Spring Canyon Conference Center

Summer Celebration #7A
2026-07-19 - 2026-07-26 | Spring Canyon Conference Center, 26000 County Road 344, Buena Vista, CO, 81211
Optional OCF LEAD! Local Ministry Leadership Track
Find Out More!Sessions with Jay will parallel with Summer Celebration Week 7B (OCF LEAD! Track), with shared activities and fellowship.
Speaker: Jay Seegert
Author, international speaker and Director of the Starting Point Project, Jay holds degrees in Physics and Engineering Technology. He is also the past President of Logos Research Associates (world’s largest group of scientists who are Christians and biblical creationists). Jay has been lecturing on science and the authority of Scripture for 41 years.
Topic: “Defending the Christian Faith”
God is the Creator of life and the universe, and the Bible is the Word of God. Are you positioned to powerfully and graciously defend those two core Christian beliefs? This seminar will equip you with answers, enabling you to confidently reach the world for Christ!
Guest Ambassadors: COL Steve and Miriam Shambach, USA (Ret.)
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Summer Celebration #7B (OCF LEAD! Local Ministry Leadership Track)
2026-07-19 - 2026-07-26
OCF LEAD! Local Ministry Leadership Track
“Now is a pivotal time to equip, encourage and embolden Christian military leaders. We strongly desire to further strengthen our current local leaders and mobilize a new generation of leaders.” – Col Scott Fisher, USAF (Ret.), Executive Director of Officers’ Christian Fellowship
OCF’s Leader Equipping And Development is designed to encourage and equip OCF leaders – and potential leaders – for dynamic, Christ-centered ministries of outreach and service to positively impact the military community. Facilitated by seasoned military ministry leaders, Summer Celebration LEAD! will equip OCF Members with the essentials of local OCF ministry leadership. These sessions will parallel Summer Celebration Week 7A, with shared activities and fellowship. Come be refreshed, equipped and inspired for Christ-centered military ministry!
Speakers:
Lt Col Tom Falconer, USAF (Ret.)
Tom and Jan Falconer have been involved with OCF since 1978 and currently serve in several capacities with OCF: Colorado Springs Area Coordinator; Spring Canyon Advisory Council, Rocky Mountain OCF ROTC Coordinator and ROTC Ministry Lead at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. They reside in Colorado Springs and have two adult sons, a daughter-in-law and one granddaughter.
Col Larry Simpson, USAF (Ret.)
Larry currently serves as OCF’s Director of Regional Operations. A former Air Force Human Resource Management officer, Larry served at commander, director, and division chief at various levels of assignments. Larry and Bobbie have enjoyed ministry with OCF for over 18 years. Starting in 2006, as the Family Outreach Staff Couple (2006-2020); Puget Sound Field Staff Representatives (2008-2020); and as Regional Coordinators for the Pacific Northwest Region (2021-present). Larry is the author of OCF’s devotional book, “Leader, Draw Near.” They reside in Puyallup, WA, and have three adult children and six grandchildren.
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Summer Celebration #8 (Medical Week)
2026-07-26 - 2026-08-02
Speaker: Dr. Al Weir, MD

Dr. Al Weir is board certified in Internal Medicine, with certifications in hematology and oncology. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, and was a Fellow in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Alabama Birmingham. After leaving academic medicine, Dr. Al Weir served in private practice at the West Clinic in Memphis, TN from 1991-2005 before joining the CMDA staff as Vice President of Campus and Community Ministries where he served for 3 years from 2005-2008.He is presently Professor of Medicine at University of Tennessee Heath Science Center and previous Program Director for their Hematology/Oncology fellowship program. Throughout his career, Dr. Weir has acted in many important leadership roles, including Internal Medicine Consultant for Eku Baptist Hospital in Eku, Nigeria from 1983-1985. He is now a board member of the Albanian Health Fund, an educational evangelism ministry to Albania where he has been serving for 32 years. He has twice been president of the national Christian Medical & Dental Associations.
In addition to his specialties, Dr. Weir’s major area of interest is the practical aspect of living out the Christian life as a doctor.
He is the author of three books: When Your Doctor Has Bad News (Zondervan, 2003) and Practice by the Book (CMDA, 2005) and Whispers (CMDA 2015). He has contributed chapters for Handbook of Medicine in Developing Countries and served as Editor for The Doctor’s Bible, collaboration between CMDA and Holman Bible Publishers. He and his wife, Becky have three children, six grandchildren and live in Germantown, Tennessee.

Topic: “Listening to God”

We spend so much time talking to God that we often fail to Listen. Listening is far more than silence and hearing. It involves that at times, but most of our listening is listening while we run in a crazy, busy life that God has given us. We listen to relate, listen for direction, listen for power, listen for forgiveness and much more. Dr. Weir will be sharing from his life as a physician in Christ who has been serving veterans as a Christian oncologist for the past 16 years, and from his life before. More importantly, he hopes everyone that attends will be sharing as well.

Guest Ambassadors: Dr (COL) Arnie Ahnfeldt, USA (Ret.) and Dr (COL) Jeff Ginther, USA (Ret.)
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