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Ridgewood’s Downtown For The Holidays & Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration

The Ridgewood Annual Christmas Tree Lighting
Downtown For The Holidays & Tree Lighting Celebration
Fri, December 01, 2017
Time: 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Location: E. Ridgewood Ave and Memorial Park, Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Ridgewood NJ, You do not have to go to NYC to see the lighting of a beautiful tall Christmas tree…

right here in Ridgewood, we celebrate the starting of all the Holidays with the lighting of a 60-80ft. beautiful tree.

Starting at 5:30-7pm,
-Santa will be in the Park for the
“wee” little ones.
-On the streets, the RHS Marching Band and Holiday Chorus will be marching and singing up and down E. Ridgewood Ave…making Merriment with their instruments and voices.
Just added, ride Santa’s trackless train…this will be fun! (FREE)

7:00pm-
On stage is where the excitement happens, lots of singing and dancing by the kids to help us get ready to light our beautiful tree….”Magical” are the words they use.

7:30pmish is the lighting of the tree.

following will be music on stage and
in the streets…

SANTA will be in Park (8-9pm) waiting for your list and checking it twice…and Santa’s track-less train. (will end at 8:55pm-streets open up at 9pm)

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There will be no parking on E. Ridgewood Ave from Walnut up to and including parts of
S. & N. Broad St.

Please note the streets that will be closed for this event will be from
Walnut Street up E. Ridgewood Ave. included
S. & N Broad St from 5:30-9pmish.

What’s happening in Ridgewood during the Holiday Season….
Saturday, December 2, 2017
10am-1pm
Santa will arrive at Columbia Bank
(60 S. Broad St.), free gifts for all the kids
10:30am FREE Movie at the Bow-Tie Cinema-
movie will be ELF, Will Ferrel.
2-4pm Santa will now be at Memorial Park at
Van Neste Square, weather permitting.

Saturday, December 2,9, 16, 2017 – 12N-3pm
Visit SANTA at his house in the center of Ridgewood, Memorial Park at Van Neste Square.
weather permitting.
Saturday, December 23, 2017 – 12N-2:30pm
weather permitting.

Come to do your Holiday Shopping in historic downtown Ridgewood and dine at our delicious
restaurants. Give yourself a gift of shopping and dining.

The Ridgewood “tradition” is supported and presented by the members of the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce as follows…

Columbia Bank
Valley Hospital
Van Dyk Health Care
Freedom Bank
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Prestige Family of Fine Cars
Atlantic Stewardship Bank
Park West Tavern
Santoni’s Pizzeria
Pearl Restaurant
ConnectOne Bank
West Bergen Mental Health
Serendipity Labs
Clemente Orthodontics
Serendipity Labs Ridgewood
Duxiana
S&SO Produce Farms
Country Pancake House and Restaurant
The Village Health Coach
Charles J. X. Kahwaty, Esqu.
Biltmore Tuxedos
C.C. Van Emburgh Inc.
Beyband International, Inc.
Janjigian Trading Co,, Inc.
Ridgewood Party Rental
Life Opportunities Unlimited
Haagen-Dazs
E. Clark Travel
YWCA of Bergen County

for details call 201-445-2600, info@ridgewoodchamber.com

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CELEBRATE THE POST THAT CHANGED THE WORLD!

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September 24,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, When you post today on Facebook or Instagram, you’ll likely reach thousands of folks very quickly. You’ll share a great idea or thought that could change the lives of many people.

Five hundred years ago, when you wanted to share your ideas, you posted them on the Church door. Martin Luther did just that, and probably didn’t have a clue that his post would turn the Church or his life upside down much less that his post would be celebrated for years to come.

This October 29, 2017 marks the 500th year since Martin Luther made his famous post. Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Ridgewood has planned a full day of special activities to mark this anniversary. Please join us at 155 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood.

