Bible Plebe Summer

I know nothing about plebe summer and I can tell you the answer is of course.
 
My only suggestion for PS is to not bring a favorite, treasured Bible, but a small travel
Bible. Things can get a little hectic during the summer with “stuff” and roommates and room chaos. Get through PS, move to your academic year room in company area, settle in, have your favorite with you then.
 
A little follow up question that I have been wondering for PS… how exactly do Sundays work? Are you able to go to church? Do you have time for a Bible study, prayer, etc?
 
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Try scrounging up current and older copies of the daily devotional study guides that your Church may use, to take with you to Plebe summer as well. They cover 1 to 2 months of daily study and anecdotal insight/application. In most cases, it’s a small handbook size magazine.

The United Methodist Church owns a publication company call the “Upper Room” …. Current and older copies of these daily devotional readings would be great for Plebe summer … they get thrown out eventually because they cover 2 months of daily readings.
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txrearea said:
A little follow up question that I have been wondering for PS… how exactly do Sundays work? Are you able to go to church? Do you have time for a Bible study, prayer, etc?
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Yes.

If you go over to Mitscher Hall, they have bagels. ;)
 
txrearea said:
A little follow up question that I have been wondering for PS… how exactly do Sundays work? Are you able to go to church? Do you have time for a Bible study, prayer, etc?
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From what I learned, Plebe summer makes a lot of converts for Friday night shabbat services (to get into AC and away from detailers along with better food options) and Catholic mass on Sunday (AC/no detailers and the occasion donut). In the academic year it reverts to only those who are interested for religious purposes.
 
txrearea said:
A little follow up question that I have been wondering for PS… how exactly do Sundays work? Are you able to go to church? Do you have time for a Bible study, prayer, etc?
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Not only are you able to go to church, but you get to attend services at (IMHO) one of the most beautiful chapels in the world with service lead by the awesome Navy chaplains who get the privilege of being assigned to a SA (USNA, USCGA and USMMA). They also have several other worship related gatherings and affiliate groups. Our understanding is that you can bring a journal, a Bible and one other book to read when you report in, but as Capt MJ said, take something small, not a family heirloom. The chaplains are available for the mids’ spiritual and emotional needs, and offer counseling, religious services, and facilitate the needs of all faiths and are an invaluable resource not just at the SAs, but also in the fleet. They are the only ones who have privileged (100% confidential) communication and even if the midshipman, cadet, sailor, Marine, Coast Guardsman, etc is of a different faith than the chaplain, the chaplains are still available to care for all of them.
 
Navy2025 said:
From what I learned, Plebe summer makes a lot of converts for Friday night shabbat services (to get into AC and away from detailers along with better food options) and Catholic mass on Sunday (AC/no detailers and the occasion donut). In the academic year it reverts to only those who are interested for religious purposes.
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Yes those plebs who would never go to a church as a civilian can at times be found at Jewish services on Friday and Mass on Sunday and if there was a Saturday service mine might be there as well.

Then pleb summer ends
 
One of my son's company-mates during PS would go to Shabbat every Friday, where their parents would also go (since they were local) .......... sneaky way to see your kid every week during PS!!! They didn't become more religious during the summer, but the family overall did take advantage of the system a bit.
 
IronmanDaremo said:
One of my son's company-mates during PS would go to Shabbat every Friday, where their parents would also go (since they were local) .......... sneaky way to see your kid every week during PS!!! They didn't become more religious during the summer, but the family overall did take advantage of the system a bit.
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You know you just gave me an excuse to book flights for every Friday. LOL!!!
 
gonavy14 said:
Lol, I think I remember like 25% of my company temporarily becoming Jewish over plebe summer. A couple hours a week of not getting yelled at was tempting.
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Finally, my son will put all those years of Hebrew school to use!!!!!!!! He tutored Hebrew for a couple years and helped me with his 2 younger brothers when it was their turn so I feel pretty confident he can teach the guys enough prayers to pass for a minion. LOL!!!
 
The kids will have their fair share of parents imposing themselves on PS. I've never understood rhat. My kid said it felt like they were in a zoo with all the onlookers.

We're local (within town liberty radius), but this is his journey, not mine. We dropped him off on I-Day, and picked him up for PPW. Otherwise, we left him alone and played "Where's Waldo" with all the pics.

Don't worry, your kids will be able to worship however they are comfortable. The military is rigid, but it is also inclusive and values freedoms.
 
