For our nation's 250th annivesary, we rang our church bell 250 times. We started right at noon on Saturday, July 4, and the bell rang for about 11 minutes. David Wright coordinated all the bell ringers, and David Snell counted each ring.

We are delighted to again offer a concert with students from the Eastman School of Music Organ Deptartment. The yearly concert series at Bergen EPC was inspired by the renovation of our 1907 Charles Viner & Son pipe organ in 2023-4. Each year, we strive to have at least one organ concert as part of the series. The concert this year will feature Ali Santos and Matt Luca on Sunday, May 3, at 6 pm. At the age of thirteen, Matt Luca began his journey with the organ, otherwise kno

TAG (Teens After God) Youth Group teens continue to grow in their faith and spiritual maturity. They are also using their God given gifts to spread the gospel in a variety of ways. Many of our teens help lead worship in their churches. Several teens are working at overnight Christian camps for kids this summer. Many teens show up to help at Foodlink and other outreach ministries at the church, like sports camp and the harvest festival. We also have teens that help with multim

Easter morning was overcast in Bergen, but the joy of the resurrection filled our hearts as we worshipped together on the hill. Joy, Christin, and Alden led in singing and David read scripture. Pastor Hoyt reminded us of the hope of the resurrection both in our spiritual lives and in our everyday challenges. We were grateful that the rain ended just before we started to set up and that the wind was neither as strong nor as cold as it sometimes is on the hill. Hot coffee and f