Treading the Deck Plates: Stories of Hope in Rough Seas from a Navy Chaplain

When: Saturday September 26th at 8am
Where: Club Grandviews Peakhurst
Cost: $29. Register via QR Code or after the service
Guest speaker: Senior Chaplain James Sutherland

Senior Chaplain James Sutherland currently serves as the Acting Director of Fleet Chaplaincy in the Royal Australian Navy. He has lived a varied life as a child of Navy members as well as being a graduate of Morling College, an Accredited Baptist Minister and serving as an itinerant preacher and church-based pastor for over 13 years.

Since joining the Navy as a Chaplain over ten years ago, James has served at numerous bases around Australia as well as deploying on operations in various ships including a nine-month deployment to the Middle East conducting drug and weapons smuggling interdiction and escort operations through the now well-known Strait of Hormuz.

James will be sharing with us some stories from the sacred spaces of the lives of ADF members and their families that included tragedy and triumph and how the hope of the Gospel has been a constant throughout.