Though several expansions have been added to the South Branch Reformed Church building, its congregation still meets in the original 1850 building. Led by the Reverend Stephen Eckert, mass occurs once a week with a fellowship coffee following the mass. Sunday school classes meet following the masses and all children are welcome to attend. Childcare is also provided.
The church offers a preschool for children ages three to five during the week. An adult choir, a choir for 3-year-olds to first graders, known as its Angel Choir, a junior choir for second through ninth grade students and a senior choir for students in tenth grade and older accompany masses. In addition, it offers a handbell choir for fourth graders and older children. Its youth groups encompass middle and high school-aged students and the church has groups for Bible studies and social meetings.
A Childs Place, located at 302 South Branch Road, offers classes for students ranging from six weeks to 12 years of age.
Classrooms are filled with a variety of intriguing materials in an effort to lead each student to explore, understand and grow into the world around them.
Offering classes which occur two, three or five days per week, and staying open from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. makes A Child's Place very flexible for busy parents.
The Alef Beit Sefer Early Childhood Center of Temple Beth-El is a Jewish preschool located in Hillsborough. A non-sectarian program licensed by the State of New Jersey Department of Human Services and Division of Youth and Family Services, Alef Beit Sefer Early Childhood Center offers preschool, kindergarten and before and afters school extended care to children ages two through six. The center's facilities include ten classrooms, outdoor play area and an indoor multipurpose room. Aiming to "enhance the social, emotional, physical, cognitive and spiritual growth of each child," the center integrates a Jewish and secular curriculum for each age group. Parents have the opportunity to participate in the educational community through parent association committees and family programming. Its program runs from September through June with a summer camp in July and August.
Featuring a curriculum written by the school's Educational Director, Maggie Buley, the Stellar Academy has students switching classrooms to learn different subjects during the day. Subjects include language and literacy skills, science skills, math and logic skills, music skills, social skills, and physical education skills. Sessions in each subject—which the school divides into zones—begin with a lesson and an activity reinforcing the lesson follows. Free play ends the session, and students move to the next zone. The school meets year-round and provides some scholarships for students.
Due to current construction for an expansion and renovation, Mary Mother of God Church celebrates mass, usually led by the Reverend Sean Broderick, in the parish center gymnasium. The church continues to hold many of its programs, including its adult and youth ministries, music rehearsals for its choirs and folk group, and its various prayer groups in the Monsignor Liam Minogue Parish Center or in Father Gene Schellberg Hall. The church offers a preschool for three and four year-olds and religious education classes for first grade through eighth grade students. The church's Catholic Youth Organization Basketball league, the Mary Mother of God Saints, offers teams for girls and boys in elementary, middle, and high school.
