American Baptist Chaplains
& Pastoral Counselors e-Connect
 
November 2015 Issue
 
Happy Thanksgiving!
During this season of Thanksgiving, Our new Executive Director, Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Haggray, and your chaplaincy and pastoral counseling team, wish you a blessed Thanksgiving! We give thanks for you and your ministry in a myriad of ministerial settings.

Psalm 100 reminds us of the exhortation to praise God with a thankful spirit: "Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing. Know that the Lord Himself is God; It is he who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving, And his courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His name. For the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting, And His faithfulness to all generations."
Pastoral and Spiritual Care Gift 
With a minimum gift of $10 to the Chaplaincy and Pastoral Counseling Ministries you can obtain your own 'Pastoral Care Week' commemorative water bottle. 100% of your contributions go directly to support continuing education and training for chaplains & pastoral counselors. Make your check payable to "ABHMS" with "C&PC Fund" in Memo line and send to ABHMS c/o Alice Mitchell-Cross P.O. Box 851 Valley Forge  Pa.  19482-0851
CHAPLAINS Documentary Screening
 
To reserve your ticket Alice.Mitchell-Cross@abhms.org
Leadership Changes

Allow us to introduce our new executive director and ecclesiastical endorser, Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Haggray. Jeffrey was the senior pastor at the Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Roswell, GA before he was called to lead the American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS). For more information read his bio at the www.abhms.org website.

 

 

 

Your Chaplaincy and Pastoral Counseling Team Giving Thanks
Thank you to those of you who attended the Space For Grace Gathering! It was a delight and sheer privilege to either meet so many of you while reconnecting with others! What an honor to hear about your ministry as a VA, hospital chaplain and/or pastoral counselor. A huge thanks to Rev. Dr. Delois Brown-Daniels for teaching how to minister to communities in crisis and also to Rev. Dr. Harry Simmons for teaching about spiritual renewal after trauma.

The Friday luncheon was a huge success! The luncheon was co-hosted by the American Baptist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Counseling Ministries and the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. The Rev. Dr. McMickle brought down the house with his message, Don't Be Satisfied Too Soon. Again, we congratulate CH (CPT) Rohn Armstrong as the recipient of the Lorraine Potter Military Chaplain Award.

 
 
Top: Patricia Ray; Nancy Smith, Sarah Fogg, Lisa Vernon, Rick Barnes, Shelley Varner, Rick Harris, Kristy Moeller
Bottom: Janet Edwards, Rohn Armstrong, Delois Brown-Daniels, Laura Miraz, Harry Simmons, W. Benson Thomas
 
Not pictured, our photographer: Gerald Wyche

The Annual Report
Get Ready! 2015 Annual Reports for Endorsed Chaplains & Pastoral Counselors and Approved Chaplain Candidates deadline approaching! 

2015 Annual Reports will be due by December 31, 2015. Access the Annual Report form.

If you are retired you can update contact information (address, telephone, email) by sending your information to endorsement@abhms.org

Connect with us at any time during the year!

If you need to update contact information at any time during the year, send an email message to endorsement@abhms.org

If you need a letter of endorsement for your employer, send an email message to endorsement@abhms.org Be sure to specify the name and full address of your employer.

If you are applying for a VA job or APC certification, please be sure to state so specifically, as they require separate documentation.

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American Baptist Chaplaincy & Pastoral Counseling Ministries
endorsement@abhms.org or 800.222.3872, x2482 
  
  
American Baptist Home Mission Societies
 
American Baptist
 Chaplaincy & Pastoral Counseling Ministries
 

Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Haggray
Ecclesiastical Endorser Executive Director/CEO ABHMS 

 
 
Laura Miraz, Ph.D., SPHR
Associate Ecclesiastical Endorser 

 
 
Chaplain (Col.-Ret.)
Kristina Moeller
Liaison for Military Chaplains and Associate Endorser

 
 
Mrs. Alice Mitchell-Cross
Administrative Coordinator
  
   

 Rev. Dr. Harry E. Simmons, BCC, ACPE Supervisor
Chairperson, Endorsement Committee




Rev. Elizabeth Ritzman, LCPC
President of the Chaplains & Pastoral Counselors Chapter of the Ministers Council