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  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ EXAMPLE ~ May 15, 2011

    05/14/2011 5:11:51 PM PDT · by Brad’s Gramma · 125 replies
    The Canteen Crew ^ | May 14, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
              EXAMPLE The most valuable gift you can give another is a good example. "For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you." (John: 13:15) A gentleman known as much for his humanitarian efforts as for being an advisor to presidents from Roosevelt to Reagan, and an industrialist reveals the roots of his giving spirit: "My father was a prominent and greatly love figure in his area of work. . .It was an almost ecstatic experience for me to ride with him when he was on his...
  • Navy would allow gay weddings on base

    05/10/2011 6:48:43 AM PDT · by pabianice · 20 replies
    Navy Times | 5/10/11 | Fellman
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  • Navy Will Perform Same-Sex Marriages

    05/09/2011 2:37:20 PM PDT · by YankeeReb · 47 replies
    Mother Jones ^ | May 9th 2011 | Adam Weinstein
    The military establishment, it appears, is willing to drag congressional Republicans kicking and screaming into the post-Don't Ask, Don't Tell era. The US Navy has authorized its chaplains to perform same-sex marriages on military bases in states that legally recognize such unions. That news came in a memo from the service's head chaplain (PDF), dated April 13: Consistent with the tenets of his or her religious organization, a chaplain may officiate a same-sex, civil marriage: if it is conducted in accordance with a state that permits same-sex marriage or union; and if that chaplain is, according to the applicable state...
  • Navy Authorizes Chaplains to Perform Same-Sex ‘Marriages’ in Naval Chapels

    05/09/2011 6:16:00 AM PDT · by markomalley · 120 replies
    Cybercast News Service ^ | 5/9/2011 | Pete Winn
    (CNSNews.com) – Anticipating the elimination of the military ban on homosexuality, the Office of the Chief of Navy Chaplains has decided that same-sex couples in the Navy will be able to get married in Navy chapels, and that Navy chaplains will be allowed to perform the ceremonies -- if homosexual marriage is legal in the state where the unions are to be performed.The advisory came in the form of an April 13 memo issued to all chaplains, in which the Chief of Navy Chaplains, Admiral Michael Tidd, said the Chaplain Corps was revising its Tier I training manuals, which had...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY ~ May 8, 2011

    05/07/2011 5:10:59 PM PDT · by Brad’s Gramma · 150 replies
    The Canteen Crew | May 7, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
    Proverbs 31:10-31 "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and no evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ship; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ HAVE I EARNED TOMORROW? ~ May 1, 2011

    04/30/2011 5:10:23 PM PDT · by Brad’s Gramma · 149 replies · 2+ views
    The Canteen Crew ^ | April 30, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
            HAVE I EARNED TOMORROW? Is anybody happier because you passed this way? Does anybody remember that you spoke to them today? The day is almost over and it's toiling time is through: Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you? Can you say tonight in parting with the day that's slipping fast, That you helped a single person of the many that you passed? Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said? Does the one whose hopes were fading now with courage look ahead? Did you waste the day...
  • Atheists Seek Chaplain Role in the Military

    04/27/2011 2:59:57 PM PDT · by arderkrag · 27 replies
    The New York Times ^ | April 26, 2011 | James Dao
    FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — In the military, there are more than 3,000 chaplains who minister to the spiritual and emotional needs of active duty troops, regardless of their faiths. The vast majority are Christians, a few are Jews or Muslims, one is a Buddhist. A Hindu, possibly even a Wiccan may join their ranks soon. But an atheist? Strange as it sounds, groups representing atheists and secular humanists are pushing for the appointment of one of their own to the chaplaincy, hoping to give voice to what they say is a large — and largely underground — population of nonbelievers in...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ HE IS RISEN!!! ~ April 24, 2011

    04/23/2011 5:09:11 PM PDT · by Brad’s Gramma · 226 replies
    The Canteen Crew | April 23, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
    Luke 24 He Is Risen Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ GETTING UNDERWAY ~ April 17, 2011

    04/16/2011 5:08:56 PM PDT · by Brad’s Gramma · 121 replies
    The Canteen Crew ^ | April 16, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
            GETTING UNDERWAY A young Ensign, who had just completed his first overseas deployment, was given the opportunity to "show his stuff" by getting his ship underway. As he yelled our commands with great confidence, sailors were running everywhere. In no time, the ship came out of the channel, headed for home. It was accomplished so well that he set a new record for getting a destroyer underway. He wasn't surprised when a seaman approached him with a message from his CO. . . he was surprised to find that it was a radio message. He...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ DARE TO DREAM ~ April 10, 2011

    04/09/2011 5:07:31 PM PDT · by Brad’s Gramma · 101 replies · 2+ views
    The Canteen Crew ^ | April 9, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
            DARE TO DREAM Someone once commented that "One of the most powerful things in the world is a dream. Not those dreams that come to us while we sleep, but those we consciously pursue while we are awake." Think of how dreams have shaped our modern life. Of Martin Luther King whose famous speech began, I have a dream today." And of Robert Kennedy who said, "Some men see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream things that never were and ask 'Why not?'" Think of how children's lives are often shaped by...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ GROWING DEEP AND STRONG ~ April 3, 2011

