FReeper Canteen ~ Office of the Pentagon Chaplain ~ Nov 27 2005

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

 

 

Office of the Pentagon Chaplain Support

The Office of the Pentagon Chaplain supports the spiritual well-being of Pentagon Military and civilian personnel through worship services, religious education opportunities, and pastoral care programs and activities including: 

  Programs for the spiritual, moral, and ethical needs of the Pentagon  personnel

  Pastoral Care during times of crisis, grief, stress, or anxiety

  Spiritual relationships to all personnel of the Pentagon for worship, religious   education,
and pastoral care support sustaining spiritual well-being

  Providing invocations, benedictions, blessings, and prayers at military ceremonies, social events,
and other activities related to the Pentagon

  Collaborating with and supporting to the Employee Assistance program
with pastoral counseling

  Collaborating with and participating in Family Advocacy and Health Promotion programs

  Providing emergency ministrations, rites, ordinances, sacraments, hospital visitations, prayers,
and other spiritual and religious support needs

  Providing Memorial Services and grief counseling

  Providing Crisis Intervention

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mayor, for today's sustenance for body and soul.

[trussell]

WooHoo!! Thank you ma!

It was a good game...was slightly surprised to see the Broncos take the Cowboys!

[La Enchiladita]

Here are some photos of Iraqi schoolchildren from Michael Yon's blog:

[Kathy in Alaska]

Just got this in email.........

Teen Poverty in America

I just spent several hours observing teenagers hanging out at our local mall. I came to the conclusion many teenagers in America today are living in poverty. Most young men I observed didn't even own a belt; there was not one among the whole group.

But that wasn't the sad part. Many were wearing their daddy's jeans. Some jeans were so big and baggy they hung low on their hips, exposing their underwear. I know some must have been ashamed their daddy was short, because his jeans hardly went below their knees. They weren't even their daddies' good jeans, for most had holes ripped in the knees and a dirty look to them.

It grieved me, in a modern, affluent society like America, there are people who can't afford a decent pair of jeans. I was thinking about asking my church to start a jeans drive for "poor kids at the mall." Then on Christmas Eve, I could go Christmas caroling and distribute jeans to these poor teenagers.

But here is the saddest part..... it was the girls they were hanging out with that disturbed me most. I never, in all of my life, seen such poverty-stricken girls. These girls had the opposite problem of the boys.

They all had to wear their little sister's clothes. Their jeans were about 5 sizes too small!

I don't know how they could put them on, let alone button them up. Their jeans barely went over their hipbones. Most also had on their little sister's top; it hardly covered their midsections.

Oh, they were trying to hold their heads up with pride, but it was a sad sight to see these almost grown women wearing children's clothes. However, it was their underwear that bothered me most. They, like the boys, because of the improper fitting of their clothes, had their underwear exposed. I never saw anything like it. It looked like their underwear was only held together by a single piece of string.

I know it saddens your heart to receive this report on condition of our American teenagers. While I go to bed every night with a closet full of clothes nearby, there are millions of "mall girls" who barely have enough material to keep it together. I think their "poorness" is why these two groups gather at the mall, boys with their short daddies' ripped jeans, and girls wearing their younger sisters' clothes. The mall is one place where they can find acceptance.

So, next time you are at the mall doing your shopping and you pass by some of these poor teenagers, would you say a prayer for them?

And one more thing .. Will you pray the guys' pants don't fall down, and girls' strings don't break?

I thank you all,
A Grandmother

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, DBR, for the Christmas wish for our troops....to come home with mission complete. ((HUGS))

[La Enchiladita]

When was American Soldier on?
What was it?
Will it be shown again?
Thanks.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[txradioguy]

Thanks for the song bentfeather.

[luvie]

Umpfh...just woke up from a nap...and I slept like that just now. I can barely see!

(((((hugs)))))))

[StarCMC]

It was on Country Music Television (CMT) last night -- it's a half hour program and they're supposed to air a new show each Saturday. As for repeating -- I think Kathy had it figured out. But check your local guide, because apparently they are different.

[luvie]

Beautiful holiday fire. Thanks guys!

[StarCMC]

ROFLMBO!!!!!

[luvie]

Hi, LE! Great pictures you posted!

There were two 1/2 hour segments on. They were wonderful but oh! So sad...to see them all saying goodby to their families and arriving in all that sand. They were so sweet and brave.

[La Enchiladita]

Thanks, Star. Well, if I only had cable.
I'm glad you're all seeing it though.
I'm going to go rest some more, still weak from the flu.

[La Enchiladita]

How wonderful to be able to see them, even though there is sadness...

[luvie]

Yes it was good to see them. They were from Ft. Stewart, Ga. One wife was talking to her husband and could barely speak. We were crying right along with her.

[luvie]

(((hugs)))

Get your rest, and we'll be here when you are feeling better.

[txradioguy]

Tornoado sirens going off all day at Ft. Riley. At least two confirmed on the ground today around Junction City. Red and the kids have spent a lot of time in the laundry room today.

Remind me what month this is again?

[La Enchiladita]

Thank you.
I have faded out again.
Need sun and fresh air.

Many hugs, special lady LUV.