Join us in welcoming Deacon Mary Beth Dopfer as our guest preacher for worship services this coming Sunday, January 23, 2022, at 10 AM. Mary Beth was born and raised in upstate New York. She and her husband Herbert moved to Bedford, New Hampshire in 1995, where they reside with
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Join us in welcoming our Guest Preacher, BPC Elder Cindy Chagnon for our January 16, 2022, Sunday Worship service at 10 AM. Cindy, a native of West Virginia, has lived in New Hampshire with her husband, Jean, since 1973. She grew up as a Presbyterian in WV, and she and
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This week we welcome Elder Andy Wickwire as our guest preacher for worship services this coming Sunday, January 9, 2022, at 10 AM. Andy grew up in Manchester, CT, and has called Bedford home for 29 years with his wife Nancy (Lord) Wickwire, and two kids, Eddie and Layla. Andy
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Join us in welcoming our guest preacher Reverend Dr. David Reynolds, for worship services this coming Sunday, January 2, 2022, at 10 AM. Dr. Reynolds is a member of the Pastoral Counseling Services team, a non-profit counseling agency in Manchester, NH, whose primary focus is the integration of spirituality and
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As I write this, there are several people I know who are busy doing their last-minute Christmas shopping. Here in the church office, we have been busy printing bulletins for the Community Carol Sing, our Christmas Eve services, and our regular Sunday service this week. Out in the world, there
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Hello All! This is a friendly reminder that we will be holding a Congregational Meeting this coming Sunday, December 19, at 11:15 AM. This will be a “hybrid” meeting, with some people in-person in the Sanctuary and others joining on Zoom. To join the meeting on Zoom, please click
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This past week, the Session of BPC met in-person for the first time since March of 2020. Throughout the pandemic, we have been meeting on Zoom, but we decided to meet in-person, in the Fellowship Hall, wearing masks for our last Session meeting of the year. It was a beautiful
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It’s shaping up to be a busy Advent at BPC! Here are just a few of the things going on in the month of December. Mark your calendars and plan to take part! Sunday, December 12 at 10 AM – Children’s Christmas Musical – “Broadcasting Christmas” – Join us for the
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This past week, I received two phone calls at the church office from two different people who received Thanksgiving gift cards from the Deacons of BPC. They both wanted to know how we got their names and addresses, but they also wanted to say “thank you” for the gift. With
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I hope that this week’s Thanksgiving holiday will be spent in some way - large or small - with people you love. I have heard some people in our church that if there’s anything Presbyterians love to do, it’s eat. It’s true - church people (no
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This past Monday night, BPC's Neighborhood Support Team was meeting. This is a group of nearly 30 people from our church and the wider Bedford community that is working to provide support to support an Afghan family that have been evacuated to the US. The main issue that the Team
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One of our Mission Committee Elders, Larry Cowen has been heading up our effort to help resettle Afghan evacuees. On Wednesday of this week, he received a call and was asked, "If an Afghan evacuee family were to arrive in New Hampshire on Friday night, would you be able to
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When I was working in my first church, right after seminary, I served as a Director of Christian Education and Youth at Amity Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, NC. Amity was a mid-sized congregation (smaller than BPC) and had a full-time pastor named Bill. I remember when Bill was getting ready
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Last week, I started a series of Hilltop Crier articles about getting ready to be away for my Sabbatical, which starts on January 1, 2022. One of the questions that you might be asking is “What are we going to do?” - you and I - while I am away
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My wife let me know the other day that I have 11 Sundays left until I go on Sabbatical in January. To some people, eleven weeks might seem like a lot, but I have a LOT to do to get ready. So, over the next eleven weeks - in between
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On Wednesday evening, many of you received a “Congregational Survey” about music at BPC. The questions are mostly about the song “May the Peace of the Lord Christ Go with You,” the song that we have used to close our worship services since February of 2020. Selfishly, the results of
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Everyone is invited to join us on Sunday, October 3, for our first-ever “fALL Welcome Sunday.” At 10 AM, join us in the Sanctuary (masked and physically distanced) for World Communion Sunday and at 11 AM, join us outside for some fun activities – lawn games, sack races, a possible Cornhole
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