Chapel prepares for holidays, meets spiritual needs

Chaplain (1st Lt.) Quentin Genke, a 22nd Air Refueling Wing chaplain, provides counseling for an Airman, Dec. 1, 2009, at the McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Chapel. Chaplains provide privileged, or confidential, counseling to Airmen and their families. Chaplain Genke is the newest member of the Team McConnell chaplain staff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin A. Shelton)

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Chapel prepares for holidays, meets spiritual needs

Chaplain (1st Lt.) Quentin Genke, a 22nd Air Refueling Wing chaplain, speaks with an inmate Dec. 1, 2009, at a confinement facility on McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Chaplains visit the confinement facility to encourage morale and allow inmates an opportunity to confide in them. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin A. Shelton)

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Chapel prepares for holidays, meets spiritual needs

Chaplain (Maj.) Boyd Short, a 22nd Air Refueling Wing chaplain, talks to soon-to-be, non-commissioned officers and NCO academy graduates about suicide awareness and prevention during a safeTALK briefing, Dec. 2, 2009, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Chaplains here use the safeTALK suicide prevention program to help Airmen identify and connect with people who might be having suicidal thoughts. They also teach Airmen how to help people contact community resources specializing in suicide intervention. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin A. Shelton)

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Chapel prepares for holidays, meets spiritual needs

Tech. Sgt. James Smith, top, a 22nd Air Refueling Wing chaplain assistant, hands a holiday wreath to Airmen 1st Class David Dreyfus, center, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and Paul Rodriguez, 22nd Operation Support Squadron, Dec. 2, 2009, at the McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Chapel. Airmen Dreyfus and Rodriguez, along with fellow First Term Airman’s Center students, helped decorate the chapel for the holidays. (U.S. Air Force Photo /Airman 1st Class Justin Shelton)

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Father Jon Hotze, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Chaplain Corps, conducts a daily mass service, Dec. 2, 2009, at the base chapel at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Father Hotze is a civilian catholic priest at McConnell. Other than conducting religious services on base, chaplains provide pastoral care though counseling and the notify leadership about Airmen’s spiritual needs, religious requirements and ethical issues that impact the wing’s mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Justin Shelton)

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Team McConnell members attend a Catholic Mass, Dec. 6, 2009, at the McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Chapel. The McConnell Chapel also provides Protestant services and, by request, can facilitate the religious needs of people from other faith groups such as Orthodox Christian, Jewish and Muslim. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Justin Shelton)

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Chaplain (Capt.) Robert Borger, a 22nd Air Refueling Wing chaplain, delivers a sermon Dec 6, 2009, during a Sunday morning Protestant service at the McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Chapel. During the service, Chaplain Borger spoke about living an abundant life and talked about how the actions of a few people can make a large difference in the lives of many. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Justin Shelton)

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Chapel prepares for holidays, meets spiritual needs

Published Dec. 21, 2009