“So What’s Your Hurry?”

By Geneen Roth (Good Housekeeping, May 2008, pg. 153 excerpt)

Sound Advice:
Slow Down and Feed Your Soul

“When you rush and when you binge, you miss every ounce of available pleasure you could be having. You substitute cheap rushes of adrenaline and chasers of guilt for the real pleasure of living life on your terms. So here’s what I want you to do. I want you to move at what psychologist Marion Woodman calls “soul speed.” Human bodies and minds need calm and peace. It’s only at that pace that we can begin to listen to ourselves, and get to know yourselves in a way that leads to acceptance, kindness, and a desire to give ourselves what really nourishes us…Don’t rush through eating and don’t rush through your days. Savor the many tastes of your life.”

Deployments

Currently Deployed:

Ch Deborah Hughley

Rabbi Sarah Schechter

Ch Rachel David


Preparing to Deploy Next Cycle:
Ch Josephine Pinkney

Ch Laura Adelia

Ch Regina Samuel


Supporting Blue Flag in April Ch Sheila Wilson

Education You Can Use by Ch Jan McCormack, DMin, BCC

Here at Denver Seminary, in addition to the MA & MDiv chaplaincy program I wrote and have administered & taught in for 10 yrs, we are now offering a 10 SH Certificate in Chaplaincy AND we are in the process of creating a Chaplaincy specialization in our DMin Leadership Track beginning with a seminar this summer. (See our web site for more information and the chaplaincy program section with Kathy Scott!

http://www.denverseminary.edu/become-a-student/chaplaincy-program

One can enroll in the summer seminar without having to enroll in the entire DMin program (test it out). I am in dialogue with all service Chiefs about some form of advanced standing for War College courses; I already offer some advanced standing for 2 seminars for 4 units of CPE even if they were done a while ago. I am a Denver seminary DMin grad, so is Cherri Wheeler and Ruth Segres is currently enrolled. Chaplains need to have a minimum of 3 yrs post MDiv ministry and be able to sign the National Association of Evangelicals faith statement.

“As a first step we are holding a chaplaincy seminar which includes the opportunity to participate in a focus group to help us plan the chaplaincy concentration. This pilot seminar, “Institutional Leadership: Effective Chaplains Lead From Where They Are,” will be offered July 20-24 2009 under the instruction of Dr. Dayne Nix, Commander, Chaplain, USN (Ret) and Dr. Jan McCormack, BCC, Chaplain, Lt Col, USAF (Ret). Students accepted to participate in this seminar will also receive a tuition incentive for participating in the focus group. Prospective DMin Chaplaincy students will not want to miss this opportunity to be in on the creation of their own future degree program!

After 31 years in chaplaincy with 10 of those teaching chaplaincy at the seminary level, I have just begun the process to become an ACPE supervisor! I covet your prayers for this process and that I may have the “humility of learning.”

Resources

Books Ch Cherri Wheeler recently read: 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper and The Shack by Paul Williams.

Financial and Estate Planning/Management Books recommended by Cassandra Thomas: Taxes 2009 for Dummies include 2008 tax laws. Estate & Trust Administration for Dummies; How to Settle an Estate; and The Executor’s Guide: Settling a Loved One’s Estate or Trust are excellent resources that help me in my duties as Executrix to my Mother’s estate.

While she had a will in place and was very organized in many ways, there was no way I was prepared for what being an executrix entailed. Reading (and re-reading and highlighting) these books helped me navigate my way. The courts can only provide so much guidance and attorneys can be costly if you don’t know what to ask from them.

These books have also caused me to think more seriously about my own estate planning and what I shall leave behind to loved ones, beneficiaries, charities, and yes the government (but you can minimize the tax pain by knowing how to maximize giving your assets to your heirs/beneficiaries. It’s not too early to begin planning.

As many of us complete our income tax paperwork, much of what we’re tracking affects your estate. I encourage you to have a will, living will and power of attorney in place. But I also encourage you to know what duties the person(s) you named as your executor/executrix must accomplish.

I’m glad I’ve retired because being an executrix is a “full-time” job that almost requires me to be in the city that my Mom was in to process her will through the courts. I know others who’ve handled estates and guardianship management long distance and it’s taken them a much longer road and with greater headaches. These are must read books.

Celebrations, Prayer Requests & Personal News

Congratulations to:

- Ch, Col (s) Cherri Wheeler on her selection to full colonel. She was one of four lieutenant colonel chaplains selected. She will receive an assignment shortly and leave the Air National Guard where she was the active duty liaison. Please be in prayer with her as she prepares to move.







