December 2010 Newsletter

 

Reflections On 2010 From Bart Smelley

 

Update on Global Effect's impact over the last 60 days and plans for fall announced.

 

Read Executive Director Bart Smelley's latest blog posting about his recent trip to Jacmel, Haiti and other happenings.
   

 

 

 

 

 

 


   Founder


Scott Steelman
 
Scott Steelman has been in full time ministry since 1986.  During Scott's first 15 years of ministry, he served as a pastor to students attending churches in Alabama and Florida. During his time as a student pastor, Scott used creative ways to reach out and minister to the needs of students. One example of his creativity was a coffee house ministry that reached out to hundreds of college students in a tri-county area in south Florida.

In 2001, he moved his family to Rome, Italy where he developed a national student ministry for the country of Italy in partnership with Italy for Christ. During his 6 years in Italy, he helped evangelical churches all across Italy develop student ministries that reached out to the youth of their cities. He also began a national youth leader's conference and held numerous camps and conferences throughout the country. During Scott's time in Italy the Lord began to create in him a passion for missions and citywide transformation.

It was through that passion that Global Effect was birthed in 2008. Scott and his wife, Vicki, reside in Panama City Beach, Florida with their three daughters.


   Executive Director

 
Bart Smelley
Bart Smelley is a successful entrepreneur with a breadth of experience in start-up ventures and business acquisitions. He helped create multi-million dollar enterprises in a variety of industries ranging from publishing, internet marketing, apparel manufacturing, commercial real estate, aquaculture and equipment dealerships.

Bart has been able to grow successful business entities in numerous industries using his God given gifts of creativity, leadership and management skills.

Other accomplishments include Alabama High School Association Coach of the
Year for four years. He has coached teams to three state high school baseball championships as a volunteer head coach at American Christian Academy as well as a National AAU Championship. Over the years he has been blessed with numerous honors and awards for his coaching, business and community service.

Bart and his wife, Sissi, have three children, Jana, Chris and Brad who have all received Division 1 athletic scholarships. He has been organizing and leading short term mission trips for over 10 years. He is a founding member and elder of the Church at Tuscaloosa. Bart is very passionate about missions and the community transformation concept adopted by Global Effect.


   Haiti In-Country Coordinator

 
Danny Pye
Bio coming soon.


   In-Country Coordinator

 
Ambioris Sanchez D'Orville
Ambioris is from the Dominican Republic but lived in the United States for 14 years and worked as a salesperson for a publishing company. Since 1997 he began ministering in prisons in and experienced “God using him mightily” in Union County, New Jersey; Fort Dix, Louisiana and Texas. When Ambioris returned to the Dominican Republic, he planted a church in Los Suarez, La Vega, where he is the Pastor still today. In a nearby community, he collaborated to plant a Haitian church together with a missionary from Haiti.

Ambioris has also worked as an English teacher in La Vega Christian School. He produces a local cable channel TV program called: Volviendo a la Senda Antigua (Return To The Old [Early Church] Way). He is a member of the Association of Pastors of La Vega and is the city director of the Confederation of Chaplains. He is also the vice-president of the Association of Neighbors in Los Suarez and continues his mission working with inmates in the prison of La Vega. He is happily married to Maria Sanchez and has two beautiful children.

Ambioris has been serving as an invaluable public speaking interpreter and logistics facilitator for Global Effect while the team ministers in the Dominican Republic for over a year. In the process, motivated by his deep love and desire to serve people, Ambioris has agreed to join the Global Effect team in an official capacity.

   Board

 

Davis Picklesimer
Davis Picklesimer is from Highlands, North Carolina. After attending Auburn University, 
he began working in the financial industry where he enjoyed a successful career for 15 years. During that time he served on numerous boards of both profit and non 
profit organizations including Habitat for Humanity and Wallace Community College. 

Two years ago he started his own financial firm in Rosemary Beach, Florida.
While living in Florida, he served on the leadership council for the Chapel in Rosemary Beach where he was ordained and also served as chairman of the mission's committee. 

God has called Davis into a life of ministry focusing on the restoration of men's hearts 
and missions. Therefore, while running his business, he is also pursuing a Master's of 
Divinity Degree from Liberty University in hopes to join the US Army Reserve as a 
chaplain.

He currently resides in Dothan, Alabama with his wife, Kristin, and two 
daughters, Ella and Grace. 

 

Bony Barrineau MD
Born and raised in the small country town of Demopolis, Alabama, Bony, which is his given name, dreamed of becoming a doctor.  His dream became reality as he attended medical school at the University of Alabama and University of Alabama at Birmingham and began his practice in 1981. 

Bony loves to get to know his patients as he examines them, which made him known for long waits and crowded waiting rooms.  However, his patients love him, and he ran a very successful practice as an Orthopedic Surgeon for 28 years.