IronmanDaremo said:
The kids will have their fair share of parents imposing themselves on PS. I've never understood rhat. My kid said it felt like they were in a zoo with all the onlookers.

We're local (within town liberty radius), but this is his journey, not mine. We dropped him off on I-Day, and picked him up for PPW. Otherwise, we left him alone and played "Where's Waldo" with all the pics.

Don't worry, your kids will be able to worship however they are comfortable. The military is rigid, but it is also inclusive and values freedoms.
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Hold on there Ironman … I think I saw you with your MIDN son on the sidewalk right inside Gate 1 walking parallel to the Visitor center on a Friday evening around 1600 in mid-February …. It was a clear very cold and window Friday afternoon/evening … one of your littlen’s was with you, and another older Gentleman I believe.

Maybe that wasn’t you … but I think it was …

Clue: your SA Emoji and the recent Military Ball dance picture of your son with his date … the bells started clanging in my head … that’s got to be Ironman.

I drove the 85 miles to have dinner with DD …. The burger was Ok … too messy though … knife and fork.

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I went to see him on his birthday (early Feb.), which was on a Friday, and brought the littlest dude. Day, time, location, and weather sound correct!

He wanted a burger, so the littlest dude and I got some from Dry 85 on Main St. and brought it back on the Yard (since he was not on Town Liberty) and we ate in Dahlgren.

Never thought I'd be the "Where's Waldo" target! Small world! ;)
 
navy27hopeful said:
Is it allowed for a plebe to bring a Bible to plebe summer? I know there won't be a lot of time to read but even just a verse or two at night would be amazing
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txrearea said:
A little follow up question that I have been wondering for PS… how exactly do Sundays work? Are you able to go to church? Do you have time for a Bible study, prayer, etc?
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Just wanted to share what my two Mids did. Yes, you can go to church every Sunday during PS. Mine went to Bible Study (Officer's Christian Fellowship/OCF) before Chapel and then went to Chapel. They both joined OCF and it has been the biggest blessing EVER!! The leaders are incredible. Retired 06. The Mids go on retreats up to White Sulphur Springs every Fall and Spring (the best escape for a Plebe). One of mine is going on an Easter Retreat next weekend to WSS. OCF is located at most military bases as well so you always have Brothers and Sisters where you get orders to. I can't say enough about OCF. I think the current Plebe class has 40 Plebes in OCF. My boys best friends at the Academy are all from OCF!! Also, regarding bringing your Bible on IDay. Mine did not. They brought paperwork, calculator, retainer (ha ha ha...mom made them!) and new sneakers on their feet. They didn't need to stress about anything else and wanted a small bag to carry. The sack they will be issued with all their clothes, etc. is so heavy. I brought their Bibles on Parent's Weekend. I didn't want to risk mailing it in case it got lost. They were issued a Bible so they had one during PS it just wasn't theirs from home. You can mail them a devotion in their first package if you want. Just know they are so exhausted maybe having a few verses in that package that they can put up on their bulletin board or by their head in the rack is enough just b/c when their head hits their pillow they are out. Hope that is helpful!!
 
SweetCaroline said:
Just wanted to share what my two Mids did. Yes, you can go to church every Sunday during PS. Mine went to Bible Study (Officer's Christian Fellowship/OCF) before Chapel and then went to Chapel. They both joined OCF and it has been the biggest blessing EVER!! The leaders are incredible. Retired 06. The Mids go on retreats up to White Sulphur Springs every Fall and Spring (the best escape for a Plebe). One of mine is going on an Easter Retreat next weekend to WSS. OCF is located at most military bases as well so you always have Brothers and Sisters where you get orders to. I can't say enough about OCF. I think the current Plebe class has 40 Plebes in OCF. My boys best friends at the Academy are all from OCF!! Also, regarding bringing your Bible on IDay. Mine did not. They brought paperwork, calculator, retainer (ha ha ha...mom made them!) and new sneakers on their feet. They didn't need to stress about anything else and wanted a small bag to carry. The sack they will be issued with all their clothes, etc. is so heavy. I brought their Bibles on Parent's Weekend. I didn't want to risk mailing it in case it got lost. They were issued a Bible so they had one during PS it just wasn't theirs from home. You can mail them a devotion in their first package if you want. Just know they are so exhausted maybe having a few verses in that package that they can put up on their bulletin board or by their head in the rack is enough just b/c when their head hits their pillow they are out. Hope that is helpful!!
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Thank you so much for the information!! I will 100% be looking into OCF once I'm on the Yard! It sounds like an incredible group.
 
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