About Our Mission to the Church & the World

Saint Bernard’s Church seeks to nurture a sense of mission to the wider Church and to the world that centers on worship, fellowship, education and community outreach. At the epicenter of all we do is the parish altar before which we gather, around which we pray and offer our gifts, at which we receive the holy sacrament of the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and from which we go forth in service to the world.

We are a eucharistically nourished people who find renewal each week in the liturgy, music and teaching of the Anglican tradition. From this place of spiritual vitality we seek to serve others in the ever widening circles of our families, our neighbors, the surrounding communities, the nation and the world.

Saint Bernard’s especially seeks to nurture a commitment to the mission of our diocese under the leadership of our bishop The Right Rev. George E. Councell. We encourage parishioners to engage in service to the Conover Parishes of the Somerset Hills, the Episcopal Churches of the Watchung Convocation, and the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, headquartered in Trenton.

WHAT WE

ARE ABOUT

The primary task of Saint Bernard’s Church in 2007-2008 is to complete the rebuild of the parish church building that was severely damaged in the devastating fire of October 2004. The program initiative Rebuild Saint Bernard’s is currently the mission priority of our clergy, parish leadership and people.

In connection with this goal, the program staff continues to offer and even to expand the ministries that have made Saint Bernard’s spiritual home to so many families and individuals over the years.

The date of our return to Sunday worship in the newly restored Church of Saint Bernard was The Sunday of the Resurrection, Easter Day, March 23, 2008. Easter services of Choral Eucharist were offered at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. The clergy and staff offered the services of Maundy Thursday (7 p.m. March 20) and Good Friday (7:30 p.m. March 21) in the nave, as a prelude to the Sunday opening of March 23.

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To learn more about our restoration project, click on the Rebuild Saint Bernard’s prompt to the left.