Strength for Service to God and Country Daily Devotional Messages for Those in the Service of Others

Abingdon was the original publisher of Strength for Service in 1942 when over 720,000 copies were distributed to U.S. service men and women. Soon after the events of September 11, 2001 the General Commission on United Methodist Men partnered with Evan Hunsberger, a young Boy Scout in southern California, who had a vision to republish the little devotional book as his Eagle Scout service project to honor his grandfather. Eugne Hunsberger, a Navy corpsman, read S for S to sick and dying men on the battlefields of the Pacific during World War II. Evan and GCUMM updated this devotional book by adding 40 additional entries including the first female student body president of Notre Dame, Rudy Ruettiger of the movie Rudy and well-known pasters Robert Schuller, Chuck Smith and many others. The UMPH assigned the republication rights of SFS to GCUMM and Providentce House became the new publisher. They also developed a website at www.strength forservice.org.Nygaard, Norman E. is the author of 'Strength for Service to God and Country Daily Devotional Messages for Those in the Service of Others', published 2007 under ISBN 9780687645268 and ISBN 0687645263.