Security through Christ

We all long for security.  The security that people without faith typically long for is temporal through cars, homes, careers, and just things in general.  For a long time I searched for security through these things just like a lost pup looking for a home.  Thankfully in my journey of seeking I was able to find the permanent security found through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  The relevance of this for Uniform in Christ comes from the fact that we have a lot of military families in Montana, and families coming to Montana every day, with the same seeking that I experienced ten years ago.  And almost every day there is a call that comes in for people seeking something.  It is ALWAYS an opportunity to help them find what it is they are looking for, but more importantly it is also ALWAYS an opportunity to build a relationship with them and to be a vehicle for the Holy Spirit to work and to help lead someone to Christ.

It is our ministry's mission to manage crisis and to continue being available as a network across the state to handle these phone calls from military families looking to navigate support services.  Currently the network is informal and based on acquaintances in the Christian community.  Montana is not an easy state to navigate services, especially outside of the Church, which is where the majority of the calls originate from.   While the relationships built and the assistance being provided through activities like Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University course is quintessential, there are bigger things in store for Uniform in Christ.  We are encouraged by the call to build this statewide network of Christian-based support and know that it is not one individual or organization that can own responsibility for mitigating a suicide epidemic among Veterans and military in Montana.  But building a Christian network can unquestionably work together to address the suicide problem that Montana is infamous for.  This is what Uniform in Christ is called to do: help build and educate a Christian network (pastoral and laymen), and most importantly mobilize this network to be THE resource that provides the security that Jesus promised to his apostles prior to being our sacrifice.  By Uniform in Christ fulfilling its mission and bringing light to all things military culture related, we have the ability to help families who are searching for support find much more than just support--by helping them find the security that we share as Christians.

In upcoming blogs we are going to be sharing with you some ways that you can get involved in this mission in 2016.  We hope and anticipate that it will give you enough time to make the necessary plans to join us.  Thank you for your time and continued prayers for this ministry.

Blessed with Reason,
Uniform in Christ