to our spouses and children for their love, grace and support as they partner with us in ministry. "It was wonderful to see a dedicated special section of the Chaplaincy Year in Review video with pictures of family," commented Becky Williams. The Women's Tea is a long- standing tradition hosted by the Bishop's wife. This year marks the 6th annual tea.

Dinner

Captured moments & memories from our special fellowship banquet to hold us over until next year!

Festal Holy Eucharist & Installation The Sunday Festal Holy Eucharist & Installation of the first Bishop of the Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy, The Right Reverend Derek LS Jones, took place at The Bishop Connare Center in Greensburg, PA. The service was colorful in liturgy and momentous in sacrament and ceremony. Honored guests included the new Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, The Most Reverend Dr. Foley Beach, The Right Reverend Julian Dobbs, Missionary Bishop of CANA, and special guest The Most Reverend Eliud Wabukala, Archbishop of Kenya and FCA Chairman who laid hands on one of our ordinands to the diaconate, The Rev. Dr. Penny Njoroge- they are from the same village in Kenya! Witnessing the event was like flipping through the the pages of a history book chronicling the growth from one endorsed chaplain in 2007 to more than 150 today. And more were welcomed to the fold: The Rev. Dr. Penny Njoroge and The Rev. Georgette Forney ordained to the diaconate and The Rev. Rob Belton to the priesthood. Michael and Carol Vanhoosier and Scott Pullon were commissioned as Lay Chaplains, and Joshua Moellering, Magdelena O’Lear, and Meredith Belton were confirmed. As someone commented, “The only thing we didn’t do in this service was a baptism!” The event was broadcast live worldwide on Anglican TV by Kevin Kallsen.

Ordinations, Receptions, and Commissions January-July 2014 Ordained to the Priesthood

The Rev. Michael Lewis

Iona Community Church in Vancouver, WA.

The Rev. Robert Goebel

The Rev. Dr. Carl B. Smith II

St. John’s Anglican Parish , Quincy, IL

St. Peters Anglican Church , Birmingham, Al.

Receptions

The Rev. Scott Bennion Christ Anglican Church, Carfree, Az

The Rev. Robert Belton

The Rev. Page Brooks

Bishop Connare Center, Greensburg, PA

Commissioned Lay Chaplains

Ordained to the Diaconate

The Rev. Dr. Penny Njoroge and The Rev. Georgette Forney Bishop Connare Center, Greensburg, PA

Bishop Connare Center, Greensburg, PA

Chaplain Alicia Head St Andrews Church,Versailles, KY

Chaplain Michael Van Hoosier, Chaplain Carol VanHoosier, Chaplain Scott Pullon Bishop Connare Center, Greensburg, PA

Confirmations

James Colton Wead Memorial Chapel, Ft. Leavenworth, KS

Meredith Anne Belton. Joshua Paul Moellering, Magdalena O’Lear Bishop Connare Center, Greensburg, PA

Updates and Upcoming Events Residential Tutorial in Anglican Liturgics 9-13 September, St. George’s Anglican Church, Colorado Springs Please reserve the dates now! The event begins Tuesday, 9 September through Saturday, 13 September. Hotel & airport information are located on our web page under the Residential Tutorial white logo. For additional information, e-mail: [email protected]  or call 719-425-6777.

Commissioned Lay Chaplains Academy October 9th-11th 2014 in Atlanta, GA. (Check the web page for updated information)

The Centurion Project 2014 Retreat to be held in Florida (winter dates to be determined)

Congratulations to Navy Chaplains Fr. Andrew Hayler and Fr. John Mabus on their selection for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

Congratulations to Ensign Jesus Dominguez, our newest Navy Chaplain Candidate Program Officer (CCPO). He was commissioned in a ceremony held in the chapel of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC. ENS Dominguez is also a Simeon Fellow at Christ Church Anglican in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Oath of Office was administered by Navy Chaplain, Canon Jay Cayangyang.

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The Centurion Project The Centurion Project is a ministry of the Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy of the Anglican Church in North America. Anglican Chaplains are dedicated to providing past and present military veterans, first responders, law enforcement personnel and their families with ministry for their spiritual health and healing. Since September 11, 2001, Americans have become more aware of the sacrifices of our armed forces, police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and their families. With this growing awareness comes a greater realization of the heavy burdens these brave men and women carry as a result of their service. THE CENTURION PROJECT is an intense three-day retreat that addresses posttramatic stress, combat operational stress, and moral injury. Retreats will be offered two to three times a year in accessible locations throughout the country. Food, lodging and program are offered at no cost. The program is designed to build community and to bring spiritual and emotional healing to each participant through times of fellowship and solitude, as well as times of prayer and worship.

A Christian Tradition... The ministry of Anglican Chaplains is part of a long tradition of Christian Chaplaincy in bringing the presence of God into the midst of humanity's darkest moments and experiences, particularly those that occur during wartime and combat operations. Rooted in Word and Sacrament and grounded in prayer, with God's help the Centurion Project will bring spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional renewal and vitality to those who suffer from PTS, PTS symptoms, combat operational stress, trauma, and moral injury. Anglican Chaplains will host retreats beginning in the Fall of 2014. Dates and locations to be announced.

For more information please contact: Canon Jay Cayangyang, Special Projects (949) 338-2047 [email protected]

Faith & Family Finally, Not “Being a Somebody,” by Chaplain Hal Scott Working as a young teen on my grandparents’ farm south of Austin, Texas, I would look up from the hot fields while chopping sunflowers and Johnson grass from the maize and see USAF F-4s flying above me, representing perfect freedom and inspiring me to dream of life in the military. Laboring in the fields also gave me time to ponder the meaning of life and where the future would lead. It seemed as though the Lord was with me as I prayed, quietly talked to myself, and worked until my grandfather picked me up in time for him to watch the five-o’clock news. (I didn’t care much for the news back then, but it meant my work day was ending.) All this time my grandmother quietly prayed that the Lord would call me to ministry.

