Welcome to our website!   

We are a small but lively congregation, and active in mission.  We welcome people in all stages of faith, including those who are just beginning to learn about Christianity.   Our members range in age from 1 to 98, and come from Leonia and neighboring towns, as well as China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Japan, Korea, Puerto Rico, Russia and Trinidad.  We welcome people who are learning English, and try to help people who are new to this country feel at home.  We are an open-minded group, willing to try new things.  And together we are growing in faith and in our ability to understand and show kindness to others.  We are not a perfect group of people, but God works through us anyway.

 I John 3:1 says, “See what love (God) has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are.”  Through faith in Christ we are sisters and brothers in God’s family.  As part of this family we support and care for each other, welcome newcomers, and show God’s love in the world.  I hope you will look through our website, and email us if you have any questions or comments.   And you are more than welcome to come in person and join us for worship, study or fellowship. 

 God bless you this day. 

Rev. Debra P. Given

Pastor  

  Rev. Debra Given graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1980 and has served two churches as Associate Pastor, first in Mt. Vernon, New York, and then in Manhattan.  She has been working with the Presbyterian Church in Leonia since the year 2000.   Rev. Given grew up in a Presbyterian Church in Yorktown, New York, but has been part of many different kinds of churches, from Quaker to Harlem Baptist.  She has three children and three stepchildren, and commutes from Manhattan where she lives with her husband.