Author: Gale Wright
New Online Giving Page
Now Live!
We are very happy to let you know that the new and improved online giving page is now live! