Purchase by March 28th
This Easter you have an opportunity give a lily ‘In Memory of’ or ‘In Honor of’ a loved one.
Lilies can be ordered via pew envelopes or by clicking the button below for $15 each. Please order by Tuesday, March 28.
Plants will be displayed in the Sanctuary on Easter Sunday and may be taken home after the service.
Thursday, April 6, 7pm, Sanctuary
Come experience our Maundy Thursday Communion Service like never before! If you prefer to join us via live stream, bring your communion elements and together, we will worship and “break bread” while focusing on the mandate to love with humility by serving one another while remembering His ultimate humility and sacrifice.
From the Latin word mandatum, meaning, “commandment,” Maundy refers to the command Jesus gave his disciples at the Last Supper: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34-45)
Jesus’ command seems very simple, but the understanding of what happened that night is far from simple. Why is the importance of remembering Communion so significant for Christians? Let us focus on the mandate to love with humility by serving one another while remembering His ultimate humility and sacrifice for us.
Live Stream Participation
Communion will be part of our Maundy Thursday service. Should you decide to participate with us from home, here are some instructions for taking communion remotely.
Communion (the Lord’s Supper) is an ordinance given to all believers by Jesus to remember His sacrifice for us and to symbolize the new covenant.
The elements of bread and wine/juice are symbols of Christ’s broken body and shed blood. Communion is not a means of salvation, rather, it is a testament of a believer’s faith in the atoning work of the cross. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, join us online to remember His GREAT sacrifice. If you are not in the place where you consider Christ your Savior then sit back and enjoy the service like normal.
ITEMS NEEDED FOR TAKING COMMUNION AT HOME
1. Grape Juice or Water (quantity depends on size of your group)
2. Bread or Baked Crackers | Unleavened bread is the best expression of the “bread” element. Unleavened bread simply is bread baked without a rising agent (most large grocery stores stock unleavened bread), but you can select any bread or cracker of your choice.
3. Be Ready at Home with Your Elements | The pastor will direct you through properly receiving communion. All you need to do is follow along online individually or as a group during the service.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES FOR PERSONAL USE
Matthew 26:26-30; Mark 14:22-26; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29
Weekly Pastors Video: Each week Pastor Dave and Pastor Bob will bring you some encouraging truths from the Scriptures and let you know the latest on how you can connect. You don’t want to miss this important weekly video delivered right here!
Stay tuned right here for regular updates from your Pastors.
Here you will find our Pastor’s weekly videos updates and various MBC community opportunities to connect with each other.
| Weekly Opportunities to Connect | |
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Visit our Women’s Ministry page for 2021 Bible study details. |
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The Rush (MBC Teens) Join us via Zoom. |
Can’t attend in person on Wednesdays? Join us via Zoom! Subscribe to the Weekly Sync to get the latest Rush news delivered to your in box Tuesdays at 4pm.
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| Thursday at 8pm |
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| Facebook Live Prayer with the Pastors: Join us on Facebook for a live prayer meeting. Message in your prayers and we will pray for your request on the spot. Invite your friends to a Facebook watch party! | Enter here: MBC’s Facebook page |
| Sundays | |
| Sunday Services 9am & 10:45am |
Enter here: LIVE STREAM |
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Teens |
Join us in the YFMB -or- Enter Zoom here. |
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MBC Kids In-Person Indoors Program Visit our MBC Kids page for in-person and 9am Zoom meetups information. |
Go to Reservations Page |
| Adult Education 9am only: Men’s Class offered via Zoom through winter and spring trimesters. |
Visit our Adult Education page for class descriptions, registration & Zoom login information. |
| Small Groups MBC Small Groups various days and times throughout the week. |
Visit our Small Groups page to find the group that fits your style and schedule. |
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2nd Saturdays |
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Young Adults (age 18-30) Meets on the 2nd Saturdays this summer at Ed & Sharon Williams’ home. |
Email Johnny Graves for address. |
| Every day, all day on Facebook |
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| Hello Senior!: A place for us to connect and collaborate on ways in which we can help our seniors who are very much in isolation due to COVID-19. | Enter here: Facebook group |
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MBC Care Team Conference Call: Our MBC Care team invites anyone from MBC to connect with us in ZOOM and the phone. This is just an informal meeting – open to all – just designed to be a place to fellowship, meetup, and check-in with others in our church body at MBC. Feel free to Zoom-In or call in for just a few minutes, stay for a while, or share a prayer request. We just want to stay connected with you because we care. |
ZOOM: From a computer or smartphone, load the Zoom app. Enter here: 7pm ZOOM meeting Meeting ID: 149 590 228 then press # No participant ID is needed, attendees press # when prompted |
Ministry Leaders will be communicating to their respective groups, however, feel free to reach out to them directly should you have specific questions or concerns.
Weekday office hours will remain the same until further notice.
