Vern Picknally has been the organizing pastor of Fremont OPC since September of 2011. Prior to coming to Fremont, Pastor Vern served the Bethel OPC congregation in Carson, ND for nearly 12 years. He received an M.Div. from Mid-America Reformed Seminary, Dyer, IN in 1999 and a bachelors degree from Reformed Bible College (now Kuyper College), Grand Rapids, MI in 1996. He married his lovely wife, Olena, in 1996 and they have been blessed with three children: Vera, Ivan, and Nadia.