In April, Gov. Ron DeSantis gave Florida’s public schools permission to bring volunteer religious chaplains on campus to counsel students whose parents have said it’s OK. As the law took effect Monday, many district officials said they have no plans to implement it. That’s similar to what happened in Texas, where the state’s largest districts […]
SEASIDE — Bryan McKelvey looked at opening a firearms and gun repair store as a way to stay busy in retirement. The former senior chaplain at the Washington County Sheriff’s Office had a store in Jewell before expanding with Nehalem Valley Firearms on S. Roosevelt Drive in Seaside in June. Guns James Green, Shoana McKelvey […]
Chaplains play a unique role in the American military — and in our conception of spirituality. Each one is endorsed for the role by the church or faith organization they belong to, but on the job, they minister to individuals from all manner of religious traditions, including atheists. Since the Department of Defense lets them […]
Jun. 14—By Ayanna Eckblad St. John’s Lutheran Community in late April hired a new chaplain to their staff. This chaplain is the Rev. Michael Mandsager. He has been with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for 32 years. He worked as a pastor at traditional church parishes throughout southeastern Minnesota for many years but transitioned […]
Satanic Temple members are planning on taking advantage of a bill Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Thursday that allows volunteer chaplains to provide support services for public K-12 students. But DeSantis says that’s not going to happen. “Some have said that if you do a school chaplain program, that somehow you’re going to have Satanists running […]
The Corpus Christi ISD Board of Trustees Monday voted against employing chaplains in schools. The board was required to vote on the issue in response to a bill approved by the Texas Legislature last spring allowing public schools to hire unlicensed religious chaplains in mental health roles. The board previously discussed school chaplains and expressed […]