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Mar 30th: Becoming Agents of Hope in the ‘After’, with Becca Ellis.
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2025WATCH: Becoming Agents of Hope in the ‘After’ with Becca Ellis. Series: Finding Hope in Hard Places A Spacious Christianity, First Presbyterian Church of Bend, Oregon. Scripture: Proverbs 8, James…Details -
Nov 17th: Extraordinary Empathy, with Becca Ellis.
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2025WATCH: Finding Hope in the Small Things Life can feel unbearably heavy sometimes. Maybe you're carrying the weight of the world—wars, disasters, injustice—or maybe it’s something closer to home: a…Details -
Jul 28th: Presence, Mystery & Wonder, with Becca Ellis.
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2025WATCH: Presence, Mystery & Wonder with Becca Ellis. Series: Beguiled By Beauty: Cultivating a Life of Contemplation and Compassion A Spacious Christianity, First Presbyterian Church of Bend, Oregon. Scripture: Matthew…Details -
Jun 25th, The Life Changing Magic of Paying Attention, with Becca Ellis
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2025Summary: What is sacred to you? 0:00 Barbara Brown Taylor, Episcopal priest, and author. What is sacred in your life. The burning bush in the desert. 1:04 Moses encounters a…Details -
Jan 29th, More Than Just Good Ideas – Parable of the Talents, with Becca Ellis
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2025Jan 29th: More Than Just Good Ideas – Parable of the Talents, with Becca Ellis. We're in the midst of our series, seeking a deeper and more spacious earth through…Details -
Jan 15th, Love is a Wide Word – Parable of the Banquet, with Becca Ellis
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2025Love is a Wide Word – Parable of the Banquet, with Becca Ellis. This Sunday, we're beginning a new sermon series titled seeking a Deeper and More Spacious Faith through…Details -
Oct 2nd, Mission Possible: Family & Children’s Ministry, with Becca Ellis
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2025Oct 2nd: Mission Possible: Family & Children’s Ministry, with Becca Ellis. Today we continue our sermon series on our newly crafted mission statement living the spacious and radical love of…Details -
Jun 19th, Jesus and Airplane Mode, with Becca Ellis
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2025Jun 19th, Jesus and Airplane Mode I wonder how many of you in.The past two years, two months, even.Just two weeks ago, have felt burnt out, exhausted, overwhelmed, heartbroken and…Details -
Tap Returns: a focus on community
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2025This Sunday we are kicking off TAP with a focus on community for the month of April. We'll share our own experiences of community, what it means to us and…Details -
Thoughts on Uncommon Generosity
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2025It is such a mystery how the hard and good, sacred and ordinary, life and decay all seem to mingle together in the everyday. If anything, the past 18+ months…Details
Becca Ellis
Director of Family & Children and Communications
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About Becca Ellis
I am at First Presbyterian for so many reasons, but one is to be a part of such a beautiful community of people who are trying their best to move through the world the way love does. I am grateful beyond words to get to partner together with this faith community as the Director of Family and Children for the past several years, after moving down from the Seattle area in 2017.
I have a background in early childhood education, as well as in the creative field as a photographer & videographer. I have three children who range in age from Grade School to High School – they have been my greatest teachers in life, as well as a major catalyst for my own spiritual growth and passion for helping support and resource parents and caregivers in the hard work of raising humans. My greatest hope for young people today is that they can know they are loved and belong to something so much greater than just themselves, and find a deep meaning and purpose in their lives.
Other things about me: I am a distance runner, appreciate a good cup of coffee and love to cook, read, write and get out on trails and explore nature with my family.