Military Page
Military Appreciation Night
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
The speaker for Military Appreciation Night was Lieutenant General Dana Chipman. General Chipman is the Judge Advocate General
of the Army. For photos of the event, click here.
The church is creating a list of active duty, former military, Reserve Component, National Guard, retired service men and women, and friends of First Church who serve in the armed forces. If your name should be on this list, or you know of a name that needs to be added, please contact the church office at 483-0121. The current list follows (deployed members*):
Joshua Aeschliman
Matthew Akers
Gary Allen
David Allred
Terry Andrews
Mark Atkinson
Michael Baileys
Doc Bain
Marty Bacon
Chad Barnes
Reggie Barton
Eric Battles
Tobias Bennett
Christopher Bentley
Bob Billman
Art Bisbee
Darin Blatt
Bob Bleecker
Leighton Blue, Jr.
Kenneth Bowman
Melanie Bowman
David Boyer
Lenox Bramble
John Brawdy
Lottie Brewer
Robert Brewer
James Brindle
Matt Bryant
Denise Brown
Rev. Bobby Bunce
John Burgess
John Buroker
Jesse Byrd
John Campbell
Dylan Carlson
Carl Casey
Adriana Chastain
James Chastain
Dipesh Chatterjee
Adam Chavis
Dougald Clark
Lee Clark, III
Richard Clarke
Jeb Cleveland*
Matt Coburn
Bill Conklin
Ed Cook, Jr.
William Cotty
Jim Crenshaw
Al Cromartie
David Datkuliak*
Lori Davidson
Timothy Davidson
Brian Davis
Jennifer Dean
Lewis Deaton
Vincent Demarest*
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Paul DeSessa
Nicholas Dickson
Nathan Dunk
Timothy Mark Dunn
Timothy Clark Dunn
John Patrick Dunn
Bill Dunn, Sr.
Mark Duryea
Kenneth Dwyer
Martin Eldridge
Mike Ellicott
Adam Emery
Jessica Epp
Frank Everett
David Farrell
Mark Finnegan
Pat Flanagan
Doug Foster
Julia Furman
Reid Furman
Gabriel Galindo
Mason Gallagher
Ed Grannis
Harold Godwin
Stephen Gooding
Edward Grannis
John Gregory
Stacy Grooms
Tom Grubb
Arturo Gutierrez
Mary Hagan
Matthew Hagan
Joseph Hall
Charles Halmonde
Brian Hankinson
John Harry
Bob Hasty
Matthew Helmke*
Brian Henderson
James Herrick
Rev. Billy Herring
Harris Hill
Jack Hill
William Hodge
Tommy Holmes
Jerry Holstad
Damien Holtzclaw
Harry Hooks
Steve Horosko
Brian Horvath
Alan Hubbard
Jim Huggins*
Alan Hunter
Ryan Hurley
Paul Huszar
Jack James
Dewitt Johnson
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Anthony Jones
Jason Jones
Diehl Jones
Rev. Boney Jones
Dan Jutson
Leslie Kaloostian
Michael Kaloostian
Clayton Kaminska
Jesse Kennedy
David Kerr
Benjamin King
Charlie King
Emily King
Bill Kirchman
Michael Kramer
Ryan Lamb
Devin Lane
Chris Langston
William Lanich
Lew Lepper
Julia Little
Richard Lovato
Matthew Lutynksi
Lauchlin MacDonald
Ronnie Martin
Dudley Maxwell
Milo McBryde
Matthew
McCambridge
George McClain, III
Garrett McCommons
Ben McCoy
Tom McCutchen, IV
Scott McFadyen
Preston McFarren
Matthew McMahon
Joe Meek
Julian Mendoza, Jr.
Christopher Mercado
Ryan Min
Michael Moad
Paul Moriarty
Paul Mullins
George Murray
Bennett Myers
Tommy Myers, Jr.
David Nimocks, Jr.
