Singers from across defence have enjoyed three days of worship at a spiritual resilience retreat at the Defence Academy’s Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre.
The second Gospel Worship Retreat run by the Defence Christian Network (DCN) saw attendees participate in workshops under choir director Denise Wilson, her sister, the acclaimed Gospel singer Monique McKen, and accompanist Jeff Russell.
Speaking at the close of this year’s event, retreat leader Rev. Dr. Brent van der Linde RN said:
In addition to the singing, discussions exploring the connection between the New Testament, the Blues and Gospel were led Dr Gary W Burnett. Dr Burnett is the author of ‘The Gospel According to The Blues’ and teaches New Testament at Queen’s University Belfast. He said:
Major General Andrew Roe, Chief Executive and Commandant of the Defence Academy commented:
Defence Academy civil servant, Melanie Cooper-Powell said of her experience:
The DCN is a quad-service, multi-denominational network for all christians in defence. Its mission is to connect, support and inspire christians across defence, make a positive christian contribution to diversity and inclusion and Whole Force wellbeing and support MOD engagement with christians in wider society.