{"id":24072,"date":"2013-07-16T01:16:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T04:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=24072"},"modified":"2016-11-26T01:14:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T04:14:37","slug":"army-chaplain-changing-of-the-stole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/16\/army-chaplain-changing-of-the-stole\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Chaplain Changing of the Stole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/images\/stole.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The head of the South Carolina Army National Guard Chaplain corps transferred from Chaplain (Col) Steven Shugart to Chaplain (Col) Lawrence Dennis is a traditional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/971256\/south-carolina-national-guard-chaplain-leadership-turnover\">&#8220;changing of the stole&#8221; ceremony<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The stole signifies the faithful execution of the spiritual mission of the Chaplain Corps&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston Jr., the adjutant general for South Carolina&#8230;called Shugart a &#8220;warrior&#8217;s chaplain.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Both the outgoing and incoming lead State Chaplains had <!--more-->multiple combat deployments with the SC troops.\u00a0 Chaplains go where the troops go, bringing faith even to the frontlines.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/images\/stole2.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston Jr. &#8230; places the stole on the incoming state chaplain, Col. Lawrence Dennis, July 13, 2013. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Erica Knight\/Released)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Upper photo:\u00a0 <em>The South Carolina Army National Guard Chaplain Corps celebrated a change of leadership at the adjutant general&#8217;s office in Columbia, S.C., July 13, 2013. The passing of the stole from the outgoing state chaplain to the new state chaplain is like passing the unit flag during a change of command. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Erica Knight\/Released)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of the South Carolina Army National Guard Chaplain corps transferred from Chaplain (Col) Steven Shugart to Chaplain (Col) Lawrence Dennis is a traditional &#8220;changing of the stole&#8221; ceremony: The stole signifies the faithful execution of the spiritual mission of the Chaplain Corps&#8230; Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston Jr., the adjutant general for South Carolina&#8230;called Shugart a &#8220;warrior&#8217;s chaplain.&#8221; [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1357,23,38,5284,4145,2,17,10,171,4143,2320,4144,4142],"class_list":["post-24072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chaplain","tag-army-national-guard","tag-bible","tag-chapel","tag-chaplain","tag-lawrence-dennis","tag-military","tag-religious-expression","tag-religion","tag-religious-freedom","tag-robert-livingston","tag-south-carolina","tag-steven-shugart","tag-stole"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}