A communion worship service will be offered at 10:45 AM. A brunch is being offered at noon (Please sign up on our website, www.bethlehemchurch.live, so we can sure to have enough food). A festival worship is offered at 1:30 PM with the collaboration of the Ars Música Chorale directed by world renowned organist James Kennerley. A reception will follow for all to meet and greet the Chorale and the Bethlehem Congregation.
You don’t have to be Lutheran to attend, nor do you need to wear your Sunday best! This is an opportunity to hear great music, exhilarating organ selections from Mr. Kennerley and getting to hear about Jesus.

More information and the brunch registration may be found at www.bethlehemchurch.live. You may also call the church office at 201-444-3600 (ext. 200) with any questions.

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Pro Arte Chorale Summer Sing at Bethlehem Lutheran Church

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June 18,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, SUMMER SING:   A night to sing some great music with Pro Arte Chorale, and Steven Fox, Pro Arte’s Maestro and 2017 Grammy nominee! Maestro Fox will lead us in a read-through of Handel’s Coronation Anthems and selections from Vivaldi’s Gloria.
 
Whether you’re shopping around for a choral group to join, or just out for a night of singing and fun, please come for an evening of lovely music, camaraderie, and refreshments.   
 
July 10,2017 ,7:30pm :Admission is $10 per person, includes score rental, if needed. Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 155 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ. No reservations required.  For more info please email or call us.  201-497-8400, info@proartechorale.org  
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Bethlehem Lutheran Church Invites the Community to a Movie Night

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June 11,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Bethlehem Lutheran Church Invites the Community to a Movie Night on July 15: Come and enjoy The LEGO Movie on a VERY big screen! The movie will start at 9:00 PM. If the weather permits it will be shown on the front lawn. In the event of rain the movie, will be held in the gym. This is open to the community, so be sure to invite your friends and family! The church is located at 155 Linwood Ave., Ridgewood.

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Pro Arte Invites You to Our Messiah Sing Thursday, December 1st

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November 22,2016

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Come join the Pro Arte Chorale for a joyous sing-along of Handel’s Christmas masterpiece, conducted by Maestro Steven Fox.  The Chorale will gather for this event on Thursday December 1st at 7:30pm at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church at 155 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ.  Bring your own score or rent one of ours.  Admission is $10 at the door, including rental score.

Handel created such compelling melodic and fluid music that it’s easy to overlook what is one of history’s great examples of “word painting.”  The baroque era in music — roughly 1600 to 1750 — saw enormous interest in this technique of depicting a word’s meaning through music. A basic example is using dissonance to set the word “pain.”  Even those who have sung “Messiah” aren’t always made fully aware of Handel’s continual crafting of music to express the words.

Steven Fox, the Music Director of The Pro Arte Chorale, is also the artistic director of Clarion Music Society in New York, and the music director for Musica Antiqua St. Petersburg in Russia.  The Pro Arte Chorale, a 60-member volunteer chorus based in Ridgewood, is committed to enriching the lives of its members and its audience by exploring many musical traditions.  All performances are held in ADA compliant venues with handicapped accessible parking, ramps and restrooms.

For more information about Pro Arte Chorale or to join the mailing list, visit  www.proartechorale.org or send an email to info@proartechorale.org.  The Pro Arte Chorale is sponsored in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment of the Arts.

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Pro Arte Chorale Auditioning New Members in Ridgewood

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Pro Arte Chorale Auditioning New Members

August 11,2016

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Pro Arte Chorale is holding auditions for the upcoming 2016-2017 concert season.  Pro Arte has a spectacular season ahead, starting with Brahms and Haydn. The second concert will be a fabulous selection of Opera Choruses with the talented choral students from an area high school.  The final concert is an all Bruckner performance including six of his beautiful Motets.  Do you love to sing? Are you free Monday nights for rehearsals in Ridgewood?  All voice parts are welcome to audition.  All concerts and rehearsals are scheduled to be held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Ridgewood, NJ.  Auditions are scheduled through the Chorale Administrator.  Please email info@proartechorale.org for more information or visit our website at www.proartechroale.org.

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Boston Symphony musicians to perform in Ridgewood June 12

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photo (Left to right) Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta, Elizabeth Ostling, and John Ferrillo at Boston area performance earlier this season.

