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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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.
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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!...
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Mar 25, 20202 min read
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