    04/02/2011 5:08:17 PM PDT · by Brad’s Gramma · 88 replies
    http://www.chaplaincare.navy.mil/Devotions/devotions.htm ^ | April 2, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
            GROWING DEEP AND STRONG One day, my mother and I were working together in the garden where we were transplanting plants for the third time. Grown from seed in a small container, the plants had been transferred to a larger container; then transplanted into the garden. Now, because I was moving, we were transplanting them once again. Inexperienced as a gardener, I turned to my green-thumbed mother. "Isn’t this bad for them?" I asked, as we dug them up and shook the dirt from the roots. "Won’t it hurt these plants, being uprooted and transplanted...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ GIVING ~ March 27, 2011

    03/26/2011 5:06:35 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 88 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | Brad's Gramma
            GIVING There is a story of two young men who were working their way through Stanford University. The day came when they were broke, and something had to be done. One of them had an idea. They would engage the great Paderewski for a piano recital and put their profits toward their board and tuition. All they had to do was guarantee two thousand dollars. The recital was held but only sixteen hundred dollars was raised. Following the performance, the two young men went to Paderewski, offered him the $1600 and added a promissory note...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ HAPPY PURIM ~ March 20, 2011

    03/19/2011 5:06:14 PM PDT · by Brad’s Gramma · 129 replies
    The Canteen Crew | March 19, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
            ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination. The story of Purim is told in the Biblical book of Esther. The heroes of the story are Esther, a beautiful young Jewish woman living in Persia, and her cousin Mordecai, who raised her as if she were his daughter. Esther was taken to the house of Ahasuerus, King of Persia, to become part of his harem. King Ahasuerus loved Esther...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ GOD WILL NOT LET YOU FALL ~ March 13, 2011

    03/12/2011 5:05:59 PM PST · by Brad’s Gramma · 104 replies
    The Canteen Crew ^ | March 12, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
            GOD WILL NOT LET YOU FALL My family and I went camping this past summer. We took several hikes down the little river bed as it flowed through the Cuyamaca State Park near our home in San Diego. We stopped for a picnic lunch, and ate with our feet in the cool running water. As I ate my sandwich, I started tracing a trail through the rocks that shot up into the air in front of us. It was an old habit from days gone by of rock scrambling: no ropes, no hardware, no helmet,...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ A MESSAGE FROM MOM ~ March 6, 2011

    03/05/2011 5:05:03 PM PST · by Brad’s Gramma · 186 replies · 1+ views
    The Canteen Crew ^ | March 5, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
            A MESSAGE FROM MOM The message reads: I gave you life, but cannot live it for you. I can teach you things, but I cannot make you learn. I can give you directions, but I cannot be there to lead you. I can allow you freedom, but I cannot account for it. I can take you to church, but I cannot make you believe. I can teach you right from wrong, but I cannot always decide for you. I can buy you beautiful clothes, but I cannot make you beautiful inside. I can offer you...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ YOU ARE SPECIAL! ~ February 27, 2011

    02/26/2011 5:04:25 PM PST · by Brad’s Gramma · 112 replies
    The Canteen Crew ^ | February 26, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
            YOU ARE SPECIAL! "I don't know why I was even born," the young sailor confided! "I'm ugly. I'm not talented. I've never been what you would call smart. I don't really have any friends. And I can't seem to do anything right. I feel like I've spent my whole life letting people down. Sometimes I wonder if even God could love me!" That conversation took place more than a decade ago, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. That one and a lot of others over the years with the same message:...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ A TIME FOR EVERYTHING ~ February 20, 2011

    02/19/2011 5:04:06 PM PST · by Brad’s Gramma · 162 replies
    The Canteen Crew | February 19, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
            A TIME FOR EVERYTHING There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, A time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT ~ February 13, 2011

    02/12/2011 5:03:36 PM PST · by Brad’s Gramma · 116 replies
    The Canteen Crew ^ | February 12, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
            SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT Psalm 23 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want" - the crowd would listen attentively. And then, at the conclusion of the psalm, they would rise in thunderous applause in appreciation of the actor's incredible ability to bring the verse to life. But one night, just before the actor was to offer his customary recital of Psalm 23, a young man from the audience spoke up. "Sir do you mind if tonight I recite Psalm 23?" The actor was quite taken back by this unusual request, but he allowed...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS ~ February 6, 2011

    02/05/2011 5:02:48 PM PST · by Brad’s Gramma · 115 replies
    The Canteen Crew ^ | February 5, 2011 | Serving the Best Troops in the World!!
            ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS Most of us became familiar with the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," fairly early in our childhood days. Significant others, who happen to be adults, seem to stumble over themselves in being the historic "first" to teach the young child this bit of wisdom. Hmmmmmmm, I stumbled upon a quote for those of us who are adults with a burning desire to pass the Golden Rule on to our young children of today: "We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let...
  • Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ PSALM 121 ~ January 30, 2011

    01/29/2011 5:02:04 PM PST · by Brad’s Gramma · 136 replies · 1+ views
    The Canteen Crew | January 29, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
            PSALM 121 I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; from whence shall my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun will not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The Lord...