Abiding Peace Lutheran Church makes Christ known by welcoming all people to a supportive and accepting place to grow in faith and community, and to serve the Lord as people created by God, saved by Christ, and nurtured by the Holy Spirit.
Live-streaming worship
In order to aid in community efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19, our worship services will be live-streamed via the link below (linked service is the most recent, others can be accessed from the church FB page).
Worship link for Sunday livestream: https://www.facebook.com/AbidingPeaceChurch/live/
Bulletin for Worship on Sunday, May 2
Even if you don't have Facebook, you can still use the link. Just close the dialogue box that prompts you to log-in and the page with still load.
LIVE-STREAMING Synod Assembly!
To view the NJ Synod Assembly this year, you can view it live on youtube: www.youtube.com/njsynodelca beginning with worship at 6:45pm on Friday night (May 7), and then starting again with Dwelling in the Word at 9:00am on Saturday (May 8).
Pre-assembly worshops are also open to all who are interested - details and links at https://www.njsynod.org/pre-assembly-workshops
Welcome to Abiding Peace
Join Us!
For emergency pastoral needs, contact Pastor Serena at (908) 458-3940
Location:
Church is a Verb
At Abiding Peace, church is not a place we go, it is what we do. We Worship. We Pray. We Learn. We Grow. We Challenge. We Listen. We Love. And we welcome you to Be Church with us.
Worship is held every Sunday,
@ 10:00 am (on livestream, for the time being, see link above)
Adult forum is held most Sundays following worship @ 11:15am
(email for zoom link)
Sunday School for children
is now being held via zoom on Monday nights at 5:45 pm
(for zoom link or take home resources, e-mail pastoreserena@optimum.net)
All Are Welcome
We continue to celebrate God's work in the church and in the world with live-streamed worship
Sundays @10:00am
We also gather virtually for Bible study & fellowship via zoom on
Wednedays at 7:00pm.
305 US Highway 46
Budd Lake, NJ 07828-2804
973-691-9393
Note- the church building is currently closed to the public.
For food pantry: bags can still be collected by appointment.
Support groups are suspended, or meeting in limited number, distanced formats; Online support groups can
be found here.
Daily Reflections
If you would like to be added to our e-mail list for brief daily reflections from Pastor Serena, e-mail
Donate to Abiding Peace
Anti-Racism Resources
As part of our ongoing congregational conversation about celebrating the diversity of God's church and working for the healing of racial injustice, please visit our google document of resources to help with learning and action.