Boston Symphony musicians to perform in Ridgewood June 12

May 16,2016
the astaff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Boston Symphony Orchestra Principal Oboe John Ferrillo and Associate Principal Flute Elizabeth Ostling are performing a concert Sunday, June 12, 3 p.m., at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 155 Linwood Avenue, in Ridgewood. Admission is free, with an offering taken to benefit Young Life Bergen County.

Ferrillo lived in Ho-Ho-Kus during 16 years with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Ostling, raised in Ridgewood, is also the Principal Flute of “America’s Orchestra,” the Boston Pops. Joining them will be pianist Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta, who chairs the music department at Middlesex Community College. Ferrillo and Ostling have led their respective orchestral sections under many of this generation’s most renowned conductors, at Symphony Hall in Boston, the Tanglewood summer festival, Carnegie Hall, on national and international tours, and for many recordings and broadcasts.

The program includes three works by J.S. Bach, Igor Stravinsky’s witty “Pulcinella” suite that evokes 18th Century Italian music, an offertory by W.A. Mozart, two brief contrasting pieces by French modernist Olivier Messiaen, Charles-Marie Widor’s Romantic era suite for flute, and Enrique Iturriaga’s “Vendor’s Call and Dance” performed by Rodriguez-Peralta, a specialist in the music of her native Latin America.

Ferrillo has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony and a concerto soloist with the Boston Symphony. He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with John deLancie and has participated in the Marlboro and other major summer music festivals. He teaches at the New England Conservatory and Boston University, and was formerly on the faculties of the Juilliard School and Mannes School in New York.During her high school years Ostling was the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra’s piccoloist, principal flute of the All-State Orchestra, first-chair flute of the All-Eastern Band, a concerto competition winner at the Juilliard Pre-College, and then studied at the

Curtis Institute. She won the first prize at the Koussevitzky Competition for Woodwinds, and has premiered two compositions written expressly for her. She has soloed with the Boston Pops and New Jersey Symphony. She teaches at Boston University.

Rodriguez-Peralta is a Temple University graduate and did further study at Catholic University and the Juilliard School. She has offered piano performances, master classes, and lectures throughout the U.S. and internationally, and was an Artists International Young Musicians Audition winner. Of her debut, The New York Times said she is “a thoughtful musician; her playing is full of intelligence and poetry… a pianist well worth hearing.”Young Life Bergen County, the beneficiary of the recital’s offering, is a  branch of an interdenominational Christian organization that works with 2 million teens and is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary. The area program, launched by local sponsors in late 2014, features lively high school Club events, “Wyldlife” for middle and junior high students, Campaigners small-group meetings, and week-long summer camps at nearby Lake Champion and other facilities.

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The Pro Arte Chorale Classics from Vienna concert

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photo credit:  @paul donohoe photography

May 8,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

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Ridgewood NJ, Classics from Vienna concert.  The Pro Arte Chorale, with soloists and members of NYC’s Clarion Orchestra and Pascack Valley High School choir, under the direction of Steven Fox perform the works of Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart.  Saturday June 11, 2016 at 8:00 pm.  Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 155 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ

Adults $35, Seniors $30 and Students & Children $10

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Bethlehem Lutheran to Host “The Spirit Gives Life” Concert

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March 20,2016

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Ridgewood NJ, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 155 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood invites the community to join us for Gospel and Praise Songs, Friendship, with Jesus on Sunday, April 3 at 4:00 P.M. Christ Assembly Lutheran Church Choir from Staten Island, NY began as a group of 15 Christians in 1995 who came to America during the 14 years of civil war which began in 1989. Christ Assembly is a congregation of about 200 Lutherans who came to America to escape the violence of the civil war in their country in the 1990s.