You still have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others and support MBC ministries, even though we’re not gathering in-person for church, by giving through our giving page, by texting “MBCNJ” to (833) 683-6726, or by mailing a check to 520 King George Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.
Please stay connected with us by checking our website and our social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) for the latest information.
Most importantly, let us in humility consider others better than ourselves, and look not only to our own interests, but also to the interests of others. (Philippians 2:3-4)
Please remember to lift up our brothers and sisters around the world who are suffering, and pray for all caregivers, for those who are tirelessly working to fight this disease and for the swift development of treatment.
Please be advised of our response to the COVID-19 and the steps we are taking immediately for the health and safety of our MBC family:
///SUNDAY SERVICES LIVESTREAM ONLY////
Effective immediately and through the entire month of March, all of our IN-PERSON Sunday Services will be moved exclusively to our Live Stream online only. Service times will remain the same at 9am & 10:45am.
///UNDERGROUND SESSIONS POSTPONED///
The Underground Sessions planned for this Sunday evening are postponed until a later date.
///ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING POSTPONED///
The Annual Business Meeting scheduled for March 18th will be moved to March 25th. Be prepared for an online forum.
Ministry Leaders will be communicating to their respective groups, however, feel free to reach out to them directly should you have specific questions or concerns.
Weekday office hours will remain the same until further notice. We will continue to monitor information as we receive it and will communicate to updates as they emerge.
You still have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others and support MBC ministries, even though we’re not gathering in-person for church, by giving through our giving page, by texting “MBCNJ” to 77977, or by mailing a check to 520 King George Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.
Please stay connected with us by checking our website and our social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) for the latest information.
Most importantly, let’s remember that God is fully in control! Even though fear is spreading, our God is a strong tower and mighty fortress, the righteous run into it and we are safe (Prov. 18:10). Let’s be a “non-anxious presence” around those who don’t know and follow Jesus.
Please remember to lift up our brothers and sisters around the world who are suffering, and pray for all caregivers, for those who are tirelessly working to fight this disease and for the swift development of treatment.
Collection Time Now Through Sunday, February 16
We’re excited to participate once again in First Choice’s Baby Bottle Boomerang. Simply take a bottle home, fill it with your spare change and use it as a reminder to pray for First Choice as they serve women and rescue babies. Return your filled bottle to the Welcome Center or the church office by February 16.
Connecting with others | As a community living in hope our goal is to be more inclusive, openly welcoming people from any place and walk of life, uniting us in a pursuit of becoming a more balanced, inter-generational, family-centered body. To this end, MBC encourages meeting in small groups to support each other and grow together in faith.
Participate in a Small Group
Groups have three specific purposes: fellowship, scripture, and prayer bringing about both individual spiritual growth and authentic relationship.
Locations: Below are the current small groups. We invite you to plug into one of them. Contact the group leader to verify the start date, time and locations:
Interested in Leading or Hosting a Small Group?
Small groups are a primary way that we seek to live in authentic community at MBC.
Once the social restrictions get lifted, we are eager to meet again in small groups and even add new groups.
If you are interested in leading, co-leading, or hosting a small group, please indicate your interest on the Leader Interest Form.
For more information or have any questions, please contact Pastor Dave Hentschel.
MBC Small Group Leader, Co-leading and Host Roles & Responsibilities
Small Group Leader Interest Form
If you are interested in leading, co-leading, or hosting a small group, please indicate your interest on the form below.
Small Group Locations
Contact the group leader to verify the start date, time and location.
Leader: Jim Romaine & Rick Splinter
Meets twice a month on the second and fourth Sunday of the month, at 7pm-9pm, Hybrid & via Zoom
Location: downstairs in YFMB
Topic: Sermon Discussion
Leaders: Jeffrey & Polly Wong
Meets 1st & 3rd Sundays, 7pm-8:45pm,
YFMB Room 202 and via Zoom
We meet in YFMB Room 202 if there are no weather issues and I initiate a Zoom session from YFMB 202 for people who can not physically come to Room 202.
Topic: Recap/discussion of sermon questions from Sunday.
Contact Jeff & Polly Wong for more information.
Leaders: Craig & Kim McLaughlin, Chris & Jenn Dowden
Meets during the 2nd and 4th weekends of the month.
Please contact Jenn & Chris Dowden or Craig & Kim McLaughlin for more information.
Couples Group (Currently Full) – led by Gary and Carrie Isler, John and Kim McCarthy
Twice a month, Thursday Evenings
Topic: Sermon Discussion
Meets weekly on Saturday mornings.
Contact Ed Williams.
Leader: Kim McLaughlin
Thursdays 7pm-9pm
Topic: The book of Acts and prayer time.
Location: YFMB 2nd floor conference room
Email Kimberly for more information.
