May 31 2022 35 mins 1
On this episode of "It's Your Call," hosts Karen Medland and Andrew Richardson have a conversation with "Padre" Megan Jones, a Canadian Forces chaplain based in Cold Lake, AB. Being called to serve as a chaplain in the Canadian Armed Forces is very different from what most people think of when they are discerning a call to ministry. Captain Megan Jones shares how she received her call to ministry while she already a member of the Armed Forces, and describes the unique way a military chaplain walks with people of many different faith backgrounds during their service in Canada and overseas. Megan tells about her experience as a woman serving as a spiritual leader in diverse ecumenical and interfaith contexts, and how that offers distinctive and, perhaps unexpected, opportunities for ministry. Military chaplains, she shares, get to walk with people during their most sacred and life-changing moments just as others in ministry, but aren't exempt from the regime of the marching or push-ups required of those they serve either! We invite you to listen in on their conversation.
It's Your Call is a podcast from the Office of Vocation of The United Church of Canada.