Sun, April 03, 2016
Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Bethlehem Lutheran church, 155 Linwood Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450

 

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Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus Headlines two Holiday Concerts at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, in Ridgewood

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December 21,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus directed by John Palatucci headlined two concerts this past weekend, Saturday evening 19 Dec at 7:30 and Sunday afternoon 20 Dec at 4. At a New venue: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, in Ridgewood, with special guest Laura Hamilton, associate concert master of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.Ms. Hamilton performed solo works of Beethoven and Fauré and a mind blowing rendition “Havanaise” featuring some violin pyrotechnics. The group was also accompanied by  internationally acclaimed pianist and Monroe Quinn on guitar.
Repertoire iincluded:
Do You Hear What I Hear? – Regney
The First Nowell – Vaughan Williams
Ani ma’ amin – arr. Leavitt (w/Ms. Hamilton)
O magnum mysterium – Handl
The Prayer – Sager & Foster
Go tell it on the mountain – arr. Quinn (OCMC premiere)
I’ll be home for Christmas – Gannon, Kent & Buck
Selected Carols – Turrin (Ron Levy, piano)
Credo – Turrin (world premiere)
Night Song – Lane (w/Ms. Hamilton)
Little Saint Nick – Wilson
How can I keep from singing? – arr. Ellingboe (w/Ms. Hamilton)
Some children see him – Burt
Jingle Bells – arr. Gold, Paich; adapted Hayes
And of of coarse there was plenty of audience participation including the annual sing-a-long with Auld Lang Syne.Orpheus started on October 11, 1909, eight men met at the Ridgewood home of Frank R. Pawley do discuss a men’s singing club. A week later, 10 men gathered in the village library, a room in the First National Bank Building. The group paid 75 cents per night to use the room and began singing together, with Dewitt Clinton, Jr., as director. The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus was born.  Others joined the club and by December, it was agreed that a concert would be presented in February at the Library, but the actual decision was left to the director, and the first Performance was in May. The opener in that concert was the rousing “Winter Song.”

Club membership quickly rose from the 18 who sang the first concert, to 35. The members met weekly on Wednesdays from October to May, and in 1913, the club gave it’s first performance of “Pilgram’s Chorus” from Wagner’s Tannhäuser.  Variety in repertoire was common in Orpheus Club concerts. A program might include “The Boog-a-Boo,” a ragtime number, “Old Black Joe,” the Stephen Foster song, comedy numbers like “But They Didn’t,” and classics, sometimes sung in French or German.

Ten years after its founding, the Orpheus Club was making guest appearances around New Jersey, and traveled as far as Brookly to sing at a fundraiser for the rebuilding of the Baptist Temple, which had suffered a fire.    As the years continued , the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus remained a significant part of New Jersey’s cultural life. When the Kasschau Memorial Band shell was dedicated in Ridgewood, the club sang at the inauguration.
In 1962, Richard Lane signed on as pianist for the club, beginning a distinguished career that would continue for 42 years until his death in 2004. A brilliant composer and teacher, Lane wrote 20 numbers for the Club and today’s concerts always feature at least one of Richard’s compositions.
Today, the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus includes about 50 singers from New York and New Jersey and generally makes eight to ten appearances annually including four formal concerts. The Club has sung “Alto Rhapsody” (Brahms) with the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra as well as “The Testament of Freedom” (Thompson) and “Hymn to the Nations” (Verdi) with the Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea. The men of Orpheus have joined with the Ridgewood Choral to sing “Song of Democracy” (Hanson) and appeared with the Ridgewood Concert Band to sing the music of Aaron Copland and Richard Wagner.
In the Spring of 2005, the Chorus made its Lincoln Center debut, performing at the Lincoln Center Library with the Palisades Virtuosi chamber ensemble. Additional performances in recent years have included concerts at the Kasschau Memorial Band shell in Ridgewood, singing in Ridgewood’s Independence Day parade, area churches, and in November 2009, a presentation of Beethoven’s Fantasia for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80 (the Choral Fantasy) with the Ridgewood Choral, the Ridgewood High School Chamber Choir, and the Eastern Christian High School Chorus.

Richard Lane’s composition declares: “We are men who like to sing. We are the men of Orpheus.

The Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship

The Orpheus Club is proud to sponsor a scholarship program designed to honor and assist a graduating high school senior who has demonstrated extraordinary accomplishment in music and who intends to continue musical studies on the collegiate level. Since the program took on its current form in 1993, we have been pleased to recognize students from more than a dozen area schools with grants totaling more than $20,000. These outstanding young musicians have gone on to study at colleges and universities across the country. The 2016 Application and instructions will be available in January 2016.

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Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus Holiday Concerts in Ridgewood

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photo courtesy of Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus Facebook page
December 6,2015

the syaff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus will present its annual Holiday Gala Concerts on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 7:30 pm, and on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 4:00 pm at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 155 Linwood Avenue in Ridgewood, NJ.

This year’s concerts will feature a diverse selection of carols and songs including “Do You Hear What I Hear,”  Brian Wilson’s “Little Saint Nick,”  Handl’s “ O Magnum Mysterium,” Joseph Turrin’s “Credo,”  “Ani Ma’amin,”  “I’ll be Home For Christmas,”  “The First Nowell,” and
many others. This year’s guest soloist is the celebrated concertmaster for scores of performances at the Metropolitan Opera, violinist Laura Hamilton..

Tickets for the concert are $15 in advance and $25 at the door. Seniors and students under 17 years of age may purchase tickets at the door for $18. Advance purchase may be made  online at the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus website www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org  and at any of the following local businesses: Daily Treat Restaurant, Wine Seller and Town and Country

Apothecary in Ridgewood; Lewis Drug in Westwood; Perry’s Florist and Rock Ridge Pharmacy in Glen Rock; Wine and Spirit World in Ho-Ho-Kus; and Benny’s Luncheonette in Fair Lawn. The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus has been a keystone of the cultural life of the tri-state region for 106 years. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest cultural institution in all of Bergen County.  Over 50 voices strong, it is directed by John Palatucci and accompanied by pianist Ron Levy.

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Pro Arte Chorale Presents Chansons De France

Pro Arte Chorale Presents Chansons De France
Sun, November 22, 2015
Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Bethlehem Lutheran church, 155 Linwood Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Event Description

Ridgewood NJ , Join Pro Arte Chorale for an afternoon of beautiful French choral music featuring the Chansons of both Debussy and Ravel, Poulenc’s legendary Gloria, and Faure’s Madrigal Op. 35. The program will also include a pre-concert lecture about the early twentieth century French masters and their milieu, given by Andrea Covais, soprano, musicologist, and current Doctoral candidate at City University of New York.

Sunday, November 22, 2015 @2pm
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 155 Linwood Ave., Ridgewood, NJ

Buy Tickets at proartechorlae.org

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Bethlehem Lutheran Church to Host Pancake Breakfast, Easter Egg Hunt & Holy Week Celebrations

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Bethlehem Lutheran Church to Host Pancake Breakfast, Easter Egg Hunt & Holy Week Celebrations 
March 22,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood, NJ,Bethlehem Lutheran Church today announced its Holy Week series of events designed to help local families experience fellowship, fun and community.

The fun kicks off with the congregation’s annual Pancake Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 4, at 9 a.m., in the church’s gymnasium. After breakfast, the Easter Egg Hunt will take place on the church’s front lawn at 10 a.m. There will be all kinds of prizes, including lots of special prizes. It’s a great time for young families – all are welcome. The cost is $5 per person or $10 per family or a food donation for Center for Food Action.

“Our annual pancake breakfast and Easter egg hunt is a wonderful time for young families,” said Rev. Andy Nelson. “Photos from the morning will no doubt appear on hundreds of social media pages by the several hundred parents and their children attending. Our members are excited to share the joy and wonder of Easter with everyone who comes and to see those Easter baskets fill up with plastic eggs.”

Additionally, Bethlehem will host Holy Week services with inspirational music and messages,

and the presence of the Lord’s Holy Spirit. The schedule is as follows:

PALM SUNDAY – March 29

Worship Services at 8:45 a.m. and 11 a.m.

MAUNDY THURSDAY – April 2

Worship Services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

GOOD FRIDAY – April 3

Services at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. (Tenebrae, service of light to darkness, one of the oldest

traditional services in the Christian church.)