Leaders: Irm Smith and Gail Loehr
Time: Tuesdays 7-8:30
Topic: “Cultivating a Life of Character” by Elizabeth George
Location: YFMB Room 201 and on Zoom
Email Irm Smith or Gail Loehr for more information.
Leaders: Mike and Nancy Bonaventura
Various days @ 7 pm
Topic: Kingdom Marriage by Tony Evans
Location: Mountainside
Email Mike and Nancy Bonaventura for more information.
Or call Nancy at 908-347-7908
Leader: Krisana Ukritnukun
Meets Tuesdays from 8pm-9pm via Zoom beginning September 20th, 2022.
MBC “Risen Motherhood” Podcast Group is an online community that gathers weekly to reflect on the gospel-hope for moms with young children. Each podcast is about 20 minutes long and brings gospel truths to everyday topics of motherhood. Partner with us during this season of Motherhood on Zoom every Tuesday, 8pm.
“You might think that Scripture doesn’t have much to say about the food you make for breakfast, how you view your postpartum body, or what school choice you make for your children, but a deeper look reveals that the Bible provides the framework for finding answers to your specific questions about modern motherhood.” – Risen Motherhood
Please contact Krisana Ukritnukun
New Spiritual Formation Small Group – led by Pastor Dave and Juli Hentschel
This 8-week study will be utilizing the Spiritual Formation Workbook, a resource of Renovare (from the latin meaning “renew”). Together, we will explore the six major dimensions of the spiritual life found in the life of Christ and Christian tradition: The Contemplative Tradition – The Holiness Tradition – The Charismatic Tradition – The Social Justice Tradition – The Evangelical Tradition – and The Incarnational Tradition.
Successfully used by thousands of Spiritual Formation Group participants, A Spiritual Formation Workbook has been completely revised to correlate with Richard J. Foster’s “Streams of Living Water.” Its new and updated exercises and teachings offer fresh perspectives on Christian faith and practice.
The price for the book is $12.00. Because of restrictions, we will meet via Zoom as of right now.
Meets bi-monthly on Sundays at 7pm.
Begins: September 20, 2020
Please contact Pastor Dave (dave@millingtonbaptist.org) for more information.
This group is specifically designed for people who have little or no background in the Bible, but would like to take a look and see for themselves what it says. The Investigators study will be held in a relaxed, welcoming environment, and is an excellent opportunity for you to invite that questioning friend who is seeking to learn more. We will meet every other week for 7 weeks, each week looking at 7 different encounters people had with Jesus. Contact Paul Wilford or Kathy Wilford for meeting location and more details.
Leader: Jim Romaine & Rick Splinter
Meets 2nd & 4th Sundays, 7pm-9pm, YFMB Lower Level
Topic: Sermon Discussion
Begins: September 27, 2020
Please email Jim (jromaine49@gmail.com) or Rick (rick.splinter@alcon.com) for more information.
Leaders: Jeffrey & Polly Wong
Meets 1st & 3rd Sundays, 7pm-8:45pm, YFMB Lower Level (when Covid restrictions are lifted). Otherwise, via Zoom.
Topic: Recap/discussion of sermon questions from Sunday.
Begins: September 20, 2020
Contact Jeff & Polly Wong (jeff_wong2003@yahoo.com) for more information.
Leaders: Bob & Amanda Erbig and Mike & Sarah Ginese
Meets Sundays, 12 noon-1:30pm, Fellowship Hall
Begins: September 20, 2020
Meets every other Sunday.
Please contact Pastor Bob (berbig@millingtonbaptist.org) or Mike Ginese (mike@ginese.com) for more information.
Leaders: Caleb & Mary Wong
Meets Sundays at 10:30am, Zoom
Begins: September, specific date TBD
Topic: Sermon Discussion
Please contact Caleb & Mary Wong (ccwong.home@gmail.com) for more information.
Leaders: Craig & Kim McLaughlin, Chris & Jenn Dowden, Brian & Lisa Kiel
Meets during the 2nd and 4th weekends of the month
Begins: January 24, 2021
Please contact Jenn & Chris Dowden (jdowden@millingtonbaptist.org) or Craig & Kim McLaughlin (kimster744@gmail.com) for more information.
Bernardsville Group – led by Henry and Julissa Freire
Meets Tuesdays 7pm-8:30pm via Zoom
Topic: Sermon Discussion
Begins: September 22, 2020
Please contact Henry Freire (henry@millingtonbaptist.org) for more information.
Couples Group (Currently Full) – led by Gary and Carrie Isler, John and Kim McCarthy
Twice a month, Thursday Evenings
Topic: Sermon Discussion
Begins: Late September, Date TBD
Leaders: Walter & Gail Loehr
Location Rotates, 2 times per month, 6:30pm
Topic: Sermon Review
Begins: TBD
Our Small groups are intended to encourage Renewal, Growth, Connection & Action within community.
