📣BIG NEWS! The forthcoming "Armed Forces Ministry Book" will be a valuable resource for Chaplains, veterans and those who support them! We have a generous donor covering the distribution of the first 10,000 copies of this book, published by @ConcordiaPub. Sign up to get a copy shipped to you around Veterans Day! 🇺🇸 (🔗 in next post)

Our Director, Chaplain Craig Muehler, was honored to attend the 200th anniversary of Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis. LCMS Chaplain Kurtis Bueltmann, who serves as Chaplain for 131st Bomb Wing, provided the invocation. Muehler and Bueltmann are pictured with Don Wolfinger, a retired Army officer and member of Concordia Lutheran Church in Kirkwood, MO.

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📷LCMS Chaplain Brian Hamer, one of our Armed Forces Ministry Book Committee Members, gives an exclusive look at the broad range of resources in the new Armed Forces Ministry Book. Free copies are shipping soon to service members, veterans and their families.

LCMS Air Force Chaplain Kurtis Bueltmann is the 317th Airlift Wing chaplain. In his role, he was asked to brief the resources and support that Chaplains provide to Airmen and their families at a newcomers brief at Dyess Air Force Base. 📷cred: Airman 1st Class Caleb Schellenberg

Our Director, Chaplain Craig Muehler, was honored to join the Lutheran service on Army Base Grafenwöhr Germany led by LCMS Chaplain Robert Kraft, who serves as the Family Life Chaplain for the Bavaria area.

This resource has been years in the making. Announcing the "Armed Forces Ministry Book" - coming soon! 📖 This comprehensive pastoral and liturgical resource is for military chaplains, service members and their families. Sign up to get a copy shipped to you around Veterans Day, thanks to a generous supporter of Ministry to the Armed Forces! forms.office.com/r/ycD6PU41z…

Happy 251st Birthday, US Navy, established on this date in 1775! 📸: US Navy photo by Javier Orona of LCMS Navy Chaplain Gregory Todd at the Change of Office and Retirement Ceremony, Washington Navy Yard, May 2026.

“Preparing for war means praying for peace. Armed Forces Ministry Book is designed to support all chaplains and members of the Armed Forces who proclaim the ultimate peace from Christ, as foretold through the prophet Isaiah: “He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore” (Isaiah 2:4)” -Armed Forces Ministry Book Committee forms.office.com/r/ycD6PU41z…

📷LCMS Chaplain Sol Grosskopf, one of our Armed Forces Ministry Book Committee Members, highlights the wide-range of contents in the new book, from rites to prayers, hymns and much more. You will want to get a copy of this new resource!

Baptisms are one of our Chaplains' greatest joys as they serve military members and their families. Here Chaplain Karl Gibbs does the baptism for the child of a Coast Guard member, Kira. Thanks to Zion Lutheran in Belleville, IL for opening up their sanctuary for this special occasion. Welcome to God's family, Kira!

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