First Presbyterian Church of Santa Rosa

When we put Jesus at the center, our relationships are re-ordered by a new "why," enabling the person with more power to use it for the sake of the other.

As new creation people, we bear the image of God and share the light of Christ by living with others in new ways of forgiveness, thanksgiving, and self-giving love.

We are called to “walk worthy” of our calling by embracing a Spirit-formed unity that honors diversity, bears with others in love, and serves together through the gifted grace of Christ.

God meets the exhausted, despairing prophet Elijah with rest, food, and gentle presence, inviting us to trust that same tender care in our own experiences of despair.

The church is called to become a dwelling place for God’s fullness as believers receive the indwelling power and love of Christ and let it shape our message and mission.

As people transformed from a "before" state of division into an "after" reality of reconciliation with God and one another, the church is called to be a dwelling place for God’s presence, extending Christ’s peace to the world.

Our true identity is not self-made but God-given, rooted in being "in Christ," the promised Messiah. Believers are called to live into that identity through hope in resurrection, the inheritance of shared authority with Jesus, and access to God's transforming power.

God has chosen all believers before creation to be adopted into God’s family through Christ. We grow into this identity as ‘saints’ together as the messy, mixed, and Spirit-sealed community that is the church.

Stories of comfort, healing and hope in the Bible can guide us in developing personal and communal resilience.

Jesus makes God the Creator known, and the Holy Spirit interprets that which Jesus makes known about the Creator to the disciples and the church.