Military

If you, or family members, are currently stationed at Davis Monthan Air Force Base or in the Tucson area, please give us a call at 520-428-HOLY (4659)

BENEFITS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES

  • A loving, Christ-centered ministry team ready to serve the spiritual and educational needs of your family.
  • Worship services on Sunday at 9 am along with Bible study opportunities during the week.
  • Connections to military chaplains around the world and devotional material specific to the needs of military families.
  • A loving, safe, Christ-centered Sunday School program for children in preschool through grade 8 that strives to help all children to grow in the use of their gifts and talents. Sunday School is normally August through May. 
  • New member classes that fit your busy schedule.
  • Flexibility in meeting the changing needs and responsibilities of military families.
  • Pastor Parsons has completed our Synod’s Chaplaincy Certification program. Pastor is currently pursuing his commissioning as a Civil Air Patrol Chaplain for the CAP AZ-344 Squadron located at Davis Monthan Air Force Base.

The WELS Military Services Committee provides spiritual services to WELS members and others who serve in the United States Armed Forces.

The committee carries out its mission through a ministry-by-mail program, a full-time civilian chaplain in Europe, and a national civilian chaplain and liaison to the military.  As WELS’ national civilian chaplain and liaison to the military, Pastor Paul Ziemer maintains regular contact with many WELS troops and their families. He coordinates training conferences for WELS military contact pastors and orients and mentors new military contact pastors. When military clearance and funding permit, he supervises periodic chaplain trips to the Middle East or other areas of hostility.

Pastor Parsons is one of more than one hundred WELS pastors who live near military installations in the continental U.S. and select nations overseas who stand ready to serve our military personnel and their families as part-time WELS civilian chaplains.