JOHN KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Welcome to John Knox Presbyterian Church
Welcome home, children of God!
Our faith celebrates the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
John Knox is a place where anyone can experience and share the love of God, the peace of Christ, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
We are a faith community that values your thoughts and questions. Come as you are today and grow with us in faith and discipleship. We welcome all to the Lord’s table for Holy Communion, which is usually celebrated monthly.
We invite you to stay for fellowship after worship, where refreshments are served and friendships are made and nurtured.
John Knox Presbyterian Church
452 Cummings Lane N
PO Box 20968
Keizer, OR 97307-0968
Mission Statement
The mission of John Knox Presbyterian Church is to grow in Christ, be inspired to spread his Word, share his love throughout the community, and experience joy on the way.
Sunday's Service
The in-person worship service at 10:30am is recorded live in the sanctuary and will be posted to the website.
Check the Bulletin for announcements and other information here
Worship videos
HOURS & SERVICES:
Church Office: Open by appointment only. Please call or email to schedule an appointment.
Worship Service 10:30 am Sunday
Masks are WELCOME here, not required
ADA Accessible with hearing loop installed in Sanctuary to help those with compatible hearing aids
Staff
Pastor: Rev. Maggie Lewis
Music Director: Anna Robinson
Pianist: Melissa Terrall
Clerk of Session: Eileen Sheelar
Treasurer: Bronwyn Curtis
Building Use
We share our building with our brothers and sisters in Christ, Iglesia de Jesucristo Puerta del Cielo, and the following community groups utilize our facilities:
AA meetings:
Monday - Step Study 7:30pm
Thursday - Way of Life 7:00pm
Saturday Morning Coffee 8:00am
Daughters of the American Revolution
Silver Rail Elementary,
Bend, OR
Pastor Steven Koski is the Lead Pastor from First Presbyterian Church of Bend, and on Friday he sent out these words and prayer for both his congregation and for the wider community. We want to share those words with you
Dear friends,
Our hearts are heavy with the news from Silver Rail. Some losses leave a wound that does not close, and no words can reach that place. We will not try to rush past it. This Sunday, as we gather for worship, we will hold space for our shared grief, our questions, and our love for the families who are hurting. Moments like this are exactly when we need one another, so please come, just as you are, and let us be community together.
A Prayer for Silver Rail
God of all comfort, We come to you with broken hearts, and we know they will stay broken. Three children of our community are gone, children who went to school expecting a normal day, whose names were spoken by teachers this week, whose backpacks still hang by doors at home.
There are no words that can reach the place where this grief lives, so we bring you our silence and our tears. We hold before you the families whose lives have been torn open and changed forever. Be near to the parents, siblings, grandparents, and friends in the hours when the house is too quiet and the questions are too loud. Hold what they cannot carry.
We pray for the children of Silver Rail who saw what no child should see, for teachers and staff who protected and comforted them, for first responders who ran toward danger, and for the doctors, nurses, and counselors now tending wounds of body and spirit. Give them strength, rest, and people to lean on.
We confess that we are angry and afraid. We do not understand how this keeps happening, and we will not pretend it is acceptable. Let our grief not harden into despair. Let it move us toward one another and toward the work of making our children safe.
Jesus, you took the children in your arms and blessed them. We trust that these little ones are held in that same embrace, and we ask you to hold us too, because we are not okay. Help us be the church this week and in the weeks to come showing up for one another grieving with those who grieve without hurrying toward comfort. Let no one in our community feel alone in this. And in our grief, help us trust what we cannot yet feel: that nothing in all creation, not death, not violence, not the deepest sorrow, can separate us or these children from your love in Christ Jesus.
Death and tragedy will not have the last word.
Love will.
Hold us in that promise until we can hold it ourselves.
In the name of Christ, whose love is stronger than death, Amen.
With you in grief and in hope, Pastor Steven
An update from
Keizer Community Food Bank
Hi, All,
This is Jim Johnson, Chair of Keizer Community Food Bank (KCFB). I have been Chair for 9 years.
KCFB has been in existence as a charity (a 501(c)3 tax exempt company) since about 2005. Prior to 2005, John Knox Presbyterian Church (JKPC) operated the food bank as part of their local mission. This began about 1988. By about 2000, the capacity limit was attained at JKPC. At that time JKPC joined with 4 other churches (Clear Lake Methodist, Keizer Church of Christ, St. Edwards Catholic, and Faith Lutheran) to create KCFB. The location was moved to Faith Lutheran Church so more clients could be served.
KCFB is totally manned by volunteers. All monies donated are used to purchase food over and above the food provided to us by Marion Polk Food Share (MPFS), as required. KCFB is a pantry partner to MPFS and Oregon Food Bank (OFB). All of our work is directed by US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
KCFB's mission is to provide food boxes to the food insecure of Marion and Polk Counties. The only qualification to receive food boxes is to meet income guidelines defined by USDA. [We qualify each client at registration. No documentation is required.]
We have seen major increases in clients using KCFB since 2017. In 2017, we were limited to serving not more than 30 clients per distribution. During the COVID pandemic we modified our distribution methods and were able to expand those served to about 85 UPDATE FROM KEIZER COMMUNITY FOOD BANK clients. Since the end of COVID the number of clients per distribution has continued to increase and KCFB continues to adapt to serve more clients per distribution. In September 2026, we averaged 170 clients served per distribution. On October 15, we provided 225 food boxes. More could have been served but we ran out of food.
In 2024, Faith Lutheran sold the church facilities to Crossroads Fellowship. Crossroads agreed to permit KCFB to continue to operate the food bank in our existing space.
The food needs continue to have increasing numbers. As a result, the space that we operate in needs to expand to meet the need. Crossroads' ministry is expanding and they have need of the space we occupy. Crossroads suggested that we modify the garage so we can completely move into the modified garage. This project includes modifying the building size from 24' x 24' to 24' x 54' totally dedicated to food handling. This includes full HVAC conditioning, installation of a walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer to increase our storage capacity, addition of a storage container to store any non-food items we use. This should allow us to serve more than 300 clients per distribution (as a conservative estimate).
The total project costs are estimated and planned to be about $350,000. We had been given 'starter' funds from Faith Lutheran in January 2025 of $195,000. A fantastic contribution! That means we need about $155,000 to complete this project. This is a big ASK. We intend to be completed by June 2027.
I am appealing to the communities we serve to donate these funds. Help us continue to serve the food insecure. We will partner with you to raise the money via special events if desired. Donations can be via mailed checks to the food bank. Cash contributions can be accepted Mondays and Wednesdays about noon at the food bank. On-line we have a GiveBox associated with our Facebook account. (https://www.facebook.com/KeizerCommunityFoodBank) Please indicate that the funds are for the BUILDING FUND
Thank you for your generous giving. We cannot do our mission without your donations. If you have any questions, contact us at this email address, phone, or visit our facilities.
Thank you so much!!!!
Sincerely, Jim Johnson
Community Resources
Keizer Community Food Bank
information here
Marion Polk Food Share information here
Referrals to basic needs programs such as food, shelter, health care and more www.211info.org/
