Bridge of Peace is...

A church serving the communities of Morgan Village and Fairview with the Good News of God's unconditional love in Jesus Christ!

A multi-racial and multi-cultural community open to all people: young and old, black and white, Anglo and Latino, rich or poor, gay or straight, able-bodied or differently-abled. We are all children of God in need of God's astounding mercy and grace.

Make Bridge of Peace
Your Church Today!

We invite you in Jesus' name to be a part of this exciting newly organized church! If you already are a member of a church, synagogue or mosque, we thank God for your witness and pray continued blessings on you. But if you are not part of any religious community and have been looking for meaning and purpose in your life, visit us.

To reach any staff member of Bridge of Peace Community Church or its PEACE Center, call 856.365.1450, or e-mail as follows:

Pastor Giselle C. Coutinho
gcoutinho1@comcast.net

Laura N.Sanchez

PEACE Center Coordinator

jalnsanchez@comcast.net

Music Director Jeremy Grenhart
bassman1980@comcast.net

Miss Gerry Dutton

Administrative Assistant

Bridge of Peace is a member of the New Jersey Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Here are links to their sites.
www.njsynod.org
www.elca.org

Last change: April 27, 2009

Welcome to Bridge of Peace Community Church, ELCA!

Celebrating 8 Years in Ministry &

One Year as an Organized Congregation!

We are a Handicap Accessible Church!

Thank you for joining us this Pentecost Season

Sunday Service: 11:00 AM

Wednesday Service: 6:30 PM (Peace Center)

Bridge of Peace Members in Community Garden

We are Planting Our Own Community Garden This Spring

Check the NJN Story: June 16, 2009

http://www.njn.net/television/webcast/njnnews/tuesday.html

Family Bible Study During Egg Dying

God Orders Our Steps  

One of the hopes and dreams of our multicultural ministry here in the City of Camden has been to be a "teaching site," that is, to share with others near and far our experiences and learnings as we build a church that is multi-racial, multicultural, multi-ethnic, and multi-lingual. Our native languages include English, Spanish and Portuguese. As of May 30, 2008, we have grown to 140 baptized members, ¼ White, ¼ African American, ¼ Latino and ¼ of mixed ethnic background. To this end, in August we welcomed youth leaders from a number of Synods for an immersion experience. Two times this year we will host students from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia as part of their first year of field rotations.

Bridge of Peace is a Reconciling in Christ Congregation and strongly supports ministry to families with differently-abled children including designing specialized Family Bible School experiences. Please take some time to read our mission statement and view our year in pictures, and see how our partnership in mission with the wider church is making a difference in the city of Camden and beyond. Please take the time to meet our Deacon Board and Guidance Team by clicking on the links on the left hand side of the page. Through our Peace Center we provide many social and support services to our community including close to 2000 meals in November 2008. Many of our mission team partners assist us with these efforts. Please worship with us on Sundays at 11:00 AM or Wednesday at 6:30 PM. We welcome all!

Easter Sunday Service

Somos Uno en Cristo

Good News Story

    God's Work, Our Hands

We thank God for the commitment of this congregation to make its pledge to supporting this ministry in this time and place as well as other ministries locally and internationally.

We thank God for the blessing of being able to participate in opportunities to advocate for God’s people in May and June. We were able to be in Trenton for Advocacy Days and thank The Rev. Brice Davidson for his continued ministry through the Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministries in New Jersey. We also were on the State House steps for the Tour de Revs as they travel 13,000 miles on a bicycle to all our Synods ending at the Churchwide Assembly in Minneapolis. It was wonderful to hear their story and to support their mission. Please pray for them...

Pastor Giselle

Receiving $2000.00 Check for Food Pantry

from LSM

Thank You Mission Teams

• Click On Left Hand Link: Mission Teams Who Helps Us Serve For The Sake of the Gospel

We thank God for the generous support of many partners in mission who helped support our ministries in early 2009. We thank God that with the economy as it is that faithful disciples from Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lakewood, St. Matthew, Moorestown and St. Paul, Hainesport have continued to support us with support for our pantry, regular benovolence and/or first fruit giving respectively. We thank God for the ability to be Christ's hands and feet in the world together and thank God for their ministries among us... Thank You All!

	Autism Walk 2009
	Deacon Anne and Vicar Sue Jones
	Youth Gathering Preparing for New Orleans: St. Matthew, Apostles and Bridge of Peace Youth and Adults
	Youth Gathering Preparing for New Orleans
	Youth Gathering Meeting
	Youth Gathering Meeting:
	Natalia Rodriguez at Synod Assemby. Natalia was elected to the Synod Council.

Click here to view our new calendar!

OUR SUNDAY SCHEDULE:

10:00 a.m.

Adult Bible Study

11:00 a.m. Family Praise Service

OUR WEEKLY SCHEDULE:

Youth Programs

Family Bible School &

Teen Topics

6:00 PM Dinner (families)

6:00-7:30 PM

(4-18 year olds)

Education Building

Adult Programs

Study the Word and Prayer Service:

NOW EVERY WEDNESDAY

Service & Study of the Word and Fellowship

NOW 6: 30 PM

In Peace Center

Regular Meetings:

Board of Deacons Meeting: September 13, 2009 at 1:00 PM

Last Thursday of the month,

6:30 p.m.:

"Sister Support" women's ministry meeting

Peace Center

prayer, counseling and support for people in crisis. Call 856.365.1450, ext. 2.

See Services: Click Left Side of Page...

Classes

New Disciples Classes:

Begins April 19, 2009

12:45 PM

Clases para Nuevos Discípulos en español y portugués:

19 de Abril 12:45 de la tarde

BRIDGE OF PEACE

is a multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic church that celebrates God's unconditional love and amazing grace in Jesus Christ by ...

... welcoming people of all backgrounds & circumstances

... reaching out in love and service

... advocating for justice, peace, and dignity for all people everywhere.

This web site was designed by Hopeworks 'n Camden, a youth training program sponsored by Holy Name Roman Catholic Church, Grace Lutheran Church, and Christus Lutheran Church. For more info, visit www.hopeworks.org.