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Meet Our Missionaries...
As a church body we are not only dedicated to serving our community, but in serving the world outside of our community. One way we accomplish this is by supporting missionaries throughout the world. The Refuge teams up with OMS International and currently we are supporting four missionaries and their families: Deanna Cathcart, John and Lois Schultz, Tim and Nancy Bell, Millie Young, Mark and Anne Pavelka, and John and Tricia Frasier. We not only support these missionaries financially, but also with our prayers and encouragement. If you have anymore questions about the missionaries, or would be interested in some missionary work, please contact Tex Clark.
www.omsinternational.org
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Timothy BellUSA Development  Northeast Regional Representative
Tim Bell serves as the northeast regional representative for OMS. His wife, Nancy, assists him in this position.
Prior to assuming this position in 2005, Tim had served as the associate regional representative in the northeast since 1997. As northeast regional representative, Tim now assists churches in planning mission programs; schedules missionaries for various mission conferences, youth rallies, retreats and singles meetings; speaks with congregations and groups about mission opportunities offered through OMS; and shares on his mission experiences in Mexico, as well as other foreign fields he has visited. Tim also assists churches in putting together short-term mission trips to various OMS fields.
The Bells have been missionaries with OMS since 1993. After attending language school in 1994, they served two years with OMS in Mexico, working in business management and accounting for the field.
Tim received his associate’s degree in specialized business in 1976 from the ICM School of Business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Between 1976 and 1994, he worked in the banking industry, working four years in data processing and 14 years in auditing.
Tim has been involved with various church ministries over the years, including serving as one of three pastors of his home church for five years.
The Bells have five children: Joel, Elizabeth, Rachel, Aaron and Seth
John and Tricia FraserPhilippines Missionaries  Church Planting/Teacher
John and Tricia Fraser began their service with OMS International in Hungary from 2002-2007. There, John served as the pastor of the OMS-related church in Budapest, ECC coordinator and taught classes at the theological school of the Wesleyan Alliance in Budapest. From 2005-2007, John served as the field leader for OMS Hungary.
Tricia served as field hostess in Hungary from 2005-2007 and led the missionary women’s Bible study. Her primary ministry was to their two children, Hannah and Matthew, who attended Hungarian preschool in Budapest.
In 2007, John and Tricia transferred to the Philippines, where John will be working with Filipino church planters in a mentoring role and will be teaching at Faith Bible College in Manila.
John earned a bachelor of arts degree from Aldersgate College in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1991; a master of divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, in 1996; and a master of theology in world missions and evangelism from Asbury Theological Seminary in 2001. John pastored the Free Methodist Church in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada, from 1991-1992 and was an assistant pastor in the Kalamazoo, Michigan, Free Methodist Church from 1996-2000.
Tricia received a bachelor of arts from Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York, in 1992 and a master of divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary in 1996. She served as office manager for the Right to Life organization in Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1997-2000.
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Millie Young  After spending 49 years of her life as a missionary in Colombia with OMS International, Millie Young retired, but has continued serving that field raising prayer support and funds for the Christian Schools. She has made 2 or more trips a year back to the field to give her support to the Christian School Foundation of OMS International as well as encouraging the National workers.
Millie served in Colombia in various capacities. She taught MK's, Colombian youth at the Peniel Bible Instutite, Field Treasurer, Field Director, Coordinator of Compassion International, an independent Christian organization related to our ministries, traveled into underdeveloped, underprivileged and remote areas of the nation, headed up the department of Christian Education for all the national churches, and set up a Christian Dorm for youth from the rural area where there were no high schools available thus making it possible for them to get their high school education.
She now travels throughout the U. S. speaking and presenting a ministry very dear to the heart of God. Winning children and youth to Christ is her burning passion. Much of this can be accomplished through the Christian schools and Christian Education in the local churches.
She is a graduate of Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. Her husband, Vernon, was killed in 1976 while on a mission assignment to a remote mountainous area of northern Colombia.
She has three grown children and 8 grandchildren.
John and Lois Schultz MFMI Northeast Regional Directors
As regional representatives for Men For Missions International (MFMI), John and Lois Schultz live in Zionsville, Pennsylvania. John directs MFMI activities mainly in Washington, D.C. and the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The Schultzes were involved with MFMI for a number of years prior to regional leadership. John served on the MFMI cabinet for six years, two as president. He then became an international associate staff member, traveling to Canada and Australia. John also has participated on many international work and evangelism teams as well as homeland teams.
As members of the Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church in Clayton, Pennsylvania, John teaches the adult Sunday School class and is a prayer meeting leader. Lois is involved in children’s ministry.
John and Lois volunteered their time with MFMI for many years while continuing to work in the secular world. In January of 1998 they felt led of the Lord to go full time with OMS/MFMI and are presently heading up Penetration ‘99 in addition to their other duties.
Under the banner of Penetration ‘99, MFMI plans to unite with the Holy Spirit and mobilize the largest lay evangelistic effort ever linked to OMS’ Every Community for Christ ministry. In preparation for this, they are conducting “Every Christian a Soul Winner” seminars throughout the United States, challenging men and women to become active witnesses for Christ.
Mark and Anne Pavelka  South Island Missions Representative/Prayer Group Coordinator
Mark and Anne Pavelka are OMS New Zealand missionaries. They spent nine years in Ecuador, serving in leadership training, church planting and economic development. The Pavelkas now serve in the OMS New Zealand office. They are involved in:
Promoting OMS mission opportunities:
By challenging individuals (and churches) about God’s plan and purpose for mission By informing constituents about what OMS is doing to meet the global mission needs By encouraging a personal response and offering opportunities for involvement through OMS By visiting churches, home groups, church camps, Christchurch branch of BCNZ and university Christian Fellowship groups, etc.
Follow up:
Of people who have had past involvement with OMS through short-term mission experience, encouraging further involvement with OMS Of people who have indicated interest in missions or are in the process of application to OMS By cooperating with the national director of OMS through personal visits (when possible) or phone calls, emails, etc. to help match gifts and calling with mission opportunities and facilitating the application process
OMS National Prayer Team coordination--Anne
Developing an effective nationwide OMS prayer network Contributing a monthly article to ITH Encouraging the regular meeting and praying of the teams Communicating effective, up-to-date prayer needs to the team leaders in coordination with the national OMS office Connecting interested people to their local prayer team
Keeping in touch with Ecuador:
To encourage and facilitate the process of sustaining the development of indigenous leadership within the Saraguro ministry (Southern Ecuador): Through maintaining an avenue of accountability for the micro-enterprise project that is in the process of being established to enable the leaders to become self-sustaining To provide encouragement to the leaders to overcome the obstacles to the ongoing success of the project through email, phone calls and personal onsite evaluations (every 18 months) To continue to assess the effectiveness of the leadership training program among the Saraguros To maintain my personal exposure to cross-cultural mission for the enhancement of my role as OMS South Island Representative
Future ministry--Church Planting Movements in Asia:
To receive further training in the OMS-based “Church Planting Movements” in Singapore To assist in the ongoing training of Asian national pastors to plant churches within their urban and rural communities
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