about us
Alex Cobb
Worship and Leadership Minister
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Immediate family: Wife - Jill, boys - Trevor, Timothy, and Taylor
First job: Bucking hay for mid-Missouri farmers
Musical must-have(s): Relient K & Tom Petty
Hobbies or spare-time activities: Racquetball & Reading
Favorite book (besides the Bible): Where Is God When It Hurts (Philip Yancey)
Favorite (non-Bible) quote: “I have found over and over again how hard it is to be faithful to Jesus when I am alone.” Henri Nouwen, In The Name Of Jesus. I thank God every day for my brothers and sisters in Christ.
Favorite movie(s): Princess Bride, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Shawshank Redemption, Over the Hedge, Groundhog Day
Favorite local restaurant: Exotic Thai & Azteca
Favorite ice cream flavor: Cup O’ Joe Espresso
Describe your dream vacation: Visiting a big city I’ve never been to with my family with lots of things to do and discover... and lots of great restaurants to eat at.
What Bible character (besides God or Jesus) do you look most forward to meeting in heaven? Job, The widow who put in all she had to live on, Caleb
What Bible verse do you consider your “life verse?” Matthew 5:14-16 - “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”
Tim Scott
Minister of Member Outreach
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Immediate family: Wife - Julie, children - Tabitha, Adam, Nathaniel, and Malachi
First job: Paper route
Musical must-have(s): Soul/R&B
Hobbies or spare-time activities: Team sports, children’s events, piano tuning & music
Favorite book (besides the Bible): Byzantium by Stephen Lawhead
Favorite (non-Bible) quote: “What we win them with is what we win them to.”
Favorite movie(s): Glory
Favorite local restaurant: Los Agaves (Davenport)
Favorite ice cream flavor: Peppermint
Describe your dream vacation: Amusement parks 24/7
What Bible character (besides God or Jesus) do you look most forward to meeting in heaven? Samson (the ultimate action hero)
What Bible verse do you consider your “life verse?” John 14:23 - Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him."
Bryan Shelley
Youth Minister
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Immediate family: Wife - Hannah
First job: Sandwich artist at Penn Station: East Coast Subs
Musical must-have(s):P.O.D., David Crowder Band, Desperation Band, Hillsong, Creed, Nickleback, 3 Doors Down
Hobbies or spare-time activities:Hanging out with my beautiful wife, movies, xBox 360, basketball
Favorite book (besides the Bible):Confessions of a Reformission Rev. by Mark Driscoll & Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Favorite (non-Bible) quote: "It's not who we are on the inside, but it's the things we do that define us." - Batman Begins
Favorite movie(s): Gladiator, The Count of Monte Cristo, the Matrix trilogy, the Die Hard saga, The Dark Knight, GI Joe
Favorite local restaurant: Buffalo Wild Wings
Favorite ice cream flavor: Snickers & Reese's Cups
Describe your dream vacation: Scuba diving anywhere tropical
What Bible character (besides God or Jesus) do you look most forward to meeting in heaven? David
What Bible verse do you consider your "life verse?" James 4:7-8 - “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”
Ted Brown
Director of Children's Ministries
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Immediate family: Wife - Janet, children - Jordan, Josh, Jared, Taylor, Hannah, TJ, Amory, and Natalie
First job: Dishwasher in a restaurant, age 15
Musical must-have(s): Rich Mullins, Fernando Ortega, Third Day
Hobbies or spare-time activities: Very funny!
Favorite book (besides the Bible): The Fabulous Re-Invention of Sunday School by Aaron Reynolds
Favorite movie(s): Raising Arizona, The Princess Bride
Favorite local restaurant: Exotic Thai
Favorite ice cream flavor: Baskin-Robbins Rocky Road or Breyers’ Mint Chocolate Chip
Describe your dream vacation: Touring the Western coastline via motorcycle with plenty of beach time along the way.
What Bible character (besides God or Jesus) do you look most forward to meeting in heaven? It will be interesting to have a talk with Paul.
What Bible verse do you consider your “life verse?” II Corinthians 4:16-18 - “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
Shane Sikkema
Director of Praise Ministries
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Immediate family: Wife - Kelly
First job: Gardener in a Tomato Greenhouse
Musical must-have(s): Coldplay, Jimmy Eat World, The Rocket Summer, Aradhna, Hillsong United, Desperation Band, David Crowder Band, etc., etc.
Hobbies or spare-time activities: Reading, disc golf, hanging out with friends.
Favorite book (besides the Bible): The Jesus of Suburbia: Have We Tamed the Son of God to Fit Our Lifestyle? - Mike Erre
Favorite (non-Bible) quote: "The frowns of men can not kill, their smiles can not save. Better to share the cross of Jesus than the approval of the multitudes that condemned him." - Isaac Errett
Favorite TV show(s): The Office, Futurama, The X-Files
Favorite local restaurant: Exotic Thai, Azteca III, Mongolian Grill.
Describe your dream vacation: I would love to travel around the Mediterranean... otherwise, I always love camping in a place where the only lights you see at night are the ones God placed in the sky.
What Bible character (besides God or Jesus) do you look most forward to meeting in heaven? The Apostle John
What Bible verse do you consider your “life verse?” Philippians 2:5-11
Harold Pope
Minister of Counseling
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Immediate family: Wife - Joan, sons - Steve and Dan, and daughter - Vicki
First job: Delivered newspaper for Casper, Wyoming Gazette at age 11
Musical must-have(s): Ivan Parker, Perry Como, Gaithers, Janet Pascal, Tony Bennett, Guy Penrod
Hobbies or spare-time activities: Fishing, golf, collecting Indian artifacts from the plains of Wyoming, gardening, collecting actual film of WWII.
