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 […]
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 […]
Hospitality Home: CPT William and Mrs. Anna Pinkerton, USA Email:
[email protected] Phone: (828) 773-3413 Additional Information: We can provide a meal and overnight stay for up to 4 guests (and more, if some are willing to sleep on the […]
Contact: LTJG Philip and
Kelly Kuong, USCG. Email:
[email protected] or
[email protected]. Phone: Philip (978) 319-3847, or
Kelly (561) 222-1292. OCF Contacts are available to provide local information and may assist in establishing local […]
Local Leader: LT Will & Mrs. Sarah Parker, USN Email:
[email protected] Phone: (720) 341-6672 Day & Time: We meet Wednesday nights right by USNA. Dinner provided from 1730-1830 followed by Bible study and prayer from 1830-1930. Kids of all ages are welcome as are all […]
Submarine Community Coordinator: LT Will Parker, USN Email
[email protected], Phone: 720-341-6672 Mission: To encourage and equip submariners to bear witness to the gospel within the submarine force by connecting them to local OCF fellowships. Identify and engage submariners to start an OCF Bible study where fellowships do not […]
Contact: MAJ William P. Law, III, USA (Ret), Email:
[email protected], Contact me to help you get connected to one of multiple studies in the […]
[…]ceremony, dozens of bridesmaids dressing for a wedding—and a power outage. Bob and Kelly Plantz, Quantico. Supporting field staff is one facet of field operations director Chris Blake’s ministry of “helping others’ ministries succeed.” One of his East Coast trips includes Quantico, where all Marine Corps officers go several times in their careers, starting with The Basic School. Chris talks about Bob’s Bible studies, with participants from all five of the companies continually coming through Quantico for training. Flexibility and text messaging enable Bob to have a stack of Bibles and pizzas awaiting the Marines when they come in from […]
by View actor Gary Sinise (CSI:NY, Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump, Apollo 13) on the Bonnie Hunt show talking about his participation in an Afghanistan outreach. OCF member Bob Teetsel, who had been the subject of an outreach-while-deployed article in the March 2008 Connected, saw a picture of OCF member CH(CPT) Steve Satterfield in the October 2009 CONNECTED, at an outreach in Afghanistan. COL Teetsel contacted CH Satterfield and Operation Iraqi Children (OIC), which was established by Sinise, School supplies, clothes, shoes, etc., were sent to Afghanistan. SPC William Seo, an OCFer who started Project Help Afghanistan while deployed, was […]
by Col William J. Shirey, USAF (Ret.) Character is the most important factor in Christian leadership. A leader may be competent and committed, but without character, a leader’s motives will always be questioned. J.C. Maxwell, in his book Leadership 101 states, “Character makes trust possible. And trust makes leadership possible” (p. 47). Similarly, J. Collins in his best-selling book Good to Great, points out one unexpected finding regarding leadership, “Whether someone is the ‘right person’ has more to do with character traits and innate capabilities than with specific knowledge, background, or skills” (p. 64). All leaders have strengths and weaknesses. […]
