There, his exceptional work included “the diversion of 17 sailors from suicide or other self-harm behaviors.” For his time aboard the USS COLE, he was part of a team that earned the Navy Unit Commendation, and he earned a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal. For his work aboard the USS JAMES E WILLIAMS, he received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, where among many other achievements, he conducted over 800 individual counseling sessions. After COLE’s deployment, he was selected as Battalion Chaplain for Headquarters & Service Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps, Henderson Hall, where he serves the needs of over three thousand Marines across 27 countries.Ĭhaplain Hazell (nicknamed ‘Flanders’) has been decorated for his diligent work defending and improving the lives and well-being of Sailors and Marines both on ship and ashore. While there, he built a thriving ministry and trusting chaplain-crew relationship, specializing in crisis counseling, relationship counseling, suicide prevention, and the use of cognitive behavioral therapy. Following that deployment, he reported to a new vessel, the USS COLE (DDG 67), becoming the first billeted Command Chaplain in the ship’s history. He supported her Sailors spiritually and mentally for an eight-month deployment as the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, closed all ports to the ship. His previous service as pastor of The Church in Bethesda, Bethesda, Maryland, and Fairfax Christian Church, in Fairfax, Virginia, as well as his time earning four Clinical Pastoral Education units in varying areas of focus, informs his current work in ministry.įollowing graduation from Naval Chaplaincy School in the fall of 2019, he reported to the USS JAMES E WILLIAMS (DDG 95) in Norfolk, Virginia, to serve as her Command Chaplain for an immediate forward deployment.
He is endorsed by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), but he serves all members of the sea services: Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and Merchant Marines, of all religions (and no religion at all).
Max is an active-duty chaplain in the United States Navy. She believes that love changes everything and that Jesus embodied love fully in the world. Alkhouri is passionate about preaching, teaching, nurturing faith, social justice and helping people live to their fullest potential. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the local YWCA, and has worked with a Black Lives Matter group on cultural awareness.
In addition to her pastoral duties in Batavia, she works with Los Samaritanos, an organization that supports former inmates upon their release. During her time in Bend, she became a sought-after speaker for conferences and gatherings, including the Baccalaureate at Linfield College in 2005. In 2000 she was called to serve the First Presbyterian Church of Bend in Bend, Oregon as its Associate Pastor. There, she assisted her husband in a number of church activities, such as planning celebrations, leading the youth group, providing training to deacons and elders, and teaching Confirmation classes.Īs the birth of her daughter, Sophia approached, she left the remote Alaska location and became the Executive Assistant and Interfaith Coordinator for Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, in the Portland, Oregon area. Mike Stuart in 1998, however, they answered a call to Utqiagvik Presbyterian Church in Barrow, Alaska, 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Alkhouri worked as a Program Assistant for the PC(USA) General Assembly. Since 2007, she has served as the Pastor of Batavia First Presbyterian Church in Batavia, New York.įollowing her graduation from Louisville Seminary, Rev. Alkhouri is a 1993 graduate of the University of Damascus, and in 2000, she became the first Syrian American woman ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA). As a young person, she was influenced in her faith by her parents and the Presbyterian and Catholic communities in Damascus.
Roula Alkhouri was born and grew up in Damascus, Syria.
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