 In 1991, he was named director of the Monsignor Clare J. O'Dwyer Retreat House in Sparks, and also accessioned again into the Army Reserve as a battalion chaplain, serving with the 92nd Field Hospital in Baltimore and the Aviation Brigade of the Maryland Army National Guard.Following his completion of the Chaplain Officer Advance Course in 1994, Spencer served a deployment in Europe in support of Bosnia as a National Guardsman.From 1994 to 1998, he was administrator of St. Peter the Apostle Church in Oakland.