Profiled

Greetings,


Our denomination has a Chaplains Commission. Our Chaplains Commission serves as a screening, certifying and monitoring agency for chaplaincy and pastoral counseling personnel. Their task is to facilitate the entry and success of people who are called to minister.


We are so grateful for our Chaplains Commission. These guys take such good care of us. Other denominations have limited contact with their endorsing agents. But not ours. We and they are in constant contact.....which makes us feel "loved".


From the commission we receive weekly updates. Harry fills out monthly reports. We see these guys at least once a year. And every other year we gather for our denominations General Assembly. Needless to say.... these guys take care of us.



This past week Harry was the profiled Chaplain.


So in keeping with the Valentine's theme....I wanted to share our "profile".




Profile of a Chaplain

This week, Navy Chaplain (LT) Harry Hansen, and his wife, Kristie, visited our Chaplains Commission offices for dialogue, fellowship and a staff luncheon. In a sense, God arranged to bring these two people together for their military chaplaincy ministries. As singles, they lived next door to each other in an apartment in the Atlanta area; struck up conversations around the need to get rid of a possum that made its way into their stairwell. From those occasional chats, they developed a relationship that finally led to marriage and joint chaplaincy ministries. Kristie was brought up in the Assemblies of God and Harry in the Methodist Church. As they deepened their walk with the Lord, they joined in marriage, and became part of the Mount Paran Church of God in Atlanta. For a number of years Harry was a commercial pilot with Delta. While fully employed with Delta, he completed, with honors, his Seminary training. It was during Seminary that he became interested in military chaplaincy; was accepted as a Chaplain in training, and finally his first active duty station on the island of Crete. Already, they have proven faithful and successful as a chaplaincy team.





When I first heard the term profile....my mind traveled to the psychoanalysis the officials use to catch serial killers. But as you can see Harry and I are harmless.


You can see the actual Chaplains Commission report here.





Crick, Jerry, and the rest of the COG crew...


It was so nice to spend time with you last week. We have not had Chinese food in almost a year now! Thank you!


We are so blessed to have you as our mentors.


You take such good care of us and for that we are grateful.





Blessings to those who diligently watch over us,

Kristie