- Ch Wheeler with a patient being medevac'd








- Ch, Capt Ruth Segres 2008 51 FW Staff Agency - CGO of the Year, Osan AB, Korea





Prayer Requests:
- Deployed and about to deploy chaplains, their families, and staff

- Cherri and Wade as the military will have Wade in Germany for the next two years and Cherri at an assignment to be announced soon, but not Germany!

- Ch Ruth Segres’ hand and arm which has been in a brace since she fell in January.

- Those who will retire from the military this year that their transitions will be smooth with minimum stress.

- Those who are still in bereavement for loss of their loved ones that they havethe time and space to grieve and find peace.

- Our civic and military leaders.

“Remember your strength is our strength…become a dues paying member today.”

Personal News

- Ch Terri Erikson made it official that she will retire from active duty in 2009. More to follow as her plans are finalized. Thank you Terri for your many years of faithful service to God, country, and our military.

- Ch Kim Willis became an Air Force Reserve chaplain in January of this year; transferring from the Chaplain Candidate program. She will be assigned to Dover AFB, MD.

- Ch Ruth Segres will PCS to Bolling AFB, MD this summer.

- Ch Linda Olsen retires June 2009. She plans to do CPE in Palo Alto CA near her children and grandchildren. “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

- Ch Karen Stocks, is now the WUIM treasurer! Thank you, Karen, for accepting this important position. Thank you, Ch Sharon Freeto for all your past diligent service.

- Ch Marianne (Kehoe) Nassef married on 22 Nov 2008 to Maj. Josh Nassef, a B-1 WSO. Both are stationed at Dyess AFB TX. God bless her as she balances a 2-military career marriage.

Opportunities to Fellowship

Ch Melissa Ollendieck (tall one); Ch Lucinda Valenti; & Ch Valenti’s daughter, McKelvey. The Valentis showed Ch Ollendieck an “Austin” (Texas that is) good time!

Ch Cassandra Thomas (left) and Ch Ruth Segres (right) met at Cracker Barrel’s in Smithfield, NC for lunch and fellowship when Ruth was stateside for schooling from Korea.

WUIM Annual Retreat (2-5 Nov 09)

This year's conference is scheduled for 2-5 November 2009 at the TBarM Conference Center, New Braunfels TX. Make plans to attend now. Please send your $100 deposit to Ch Karen Stocks, 17460 IH 35 N Ste #160-356, Schertz TX 78154. The $100 deposit is non-refundable and must be made by 30 Sep 2009 to secure our rooms at TBarM. If you are unable to attend at the last minute, the deposit will be considered a donation and you will have an opportunity to choose which designated fund will receive your deposit. If you do not designate a fund, then your deposit will go to the General Fund. Donations are tax deductible.

Membership Information
Life Member is $500 and is payable at anytime all at once or use a payment plan of $50/month for 10 months. Annual Member is $25, payable in January of each year. Contact Ch Stocks at above address for more information. **Note: Life Members do receive a discount on our conference fee each year.

Designation Contributions
Designated gifts for Speaker's Fund, Scholarship Fund, and General Fund are tax deductible. Please consider making WUIM one of your favorite charities. You might also ask your faith group and congregations to consider making a contribution to the WUIM as well. This is our future and our legacy.

Name the Funds
We would like to name the Speaker's Fund and the Scholarship Fund
-- i.e., "Mentoring Marys Speaker's Fund."

Please forward suggestions to:
Ch, Lt Col Elaine Henderson, OHANG Wing Chaplain
178 FW/HC
5319 Regula Ave
Springfield ANG Base OH 45502-8784

346-2214 (DSN)
937-3272214 (COMMERCIAL)
330-701-4659 (CELL PHONE)

Mil E-mail: Elaine.Henderson@ohspri.ang.af.mil
Ruth.Henderson@us.af.mil

About Our WUIM Organization

a 501 (c) 3 Non-Profit Organization

MISSION: Women United in Ministry will exist to provide scholarship, training and mentoring opportunities for women who are serving or have served in military ministry. To provide a network of support with other professional women and to provide spiritual, personal growth and educational opportunities for women chaplains.


April WUIM Newsletter Editor
Ch Cassandra Thomas

Address
1920 Dancy Street
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Phone: (910) 488-4897
E-mail
chcothomas@yahoo.com


WUIM Leadership
President: Ch Elaine Henderson
Honorary President: Ch Lorraine Potter
Vice President: Ch Cherri Wheeler
Secretary/Treasurer: Ch Karen Stocks
Blog: http://wuim.blogspot.com/ Maintained by Ch Ruth Segres