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9/11 – 15th Anniversary

September 6, 2016 – Our own Chaplain Rob Dewey set the stage for a special remembrance of the 9-11 attack on the World Trade Center.  He noted that the date is being recognized each 5th year and this is significant as it has been 15 years.  All our lives have changed since this date.

Chaplain [LtCol] Walt Bean, USAF, our speaker, has been an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene since 1985. He coordinates crisis activities at Charleston Air Force Base and other locations caring for a total of 33,000 people.  He has recently proposed the signing of a joint crisis ministry system between the Air Force Base and all Charleston Area responders.  Continue reading “9/11 – 15th Anniversary”

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Rob Dewey: Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy

May 17, 2016 – Our speaker today was our own,  Rev. Rob Dewey, Senior Chaplain of the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy, which serves the Charleston area in times of need.  Rob, who is an active member of our Charleston Rotary Club, started his career as a police officer, during which time he also served as a volunteer chaplain.  He saw the need for crisis intervention for first responders and was  ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1983.

In 1990, he started the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy, a ministry that supports emergency responders and their families as well as the general public in times of crisis. He is the co-author of the Pastoral Crisis Intervention course for the International Crisis Incident Stress Foundation. Continue reading “Rob Dewey: Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy”