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Here's an overview of programs, activities, and ways to become connected at BPC.
Or download the 2007-08 BPC Program Brochure.

Your faith journey

  • Sunday worship at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. (Summers at 9:00 a.m.)
  • Adult Education classes Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m.
  • Books & Friends evening book study in members' homes
  • Tuesday morning Women's Bible Study
  • Women's Book Group
  • Summer Women's Book Study
  • PASTCF chapter meetings (Science, Technology and the Christian Faith)
  • Teach children's Church School classes Sundays at 9:30 a.m. (4 week rotation)
  • Lead an Adult Education class

Musical expression

  • Senior Choir rehearsal Wednesdays, 7:15-8:45 p.m. for Sundays, 10:30 a.m. worship
  • Hilltop Ringers (hand bell choir) rehearsals Wednesdays, 10-11:30 a.m.
  • Revelation (contemporary band)
  • Cherub Choir (ages 3, 4, and kindergarten)
  • Children's Choir (grades 1-2)
  • Soli Deo Gloria Choir (grades 3-8)
  • Children's Musical (December)
  • Messiah Sing (December)
  • Special offertory music: soloists, duets, and instrumentalists
  • Summer soloists and instrumentalists

Enjoy fellowship with one another

  • Mingle at Sunday morning coffee hour at 11:30 a.m.
  • Monthly MEET (Members Enjoying Evenings Together) Group events
  • "The Network" for members in their 20s and 30s
  • Fall Intergenerational Event
  • Lenten Intergenerational Event
  • Annual Bike Trip (June)
  • Living Nativity (December)
  • Bridge Tournaments
  • Join any of the bible study or book groups noted under "Faith Journey"

Help others in our congregation, community and beyond

  • Donate clothes or sort during the annual clothing drive
  • Provide baked goods for blood drives, funeral receptions, and other occasions
  • Deliver Thanksgiving Baskets
  • Prepare a meal for a family in recovery (Meal Ministry)
  • Deliver Easter lilies and Christmas poinsettias to shut-ins
  • Donate blood or volunteer at the Blood Drive
  • Help clean and repair flood-damaged homes in our community (BPC's Helping Hands)
  • Attend a Mission Trip to continue rebuilding in Louisiana
  • Donate and deliver Christmas gifts to the needy (Adopt-a-Family)
  • Serve dinners at New Horizons Soup Kitchen every fifth Friday of the month
  • Walk for Hunger or Walk for Cancer
  • Help with church clean-up and work days
  • Sponsor a new member
  • Make and serve coffee on Sundays at Fellowship Hour (Coffee Hosts needed each week)

For Children

  • Sunday morning Church School classes at 9:30 a.m.
  • Sunday School during 10:30 a.m. worship for ages 3, 4 & K
  • Nursery care 9:30 a.m. through 10:30 a.m. worship
  • Children's choirs 
  • Youth Group activities for grades 5 & 6
  • Vacation Church School
  •  Camp Wilmot (summer camp in Wilmot, NH)
  • Advent and Easter events
  • Living Nativity (December)
  • Christmas Musical (December)
  • Teachers needed for Church School classes Sundays at 9:30 a.m. (4 week rotation)

For Youth

  • Youth Group activities for grades 7-12
  • Confirmation Class for grade 9
  • Choirs including Soli Deo Gloria, Senior, and Hilltop Ringers
  • Youth Elder
  • Youth Deacon
  • Camp Wilmot (summer camp in Wilmot, NH)

For Women

  • Women's Fellowship & Ministry Circle, first Wednesday each month at 11:45 a.m.
  • Annual Mother-Daughter Dinner in May
  • Join the women's bible study or book group
  • Prayer Shawl or Quilting Groups
  • Join a BPC committee

For Men

  • Form a men's study group, athletic team or social group
  • Bring your skills to a BPC committee

Please share your ideas and talents--join a BPC committee!

New members always welcome! Adult Ministry, Buildings and Grounds, Children's Ministry, Deacons, Finance, Membership, Memorial, Mission, Worship & Music, Nominating, Personnel, Planning, Stewardship, Session, Women's Fellowship & Ministry Circle, Youth Ministry.

Contact the church office for more information on any of the above programs and we'll put you in touch with the right person.

See Nick or Karen if you'd like to start a new group or activity. Most programs run September through May with special events and modified times during the
summer months.