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MINISTRY UPDATE
2025 is off to a quick start! We are already three weeks in and it feels like we just began. I hope you were able to enjoy time with family and friends celebrating Christmas and New Years. The last few weeks for me have been great, catching up and supporting many responders and chaplains. God is good.
On the family side of things, Addison has been working with an Army Recruiter and takes her big test and medical exam tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Please be in prayer for her as she strives to be the best she can be and jump into her successful career. She is very excited and has been preparing for this week for months.
As I have mentioned in the past, RMPFC is growing significantly. Eleven years ago we began with a handful of chaplains and a couple of agencies. Today we support 133 law enforcement agencies and 51 fire departments with over 230 chaplains. We are currently active in 10 states and have another 10 states that we are in conversations with at various levels. As we have expanded, we are traveling to other states to train new chaplains, set up new chaplain programs, and respond to critical incidents. As you can imagine, this has been a big undertaking. Please pray for wisdom, discernment, and the provision of new chaplains to join us to bring the best chaplain support we can to our responders. We need front line chaplains as well as regional coordinators to provide area leadership and support for chaplains and agencies. Thank you for your prayers and encouragement.
I have been leading the training schedule and planning for RMPFC. The 2025 training calendar is filling up and there is a lot of excitement around the trainings and events coming up. In addition to the local trainings, it looks like we will specifically be traveling to facilitate basic chaplain trainings to Arizona, Michigan, and Alaska with the potential for others. We will also be leading a Chaplain breakout section for the Safety and Wellness Conference at the International Association of Chiefs of Police in March.
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