John grew up in the plains of eastern Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska. He went on to Denver Seminary. John and his wife Cyndee lived in northern California for 17 years where John pastored an Evangelical Free Church. John has been Senior Pastor of Harper Church since 2001.

Pastor Joel has been the associate pastor at Harper Church since 1999. He graduated from Prairie Bible Institute with an emphasis on Bible and Mission. His connection with Harper goes way back to 1979 when he was in full-time ministry at the church before being sent out as a missionary to Europe in 1981. He… Read More »

Tim has been serving as the pastor to students here at Harper for the past 5 years after he and his wife Karys completed their education at TEDS. In addition to a growing youth ministry, Tim has a growing family with 3 boys. His passions include his family, hiking, biking, camping, and coffee.

Adam Lightbody was raised here in Port Orchard. He is currently the Youth Intern at Harper Church. In addition to working with both middle school and high school, he is currently enrolled at Multnomah University to obtain his bachelors degree in Bible and Theology. He and his wife Jenna love to camp, travel, and watch… Read More »

Mike came on board in the spring of 2008. He is responsible for the worship ministry, specifically leading worship teams and directing the flow of the worship services. When he is not leading worship here at Harper, Mike is the choral director at South Kitsap High School. Mike and Beth have two children, both grown.… Read More »

Desiree is the newest member of our staff team. She is passionate about children and families being stronger in the Lord and is excited to come alongside families in the church.

Sheri started in January 2008, doing the weekly bulletins, secretarial duties, website maintenance, church database upkeep, calendar maintenance, directories, church-wide communications and Power Point (projection) ministry. As administrative assistant, she also works with vital financial and business tasks. For fun, she tries to keep up with her 4 adult children. Sheri, a former Gonzaga volleyball… Read More »

Theresa took the reins of Children’s Ministry Assistant in June, 2012. She helps primarily in the nursery/preschool area maintaining the child-care schedule and keeping everyone sane! She is a valuable piece of Children’s Ministry puzzle. Theresa and her husband Art love to go camping and enjoy a lot of family functions – on both sides… Read More »

Bob has served on staff before at Harper and came on again in 2010 to help out with the custodial needs. After two years, Bob still has custodial duties but works mostly on building maintenance and setting up and tearing down for ministry teams and church events. He is always available to do whatever needs… Read More »

Because of Ed’s shared name with the church, he believes serving is the right thing to do. With Ed making up the third wheel of the maintenance team, this trifecta is ready to lead the charge against anything that ails this facility. To accomplish these heroics, Ed’s choice of hydration is unashamedly coffee.