For  Special Events, 

            see the "Happening!" page

Summer Schedule:

Starting on Fathers' Day, June 15, Sunday morning worship is advanced to 10 am.  Sunday School is suspended, but there is supervision for young children who cannot stay in the service with their families.  The Fellowship Hour remains, active and friendly - the love is part of the real business of the church.  The Bible study schedules may be erratic in summer; check the Happening! page to see  are operating.  We return to Regular Schedule on the Sunday after Labor Day.

Regular Schedule:

Sunday morning worship is at 10:45.  Children participate in the opening of worship, and then go to their Sunday School classes for the rest of the hour.  There is also an adult class which meets before church, 9:45 to 10:30.

The morning is not complete without our Fellowship Hour, with refreshments, after the singing of the last hymn.  That is a very warm and special time, and all are welcome!

Women's Bible Study: 7pm at the church every third Tuesday.

Men's Bible Study: 9:15am at the church every first Saturday.

ANNUAL SPECIAL SERVICES

Maundy Thursday:
We have an evening Candlelight Communion service, commemorating the Last Supper.

Thanksgiving Morning:
From 10 to 11am we meet to share timely thanks to God, "from whom all blessings flow." 
    We seriously believe, and teach, that when anything good happens, you may be sure that God had a hand in it.  The Bible says "Every good gift comes from the Father above." If anything bad happens, he is working against it, and invites us to cooperate.
    We let out very promptly at 11, so that anything which might perhaps be cooking on a timer in an oven will not be endangered!

Christmas Eve:
    We have a Candlelight Vespers Service, 5 to 6pm, leaving the rest of the evening for family activities.

Christian Music Concerts:
    We love to have concerts of Christian music, whenever we can find a group that is both intelligible and inspiring.

Big Screen Classics:
   is an OCCASIONAL featured event.  Clean entertainment can be hard to find, so we invite you to come see an old movie from our library of 200 classics, on our new 42 inch High Definition set. Snacks and refreshments provided. Can't beat that.  Phone the pastor at 610-337-4015 for information on the next date and the next feature.

Missions Conference:
    We have "Super Suppers and Sensational Speakers on the six Wednesdays in Lent, starting with Ash Wednesday.  Our suppers have received outstanding reviews, and our speakers are splendid.  They are representatives of some of the Extended Mission causes with which we are privileged to be in partnership.  These include:

Rev. Jack Crans, who has an outstanding MINISTRY IN PRISONS, to inmates, guards, and wardens.

Rev. Melvin Floyd, a former Philadelphia police officer with experience in working with gangs, now heads an exciting program of URBAN EVANGELISM.

Rev. Dave Bailey, who founded and directs Ranch Hope in South Jersey, with a great ministry to JUVENILE OFFENDERS who would otherwise be sent to reform schools.

Rev. Robert Embarger, director of Whosever Gospel Mission in Philadelphia, a ministry to HOMELESS men and women.

Rev. Bill Teate, of Glad Tidings India, representing Rev. Bill Scott who is still very active after working for 53 years in India.  He still directs INDIA BIBLE LITERATURE, which continues ministries which he and his wife Joyce developed, centered around the core goal of getting A BIBLE INTO EVERY HOME IN INDIA.  They do it through JESUS BASED LITERACY PROGRAMS, through training SELF-SUFFICIENT VILLAGE EVANGELISTS, through VBS PROGRAMS FOR HALF A MILLION CHILDREN a year, and more.

We also try to have a representative of the CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, the denomination of which we are now a part, to report on the mission work they have in Colombia and Liberia, together with the work of their Presbyteries in Hong Kong and Japan.

Surprises:
    Your best chance for not missing out on some of our occasional really exciting surprises is to check out the HAPPENING! page of our website, or - even better - to send us your e-mail so that we can put you on our list "Friends of Bridgeport," to whom we send advance word of anything good, plus occasional bits of humor and inspiration.  Send them to the pastor, at donaldgreybarnhouse@verizon.net