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Local chapters

The true strength of Pilots for Christ lies in our chapters. One person working alone can do many things in His name, but a chapter working together can accomplish miracles in His name. This page lists PCI's many chapters. If one exists in your area, get active in it. If not, we will be more than happy to help you start one. It isn't difficult. Contact our President, Lee DeArmond, to learn how.

Click on a chapter name below to view its information.

Alabama Chapter

Contact

Tommy Lee, President
P. O. Box 707
Monroeville, AL 36461
251-575-3585 (home)
251-575-3200 (office)
800-239-2898 (office)
flytlee [at] frontiernet [dot] net

Phil Allen, Flight Coordinator
pja [at] frontiernet [dot] net

Sandra Dunn, Administrator
pilotsforchrist [at] yahoo [dot] com

Website: www.pfcal.net

Meetings

Board of Directors meet every quarter at the Pilots for Christ Hangar. Annual Chapter meeting in October at the Pilots for Christ Hangar.

Activities

Arkansas North Chapter

Contact

Lance Winn, President
204 South 7th St.
Paragould, AR 72450
870-236-3809 (home)
870-236-2262 ext. 2209 (office)
ArkansasPilotsforChrist [at] yahoo [dot] com (Send email)

Website: www.ArkansasPilotsForChrist.blogspot.com.

Meetings

Meetings are held on the 2nd Saturday of March, June, September, and December. Contact Lance to learn the location of the next meeting.

Activities

This chapter's activities include but are not limited to the following: Flying mercy missions, flying pastors to mission fields. (Usually commercial connections), award flights for vacation Bible schools, award flights for Awanas, award flights for Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts, award flights for Christian schools, flights for Arkansas Boys/Girls Ranch kids, filling Bible racks at 23 airports, staffing a PCI booth at air shows, participating in the Hardy, AR. Christmas parade, supporting local high school alcohol/drug free graduation lockup and speaking engagements at numerous civic organizations

Cincinnati Tri-State Chapter

Contact

Dennis Estell, President
640 Quail Run
Cincinnati, OH  45244
513-831-2611 (home)
513-479-2564 (cell)
kgskid [at] gmail [dot] com

Website: www.PilotsforChrist.wordpress.com

Meetings

First Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Upstairs in Sporty's Pilot Shop at Clermont County Airport.

Activities

Chartered in 1989, the chapter has flown many missions of mercy and helped provide transportation for several causes. It holds a yearly picnic/fly day for Teen Challenge and other groups. It has displayed and witnessed at several air shows including the Dayton Air Show and U.S. Air and Trade Show. It has flown fund-raisers and conducted bible and youth ministries. The Chapter has a very, very long list of accomplishments in His service.

East Texas Chapter

Contact

Richard Yazell, President
702 Mitchell St.
Gilmer, TX 75644
903-241-2191 (home)
903-241-2194 (cell)
903-843-2561 (office)
flyyazell@cs.com

Meetings

Second Saturday of each month at the Fox-Stevens Airport in Gilmer.

Activities

 

Florida Space Coast Chapter

Contact

Bob Lehton, President
3000 N. Atlantic Ave. Ste. 102
Cocoa Beach, FL. 32931
800-779-5367 (office)
321-783-1837 (home)
321-749-1644 (cell)
fpc-rlehton@cfl.rr.com

Dick Todd, Vice President
321-459-2886 (home)
321-652-3735 (office)

Steve Miller, Flight Coordinator
321-453-6397 (home)
321-537-0043 (cell)

Website: www.servantairministries.org

Meetings

Chapel on the field at Merritt Island meets on the 2nd Saturday at 9:00 a.m. at the Merritt Island Air Service upstairs room.

Activities

Servant Air Ministries, Inc. (SAMI) is a not for profit corporation designated as the Florida Chapter of Pilots for Christ International. Servant Air have 3 aircraft: A PA-23, PA-32, and C-172. The chapter has 28 mission sites in the Bahamas that it serves with pastors, Bibles, and supplies. It conducts missionary flight training and air transportation and has a chapel service on the field at Merritt Island Airport. The chapel service which meets on the second Saturday of the month at 9 a.m. The chapter mainly does "angel" and "mercy" flights to the southeastern part of the United States. It does evangelism at the major air shows in the Brevard County area of Florida. The chapter participates in Bill Glass Prison Ministries flights with parachute jumping into the prisons. It provides flights for the Young Eagles Program of the Experimental Aircraft Association.

India Chapter

Contact

Rev. S.G. Israel Caleb, President
P.O. Box 5, 16D, Vellapilayar Koil Street, S.S. Colony, Madurai-625010 Talilnadu, India

Meetings

Activities

Kansas City Heartland Chapter

Contact

Gary Geib, President
1605 N.W. Weatherstone Dr.
Blue Springs, MO 64015-6307
816-224-8411 (home)
816-726-9242 (cell)
theflyingeibs [at] att [dot] net

Charles Raymond, Flight Coordinator
816-803-9976
cbraymond [at] comcast [dot] net

View the Heartland Chapter's web site.

Meetings

Third Saturday of each month, unless for special events or air shows. Contact Gary for exact locations and times.

Activities

This chapter was chartered in 1988. It's mission statement is "Going into all lands through aviation, proclaiming Christ and His Word." It has a very active membership. Meets monthly, places Bibles in private airports, flies missions of mercy, participates in air shows, fly-ins and parades, speaks at churches; supports missionaries, orphanages and evangelists.

Michigan Chapter

Contact

Tim Layne, President
Lori Layne, Vice President and Flight Coordinator
890 22 Mile Rd.
Sand Lake, MI 49343
616-636-5523 (Chapter office)
sportslayne@wingsisp.com

Website: www.PilotsforChristMI.com

Meetings

Second weekend each month, rotating airport places Kzoo, Sparta.

Activities

Mercy flights, fund raising, children, elderly and veterans will be our focus.

Minnesota Chapter

Contact

Paul Pankratz, President
16138 Jacquara Ave. Lakeville, MN 55044
952-898-6687 (home)
651-795-5889 (office)


Steve Wallick, Vice President/Flight Coordinator
651-681-8181

Meetings

Meetings from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.,  AirLake Airport, Lakeville, MN. October through May, second Friday of each month. June through September, second Thursday of each month.

Activities

Activities, since commissioning in September of 2002, have been
patient transportation, airport open house booths, and free plane rides to enhance interest in the Chapter.

Northeast Ohio Chapter

Contact

Eric Milnar, President
8312 Sharp Lane
Chesterland, OH  44026
440-729-0809 (home)
440-813-2920 (cell)
pilotsforchristneo [at] gmail [dot] com

Meetings

Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at Valley Presbyterian Church in Chagrin Falls, OH at 7 pm.

Activities

Chartered in the fall of 2009, the Northeast Ohio chapter plans on participating in mercy flights, prayer flights, local air shows and Christian festivals and teaching area youth about aviation and serving the Lord.

Pennsylvania Chapter

Contact

John Stegman, President
2518 Poinsettia Drive
White Oak, PA  15131

Robert Braun, Flight Coordinator
215-393-3874 (home)

Meetings

Bi-monthly meetings are held in various locations throughout the Eastern PA region. We provide a forum for discussion of aviation topics, missionary aviation and evangelistic outreach using aviation. Contact John Stegman, chapter president, for up to date information.

Activities

Chartered in October, 2001, the chapter has been involved in mission flights and air show evangelism. We also conduct youth outreach ministries in the Eastern PA area. Please contact us if there is any way we can assist you in your ministry.

Virginia Chapter

Contact

Mark LeRoy, President
9611 Clover Hill Road
Manassas, VA 20110
703-369-6394
Mark [dot] LeRoy [at] verizon [dot] net

Bill Holmes, Flight Coordinator
703-508-4237
wtholmes [at] verizon [dot] net

View the Virginia Chapter web pages

Meetings

The first or second Sunday of each month (unless the first Sunday is a holiday, in which case the meeting is the second Sunday), at 2:30 p.m. at the Falcon Head FBO conference room at Manassas Airport. Contact Mark to confirm the meeting date before you go.

Activities

The Virginia Chapter owns and operates a seven-place twin-engine Aero Commander. Through its members, it also has access to four-place single-engine aircraft including a  Bellanca Viking, a Cessna, a Bede Aircraft BD-4 homebuilt and a Mooney as well as a six-place twin-engine Piper Seneca. The chapter puts up displays and witnesses at air shows and has had fund raisers for the Crisis Pregnancy Centers and a Christian pre-school. Members work with youth groups in attaining aviation requirements for badges and have conducted a ground school for chapter members and others interested in aviation. More information about the Virginia Chapter...

Washington State Chapter

Contact

Steve Townsend
5450 East Blaisdell Ln.
Port Orchard, WA 98366
360-871-8046 (home)
206-296-6641 (office)
pilotsforchristwa [at] msn [dot] com

Louise Winter, Flight Coordinator
253-926-8599 (Home)
jolowinter [at] comcast [dot] net

Website: www.PilotsforChrist-WA.org

Meetings

Meetings are held quarterly:
1st quarter:  Aviation conference  http://www.washington-aviation.org/NAC&TS.html
2nd quarter: April, 3rd Saturday, Bremerton Airport Diner 9:30 AM
3rd quarter:  Blackberry Festival Fly In http://www.blackberryfestival.org/index.php?pr=Events_Flyin
4th quarter:  October, 3rd Saturday, Bremerton Airport Diner 9:30 AM

Activities

Aircraft/Pilot availablity: four and six-seat single engine land aircraft, six pilots. Annual "Missions Flights" sightseeing fund-raising event. Booth at the Bremerton National Airport Blackberry Festival Fly-In, Labor Day Weekend. Booth at the Northwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show http://www.washington-aviation.org/, last weekend in February.

To request a flight please go to the chapter web site.

Wyoming Chapter

Contact

Steve Barbour, President
Box 94
Gillette, WY 82717
307-686-2573 (home)
307-660-2573 (cell)

Website: www.pilotsforchrist-wy.org

Meetings

Chapter-wing meetings throughout the State of Wyoming.  Please contact Julie Shock at for meeting locations.

Activities

The Wyoming Chapter currently has 20 plus aircraft available for mercy missions of various kinds. Being a very large and sparsely populated state, it receives a great response from within its borders and surrounding regions. Calls for missions come in on a steady basis. Wyoming has one chapter and area chapter wings to adequately serve all regions in the State. We are currently supporting Colorado, Montana, Utah and Nebraska on missions also.

 
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