There were many posters that went up during World War II for the dire need forservice. In my garage hangs the poster below along with some other memorabilia.It motivates me. The simple call, “Ready” calls one for action. (I know, I ampartial to the Marine Corps messages of course.)The call I want to invite you to join in is not for the Marines, but actually, something far more eternal – His Church...  Read More

The annual church meeting held some exciting conclusions for the Cooper family and the youth ministry at SRC. First was the extraordinary and incredibly encouraging resolve of the church to give me a sabbatical this year (and every three years following). Words can't express how honored I am for our elders to recognize the benefit this will be to my family and me, and for their initiative to exten...  Read More

Perhaps you have a hard time staying focused during the message, I know I have challenges in that at times.Tim Challies began one of his blog posts with this intro: “It is one of the strengths, or perhaps one of the weaknesses, of the human mind that it can have different “tracks” playing at the same time. Even as one series of words is emerging from a person’s mouth, an entirely different series ...  Read More

With 2025 behind us and we enter into a new year, it’s the natural place to share highlights of the past year where God has been at work and invite you to join us for our Annual Church Meeting that is coming up. In just over a week we will gather on January 11th at 4PM for this all-important meeting. If you can join us, you will hear from our ministry leads and from me over the past year. We will ...  Read More

Merry Christmas church family! As we come to the end of another year we have the annual gift of being able to think on the greatest of all gifts given – Jesus Christ the Lord! Luke 2 tells us of an angel of the Lord declaring, “I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: Today in the city of David a Savior was born for you, who is the Messiah, the Lord.” A gift for al...  Read More

What speed does Jesus travel at?Ever wondered how fast He is?We can certainly pull from numerous theological perspectives. We may think of Jesus’ two natures (the Hypostatic Union). We may think of Jesus simply being “in the midst” of the disciples after the resurrection. We may think of God’s omnipresence. After all, we have to say – He is without limits!What I want to do though is slow us down a...  Read More