Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries Commissioning Program

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Adventist chaplains are ministers with current conference-issuedcredentials who are granted ecclesiastical endorsement to serve in one ofthe specialized ministries. The chaplaincy is an equally valid and viableexpression of ministry on par with more traditional expressions ofpastor and evangelist. They are an integral element of theAdventist ministry.

All chaplains are pastors, though not all pastors are called to bechaplains. Just as medical doctors require graduate school andlicensing before they can practice medicine, pastors requireprofessional training and credentialing. To become a specialist inany medical field requires advanced professional training, residencyand certification. To become a chaplain, pastors must have advancedtraining, pastoral experience verified by current credentials andecclesiastical endorsement.

Ecclesiastical endorsement is the Church's affirmation that a person is seeking or serving inchaplaincy and has presented evidence of their calling and training for that ministry. It signifies the

applicant (1) is an experienced minister in regular standing of the Seventh-day Adventist Church; (2)has completed appropriate training for the specialized ministry; (3) is placed or is seeking placementin an approved chaplaincy ministry setting; and (4) will maintain an accountable relationship with theChurch.

Chaplain Robin Patricia Walker earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Washington AdventistUniversity (formerly Columbia Union College), and a Masters of Divinity from Wesley TheologicalSeminary. Her post graduate work in Clinical Pastoral Education, (CEP) for hospital chaplaincy wassuccessfully completed by fulfilling an Internship prerequisite at the Washington Hospital Center,and concluding the requirement with the Residency at Georgetown University Hospital. March 10,2009 the Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries Committee granted her ecclesiastical endorsement.


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To be read consecutively

Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither bedismayed; for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."

Luke 1:46-55

46 And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 forhe has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call meblessed; 49 for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 50 And hismercy is on those who fear him from generation to generation. 51 He has shown strength with hisarm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts, 52 he has put down the mightyfrom their thrones, and exalted those of low degree; 53 he has filled the hungry with good things,and the rich he has sent empty away. 54 He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of hismercy, 55 as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity forever."

II. Corinthians 5:7

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Composed by Chaplain Patrick Bradley

The Lord be with us as we run to yet another emergency. If it be a patient dying let us be yourconsolation to the family. If it be a trauma coming to the emergency department let us be yourhands, your voice, your presence for the victims, for their loving friends and family, for the staff.

If it be a code then let us be your voice when it is time to stop. Watch over and protect all thepatients in the hospital today, especially those you will call home. This prayer rises up from thedepths of each chaplains soul. Amen.


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Reception to follow

Musical Prelude....................................................................................................................Samuel Edison Cromwell Jr.

ProcessionalIn the Masters Arms

Welcome and Invocation .............................................................................................................Dr. Mark A. McCleary

The GreetingsChaplain Gary R. CouncellElder Henry J. Fordham, IIIChaplain Barbara G. McKenzie

Congregational HymnCome, Thou Fount of Every Blessing/SDA Hymnal - 423

Scripture Readings...................................................................................................................Chaplain Christine ComerJoshua 1:9, Luke 1:46-55, and II. Corinthians 5:7

Chaplains Prayer........................................................................................................................Chaplain Chor-Kiat Sim

Musical Selection........................................................................................................................Capitol Hill Praise TeamWe Pray this Day

Candidates Ministry Sketch..............................................................................................................Deborah Y. Jeffries

The Lords Supper Spouses Prayer..............................................First Elders: Nita Minnfield & Rodney Malcolm

Musical Selection........................................................................................................................Capitol Hill Praise TeamAll We Ask

Homily.........................................................................................................................Chaplain Kesslyn A. Brade-Stenis

Musical Selection........................................................................................................................Capitol Hill Praise TeamEven Me

The Exhortation ............................................................................................................................Dr. Mark A. McCleary

Prayer of Consecration.................................................................................................................Dr. Rosa Taylor Banks

The Charge..................................................................................................................Chaplain Washington Johnson, II

The Welcome to Pastoral Ministry......................................................................................Chaplain Gary R. Councell

Response from the Commissioned...........................................................................................Pastor Robin P. Walker

Benediction.....................................................................................................................................Dr. Mark A. McCleary

Recessional HymnSo Send I You/SDA Hymnal578

Musical Postlude..................................................................................................................Samuel Edison Cromwell Jr.

Please remain seated for ushering


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Welcome and InvocationDr. Mark A. McCleary, Pastor of First Church SDA

MusiciansMichelle Riley-Jones and the Capitol Hill SDA Church Praise TeamSelections Performed - We Pray this Day, All We Ask, and Even Me

Samuel Edison Cromwell Jr., First Church SDASelections Preformed - Prelude and Postlude, In theMasters Arms, Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing, and So Send I You

The Greetings

Gary R. Councell, Chaplain (Colonel), U. S. Army Retired, Director of Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries (ACM), WorldChurch of SDA

Elder Henry J. Fordham III, Vice President for Administration - Allegheny East Conference Corporation of SDA

Rev. Barbara G. McKenzie of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) Director ofPastoral Care - Suburban Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) Bethesda, M. D.

Scripture ReadingsChristine Comer, Staff Chaplain, Department of Pastoral Care Sibley Memorial Hospital, JHM, Washington, DC.

Chaplains PrayerDr. Chor-Kiat Sim BCC, CPE Supervisor Washington Adventist Hospital

Candidates Ministry SketchDeborah Y. Jeffries, Master of Theological Studies, Church Historian

The Lords Supper

Nita Minnifield, PhD, First Elder of the Bladensburg SDA ChurchRodney Malcolm, PhD, First Elder of the First Church of SDA

HomilyDr. Kesslyn A. Brade-Stenis: Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at Bowie State University, andMinister of Music/Assistant Chaplain of Protestant Ministry at Georgetown University.

The ExhortationDr. Mark A. McCleary

Prayer of ConsecrationDr. Rosa T. Banks, Associate Secretary World Church of SDA

The ChargeDr. Washington Johnson II, ACM Area Assistant Director (Navy Chaplain, Lt. Cmdr.)

The Welcome To MinistryChaplain Gary R. Councell


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St. John Chrysostom and a French proverb ~

They whom we love and lose are no longer where they were before. They are now wherever weare. Gratitude is the memory of the heart. These individuals are fondly remembered for theircontribution in my call to ministry.

Pastor David McCottry

Marjorie Frances McCall, Great -grandmother

Elder George Anderson

Sister McDade, Bible Worker

Robert Wilmore Smart, FatherSister Charlotte Smith

Deacon Arthur Livingston Wharton

Dr. Lorenzo Hunter Grant, Pastor

Elder Reger Smith

Dr. Henry D. Dardy, Chief Scientist for Advanced Computation, Naval Research Laboratory

There are no words coined in the English language that accurately expresses

the depth of my gratitude. I am so overwhelmed. I cannot begin remembering

all of you without forgetting someone dear. What I can sincerely say, is

thank you! Thank you for caring, journeying, listening, and being present. To

those who participated in any fashion this evening, and to you who have

walked this journey along side of me; may our Lord wrap you in a warmblanket of his love, blessing you continuously

For all that has been thank you. For all that is to come yes. Dag Hammarskjald


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