The law above a king, blessed separation!

Inalienable rights, endowed by the Lord God.

Truths that we will hold dear. The governed have the nod.

And for seven long years, a war of attrition.

Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill, Concord and Lexington.

Fort Ticonderoga, Trenton and King’s Mountain,

Bloody victories all! Surrender at Yorktown!

Benjamin Rush, Sherman, Jefferson, Hamilton.

Minutemen, patriots, Swamp Fox, Ticonderoga,

Bunker Hill, Tea Party, Yorktown, Saratoga.

“Grit and Grace – Stories of Perseverance and Victory”

September 18-20, 2026

Speakers: PCI’s Women of Grit and Grace

Round up your favorite cowgirls, boots, and bandanas, and mosey on down to Kemper Campbell Ranch for a weekend get-away, where we’ll learn how God uses weakness, trials, setbacks, and unexpected seasons to reveal His strength and grace.

You will be refreshed by transformative teaching, worship, prayer, quiet time, beautiful views, fellowship, small group discussions, home-cooked meals, comfortable accommodations (22 air-conditioned bedrooms with 39 total beds & 21 bathrooms), optional swimming, pickleball, line-dancing, horseback riding, and more!

Register HERE!

• Cost: $275 per person.
• Reserve your spot with a $75 deposit.
• Final registration deadline: August 31.
• Final payments due September 18.
• Payment plans and scholarships available.

Please contact carol@pacificchurch.com for more information.

Saturday, July 11, 2026, 9-10:30 a.m.,

at the home of Laura McFarland

Chapters 7 & 8: “Control & Alarms”

Join us as we continue our 2026 REFRESH! book study of “Love Focused: Living Life to the Fullest,” by Bob and Judy Hughes.

Invite a friend and join us for a wonderful, refreshing time of fellowship, encouragement, spiritual growth, and prayer!

Although we will follow a book club format, please feel free to attend even if you have not read the chapter – you will still learn from the material presented!

Please sign up HERE for the potluck. (Please bring your food heated, plated, and ready to serve. Please come whether or not you are able to bring something!)

Please RSVP HERE by July 8th. (Address provided upon registration.)

Allow God to REFRESH your soul!

Contact carol@pacificchurch.com for more info.

A beautiful blue sky, puffed clouds, crystal clear air.

Aspen leaves fluttering, a mountainside of red,

I hear a rushing stream, grass and leaves for a bed.

Away from grizzly bears, far from timber crashes,

Away from hellish winds, far from lightning flashes.

My place of rest is here, this, my sanctuary.

My neighbors in the tree? Eagles in their aerie.

Oh, where is this retreat? Aspen, Colorado?

This refuge? In my heart! Comforts in God’s shadow!

Grazing in green pasture, sheltered in the Most High,

Resting by still waters, His wells that won’t run dry.

This haven lies within, where God then made His home.

A soul once lost restored, that once could only roam.

Lithe mountain deer now tread on heights above the fray

And eagles soar on wings while eaglets nest and play.

Easy as when words rhyme.

But people connecting?

Difficult effecting!

Detecting. Objecting?

Respecting. Reflecting?

Directing. Correcting?

Expecting. Injecting?

Disheartening,

And heartbreaking,

Demoralizing,

And frustrating,

Disappointing

And sobering.

Learning, humbling,

Praying, stumbling.

Enjoying. Stumbling.

Delighting. Fumbling.

Giving. Bumbling.

Grateful. Humbling.