Paul Missel is a Ruling Elder and serves as Session Clerk. Paul grew up in St. Louis and met his wife Ravyna, who was from Maine, while attending college in New England. They moved to Arlington in 1986 to help establish the church when it was newly formed. He works as a bioengineer at Alcon, using computers to model medical treatments to the eye. Paul and Ravyna have three children and five grandchildren.