First Presbyterian Church of Boonton, NJ

MINISTRY & MISSION Call to Action

We are doing great things in our Ministry and Mission for 2021! Donations are accepted at any time, and you can always email your confidential commitment to Luanne at luannerothrock@optonline.net. Please use online giving while we are worshiping together, apart.  Commitment cards are also available in the pews (when we are back in the sanctuary). Your contributions will help us change lives!

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UPCOMING EVENTS

We will be updating the site as we schedule events.  For now, please shelter at home and pray to ‘flatten the curve’ and do what we can to keep others and ourselves free from harm.

2021 BILL & VIVIAN LOWTHER SCHOLARSHIP:  We are offering scholarships to students attending an accredited college or professional school in pursuit of a professional certificate, undergraduate education, or a graduate degree.  Application forms can be found down below OR by contacting the church office. Deadline 3/1/21.

2021 Letter – Presbyterian Scholarship Fund

Lowther Application 2021 Form A

Lowther Scholarship Re-Application 2021

LOAVES AND FISHES BOONTON COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY

The food pantry is open to serve the community during the Coronavirus Pandemic until further notice. 

The food pantry is located on the ground level of the church, across from the parking lot at 513 Birch Street.  It is open on Wednesdays from 4 – 6 pm and Saturdays from 9 – 11 am.

Donations are humbly accepted.  Visit boontonfoodpantry.org for more information on how to donate and how to volunteer.

DEAR SAINTS – Pastor’s Blog

Listen, Look, And Trust

Dear Saints,In the quiet of the snowstorm’s aftermath and it’s ‘mounds of extra insulation’, (yes I missed our Feb 1 deadline) I heard the most surprising thing. It was just at dawn, a sound I felt like I had not heard in years (read months) an early morning bird call. It was so surprising and unexpected as I lay in bed awaking rom deep sleep, I had not the chronic feeling of dread but a feeling of hope. That simple, short, sweet bird chirp reminded me that Spring is on its way, even though Punxsutawney Phil, tells ‘we’re not out ...
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Take This Bread And Eat

Dear Saints, Before the year’s end, I had to get bloodwork drawn for my annual physical. To expedite the process, I pre-registered through the portal so I could ‘zoom in and out’. Funny (or not so,) how the word Zoom has taken on a new meaning in 2020! However evidently, my pre-registration, through the portal, didn’t take. So, there I was at a kiosk having to go through the entire process again. Even after telling the service rep (twice) that I had pre-registered she said “Huh, it didn’t seem to take. Sorry! we’ll have to start again. It won’t take ...
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LENTEN DEVOTIONALS

To the Least of These, You Did it to Me – Matthew 25:37-40

37 Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? 38 And when was it that we saw you a stranger and ...
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Same Mind/Love as Christ – Philippians 2:1-2

If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, 2 make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and ...
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What Does the Lord Require – Micah 6:8

8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Daily Reflection Reading this text, one memory ...
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Nothing Can Separate Us – Romans 8:38-39

38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us ...
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