Sharing the gospel and our lives with the military community
Sharing the gospel and our lives with the military community
Sharing the gospel and our lives with the military community
About Cadence
Military Ministries
Serve, Pray, Give
Stories from the Field
Friends of Cadence,
Joyce and I want to share some important news with you. Please watch this brief video to learn how God has been leading us and the Cadence Board of Directors to a timeline for Joyce and me to transition out of our current roles (President and Communications Editor) to different responsibilities in Cadence that further the cause of fruitful ministry to military people and their families.
The Cadence Way
We Stay
In a transient and mobile military community, Cadence offers stability, strength, and consistency over the long haul to each installation we serve.
We Serve
Cadence enjoys favor with the military community and has a proven reputation of serving military personnel and families in general, and chaplains in particular.
We Shape
Cadence staff are experts in creating and sustaining biblical, life-changing fellowships within the military community.
We Send
Cadence ministries are constantly releasing military people transformed by Christ to live for Him wherever He sends them.
We Strive
Military ministry is all Cadence does. It is our one focus, passion, and joy. Cadence gives its all to the global military communities we serve.
While I was in grade school and my dad was stationed in Germany, we attended the house on Friday nights, and I witnessed my grandparents in action: serving and blessing others while opening up their large home with warm hospitality, good food, laughter, and Bible study. For many, including me, it was a place where we encountered God—not an abstract, far-off god, but a real, personal, loving, Savior God who orchestrates real-deal transformation and abundant life.”
Rebecca Sneller, Former military kid and current Cadence staff
“For many, including me, the hospitality house was a place where we encountered God—not an abstract, far-off god, but a real, personal, loving, Savior God who orchestrates real-deal transformation and abundant life.”
Rebecca Sneller, Former military kid and current Cadence staff
From the President
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16–17
It’s Advent, the season that invites us to not only celebrate God’s love but to reflect on it and share it with others. It is the time when we remember how far Jesus came to save us. As these song lyrics put it, “from a throne of endless glory to a cradle in the dirt.”
For 70 years Cadence staff have gone from their homes and loved ones to military communities to share the gospel and their lives. Margaret Patty, one of the founders of OCSC/Cadence International, was one of these. In 1955 she worked her way across the ocean on a Norwegian freighter to marry Dick Patty who was already in the Philippines, along with Jesse and Nettie Miller, ministering to Sailors at Subic Bay. Margaret and Dick’s service took them from fruitful years at Subic to the Headquarters in Denver, then to Germany and the Europe Field, then as Ambassadors in Colorado.