In-Person Sunday Worship
Scheduled: Sun, Dec 5, 2021 @ 9:00amSunday in-person worship at 9am and 10:30am. Our hope is that one of these services will speak to your heart & deepen your faith. See you in church! (directions >)No block ID is set
A Spacious Christianity, LIVESTREAM Online
Scheduled: Sun, Dec 5, 2021 @ 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…DetailsIn-Person Sunday Worship
Scheduled: Sun, Dec 5, 2021 @ 10:30amSunday in-person worship at 9am and 10:30am. Our hope is that one of these services will speak to your heart & deepen your faith. See you in church! (directions >)No block ID is set
A Spacious Christianity, Local Bend TV
Scheduled: Sun, Dec 5, 2021 @ 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…DetailsIn-Person Sunday Worship
Scheduled: Sun, Dec 12, 2021 @ 9:00amSunday in-person worship at 9am and 10:30am. Our hope is that one of these services will speak to your heart & deepen your faith. See you in church! (directions >)No block ID is set
A Spacious Christianity, LIVESTREAM Online
Scheduled: Sun, Dec 12, 2021 @ 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…DetailsIn-Person Sunday Worship
Scheduled: Sun, Dec 12, 2021 @ 10:30amSunday in-person worship at 9am and 10:30am. Our hope is that one of these services will speak to your heart & deepen your faith. See you in church! (directions >)No block ID is set
A Spacious Christianity, Local Bend TV
Scheduled: Sun, Dec 12, 2021 @ 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…DetailsIn-Person Sunday Worship
Scheduled: Sun, Dec 19, 2021 @ 9:00amSunday in-person worship at 9am and 10:30am. Our hope is that one of these services will speak to your heart & deepen your faith. See you in church! (directions >)No block ID is set
A Spacious Christianity, LIVESTREAM Online
Scheduled: Sun, Dec 19, 2021 @ 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…DetailsInstagram has returned invalid data.Oct 3rd, Where Does It Hurt? with Rev. Kally Elliott.
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2021Oct 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: Fri, Dec 3, 2021Sep 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…DetailsListening to Your Life Finding God in Unexpected Places: Longing for Home with Rev. Kally Elliott
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2021Jun 27, Listening to Your Life Finding God in Unexpected Places: Longing for Home. While traveling last week, the man seated next to me asked, Where's home, Bend, Oregon? I…DetailsMay 16th, Rhythms of Rest, Practices for a Jesus-Centered Love with Kally Elliott
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2021May 16th, Rhythms of Rest, Practices for a Jesus-Centered Love with Kally Elliott When I was about six months pregnant with my fourth child, I stood on the sand of…DetailsMay 21st, Again and Again: We are Reformed, with Kally Elliott
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2021May 21st, Again and Again…We are Reformed, with Kally Elliott. In her book, The Great Emergence, church historian Phyllis Tickle makes the claim that every 500 years or so, the…DetailsFebruary 21, Again and Again: God Meets Us, with Rev. Kally Elliott
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2021February 21, Again and Again God Meets Us, with Kally Elliott When I was a teenager, my grandmother lived about a mile from me, and every Tuesday afternoon she would…DetailsKally Elliott, Jan 17 Sermon, I Samuel 3, “Speak Lord, your servants are listening.”
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2021Kally Elliott, Jan 17 Sermon, I Samuel 3, "Speak Lord, your servants are listening." - powered by Happy Scribe On August 28, 1963, some two hundred and fifty thousand people…DetailsNewly Recorded Song, “It Is Well” by Brave of Heart
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2021Check out the recently recorded song, "It Is Well" by Brave of Heart (members of the First Presbyterian Praise team, featuring Kally Thompson Elliott). Enjoy!DetailsSoup, Spirituality & Small Groups
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2021Join Rev. Kally Elliott Tuesday afternoons or Wednesday evenings for a five-week Lenten Study (starting March 12 or March 13). There will be soup, a book study and fellowship. We…DetailsSoup, Spirituality & Small Groups
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2021You’re downtown with friends on a Friday night when you happen to walk past Bonta and notice all the people inside laughing and enjoying cones of creamy gelato. Your friend…Details
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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.