Andrew Nix
John O’Keefe
Chris O’Keefe
Sheldon Ohlsen
Harvey Oliver
Matthew Parker
Steven Parker
Larry Parsons
Rob Patton
William Perkins
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Ray Pfaff
Patrick Powers
Patrick Randall
Kenneth Ray
Phillip Raymond
Mark Regensburger
Riddick Revelle
John Rose, Jr.
Thornton Rose
Nick Rowe
Michael Ruff
Luke Salley
Ed Samuelian
Bob Schaffling
Tommy Scot
Luke Self
Frank Shaw
Harry Shaw
Matthew Shoenfelt*
Kenric Smith
Dustin Snavely
Josh Snyder
Tom Stang
Donald Stevens
Douglas Stitt
Nathan Strohm
Stephen Sullivan
Marty Sutherlin
Dale Swanner
Chris Swett
John Swope
Benjamin Taylor
Felton Thomas
Raymond
Thomason, Sr.
Warren Tillman
Larry Toney
Greg Townsen
Kevin Turner
Pete Twedell
Brantley Vann, Jr.
Rev. Earl Vaughan, Sr.
Bill Vorder Bruegge
Kyle Walker
Stephen Ward
Roy Weaver
Rachell Wehrle
Donald Wherren
Harlold Wilkins
Kendrick Williams
John C. Williams, III
Paul Williams
Aimie Windemiller
Joseph Woods
Jason Wright
Jacob Yepez
Jim Young
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Below are some of the ways First Presbyterian Church
shows love and support for the Military, Veterans,
and their Families.
First Presbyterian Church is now a partner with Officers’ Christian Fellowship or OCF. OCF is a trusted Christian organization that serves military officers in all five branches of the military. OCF has had a group at Fort Bragg and Pope for decades. OCF provides Christian mentors, Bible Studies, and retreat sites for military officers and their families. |
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Maintains close ties with the Fort Bragg Garrison Chaplain. First Church has also supported "Rock the Fort," an evangelistic event for families and friends on Fort Bragg.
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Sponsors a Military Planning Task Force for men who are in the military. The Task Force studies together, prays together, holds each other accountable, and looks at ways in which it can serve the church and the military.
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Offers a Women's Bible Study on Thursdays at 9:00 a.m. that reaches out to Military Wives at the church during the school year. |
Supports Operation Bandana. |
Their web link is: http://www.operationbandanas.org/ |
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Works with the Warrior Transition Unit at Fort Bragg
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Annually hosts Celebrate Freedom Sunday in June. Last year's guest was the 208th Army Band, an Army Reserve unit, which is part of the 81st Regional Readiness Command at Fort Jackson, South Carolina .
Click here to view pictures and news coverage from this event.
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Sponsors Military Appreciation Night in November. In 2009, the speaker was General Dan McNeill, US Army (Retired) who is former commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps and the US Army Forces Command. The speaker for 2010 was
retired Major General Julian Burns. |
Supports the Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel. The Council's Director, Chaplain, Colonel Ed Brogan, US Air Force (Retired) spoke at the church in 2009. |
Presbyterian Council for
Chaplains and Military
Personnel web link:
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Has two Presbyterian Military Chaplains at the church. They are Chaplain (Lt. Col) Ben McCoy, US Army (Retired), and Chaplain (Colonel) Larry Toney, US Army Reserve.
Chaplain McCoy is the church's Associate Pastor Emeritus and a Desert Storm veteran.
Chaplain Toney is the Chaplain for the US Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) on Fort Bragg. He is also the congregations' Associate Pastor. Chaplain Toney has moblized and deployed out of Fort Bragg three times.
Chaplain Toney Teaches a Sunday School Class composed primarily of the military and their spouses.
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Chaplain Ben McCoy
Chaplain Larry Toney |
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The Church hurts for those service members and their families who have experienced combat stress and Post Traumatic Stress Injury. First Presbyterian actively reaches out to them and many in its membership who have been affected by combat stress. A special PTSD workshop for military couples is planned for Sunday, October 30, 2011, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the church Parlor. |
For Additional Military Resources,
Please Click Here.
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