Isaiah 43 gives the scriptural basis for our theme this year:
“Behold,
I AM DOING A NEW THING;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I WILL MAKE A WAY
in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
– Isaiah 43.19
To make a financial commitment to this ministry please return 2024 pledge cards to the office or mail to the church’s PO Box address:
P.O. Box 2729
San Bernardino, CA 92406
Review our 2023 accomplishments and the 2024 budget plans here in our 2024 Narrative Budget. See our 2024 Ask Letter for a summary of what contributing to this ministry accomplishes.
Please see Supporting the Church in Uncertain Times – options to give while we are not meeting in person, including Online Giving.
So what does God want? Love. Love for God. Love for Neighbor as yourself. So how can we use God’s gifts to create Love? At First Presbyterian, we see the formula as:
Be in Christ + Be Loved + Be of Use
Christ Has No Body
Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks Compassion on this world, Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, Yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks compassion on this world. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
-Teresa of Avila (1515–1582)
Our participation page lists a number of activities that are possible to experience God & friendship and to bring the love of God to our community – from our members, to our local San Bernardino neighbors, to our world. Not only are we Christ’s hands and feet, the active presence of God’s healing in this broken world, but we ourselves meet the living God when we serve others.
‘…as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,[a] you did it to me.’ (Matt 25:40)
Living as God’s Steward – Being God’s beloved, giving and receiving love can be a life of joy when we live it together with all the members of the body freely, excitedly, and wholly contributing their gifts and receiving the abundant life God has provided in Christ Jesus.
Be in Christ + Be Loved + Be of Use