I do conduct quarterly prayer breakfasts for our people and Thanksgiving holiday worship services for the command. These are my main preaching opportunities. Not much there to stroke the preacher in me, but that is okay. If I were to describe my counseling and teaching ministry, I would have to say that the burden is low. With such a small number of soldiers, the hours spent in counseling are just a few each week.
Teaching involves managing the local consideration of others program.
This does give me an opportunity to develop a lesson plan to assist our people in the area of human development, though not spiritual in nature. First, let me say that I am completely fulfilled and content in my ministry here at Natick. It has, however, been a shift of focus to the model of an enabling ministry. If you read the last issue of The Army Chaplaincy on Combat Developments, you might remember that at the very end of the process, AMC takes on the task of developing all materiel items for the Chaplaincy. Many of the items under development for the Chaplaincy are developed by one of the product managers here at Natick.