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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
Aug 30, 20211 min read
Newsletter September 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, As I write this, August will soon give way to September, children will soon return to school, and in the rhythm of church...
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Pastor Bruce
May 26, 20212 min read
Newsletter June 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, While we’re not completely out of the woods, conditions created by the coronavirus are improving greatly! Thanks be to God...
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Pastor Bruce
Apr 29, 20212 min read
Newsletter May 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, As I write these words, I am preparing to plant pansies in some raised pots and beds around the backyard of the manse. I...
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Pastor Bruce
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Newsletter April 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, As we approach Good Friday, I am reminded of these haunting words from Matthew 27:46: My God, my God, why have you forsaken...
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Bruce Ballantine
Jan 30, 20211 min read
Newsletter February, 2021- First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, Three years ago during Lent, we created a midweek worship service combined with a simple meal. During those three years,...
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Pastor Bruce
Sep 28, 20203 min read
Newsletter October, 2020 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends,
I believe worshiping God is the most important thing we do as Christians. It is in worship that we center our lives
before God
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