Pastor Bruce
Newsletter November 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, Recently, a First Pres member asked me, “What do we mean when we say that we are a Matthew 25 congregation?” Good question....
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Bruce Ballantine
Aug 302 min read
Newsletter September 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, In July, I was privileged to attend a seminar, Gratitude in Worship and Preaching, at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand...
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Pastor Bruce
May 292 min read
Newsletter June 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, It's been said that lessons learned as a child will last a lifetime. When I was a child, my mother began each day with a...
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Pastor Bruce
Jan 251 min read
Newsletter February 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: I am pleased to share with you that during its May 2023 meeting, our Session made the decision that First Presbyterian...
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Bruce Ballantine
Dec 30, 20233 min read
Newsletter January 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: The year 2023 was a wonderful year at First Presbyterian Church of Ridgewood NJ as we celebrated 200 Years of God’s Grace...
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Pastor Bruce
Aug 31, 20232 min read
Newsletter September 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, What a joy it has been to celebrate the bicentennial of First Presbyterian Church of Ridgewood, NJ during 2023! The mere...
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Pastor Bruce
May 29, 20233 min read
Newsletter June 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, As I flew home on Monday, May 22, I reflected on my 10-day journey to take part in The National Evangelical (Presbyterian)...
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Pastor Bruce
Apr 28, 20232 min read
May 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, Early this year, I was invited by The Outreach Foundation to make a second trip to Lebanon and Syria. Not long after that,...
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Pastor Bruce
Mar 29, 20231 min read
Newsletter April 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: As some of you know, one of my favorite poets is the late Ann Weems, who during her life was called by some the poet...
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Pastor Bruce
Feb 27, 20231 min read
Newsletter March 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, I am pleased that after two years of Lenten Suppers Minus the Calories (that is, Lenten Supper Worship via zoom), this year...
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Pastor Bruce
Oct 26, 20212 min read
Newsletter November 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: As he often does when writing to the churches, the Apostle Paul begins his letter to the Philippians with words of...
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Pastor Bruce
Sep 27, 20212 min read
Newsletter October 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Consecration Sunday Is Coming: Sunday, October 24! Congregations which approach financial stewardship from a biblical perspective do not...
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Pastor Bruce
Sep 15, 20201 min read
Fall Mums Sale
We have 70 mums available for purchase, $10 each. Payment can be mailed to the church or dropped through the mail slots at pickup.
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