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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...

Pastor Bruce
Aug 30, 20211 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...

Pastor Bruce
May 26, 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...

Pastor Bruce
Apr 29, 20212 min read


Newsletter March, 2021- First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, It was two days before our regularly scheduled Sunday, March 15, 2020 worship service. Reports were beginning to surface...

Bruce Ballantine
Feb 25, 20213 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,...

Bruce Ballantine
Jan 30, 20211 min read


Newsletter January, 2021- First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, Recently I was asked to write an online devotional for my alma mater, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. The assigned date...

Bruce Ballantine
Dec 28, 20203 min read


Newsletter December, 2020 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: In just a few days on November 29, we enter the season of Advent, a season of preparation for the coming of Christ, whose...

Pastor Bruce
Nov 24, 20202 min read


Newsletter November, 2020 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: I doubt that St. Paul realized that his letters to various first-century churches would one day become part of the...

Bruce Ballantine
Oct 29, 20202 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

Pastor Bruce
Sep 28, 20203 min read


First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ Newsletter September, 2020
Dear Friends, Although we’re still living through a pandemic, and life is so different than it was six months ago, the church continues to

Pastor Bruce
Aug 27, 20202 min read
March Blog and Lenten Season
Dear Friends, Two years ago during Lent, we created the opportunity to experience a midweek worship service combined with a simple meal....

Pastor Bruce
Feb 23, 20201 min read


My February Blog Message, Pastor Bruce
Dear Friends, “All of us, at some time or other, need help. Whether we’re giving or receiving help, each one of us has something valuable...

Pastor Bruce
Jan 30, 20202 min read


First Blog in 2020
Dear Friends, One of the great joys of serving as a pastor has been to engage with members in Bible study.

Pastor Bruce
Jan 1, 20204 min read


NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2016
Transition Team Thanks You…Invites You…Needs You "shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under...

Pastor Bruce
Nov 1, 20162 min read
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