Maybe you’ve said the “Our Father” because you were told to — trying to avoid a few extra raps from the ruler. Maybe you whispered it like a lucky charm before the big test you definitely didn’t study for. Maybe the words hung beautifully framed on the mantle while your own father was out working late again. For some of us it’s tradition. For others it’s superstition. For others it’s complicated. Still — in spite of all our baggage — Jesus looks at His followers and tells them to start their prayers like this, “Our Father.”

This Sunday we begin a new series, preparing us for Easter, walking through the prayer Jesus taught us. Before the Our Father became routine, it was radical. Before it was recited, it was revolutionary. Whether this prayer feels familiar, forced, or fragile, come rediscover why these words were given — and why starting with “Our Father” might be better news than you ever realized.

Join us on Sunday at 9:30 am.

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Some nights it’s not what’s happening in your house that keeps you awake — it’s what’s happening in the world. Deep fakes and deep state. Elections and political uncertainty. Cultural shifts that feel fast and unfamiliar. The headlines refresh by the minute, and somewhere between the last scroll and the ceiling staring back at you, a question lingers: What is actually happening — and how am I supposed to respond?

This week at BCC, we’ll explore what Scripture says about living faithfully when everything feels unsteady. How do we engage without being consumed? Care without collapsing? Speak without losing our peace? In a world that often feels like it’s shaking, we’ll look at how we cancan steady our hearts, clarify our calling, and finally get a good night’s sleep.

Join us on Sunday at 9:30 am.

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The market never sleeps. As the NASDAQ closes and you’re on the train back to Westchester, the Hang Seng is getting ready to open, futures are moving, and some algorithm on the other side of the world has re-pricing everything you thought you understood by dinner. Earnings reports drop overnight, headlines swing sentiment, and lying in bed, your brain decides it’s time for a late-night portfolio review — whether you asked for it or not.

Or maybe it’s not the markets at all. Maybe it’s the rent, the heat bill, the credit card balance, and the quiet math that doesn’t quite add up to make this month actually work. This week at BCC, we’ll talk honestly about how money keeps us awake — from global exchanges to kitchen-table budgets — and explore a wiser way of handling it that can move us from anxiety to peace, and toward the kind of life that lets us finally get a good night’s sleep.

Join us on Sunday at 9:30 am.

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Kids have a remarkable ability to keep us up at night. It’s crying babies, wondering if that teen will be home by the 11pm curfew, and a whole lot in between. Sometimes it’s replaying conversations, worrying about their future, or wondering if that thing you said at dinner will require therapy later. For some, it’s when will we have kids. For others, why do my grown children still act like kids? But for many of us, it’s the same reality: when it comes to children, sleep is fleeting.

This week at BCC, we’ll explore some of the common parenting traps that quietly steal our rest. We’ll also look at how biblical wisdom points us toward another way—one that forms hearts rather than manages outcomes—and invites us to trust God enough to finally get a good night’s sleep.

Join us on Sunday at 9:30 am.

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Over the last two weeks, I’ve genuinely missed you all. A Sunday “off” for the pastoral staff isn’t quite as restful as it might sound—especially when our heart is still very much with the people you long to gather with. Add in snowstorms, shoveling-induced back pain, and nights spent half-awake checking weather forecasts, and let’s just say my sleep tracker has been unimpressed.

These past weeks have carried a particular tension: holding safety as a real priority while also deeply wanting—really wanting—to be together as the church. Watching the forecast, weighing decisions, praying for wisdom… all of it has made me even more aware of how much gathering together matters.

And here we are again, with more snow in the forecast this weekend. I’m praying that the weather will not once more complicate what we’re longing for—that we’ll be able to gather, worship, laugh, and simply be the community God has formed us to be.

Because when we are together, something settles in our souls. Scripture names it in Psalm 133, “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!”

Join us on Sunday at 9:30 am.

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We’ve all been there—tossing and turning in the dark, watching the clock creep forward, replaying the day behind us while worrying about everything tomorrow holds. Stress lingers, anxieties grow louder, and rest feels just out of reach. For many of us, sleepless nights have become normal—but that doesn’t mean they’re inevitable.

What if there were another way? What if rest wasn’t something we had to chase, but something we could learn? This Sunday, we’re kicking off a new series called A Good Night’s Sleep, exploring how God’s wisdom speaks directly into the stress and pressures that keep us awake. Join us as we begin a journey toward deeper rest, healthier rhythms, and a more peaceful way of living.

Join us on Sunday at 9:30 am.

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What if there were one simple thing you could do that had an outsized impact on every other area of your life—your relationships, your work, your faith, and your sense of purpose? And no, it’s not coming to church more often…

As we step into a new year, many of us are looking for change, but real transformation often starts with something smaller—and deeper—than we expect.

Join us for the first gathering of the new year as we uncover a surprisingly practical “hack” that can reshape how you live, choose, and grow in 2026. It’s not a resolution or a gimmick—it’s a way of living that creates momentum everywhere else. Come curious, come hopeful, and come ready to start the year together.

Join us on Sunday at 9:30 am.

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Life moves in seasons. Some days feel light and easy, like everything’s falling into place. Others are heavy, uncertain, or downright exhausting. We all pass through moments of joy, growth, waiting, and struggle—and each season asks something different of us.

Join us at BCC this Sunday as we learn from an ancient poem that has guided hearts for thousands of years, reminding us that we don’t walk any season alone. It invites us to let the Lord be our shepherd—leading us in the calm, strengthening us in the hard, and staying close through it all. Come rediscover the timeless wisdom of Psalm 23 and see how it still speaks to your life today.

Join us on Sunday at 9:30 am.

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In the middle of our A Random Christmas series, we experienced one of our own unexpected moments—a random snow day in mid-December that kept us from gathering together last week. It wasn’t planned and it definitely wasn’t on the calendar. 

But that’s exactly the heart of this season. The Christmas story itself unfolds through interruptions, surprises, and moments no one saw coming.

Join us this Sunday as we return and step into our final week of Advent, moving closer to our Christmas Eve celebration, and as we remember that even the seemly random and unexpected of our lives can be part of what God is doing.

Join us on Sunday at 9:30 am.

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Have you ever had a random person crash a party? Nobody quite knows who they are, how they got invited, or what to do with them once they're standing there holding a plate of food. You can’t just throw them out, right? But now it’s story and every time you look at the picture, you laugh and wonder, who was that guy?

Join us this week as we explore the three most famous party-crashers of all time. These random travelers from a distant land who show up uninvited, unexpected, and unexplained—yet they become central characters in the Christmas story. Together we’ll discover why God chose them of all people, and what their journey reveals about how God works in the “random” people of our lives.

Join us on Sunday at 9:30 am.

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