Early Morning Sunday Worship
Scheduled: Sun, Aug 21, 2022 @ 8:00amSunday in-person worship at 8:00am. A 30 minute, earlier service in Heritage hall. Our hope is that our service will speak to your heart & deepen your faith. See you…DetailsIn-Person Sunday Worship
Scheduled: Sun, Aug 21, 2022 @ 10:00amSunday in-person worship at 10:00am. Our hope is that our service will speak to your heart & deepen your faith. Child care is available. See you in church! (directions >)…DetailsA Spacious Christianity, LIVESTREAM Online
Scheduled: Sun, Aug 21, 2022 @ 10:00amParticipate in "A Spacious Christianity", the weekly worship from First Presbyterian Church of Bend is every Sunday on facebook, bendfp.org, and youtube. Chat is a favorite fellowship opportunity. Television viewers…DetailsA Spacious Christianity, Local Bend TV
Scheduled: Sun, Aug 21, 2022 @ 11:00amParticipate in "A Spacious Christianity", the weekly worship from First Presbyterian Church of Bend. Television viewers in Bend may join us on the local TV KTVZ-CW station Sunday mornings, repeated…DetailsEarly Morning Sunday Worship
Scheduled: Sun, Aug 28, 2022 @ 8:00amSunday in-person worship at 8:00am. A 30 minute, earlier service in Heritage hall. Our hope is that our service will speak to your heart & deepen your faith. See you…DetailsIn-Person Sunday Worship
Scheduled: Sun, Aug 28, 2022 @ 10:00amSunday in-person worship at 10:00am. Our hope is that our service will speak to your heart & deepen your faith. Child care is available. See you in church! (directions >)…DetailsA Spacious Christianity, LIVESTREAM Online
Scheduled: Sun, Aug 28, 2022 @ 10:00amParticipate in "A Spacious Christianity", the weekly worship from First Presbyterian Church of Bend is every Sunday on facebook, bendfp.org, and youtube. Chat is a favorite fellowship opportunity. Television viewers…DetailsA Spacious Christianity, Local Bend TV
Scheduled: Sun, Aug 28, 2022 @ 11:00amParticipate in "A Spacious Christianity", the weekly worship from First Presbyterian Church of Bend. Television viewers in Bend may join us on the local TV KTVZ-CW station Sunday mornings, repeated…DetailsEarly Morning Sunday Worship
Scheduled: Sun, Sep 4, 2022 @ 8:00amSunday in-person worship at 8:00am. A 30 minute, earlier service in Heritage hall. Our hope is that our service will speak to your heart & deepen your faith. See you…DetailsIn-Person Sunday Worship
Scheduled: Sun, Sep 4, 2022 @ 10:00amSunday in-person worship at 10:00am. Our hope is that our service will speak to your heart & deepen your faith. Child care is available. See you in church! (directions >)…Details
Rev. Kally Elliott
Pastor for Spirituality, Community Life, and Pastoral Care
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About Rev. Kally Elliott
After growing up in San Diego and graduating from the University of California, Davis, my husband Bryce and I discerned I should attend seminary at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA, as we felt it was a good fit and an opportunity to experience the southeast. Both of us thought we would move back to the west coast upon my graduation from seminary, but instead I was called to be the Campus Minister and Director of the Presbyterian Campus Ministry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Working with college students shaped the way I continue to engage in ministry, believing ministry should be relational and often mutual. You spend time with people, listen to their stories, share your own, eat a lot of meals together, and just do life with them. My favorite part of college ministry was when a student would come to me with a deep and wondering question, and I got to sit with her as she struggled with a faith that was being cracked open and ultimately strengthened. After 11 years in Knoxville I was called to pastor a church and start a new worshiping community in Long Island.
Moving to Long Island was a cultural shock for me and for my family after living in the bible-belt South for so long. Innovative ministry is a must in Long Island if you have a chance of sharing good news with people. In our time in Long Island, I served as the solo pastor for two congregations while also planting Glenwood Table, a new worshiping community based on sharing various spiritual practices.
Bryce and I have four kids: Rylan (16), Spencer (13), Kellen (11), and Eve (7). Most of my “free” time is spent driving my kids to various activities, cheering at basketball or lacrosse games, doing laundry, running and working out, going to the grocery store, learning to play the guitar, meeting friends for coffee, going back to the grocery store – and doing more laundry. Bryce and I also like to sneak out for date nights or have friends over as often as possible.
Three and a half years ago my mother and step-father moved to Bend, OR, and I quickly took to the internet to peruse the church scene in their new town for them. I was immediately taken with the “Spacious Christianity” theme that popped up as soon as Google recognized my key words, “Presbyterian” “Bend” “Oregon,” and I found myself reading the entire First Presbyterian Church website. I have been interested in the ministry you all are doing in Bend since my first interaction with your website. I am looking forward to getting to know each of you and learning how I might walk alongside you as we continue to create a community of healing, grace and good news.
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Aug 7th, What Do I Have to Believe To Be A Christian?, with Rev. Kally Elliott
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2022Aug 7th: What Do I Have to Believe To Be A Christian?, with Rev. Kally Elliott. We're in a sermon series where you come up with a topic and we…DetailsJun 12th, Jesus as Presence, with Rev. Kally Elliott
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2022Jun 12th: Jesus as Presence, with Rev. Kally Elliott. Psalm 139.Oh, Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up,…DetailsMay 15th, Jesus as Teacher, with Rev. Kally Elliott
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2022May 15th: Jesus as Teacher, with Rev. Kally Elliott. - powered by Happy Scribe The scripture is from John 13. Now, before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that…DetailsMay 8th, Jesus as Friend, with Rev. Kally Elliott
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2022May 8th: Jesus as Friend, with Rev. Kally Elliott. Shortly after moving to Long Island, I found myself standing in the elementary school playground, waiting for dismissal. I looked around…DetailsMar 20th, Does Everything Really Happen For a Reason?, with Rev. Kally Elliott
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2022Mar 20th: Does Everything Really Happen For a Reason?, with Rev. Kally Elliott. I have no green thumb. If you need proof, just take a look at our backyard. Almost…DetailsMar 6th, Ordinary Lives Can Be Holy, with Rev. Kally Elliott
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2022Mar 6th: Ordinary Lives Can Be Holy, with Rev. Kally Elliott. Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,…DetailsJan 30th, Hallowed Be Thy Name – Beauty, with Rev. Kally Elliott
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2022Hallowed Be Thy Name - Beauty, with Rev. Kally Elliott. As a teenager, I spent many of my evenings gathered around my grandmother Gigi's dinner table with my brothers, mother,…DetailsJan 2nd, Epiphany 2022, with Rev. Kally Elliott
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2022Epiphany 2022, with Rev. Kally Elliott. Matthew two, one through twelve. In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the east…DetailsOct 3rd, Where Does It Hurt? with Rev. Kally Elliott.
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2022Oct 3rd, Where Does It Hurt? with Rev. Kally Elliott. For the past several weeks we've been in this series, I've been meaning to ask. The phrase I've been meaning…DetailsSep 12th, I’ve been meaning to ask… with Rev. Kally Elliott.
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2022Sep 12th, I've been meaning to ask... with Rev. Kally Elliott. John 1 35 through 46. The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as…Details