Executive Director of The Outreach Foundation

The Rev. Dr. Mark Mueller served congregations for 23 years in Alabama and Indiana before arriving in 2018 at The Outreach Foundation as Director of Development. Prior to ministry, Mark worked in the public school systems of Utah and Arizona as a teacher and administrator.

Mark has traveled extensively to the Middle East, Europe, Mexico, and Africa. Mark and his wife, the Rev. Dr. Toby Mueller, have two married daughters and five grandchildren.

Mike and his wife, Steffi, recently celebrated 53 years of marriage and have two daughters and three grandchildren. After earning his MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, he founded MarketLink, Inc., a consumer research firm, and retired in 2024.

For 35 years, Mike has served as both Deacon and Ruling Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Thomasville, Georgia, where he has led the Global Missions Committee and co-chaired the World Mission Conference. His passion for missions has taken him to Africa, Israel, and Cuba, where he has helped lead a long-standing church partnership for nearly a decade.

Dave Crane grew up in Indiana, met his wife, Becky, at Purdue University, and has called Thomasville, Georgia, home for 36 years.
After a career in manufacturing—first in the corporate sector and later running his own machining and fabrication shop—he has faithfully served as both Deacon and Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Thomasville, Georgia.

Dave has participated in mission work in Haiti, Mexico, the Yakama Indian Reservation, hurricane relief efforts along the Gulf Coast, and numerous trips to Cuba.

Executive Director of the Cumberland County Council on Older Adults

Lisa Hughes serves as Executive Director of the Council on Older Adults, an organization that has supported the community for 56 years. Passionate about serving seniors, she leads with a heart for connection—ensuring older adults and caregivers feel heard,
supported, and empowered to live safely and independently. Lisa works alongside dedicated staff, volunteers, and community partners to create a strong “village” of care and belonging. Inspired by the words of Coretta Scott King, she believes a community’s greatness is measured by the compassion of its members. 

The intent of the Snack Kit Ministry is to provide nutritional food items for use over a weekend to children in need when they leave school on each Friday. Food requests from the Social Workers at area schools are steadily rising, and we want to grow our Snack Kit Ministry so that we can help.    

The Snack Kit Ministry is in need of Sunday School Classes, Committees and Church Groups to pack Snack Kits. Sign up to volunteer outside of the Snack Kit Ministry Room.

Drivers are needed to deliver snack kits to Walker Spivey Elementary.

If you are interested in helping, please contact:
Leslie DeSessa, LDesessa@gmail.com
Terry Plummer, plummer.terry57@gmail.com

It takes about $180 to provide food for the entire year to one student. Monetary gifts can be made to our Local Relief Ministry and dropped off at the church office.

Children’s Ministry sponsors two children in Haiti. To help us continue to support these children, we ask you to consider making an offering for Haiti Outreach Ministries. In Haiti, there is no free, public education. HOM and its Haitian partner MICECC operate three primary schools and a secondary school, providing a quality education steeped in Christian principles.

Monetary donations can be dropped off at the church office and marked “Sponsor a Child in Haiti”.

Children will have crafts for sale during Mission Conference in Eller Hall. All proceeds will benefit sponsoring these two Haitian students.