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Past Sermons
In act two, scene two of Shakespeare’s famed Romeo and Juliet, there’s the balcony scene in which these two young lover’s exchange their fondest thoughts and farewells. It is at this point where Juliet says these immortal words: “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” Or, a more modern translation might go something like this: “Say, baby, what’s happening?” Yes, their parting proved “bittersweet.” Sweet in the sense that Juliet had indelibly etched in her mind the image of her handsome Romeo standing below in the courtyard; a picture which time could never erase. But it was also bitter, for she would have wished for this moment never to end. Read more...

Past Sermons

In act two, scene two of Shakespeare’s famed Romeo and Juliet, there’s the balcony scene in which these two young lover’s exchange their fondest thoughts and farewells. It is at this point where Juliet says these immortal words: “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” Or, a more modern translation might go something like this: “Say, baby, what’s happening?” Yes, their parting proved “bittersweet.” Sweet in the sense that Juliet had indelibly etched in her mind the image of her handsome Romeo standing below in the courtyard; a picture which time could never erase. But it was also bitter, for she would have wished for this moment never to end. Read more...

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Our Pastor

Our Senior Pastor, the Reverend Cooper McWhirter, was called to Grace Community Church in March of 2001. Previously, Pastor Cooper served as the Executive Pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in Aurora, Colorado.

Pastor Cooper earned his Masters of Divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri in May of 1991 and received his undergraduate degree from Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. For twenty-five years he worked for a family business in Kansas City, Missouri serving as its president and principal owner for nine of those years.

Pastor Cooper was ordained as a Ruling Elder in the EPC in the fall of 1992. In this capacity, Cooper served as the Moderator of the Presbytery of the East in 1994. Cooper was then ordained as a Minister of the Word in the spring of 1996. In that capacity, Cooper served as the Moderator of the Presbytery of the West in 1999.

His wife, Sammie, has been very active in the EPC Women's Ministries in two presbyteries as well as in several local churches. The McWhirter's have two grown daughters, Anna Catherine and Margaret Mary.