First Presbyterian Church of Arlington 663 Kearny Avenue Kearny NJ 07032-2935

Welcome to the homepage of a congregation which is celebrating and enjoying its ministry in the town of Kearny, New Jersey. Kearny is situated in Hudson County on a ridge between the Passaic and Hackensack rivers and has a population in excess of 32,000 people. The congregation has over five hundred adherents.

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Kearny is a community with a traditional Scottish and Scots-Irish heritage. The church building is located on Kearny Avenue (Highway 17 South), at the corner of Laurel Avenue. From the North, follow 17 South, which becomes Ridge Road in Lyndhurst and Kearny Avenue in Kearny. From the South, take the New Jersey Turnpike to exit 15W (Kearny, Oranges). Following the signs for Harrison, go to the second traffic light, turn right onto Schuyler Avenue for 3 miles then left onto Laurel Avenue. The Church will be on your left, at the corner of Kearny and Laurel Avenues.

O God, make the door of this house wide enough to receive all who need human love and fellowship, narrow enough to shut out all envy, pride and strife. Make its threshold smooth enough to be no stumbling-block, but rugged and strong enough to turn back the tempter's power. God, make the door of this house the gateway to Thine Eternal Kingdom, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.

- from the Old Rectory at Crowhurst, Sussex, England

Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many influential; not many of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

- I Corinthians 1:26-27

At the FPCA, our mission is to

• Teach the Word of God
  
  
• Encourage a personal relationship with Jesus Christ in each member
  
  
• Clarify and attend to people's spiritual needs
  
  
• Create and maintain a friendly Christian environment

O Lord Most Longed For, to you, the mender of time and fulfiller of hopes, we lift the dreams and yearnings of our hearts. To you we offer the wisps of hopes we may not dare speak before others: We dream of being more than we now appear -- stronger, wiser, truer, more accomplished. You alone know our true potential. You alone imagine the rich possibilities held within your will for us. Help us recognize and realize the goals to which you draw us.

From you come all good deeds and all worthy aspirations. But we confess that not all our desires for the future are either good or worthy. We are the sort of people who can imagine revenge and long for it. We can imagine winning great wealth and spending it on bloated luxury. We can imagine getting the better of someone in business and find ourselves thirsting for the fiscal blood of our competitors.

Fit us with new dreams, and kindle our desire to soothe the wounded world with your gospel. Fire us with a passion for justice, a commitment to mercy and a burning desire to work for reconciliation among those whose lives we are able to touch. Supply us with both motive and means to fulfill your vision of what our lives are meant to be. Let our obedience mirror that of Jesus, who though he was one with you, refused to seize his rightful status at the expense of your people's salvation.

Consecrate our dreams, that with all our heart and mind and strength we may honor you, now and forever. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.