Favorite book (besides the Bible): Max Lucado, Spurgeon’s Expository Encyclopedia, Billy Graham’s books, James Dobson
Favorite (non-Bible) quote: “If you put your mind to it, you can do it!”
Favorite movie(s): The Crucifixion, Moses, Dances with Wolves, most WWII movies.
Favorite local restaurant: Biaggi’s, Red Lobster
Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate or Strawberry.
Describe your dream vacation: Hawaii (again)
What Bible character (besides God or Jesus) do you look most forward to meeting in heaven? Timothy
What Bible verse do you consider your “life verse?” Proverbs 3:5,6 - "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Karl Roberts
Seniors Minister
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Immediate family: Wife - Sharon
First job: Farmhand
Musical must-have(s): ”More Than Wonderful,” by Sandy Patti and Larnell Harris, most WOW CD’s, 50’s and 60’s hits.
Hobbies or spare-time activities: Fishing and watching Cardinal baseball.
Favorite book (besides the Bible): Current book - “Heaven,” by Randy Alcorn.
Favorite (non-Bible) quote: “There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.” Robert F. Kennedy
Favorite movie(s): Indiana Jones series, The Passion of the Christ, The Patriot, Forrest Gump, etc. etc. etc.
Favorite local restaurant: Applebee’s or about any other restaurant
Favorite ice cream flavor: Butter nut
Describe your dream vacation: Another trip to the Holy Lands with side trips to Egypt and Asia Minor
What Bible character (besides God or Jesus) do you look most forward to meeting in heaven? There are so many, I would like to meet - the Apostle Paul is one.
What Bible verse do you consider your “life verse?” Joshua 24:15 - “And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourself this day whom you will serve... But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Janine Sunderman
Christian Education Director
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Immediate family: Husband - Kirk, kids - Hannah, Andrew & Emma
First job: Babysitting
Musical must-have(s): Selah, Jars of Clay, Casting Crowns, Mercy Me
Hobbies or spare-time activities: Scrapbooking, piano, baking, organizing
Favorite book (besides the Bible): Anything by Beverly Lewis or Wanda Brunstetter on the Amish
Favorite local restaurant: Outback Steakhouse
Favorite ice cream flavor: White Chocolate Raspberry at Whitey’s
Describe your dream vacation: Kauai’s Napoli Coastline
What Bible character (besides God or Jesus) do you look most forward to meeting in heaven? Hannah
What Bible verse do you consider your "life verse"? Philippians 4:13 - “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”
Ray McMillin
Connections Ministry Coordinator
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Immediate family: Wife - Linda, mother-in-law - Becky, son - Ben and daughter-in-law - Laura, daughter - Megan, son-in-law - Brian, and grandchildren - Olivia and Isaac, daughter - Holly, son-in-law - Shane, and grandchildren - Naomi, Caleb and Miriam
First job: Selling TV Guides door-to-door
Musical must-have(s): Glad, Casting Crowns
Hobbies or spare-time activities: Reading, gardening, antiquing
Favorite book (besides the Bible): “Failure, the Backdoor to Success,” by Irwin Lutzer.
Favorite (non-Bible) quote: “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.”, “Pile up enough tomorrows and you’ll find you’ve collected nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays.”
Favorite movie(s): “What About Bob?”
Favorite local restaurant: Olive Garden (other than Davenport).
Favorite ice cream flavor: Anything chocolate (especially dark chocolate) - chewy with nuts
Describe your dream vacation: My wife and I alone for at least a week - good food, ocean, sand, three or four good police-courtroom mystery novels to read - no phones, no TV, no computers
What Bible character (besides God or Jesus) do you look most forward to meeting in heaven? John and Paul
What Bible verse do you consider your “life verse?” Romans 12:2 - “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - His good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 8:28 - “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.”
Lori Sturtzer
Small Groups and Bible Studies Director
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Immediate family: Husband - Bud, children - Abby, Hannah and Sam
First job: Working in a record store (not CDs!) - Camelot Music
Musical must-have(s): Concert in Central Park - Simon and Garfunkel; James Taylor - Greatest Hits; my Sirius Radio turned to 70’s music
Hobbies or spare-time activities: Scrapbooking, cooking and most importantly - shoe shopping!
Favorite book (besides the Bible): Gone with the Wind
Favorite (non-Bible) quote: “Bloom where you are planted” - with all of the moving that I have done, it has served me well!
Favorite movie(s): Jaws, any of the Raiders of the Lost Ark series
Favorite local restaurant: The Faithful Pilot
Favorite ice cream flavor: Mississippi Mud - coffee and chocolate together
Describe your dream vacation: Sitting on the beach in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
What Bible character (besides God or Jesus) do you look most forward to meeting in heaven? Peter
What Bible verse do you consider your “life verse?” I have two... Psalm 19:14 - “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.” Jeremiah 29:11 - “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
BCC Elders
From left to right...
- Brad Buckland
- Steve Shaw
- Randy Corzette
- Don Paustian
- Marty Hanson
- Kirk Sunderman
- Tim Headley
- Ray Boston (not pictured)