Buford Presbyterian Church

It's a pleasure to welcome you to the Buford Presbyterian Church website. Whether member, friend, or visitor - we hope that this site reflects the friendly and open nature of our congregation. If you are searching for a church home, we'd like you to know that there's a special place here just for you.   Our Church is...

• A Place for Worship. The primary reason we meet together is to focus our attention on God, giving Him our worship and receiving His blessing and inspiration. Each of these occasions is a special time of spiritual refreshment.
• A Place for Learning. To us, studying the Bible is vital because it not only instructs us intellectually, but also guides us spiritually. We believe it and accept it as God's Word to us, a Book that is alive and relevant to life today. Learning its truths is a thrilling adventure.
• A Place for Enrichment. For every person at every age level we offer a wealth of opportunities - special programs and ministries for children, youth, and adults which fill the church calendar. You can be sure that in this kaleidoscope of activities there's more than one place where you can be personally enriched.
• A Place for Friendship. Nothing quite compares to the joy of Christian friendship. That's why we make it a priority to build lasting bonds between the members of our church family - bonds of concern and genuine commitment to one another.
• A Place for Service. Just as Jesus Christ came "not to be ministered unto, but to minister..." we accept our responsibility to reach out in service to others. This applies both within the church family and outside our fellowship.

Best of all, this circle of care is ever-widening. We'd love it to include you too.

Quote for the Week:
“We live inside a tiny moment of time. All of our time, compared with eternity, is nothing. It is a serious waste to let a day go by without allowing God to change us.” ---Richard Rolle

Inspiration for the Week:
In the days ahead, you will be hearing more about an effort by our Membership Committee to sponsor several “Invite a Friend” Sundays in March. These Sundays will be marked as special because we hope you will make an intentional effort to invite a friend or neighbor to join us for worship. If they are seeking a church home, perhaps some of them will be moved to explore that possibility more deeply. 

As I said to our Session, almost every study I’ve ever read on church growth reports more or less the same thing: churches grow because church member invite people to join with them. They are open to newcomers and seek to welcome them and incorporate them into the body of Christ. 

It makes perfect sense when you think about it. Can you recall being a stranger in a place such as a church and what that felt like? It is likely that, at some point, when you made a conscience decision to affiliate with a particular congregation, you joined one of the ones where you felt most comfortable, that is to say, where you felt most welcome. If you knew a few people there as you began to visit, it likely helped even more to create a comfort zone. 

There is a biblical principle behind this namely, the principle of hospitality. Jesus spoke of the need we have to welcome the stranger into our midst. How much easier then is it for us to invite friends or neighbors to be a part of something as important as our life together here at Buford Presbyterian? I hope you will utilize this opportunity to reach out and invite someone to join us and quite possibly share your joy a bit over the pearl of great value you have found.

Prayer for the Week:
“Save me from the soothing sin of the empty cultic deed and the pious, babbling din of the claimed but unlived creed. Let my actions, Lord, express what my tongue and lips confess.” ---Thomas Troeger

From the Pastor's Desk

It’s impossible to believe that I have just completed my first full calendar year as your pastor here at Buford Presbyterian. The past year has continued to be a time for settling into the community and church life. It has been a time for getting to know some of you better and thus deepening our relationships. 

My hope for the members of our congregation in the start of this New Year is that we grow spiritually, as we have done, both as individuals and as a body. Numerical church growth seems always to be a desired goal, but I hope it never comes at the expense of qualitative spiritual growth. I find that this congregation has a hunger for knowledge about the scriptures and how to live a more faith-filled life. I also sense a hunger to serve and do more for people in the larger community. I pray that I’m not wrong about these things. 

Blessings to all of you in this New Year and coming time of transition. May God go with us and those we love in the days and months that lie before us!

Peace in Christ,
Pastor Corey