USSFCU Spotlight Podcast: U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black

April is Credit Union Youth Month and we are featuring Chaplain Barry C. Black to discuss many things but one of the main topics is his new children’s book A Prayer for Our Country: Words to Unite and Inspire Hope. Chaplain Black shares his inspiration for the book and his life’s journey from “unpromising beginnings” to becoming the U.S. Senate Chaplain.
About Chaplain Black
Barry Clayton Black is the 62nd chaplain of the United States Senate. Chaplain Black served for over 27 years in the United States Navy Chaplain Corps, rising to the rank of 2nd rear admiral and ending his career as the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy. He retired from the Navy on August 15, 2003. He began serving as Senate chaplain on June 27, 2003, becoming the first African American and first Seventh-day Adventist to hold the office.