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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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