PLEASE NOTE! 

Due to funding problems encountered because of the potential U. S. Government shut-down, the Crowne Plaza Marina Hotel has extended our room block rate guarantee through 18 April.

Use this link to the registration form and crucial conference information.  Download the form and use in surface mail.  

For online registration click here and make payment via PayPal.   Do not use this form if you are not paying immediately via PayPal.

Reserve your room now at the Crowne Plaza Hampton Marina Hotel.  The conference room block is available through Sunday, 10 April 2011. Please call the Passkey Reservation Center at 1-888- 233-9527. The booking code for our joint room block is “VAM.”  Or use the booking link immediately below with the same code.

VA Chaplains & Military Chaplains Association Conference, 2-6 May 2011

Instructions to the Traveler

The room rate is $77.00 [double or single occupancy].  This includes a very nice buffet breakfast.  On a space available basis, the hotel will honor our room rate for two days prior to the main event.  Any days after the conference will be difficult to obtain because of heavy booking for that weekend in May.

Join us for key leader presentations on Warrior Care issues and important updates on benefits and issues that concern all chaplains – whether active military, Veterans Affairs, or retired.

MCA National Executive Committee members and Veterans Affairs Chaplain Field Leadership Council members should arrive on Sunday, 1 May unless they are local commuters.  Both groups will convene early Monday morning.  All other participants should arrive not later than Monday, 2 May.

Registration begins at Noon and continues until 4 PM.  Then join us Monday late afternoon for a Joint Welcome Reception from 4 to 5:30 PM.  We are looking forward to your participation for this third bi-annual joint meeting.

Ensign Rick Shaffer, CCPO, U. S. Navy, received the 2010 MCA Chaplain Candidate Scholarship [2010-2011 Academic Year] in a ceremony at Denver Seminary on Thursday, 9 September 2010.

Left to right are:    Dr. Jan McCormack, Director of Chaplaincy & Pastoral Counseling, Denver Seminary [Ret. USAF Lt Col / current MCA Executive Committee member]; Chaplain (LTC) Grover G. Devault, USA Ret [MCA Scholarship Committee]; Ensign Rick Shaffer, Denver Seminary Master of Divinity/Chaplaincy student; Dr. Randy MacFarland, Provost/Dean of Denver Seminary; and Dr. Fred Gingrich, Counseling Division Chair, Denver Seminary.

Naval Chaplaincy School & Center
Air Force Chaplain Corps College
Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center
6 May 2010, Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC

Left to Right

CAPTAIN Michael W. Langston, CHC, USN
Commanding Officer, Naval Chaplaincy School & Center
Chaplain, Colonel Steven E. Keith, USAF
Commandant, Air Force Chaplain Corps College
Chaplain (Colonel) Samuel J. T. Boone, USA
Commandant, Army Chaplain Center & School

Click here for

Bulletin of the AFCC Dedication Ceremony

Script of the AFCC Dedication Ceremony

Videos of the AFCC Dedication Ceremony

AFCC Dedication Part 1

AFCC Dedication Part 2

AFCC Dedication Part 3

AFCC Dedication Edited Version from Leiturgia Communications on Vimeo.

Two years from the groundbreaking in 2008, the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center was officially opened on 6 May 2010 at Fort Jackson, SC.   From left to right are Navy, Air Force, and Army chaplaincy leaders cutting the ribbon.   The ceremony  included separate ribbon-cuttings for the Air Force Chaplain Corps College and the Naval Chaplain School and Center.   Three school staffs and current students conducted a superb ceremony.  The Military Chaplains Association was well represented with nearly 100 members and spouses who also came to Columbia, SC for the 85th Annual Meeting and National Institute.

Bulletin AFCC dedication

Script of Dedication Ceremony

Video of Dedication Ceremony 

 Go to our 27 August 2010 posting for links to video of the ceremony.

News Event Links

Army News

Air Force Times

Ensign Kyle A. Dillon, Navy Chaplain Candidate at Covenant Theological Seminary, received a 2009-2010 MCA Chaplain Candidate Scholarship.  Chaplain (BG) Douglas Lee, USA (ret.), MCA National Officer and Executive Director for the Presbyterian and Reformed Joint Commission, presented the award during a banquet in St. Louis, MO on 15 September.  Kyle is endorsed for chaplaincy by the Presbyterian Church in America.  He was commissioned into the naval reserve December 2008 and expects to graduate from seminary in May 2013.   Congratulations and Welcome Aboard!