This fund exists to assist church members and community members with their everyday needs. In recent months we have given rental assistance; paid medical premiums and bills; helped with utility bills or household repair projects. This fund is supported completely through donations outside of our normal budget. Please consider making a donation to this fund […]
Dear Friends, Each year there is a “Per Capita” Apportionment to all Presbyterian Churches to support the administrative work of the Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly. The Book of Order requires each Presbyterian Church to make this payment for each and every member on its Church Roll.We believe, and take seriously, that it is our […]
A HUGE “THANK YOU” TO DANIELLE LANGE, gifted artist and daughter of David and Joan Lange, for painting the beautiful artwork that has graced the sanctuary and chapel since Easter morning. The four paintings are entitled Spring, Summer, Divinity, and Mossy Cove. Thanks as well to Dr. J. Leone, owner of the paintings in the […]
The Worship and Music Council is pleased to award the Nancy Childs Knobloch Music Scholarship to three very gifted students from BRPC: Hanna Celentano, a sophomore at Bernards High School; Sarah Celentano, a junior at Bernards High School; and Gregor Rankine, a sophomore at New Providence High School. Having already built up an impressive musical […]
Session approved two motions from the Worship & Music Council regarding Worship schedule changes: The Summer Schedule to begin on the weekend of June 15 and 16, 2019. There will be a Saturday evening service in Westminster Hall at 5:00 p.m. The Sunday service will be held in the Sanctuary at 9:30 a.m. The will […]
Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) is one of our local mission partners. Click the image below to view the spring progress report they recently emailed out.
Do you like to shop on Amazon? Here is a unique way to have your regular purchases help your church! To place an order with Amazon, go to smile.amazon.com and log in with your normal Amazon account. Choose “The Presbyterian Church Basking Ridge” as your charity to support, and 0.5% of your eligible purchases will […]
The mystery writer Agatha Christie recognized the need to develop an end to her most famous detective, Hercule Poirot, after publishing over 40 books and stories with this fictional character. Christie felt an obligation to readers to conclude the fictional life of Poirot in a meaningful way for them and perhaps for her as well. […]
Congratulations to Reverend Dennis Jones who is celebrating his 10-year anniversary as Senior Pastor at BRPC on May 11, 2019. Dennis’ history in the life of our congregation began in 1979, during his senior year of high school, when friends invited him to youth activities and welcomed him into the life of the church. That […]
In preparation for our Congregational Meeting & Dinner on May 5, our Annual Report, Part II – Staff, Committee, and Council Reports is available. As Dennis’s quote indicates, this is no dry-and-dusty compendium of pro-forma reports, but a yearbook of God’s love and activity with and through us. Let us be reminded of God’s continuous work […]