Categories: Archives 2024, Earth Care

100 NM Leaders Call on Biden

From PCUSA News, Dec 19:

More than 100 New Mexico leaders call on President Biden to designate the Caja del Rio a national monument. More than 100 spiritual, faith, and tribal leaders from across New Mexico sent a letter last week to President Joe Biden, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and the New Mexico congressional delegation calling for the protection of the Caja del Rio as a national monument.

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Categories: Adult Enrichment, Archives 2025

The Great Search

Adult Ed, Jan 19–Mar 30

“A new vision of reality is trying to be born,” writes John Phillip Newell in his newest book, The Great Search. In a nine-week adult ed series we will discuss one chapter of this book each week. Join us at 9:45am in the McFarland Chapel or via Zoom as we try to better understand the world swirling around us.

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Categories: Archives 2025, Mission & Social Justice, Youth & Children

Dignity Mission Border Presentation

All Saints Lutheran Church, Jan 11, 1pm

Dignity Mission from Las Placitas Presbyterian Church is cosponsoring a presentation at 1:00 PM on January 11, 2025, at All Saints Lutheran Church in Albuquerque. It features speakers from El Paso who are intimately familiar with the current situation involving migrants and asylum seekers at our southern border.

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Categories: Letters 2024

December 28, 2024

Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! The Star stopped. In the long history of the world this has never happened, until chapter 2 in Matthew’s gospel mentions it not once but twice.  I had never seen the once and certainly not the twice. So what is going on here?  Some ideas...

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Categories: Letters 2024

December 21, 2024

Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ!

Well, so that is that.

These words are tucked in the middle of a poem by British-American poet W. H. Auden (1907-1973) written in the early days of World War II. They refer to the day after Christmas and how we get right back to our lives and leave Christmas behind and Baby Jesus still in the manger. The poem continues.

As in previous years we have seen the actual Vision and failed To do more than entertain it as an agreeable Possibility, once again we have sent Him [Christ] away . . .

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Categories: Archives 2025, Concerts

Flutissimo! Flute Choir

TGIF, Jan 17, 5:30pm

Our Friday night concert is privileged to welcome the Flutissimo! Flute Choir, an accomplished orchestra from Dallas, Texas. The music include Borwick, Hirose, and a specially arranged piece by Tucker. Doors to the sanctuary open at 5:15pm and the concert begins at 5:30pm. The concert is free with donations accepted.

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