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.

From the Pastor's Desk

This time of year is filled with both endings and beginnings. Students at all levels of educational endeavor from preschool to graduate school complete their requirements thus bringing an end to time spent at that respective school. Yet, the ending of one thing often brings with it the beginning of another. High school students graduate and move on to something different. Their lives take on a new phase whether that be college enrollment, military service, or employment and vocational training. Endings are not the final words to be spoken. They are simply the gateway to something else. 

We recently experienced the ending of our brief, but significant relationship with Dana Hughes as our interim associate pastor after six months of service. She has moved on to other commitments both professional and personal, but we were blessed to journey for a time with her and will remember that with fondness. Still, that ending brings with it a new beginning that will likely materialize in the months ahead as we welcome the next installed associate pastor who will serve this congregation. That person will bring his/her own unique set of gifts and abilities, and we will begin a new phase of our history as a congregation of God’s people. 

From a spiritual perspective, this observation about beginnings and endings points us to the rhythm of life as it is lived. Few things in life endure for very long, and nothing seems to last forever except the promises of God. Even the earthly life of God’s only begotten Son lasted only for the blink of an eye. However, Christ’s death was the gateway to something much bigger. It was his death that enabled God to bring new life from that which was seemingly finished. If he hadn’t died he couldn’t have been raised, and where would that leave us? 

As we live and breathe in the light of God’s providential love, one thing seems fairly certain. When something special comes to an end, something else always begins in its place.

Peace in Christ,
Pastor Corey