First Presbyterian Church Ridgewood, NJ

First Presbyterian Church

Ridgewood, NJ

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    Newsletter June 2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • May 28
    • 2 min

    Newsletter June 2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ

    Dear Friends, While the word lazy has a negative connotation, I cannot help but look forward to the lazy days of summer. For many of us,...
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    Newsletter May 2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • Apr 30
    • 2 min

    Newsletter May 2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ

    Dear Friends, This month, I’ve decided to use this space to write a stewardship article, but not the kind of stewardship article you...
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    Newsletter April  2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • Mar 28
    • 2 min

    Newsletter April 2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ

    Dear Friends, During the early days of the pandemic, when it was not safe to gather, our worship services were pre-recorded and made...
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    Newsletter March 2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • Feb 21
    • 1 min

    Newsletter March 2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ

    Dear Friends, Four years ago during Lent, we created a midweek worship service combined with a simple meal. During its early years, the...
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    Newsletter January 2022 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • Dec 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    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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    Newsletter December 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • Nov 26, 2021
    • 4 min

    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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    Newsletter November 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • Oct 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    Newsletter October 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • Sep 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    Newsletter September 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • Aug 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    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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    Newsletter June 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • May 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    Newsletter May 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • Apr 29, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    Newsletter April 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • Mar 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    Newsletter March, 2021- First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Bruce Ballantine
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    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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    Newsletter February, 2021- First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Bruce Ballantine
    • Jan 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    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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    Newsletter January, 2021- First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Bruce Ballantine
    • Dec 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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    Newsletter December, 2020 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • Nov 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    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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    Newsletter November, 2020 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Bruce Ballantine
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    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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    Newsletter October, 2020 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
    Pastor Bruce
    • Sep 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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    ABOUT US

    At First Pres we strive to be a vibrant, welcoming inter-generational church family. We hope to be a spiritual home where people are inspired to discover a personal relationship with Jesus and experience God's Holy Spirit. 

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    Service Time: Sunday 10 am

    ADDRESS

    Phone: (201) 652-2504 

    722 East Ridgewood Ave 
    Ridgewood, NJ 07450

    office@firstpresridgewood.org

    Office Hours: Mon - Thur  9AM - 1PM

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