1. Military Chaplains
Retired Pastors
Active Pastors
New Pastors
Retired Commissioned Ministers
Commissioned Ministers training & retreat
options
Get away and recharge in the setting
that is specific to your needs.
Shepherd’s Canyon800-783-3079
info@ShepherdsCanyonRetreat.org
www.ShepherdsCanyonRetreat.com
Veterans of the Cross
for application: 314-956-2005
Carlos.Hernandez@lcms.org
www.lcms.org/votc
PALS
800-248-1930
pals@lcms.org
www.lcms.org/pals
Grace Place
314-842-3077
pallen@GracePlaceWellness.org
www.GracePlaceWellness.org
Concordia
Plan Services
888-927-7526
info@ConcordiaPlans.org
www.ConcordiaPlans.org
DOXOLOGY
262-253-1888
aschieber@doxology.us
www.doxology.us
Ministry to the
Armed Forces
800-248-1930, ext. 1337
lcmschaps@lcms.org
www.lcms.org/armedforces
Soldiers of the Cross
for application: 314-956-2005
Carlos.Hernandez@lcms.org
www.lcms.org/sotc
A “ROSTERED” CHURCH WORKER is one
who has graduated from an authorized
LCMS institution or has been colloquized
and has satisfactorily completed an
approved educational program of the
Synod for the ordained minister (pastor) or
commissioned minister (teacher, director
of Christian education, director of Christian
outreach, deaconess, director of family life
ministry, director of parish music, certified
lay minister, parish assistant). Rostered
church workers must have been declared
qualified for a first call; recommended
by the faculty of one of the seminaries,
colleges or universities of the Synod;
and initially assigned by the Council of
Presidents to “first calls.” For more
information, review sections 2.6−2.9 of
the 2013 Handbook of the Synod.
What is a church worker?
Annually, LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces
conducts three regional training conferences for
the active duty and mobilized Reserve/National
Guard chaplains of the LCMS. Training focuses on
improving the chaplains’ ministry skills.
Weeklong wellness retreats for LCMS church
workers and spouses; Congregational Wellness
Weekends for church staff and lay leaders; and
Ministry Team Wellness Workshops for church,
school or organization staff.
Shepherd’s Canyon provides a weeklong confidential
counseling retreat to full-time Lutheran church
workers who are in the midst of burnout, stress,
depression, compassion fatigue, conflicts of all kinds
and, sometimes, moral failures. Clients receive 30
hours of individual, couple and group counseling.
DOXOLOGY
Shepherd’s
CanyonGracePlace
Ministrytothe
ArmedForces
An innovative program of advanced study retreats
to strengthen pastors for the task of faithfully
shepherding the souls entrusted to their care. This
program provides pastors with a unique study and
renewal experience, rooted in spiritual care and
informed by contemporary Christian psychology.
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