EASTER SUNDAY – April 5

Sunrise Communion Worship – 7:30 a.m.

Praise Communion Worship – 9 a.m.

Festival Communion Worship – 11 a.m.

We truly hope to see you and wish everyone a joyous Easter. The members of BethlehemEvangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgewood want you to know that God has a plan for you and He loves you. Our faith is in Christ. Our guide is in the Bible. Our love is for all. Come celebrate with us. Bethlehem has active ministries in music, education, community outreach and sports.

For our regular worship schedule, we offer 2 Sunday services: Contemporary Praise Service at 8:45am and Traditional Worship at 11am with Sunday School and Bible Class at 10am. Please join us at 155 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood.

The mission of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church is to Trust God and care for His people by sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ in our world, community, work, church, and home. Please visit our website www.bethlehemchurch.com .

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Christmas – The Joy and Spirit at Bethlehem Lutheran Church

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Christmas – The Joy and Spirit at Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Ridgewood NJ, Celebrate the Christmas Season at Bethlehem With Greg Caldarone and The NJ Brass Quintet Sunday Dec. 7 at 3:00PM This concert will feature classic and contemporary Christmas songs and instrumentals plus a carol sing along. Greg Caldarone and The New Jersey Brass Quintet, accompanied by Bethlehem’s organist and pianist Elena Crudge, will perform a free concert “Christmas: The Joy and Spirit 2014”.
Come celebrate this joyous time of year with old classics and contemporary Christmas favorites. The NJ Brass Quintet is a fabulous ensemble that will immediately give you that warm wonderful feeling of an old fashioned Christmas. Greg Calderone will feature some classic Christmas songs as well as some newer ones. Invite your friends and neighbors to this concert. It’s a wonderful way to celebrate the Christmas season!

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The Bright Star of Bethlehem Advent Weekly Worship Series

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The Bright Star of Bethlehem Advent Weekly Worship Series

To be Held at Bethlehem Lutheran

The members of Bethlehem Lutheran Church invite everyone to spend the Christmas season at Bethlehem.  Please join us for any of the services listed below in our sanctuary located at 155 Linwood Ave. in Ridgewood, NJ. We will be celebrating the blessed birth of Christ and the love of family and friends.  What better place than Bethlehem to spend the Christmas season!

During these troubled and unsettled times, find the true comfort and joy that Christ brings this Advent season with the Comfort and Joy weekly Advent series for traditional worship.  Each week in this series, parishioners will find out about the different types of comfort Christ comes to bring (revealed in Isaiah 40) and experience the resulting joy that can be lived out in Advent. Hymns in the series include “Comfort, Comfort Ye My People,” “On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry,” “Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel,” “Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates.”  Each service begins at 7:30 p.m.

DECEMBER 3:  THE PEACE OF CHRIST (Isaiah 40:1-2):  True peace comes only through Jesus Christ and the forgiveness that he brings.  He ends warfare without and within.  He is the DECEMBER 10:  THE PARDON OF CHRIST (Isaiah 40:3-5):  We prepare the way of the

Lord through repentance, as the forgiveness we receive through Christ makes the rough places of DECEMBER 17:  THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST (Isaiah 40:6-9):  We remember that Christ is present with us now & that he will come again in glory on the Last Day.

DECEMBER 21: SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM:  Please join us as the students of our Sunday School lead the worship service at 9:30am.

DECEMBER 28: 1ST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS: THE POWER OF CHRIST (Isaiah 40:10-11):  God himself came to live among us & be our Savior, but his power was displayed in the weakness & humility of the manger & the cross.  This service will begin at 9:30am.

We truly hope to see you and wish everyone a joyous Christmas season and a beautiful finish for 2014.  The members of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgewood want you to know that God has a plan for you and he loves you.  Our faith is in Christ.   Our guide is in the Bible.

Our love is for all.  Come celebrate with us.  For our regular worship schedule, we offer 2 Sunday services:  Contemporary Praise Service at 8:45am and Traditional Worship at 11am with Sunday School and Bible Class at 10am.  Please join us at 155 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood.