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
Sep 302 min read
Newsletter October 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear First Pres., I am pleased to share with you that we will conduct our annual Stewardship Campaign during the month of October,...
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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
May 22 min read
Newsletter May 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, I’m sure you’ve heard by now that First Presbyterian Church of Ridgewood is a Matthew 25 Congregation! In Matthew 25:31–46,...
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Pastor Bruce
Mar 292 min read
Newsletter April 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: When you hear the word evangelism, what may come to mind is a street preacher exhorting listeners to “get saved” or...
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Bruce Ballantine
Mar 12 min read
Newsletter March 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, One of my favorite verses of Scripture is Psalm 119:105, which reads: "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my...
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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
Nov 30, 20232 min read
Newsletter December 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, I daresay that for most people, Christmas is eagerly anticipated as a time marked by festive gatherings of family and...
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Pastor Bruce
Sep 28, 20232 min read
Newsletter October 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, On Sunday, October 1, here at First Presbyterian Church of Ridgewood NJ, we will celebrate World Communion Sunday. World...
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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
Jan 27, 20232 min read
Newsletter February 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: I am excited to share with you that Rev. Butros Zaour, Pastor of the National Evangelical Church (Presbyterian) in...
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Pastor Bruce
Dec 30, 20222 min read
Newsletter January 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: Celebrating 200 Years of God’s Grace and Glory As you know, 2023 will be an exciting year for First Presbyterian Church of...
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Pastor Bruce
Nov 29, 20222 min read
Newsletter December 2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, Recently, as I’ve glanced at my December calendar, I’ve been reminded that once upon a time in the days before COVID, here...
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Pastor Bruce
Nov 1, 20223 min read
Newsletter November 2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, Nineteenth-century English poet John Keats once wrote: “Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.” I discovered the...
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Pastor Bruce
Sep 30, 20222 min read
Newsletter October 2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, As you know, we will celebrate the bicentennial of First Presbyterian Church of Ridgewood NJ in 2023. As we prepare to mark...
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