Bony retired from performing surgery in 2009 and is currently the Director of Rehabilitation for Northport Health Services.  Dr. Barrineau has been involved in ministry projects and missions for the past 10 years and has participated in mission trips around the world.

He has also been involved in addiction recovery programs for over 20 years and most recently helped create the very successful Celebrate Recovery Program in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Bony resides in Northport Alabama with his wife of 31 years, Robbie, and his four children.

 

Brandon Agee
Brandon Agee is from Demopolis, Alabama. After receiving a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, he began working in the telecommunications industry for 10 years in the Birmingham area. During that time he was a member of the Inverness Rotary Club where he held several positions including a member of the Board of Directors.

While living in Birmingham, Brandon earned his MBA from the University of Alabama Birmingham. He is currently employed in the healthcare field with NHS Management, LLC doing work on various projects.

Brandon chose to join the Global Effect board to help provide hope to the less fortunate in third world countries. He truly believes in the vision of the ministry and is confident Global Effect is truly making a difference in the lives of the communities we are currently serving in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Brandon currently resides in Tuscaloosa, Alabama with his wife, Jennifer, and daughter, Mary Ellen. They are members of the First United Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa.

 

Ted Davison
Ted Davison spent his teenage years in England and traveled extensively throughout Europe, encountering different cultures and religions along the way.  Later, he returned to the States and received a business and economics degree from West Virginia University. After graduation, Ted moved to Panama City Beach, Florida where since 1978 he has been affiliated with Treasure Island Marina.

In addition, he owns numerous businesses and properties which all relate to his love of the beach, water and boating. He has been active in community fund raising and organizing charity events in the Florida Panhandle.

Ted truly has a heart for helping others and feels that Global Effect provides opportunity for outreach to so many in need as well as affording him the blessing of serving and using his gifts for the Kingdom of God.

 

Robert C. Easter Jr.
Mr. Easter has successfully operated development and construction entities, participating in numerous successful JV real estate transactions, completing projects that included SFR, town-homes, multifamily, commercial office and retail for the past 20+ years. Mr. Easter founded and operated 3 successful construction and real estate acquisition entities from 1992-1998.

Mr. Easter co-founded Laurcon Capital, LP in 1998. Mr. Easter’s early management expertise began in 1986 -1992 as the REO manager of Easter and Easter Realtors, a family owned enterprise that included complete property management and property brokerage with annual sales volumes of over $100 million dollars in real estate transactions.

With Laurcon Capital LP, Mr Easter has daily operational controls of all partnership interest that include real estate assets, manufacturing entities and equity investments, placements, originations and/or participation.

 

Lee Sage
Lee Sage has extensive experience working with diverse teams to improve productivity, reduce cost and create more value for customers. His work experience includes 15 years of operations and materials experience in the automotive and appliance industry and 20 years of operations consulting in the automotive industry.

His strengths are working in a collaborative manner, problem solving and developing people. He was one of the founding members and first President of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence which is now 25 years old and 10,000 members.

Lee is also the author of the book, “Winning the Innovation Race.” He has spent the last two years building and operating two businesses in Bay County, Florida.

 

Timothy Heck, Ph.D.
Dr. Heck serves as the Founder and President of Family Counseling Associates
(www.fcahelp.com), a Professional Counseling Center in Indianapolis, Indiana with a strong and diverse clinical staff of Psychiatrists, Marriage and Family Therapists, Clinical Social Workers and Mental Health Counselors, four locations serving the greater Indianapolis area and Kokomo, and a 17 year history of providing quality mental health services within a Christ-centered value system. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 22 years experience working with couples in crisis and individuals with mood disturbances. He holds a B.A. in Christian Ministries, a M.A. in Hebrew Scriptures, a M.A. in Counseling Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Human Services. His clinical practice specializes in the treatment of Adult Mood Disorders and Marital Therapy.

Tim also has a love for teaching and helping people grow in their understanding of Christian faith and applying that faith to the challenges we all face in life. To that end he serves as Assistant Professor of Counseling in the Graduate Counseling and Marriage & Family Therapy Program of Liberty University, where he teaches courses in Research, Theories of Integration, Human Services, and Marital Therapy. Tim and his wife, Margie, also provide workshops, retreats and are regular speakers in a variety of venues, promoting healthy marriages, godly parenting, and spiritual formation. They are blessed with five children, four grandchildren, and many “adoptive” children they have been able to have in their home over the years through their work as Therapeutic Foster Parents, Respite Foster Parents, short-term caregivers for missionaries, children receiving medical
care from Haiti and others with whom they could share the love and compassion
of Christ.

Tim and Margie live in Indianapolis, Indiana with their 14-year old son, Brian. Their love for the people of Haiti is strong and their desire to extend support for the work of Global Effect is a wonderful opportunity in which they are both excited to participate for many years to come.!


  

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