Fire Chaplain Ministry

  • The Fire Chaplain Ministry exists primarily to support the RRFD and RRFF missions by building, strengthening, and maintaining the spiritual and emotional resiliency, readiness, and wellness of department personnel and their immediate families.

    Secondarily, the Fire Chaplaincy provides chaplain support to department retirees and volunteers.

    Tertiary Fire Chaplain support and services is available for other City of Round Rock departments and partnering agencies as requested.

  • Fire Chaplain John Patterson has been with the RRFD since 2019. Chap has been married for 30 years and has 4 grown children and 1 grandchild. Chap is a US Navy veteran and an ordained Baptist minister, having been in vocational ministry as a pastor since 2010. Chap has extensive experience in Family Ministry and currently serves as the Community Life Pastor at Cityview Bible Church in Round Rock.

    • Ministry of Presence

      • Station Visits & Ride Alongs

      • Department & City Events

      • Family Events (Birthdays, Anniversary’s, Family Gatherings)

    • Clergy Ministry

      • Invocations & Benedictions

      • Dedications / Baptisms & Communion

      • Bible Study & Teaching

      • Weddings & Memorials

      • Hospital Visits & LODD Notifications

    • Consultation Ministry

      • Trauma, PSTD & Moral Injury

      • Personal, Marriage & Family Wellness

      • Personal, Marriage & Family Crisis

      • Workplace Issues, Culture & Ethics

      • Conflict Resolution

    • Family Ministry

      • Dating, Pre-Engagement, Pre-Martial & Marriage Consultation

      • Marriage Seminars & Classes

      • Parenting Seminars & Classes

      • Family Finance Seminars & Classes

  • Online app based tool that brings church and church ministries to firefighters and their families where schedules and location hinder access and participation.

    • The Authority and Inerrancy of Scripture

      • The Bible, as revealed in the Old and New Testaments, is the final authority and without error in its original manuscripts.

      • Matthew 5:17-18, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Hebrews 4:12-13

    • The Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

      • There is one God who exists eternally as three co-equal, fully divine persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

      • Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:13

    • The Full Deity and Humanity of Jesus

      • Jesus Christ is God Incarnate, both fully God and fully human at the same time and. forever.

      • John 1:1-18, John 20:28, Titus 3:4-6

    • The Dignity and Depravity of the Human Race

      • Every person has inherent worth and value because they are created in the image of God, and yet every sinner by nature and by choice and unable to justify themselves before God based on their own good deeds.

      • Genesis 1:27, Psalm 14:2-3, Romans 3:9-20

    • The Substitutionary Atonement and Bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ

      • Jesus died in our place for our sins, was buried, and then was physically resurrected to new life.

      • 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Romans 1:4, Romans 5:8

    • Salvation by Grace Alone through Faith Alone in Christ Alone

      • People are reconciled to God and reborn to eternal life by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ and not a result of any human effort.

      • Genesis 15:5-6, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 3:21-31

    • The Necessity of the Holy Spirit for the Christian Life

      • Daily dependence on the indwelling Holy Spirit is necessary for the believer to walk in holiness.

      • Galatians 5:24-25, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Romans 8:5-11

    • The Future Physical Return of Christ

      • Jesus Christ will return to the earth in the future to finalize His work of redemption and restoration.

      • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Peter 3:1-13, Revelation 1:7

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