First Presbyterian Church, Boonton

Inside the May Spire there are, as usual, lots of wonderful pieces of good news: updates on activities in the life of this church and updates on how God is blessings us so we can bring blessings to others.

But there’s also some Good News that shouldn’t be missed. It’s the message from the Youth Sunday Easter-tide sermon “Face Value.” Two of our juniors, Devon Kelly & Jordan Keoppel, preached this jointly-shared theme about seeing Christ, and therefore others, at face value and building meaningful and authentic relationships, as a result.

As always, the youth members of R.O.C.K. and Tekna Theou did an outstanding job. They both led and inspired us to worship fervently and look even deeper and more honestly into Luke’s story of the road to Emmaus, at face value.

This year Mission Sunday is scheduled for May 23rd, a special day to learn more about some of the missions supported by the congregation of First Presbyterian Church of Boonton. This year we plan to include not only

those organizations who receive financial support from us, but also those who benefit in other ways as well. There are organizations who use our building to meet on a regular basis, there are those who we support with food and other non-financial gifts, and of course, there are the special missions that mean so much to our congregation and to who we provide on-going support. 

Liturgically meaningful, poetic, and powerful music was echoed throughout the sanctuary walls during Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter at First Church. Tremendous thanks to the members of the Chancel Choir, Hand Bell Choir, Children’s Choir, and vocal soloists for your endurance and patience during rehearsals over the past few months in preparation for such musical offerings.

Special thanks to our instrumentalists, Paul Danilack and Lindsey Danilack, who also enhanced the worship experience during Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter at First Church.