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Newsletter January 2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: As I sit down to type my first First Press article of 2022, I am reminded of the practice of adopting New Year’s...

Pastor Bruce
Dec 30, 20213 min read


Newsletter December 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: It was a number of years ago, a few days before Christmas, and my mom wasn’t feeling well. So she went to see her...

Pastor Bruce
Nov 26, 20214 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...

Pastor Bruce
Oct 26, 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...

Pastor Bruce
Sep 27, 20212 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...

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 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...

Pastor Bruce
Mar 26, 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


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.

Pastor Bruce
Sep 15, 20201 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


St Paul's Ministry - Changes and Updates as of September 2020
As most of you know, our family started this grassroot Ministry when Anthony, Laura and Christine were in middle school. We have enjoyed...

Pastor Bruce
Aug 11, 20202 min read


My June 2020 Blog
Dear Friends, When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place (Acts 2:1). So begins the account of the gift of...

Pastor Bruce
May 26, 20202 min read


Resources for Emotional and Mental Well-being
Dear Friends, As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, life as we once knew it has been turned upside down. Understandably, people are...

Pastor Bruce
Mar 25, 20201 min read


My April Blog
Dear Friends, I am extremely heartened by how this congregation has responded to the challenges posed by the current coronavirus pandemic!...

Pastor Bruce
Mar 25, 20202 min read
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