We've just taken a big step forward in the future of Prineville Presbyterian Church as we've ‘commissioned’ our Future Facilities Committee. This came in response to the solid growth we’ve enjoyed over the past 5 years.



And as we took this step forward, we turned back into the history of God’s people.



We heard the words from the prophet Jeremiah who proclaimed in times of change the future still belongs to God and to God’s people. With that belief God’s people can look to the future with the “courage to be.”



This phrase comes from a man named Paul Tillich who wrote lots of rich and thought-provoking stuff about God.



Under “the courage to be” Tillich wrote: “All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Have no fear of moving into the unknown.”



How we move ahead is going to require the courage to be faithful thinkers and do-ers of God’s future for us.



Join us Sundays at 10AM as ‘co-mission’ with God’s future we know in Jesus Christ.



Together We Serve,
Pastor Mike

“Now he [Jesus] was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years.” (Luke 13:10-11).


It seems that we spend a lot time talking about ‘rules.’ In our quieter admissions we're quick to acknowledge that the rules that work in our favor are the ones we like the best.


In the above Bible citation Jesus wound up healing that woman without giving it a 2^nd thought -- to the great annoyance of the synagogue leader who called Jesus out for ‘working’ on the Sabbath.


He could have played the religious-business-as-usual card and waited until the next day to heal this woman and no one would have criticized Him.


However, not willing to limit God’s compassion He took the whole of God’s law and by His actions and through God’s word showed people the compassionate character of God as Jesus gave them a glimpse of His identity and authority as the God we know today.


In that synagogue then…in our church today…we need to make sure that we don’t love routines and systems more than we love God, nor love customs and habits more than we love each other who are also known as God’s beloved.


Join us Sundays at 10AM as we let God’s compassion guide our rules.

Together We Serve,                                                                                                         Pastor Mike