Contact: Capt Josh Bates & TSgt Jessica Bates, USAFR Email:
[email protected] OCF Contacts are available to provide local information and may assist in establishing local […]
Field Staff: Lt Col Paul and Janee Homan, USAF (Ret), Email:
[email protected], Phone: 719-357-7554, Please contact us for information about the multiple fellowship groups for Cadets, Active Duty members, and Families at […]
Contact: Col.Daniel Waters, USAF(Ret), Email:
[email protected], Phone: (813) 690-8505 OCF contacts are available to provide local […]
Hospitality Home: Capt Amanda Yashack, USAFR, Email:
[email protected], Phone: (952) 212-6748, Additional Information: Contact for directions and more […]
Contact: LCDR James & Beka Rader, USCG, Email:
[email protected], Cell: (908) 319-6493, OCF contacts are available to provide local information and may assist in establishing local […]
Local Leaders: Buzz and Miroslava Bingham, Email:
[email protected], Phone: (724) 561-5498, Day & Time: Wednesday Bible study in the Base Chapel, at noon. Chaplain Torrey Johnson leads. Bring your own lunch. Thursday Women’s Bible Study in the Base Chapel, at noon. Miroslava leads. Bring your own […]
Contact: CDR Mike Thompson, USN (Ret). Email:
[email protected], OCF Contacts are available to provide local information and may assist in establishing local […]
Hospitality Home: Rocky and Alyssa Ward, Email:
[email protected], Phone: (860) 449-3619, Additional Information: We can provide an overnight stay AND a meal for 2 singles or a family. No pets […]
Local Leader: CAPT Eric and Kelly Wills, USNR (Ret) Email:
[email protected] Phone: (331) 784-5627 Day & Time: Meets on Wednesday nights from 1800 to 2030-ish. “Come when you can, leave when you need.” This is a community of Officers, Enlisted, Civil Service, and Contractors; single, married and families; Navy and USAF. We meet in a home in a gated community north of NAS Sigonella. We fellowship, eat, study/discuss the Bible, and pray together. The fellowship is based around loving God and encouraging one another (and their children) to live out the Gospel in their personal and working lives. Mature teens […]
Contact: Lt Col Carly and Tripp Johnson, USAF Email:
[email protected] Phone: (719) 331-0522 OCF Contacts are available to provide local information and may be interested in establishing a local […]
Hospitality Home: Lt Col Tripp and Carly Johnson Email:
[email protected] Phone: (719) 331-0522 Additional information: We’re a homeschooling family in Hallasan Tower. We welcome you for a meal or an overnight […]
Local Leader: CPT William Mengon, USA. Email:
[email protected], Phone: (080) 436-4447. Day & Time: We are a tight-knit group of families who gather for Bible study while doing life together. Join us! We meet Sundays, 3:30 – 5:30, in various homes. Light refreshments provided. Contact us for […]
Hospitality Home: Captain Landon and Elizabeth Ellis, USAF. Email:
[email protected] Additional Information: We welcome up to four guests for meals and/or/overnight stays. We’re happy to host families, too! Please use WhatsApp to text: […]
Contacts: Captain Landon and Elizabeth Ellis, USAF. Email:
[email protected]. Text: WhatsApp +393205514315. OCF Contacts are available to provide local information and may assist in establishing local […]
[…]OCF at Maxwell. I was asked to speak to three issues: What should cadets expect from OCF during an Air Force career? What specifically does the OCF ministry at Maxwell AFB look like? And, What is the best way to link up with a military chapel/local church while progressing through Air Force assignments? I began my time with the cadets by asking them to describe their OCF experience at the Academy. What were the key elements of the ministry? Their responses included outstanding Christian role models, wonderful fellowship and worship, solid Bible study and prayer times, meaningful one-on-one discipleship, inspiring […]
[…]presented the different services this way, “The United States Air Force is the premiere air force in the entire world. They rule the sky and are the very definition of air superiority. The United States Navy is the supreme naval force on this globe. They rule the oceans and are without peer. The Unites States Army is the undefeatable land combatant force. They don’t start wars, they end them. When the army arrives, the battle is over.” At this point the Sergeant Instructor paused, looked slowly around the room and then continued in a low menacing voice, “…and then there […]
[…]presented to a group of Christian officers attending Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. William J. (Joe) Shirey, (Colonel, USAF, retired), was commissioned from the Air Force Academy in 1976. He was an F-16 Squadron Commander and served in various staff assignments in NATO, the Pentagon and Air Combat Command. He retired in 2001. He and his wife, Johanna, have four daughters: Sarah, Katie, Rebecca, Emily. They have been actively involved in OCF and other military ministries since entering the […]
[…]Burt, U.S. Naval Academy; Tom and Cheri Austin, U.S. Military Academy; Steve and Rita Wade, U.S. Air Force Academy Hank’s dual-purposed, successful plan B worked: the exhausted skunk Hank just scooped out of the swimming pool with a long net is now providing a spiritual lesson for Betsy. Just as the skunk never saw the plywood board put in the pool for him to climb out on, conversely Betsy recognizes that she has been missing God’s outstretched hand offering her rest. The respite God provides for the Christian walk, coming from personal time spent with Him, is available whether juggling […]
[…]all branches of the military working together. For example the military member (let’s say he’s Air Force) belongs to a unit back home and is therefore under that unit commander, but he’s TDY to a training unit (let’s say Army) in preparation for deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan where he’ll be under the command of the deployment commander. Who is his commander–the original unit commander, the training unit commander or the deployed area commander? He’s under all three, but only one at a time when he’s under each commander’s authority. UOC in action is an awesome testimony to our country’s […]
[…]the Tomb of the Unknown) and me to Dover where we arrived to greet the plane. As we waited, the Air Force Honor Guard mounted the arriving airplane, ensured a new and unblemished American flag was draped and secured properly over each “transfer case” (not yet a casket); and then loaded them individually, in a slow and dignified manner, on to a loader to lower them to the tarmac. When they were ready, the Army Honor Guard then marched to the plane, and the Deputy Air Force Wing Commander escorted the chaplain and me to the plane’s steps. We then […]
[…]Leavenworth, KS; post coordinator, Fort Sill, OK Personal testimony: My father was saved as a U.S. Air Force airman and later became a pastor, passing on his faith and patriotism to all his children. I claim the earliest salvation of Christ as seen in Psalm 22:9-10. Throughout my life in two wars and three fronts the Lord has been my rock and shield. I trust in Christ alone. What is the biggest challenge you see currently facing OCF right now? To continue our partnership with chaplains while boldly standing for Christ and the gospel in a military that becomes ever […]
[…]mortars and small arms fire from the south end of a village. We requested support from the U.S. Air Force. After marking and target confirmation, two F-4s dropped their ordnance–napalm and 500 pounders–on the target. Enemy resistance stopped. My unit secured the village without further casualties. Everything was done very professionally. All was well until, as we moved into the area hit by the air strike, I encountered my first civilian casualties of the war. They were an old man (over 70) and his wife who had been too feeble to leave the south end of the village when the […]