Chaplain Hal Scott

Several years later while picking black-eyed peas, the Lord placed a dialogue in my heart. I envisioned the rich young ruler and smugly told myself that since I didn’t have much money, I wouldn’t have to worry about the Lord asking me to leave it behind. Then the idea crept into my mind that maybe I was holding something back. I always wanted to be “somebody”one day, proving myself to the world. I felt that what the Lord wanted me to leave behind was my pride, my desire to be special in some way, and instead humbly follow Him. Words came to my mind, hinting at “healing hearts and lives.” Few people really understood what happened and why I dropped pre-med studies with excellent grades to pursue the ministry. Behind the scenes, my strong-headed Methodist grandmother smiled and mentioned that she knew in her heart that God’s call was on my life. I learned never to doubt a grandmother’s prayers After graduating from college, I spent the next eight years in seminary earning a couple more degrees, followed by a dream-come-true commission in the U.S. Navy as a chaplain during the final years of the Cold War. Along the way I married a young lady I had befriended in my home church. Busy tours with a destroyer squadron, aircraft carrier, and a large naval air station brought me a lot of experience, accolades, and two small children. I was beginning to think I might be “somebody” after all. The very day I realized I was “someone” and laid out a 20-year achievement plan, I discovered my wife was in love with another man. Within nine months she was living out of state and I was the single father of two preschoolers, my daughter not even two years old. I became the sole provider -mom and dad to two precious children, Stephen and Susannah, who taught me the true meaning of life. Success was making it through the day. Looking back, this period of time feels like my greatest accomplishment. Several years later I met my future wife, Debbie, coach of Stephen’s T-ball — a single mother with two boys, Joel and Jordan, who were about the same ages my kids. Nine months later we were married, blending two families, and learning that “three becoming six” is not a task for the weak of heart.

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After a couple of Marine tours and another promotion, I became one of the first Navy Chaplain Individual Augmentees in OEF. Opportunities were again aligning. I assumed the job as the Joint Task Force Horn of Africa Chaplain, followed by tours as the Navy Religious Ministry Doctrine Writer (during which time I became a priest in the Charismatic Episcopal Church); Deputy Fleet Forces Chaplain, with additional duties as the Submarine Forces Chaplain; assisted the Fleet Chaplain as the Interim Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) Chaplain during a sixmonth gap; and then Command Chaplain on an aircraft carrier. With all of the amazing positions I received, the thought once again crept in that I may be on the verge of being “somebody.” Then -- I failed to select for O-6 multiple times. An additional graduate degree and a couple more subspecialty codes couldn’t help my plight. Yet, God assured me that he was with me and had a plan for my life. During my tour as the Joint Forces Staff College Command Chaplain and Ethics Instructor, I felt the call to transfer jurisdictions to ACNA/CANA under Bishop Jones. My present and last tour has me at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia, as the Deputy Command Chaplain serving alongside a team of dedicated chaplains and religious program specialists. We work together to provide pastoral care to the sick, least, last, lonely, lost, wounded, their families, and the doctors and staff who take care of them. They are patriots all. In a way our pastoral care teams are vessels of God sent to help heal broken bodies, hearts, and souls. God has me right where he wants me. While working at a hospital may be on the lower pecking order of most chaplains’ “dream sheets,” I have finally learned that not “being a somebody” is the only way I’m “the best somebody” for God. I think my grandmother would be proud I finally “got it.”

Debbie Scott

I support my husband, Hal, in all that the Lord has called him to do. As a military spouse, I understand that deployments happen as well as change of duty stations. Wherever the Lord leads Hal is where I want to be as well. I have seen Hal mentor many young chaplains in the ministry. The Lord has used Hal’s gifts of compassion, tenderness, teaching, preaching, healing, restoring marriages, comforting grieving families who have lost a loved-ones, and leading people to Christ. I, too, have received much healing in my life since we have been married. I serve on the church vestry where we are members, at the Anglican Church of the Messiah, Chesapeake, VA, and have worked extensively teaching Sunday School, visiting shut-ins, and helping with our church’s outreach to the disabled. I am also a manager in training with the Navy Exchange system. We are blessed to have four grown children who are in college. We are kept busy praying for God’s will for each of their lives.

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es i r e n Dea The Very Rev. Harry Mathis, Provost

Hospital Prison Hospice, and Law Enforcement Chaplains

The Very Rev. Scott Buck, Associate Provost

The Rev. David Noles, Associate Dean

Community Education, and Industrial Chaplains

The Very Rev. Gary Pollitt, Dean

The Rev. Ken Webb, Associate Dean

Military and Military Association Chaplains

The Very Rev. Hal Scott, Dean

The Rev. Canon Daniel Waterman, Associate Dean

The Pastoral Care Minister program was the precursor to the establishment of Deaneries within the Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy. On August 1st, 2014 the Bishop directed the stand-up of the three deaneries. Leading the Deanery for Hospital, Prison, Hospice, Law Enforcement (and other professionally credentialed chaplains) will be the Very Rev. Scott Buck. Community, Education, and Industrial Chaplains will be lead by The Very Rev. Gary Pollitt. Finally, The Very Rev. Hal Scott will be leading the Deanery for Military and Military Association Chaplains. While PCM's did their best to keep as much constant contact as possible, under the new structure it will be incumbent upon chaplains to maintain contact for pastoral and professional matters with their Deans.