GL donates 10,000 to Peapack Church

As the longest-running soap opera concluded it's filming, the show had a church service to celebrate the end of the show. Then the show gave the church a 10,000 check.

A $10,000 donation from the show to the church paid for new chandeliers and refurbished lighting in a community room, Henry said.

Another $10,000 donation from Guiding Light was accepted by the Borough Council on July 28, to be used for picnic tables and benches at Komline Park off Apgar Avenue. The show also donated a new gazebo for the Komline property, another frequent Guiding Light location, said Mayor William Horton.

Guiding Light star Robert Newman noted that as the fictional Joshua Lewis, he had preached from the other side of the pulpit in past episodes.

"It's just been great," Newman said of filming in the borough. "People have been very gracious. I never had anyone give me anything other than smiles and friendly waves."

For her part, Henry told the gathered crew that it had been a pleasure to have Guiding Light filmed at the historic church, a key location for both weddings and funerals in the show's home base of a fictional town called Springfield.