Offices and Preschool:
7290 Lexington Drive (map)
Colorado
Springs, CO 80918
Church Office-Phone: 719.590.1705
Fax: 719.590.1767
Preschool-Phone: 719.219.0018
Worship Times: 8:45 & 10:30
Our Story
Springs Community Church (SCC) was started in 1985 by Pastors Steve Brooks and Ron Gray. Following the tragic deaths of both their wives in a 1979 car accident, they received grief counseling together. After many conversations, Brooks and Gray started to see themselves - one extroverted dynamo and one practical administrator - not as opposites, but as two halves of an equation. Ironically, the accident that had wrecked their lives now helped them achieve their goal of starting a new church. SCC met in a shopping center until 1990, when we relocated to our present six-acre facility. Since then we’ve enlarged our building several times and added parking and classrooms.
In 2007, Pastor Steve was diagnosed with ALS. Realizing that he could not physically continue to lead SCC into the future, a search team was formed to seek his replacement. From phone conversations and personal interviews with numerous qualified candidates, Pastor Eric Carpenter was selected to be the next SCC lead pastor.
Pastor Steve celebrated his retirement from active ministry on March 9, 2008, with his son Ben Brooks bringing the message. An era in the life of SCC closed when Pastor Steve passed away two days later.
Eric Carpenter
Pastor Eric Carpenter is Lead Pastor of Springs Community Church. Eric has an undergraduate degree in psychology and worked for three years in social work (drug and alcohol prevention, crisis counseling) before attending Fuller Theological Seminary where he received his M. Div. Ordained by the Reformed Church in America.
Previously Eric served as an associate pastor at Beechwood Community Church in Holland, Michigan. Focusing on spiritual growth and outreach, he oversaw LIFE groups and lead the Alpha program.
