Pastoral Care for Military Personnel

Resources for Deploying Service Members

Military Sending Service

Prayers and Blessing at the Deployment of Military Personnel

Resources for Returning Service Members

Five Things a Congregation Can Do For Veterans Returning From War

Rite of Welcoming Home of a Service Member Returning From War

Care for Returning Veterans
   A workshop resource for congregations or individuals to put out the welcome mat
   for returning veterans and their families. Free DVDs of the workshop are available
   through the synod office or at the Care for Returning Veterans website

Pastoral Care among Returning Veterans
    An article in "Caring Connections: An Inter-Lutheran Journal for Practitioners
    and Teachers of Pastoral Care and Counseling"
 

Other Resources and Websites of Interest:

A Pastoral Guide of Resources for Soldiers in the National Guard

ELCA Office of Federal Chaplains

Barnabas Uplift

Civilian Clergy Resources - U. S. Army
    Ministering to Families Affected by Military Deployment