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Bruce Ballantine

Aug 30
2 min

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 29
2 min

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 2
2 min

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 29
2 min

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 1
2 min

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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Bruce Ballantine

Nov 30, 2023
2 min

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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Bruce Ballantine

Oct 30, 2023
2 min

Newsletter November 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ

Dear Friends, During this season of Thanksgiving, I have so many reasons to be thankful. And prominent on my list of things to be...

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Pastor Bruce

Sep 28, 2023
2 min

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, 2023
2 min

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, 2023
3 min

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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May 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ

Pastor Bruce

Apr 28, 2023
2 min

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, 2023
1 min

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, 2023
1 min

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, 2023
2 min

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

Oct 22, 2022
4 min

Syria Day 7: Not Much of Anything

by Pastor Bruce Ballantine Thursday, October 20, 2022 The previous day had been a long one. The Outreach Foundation Team which is...

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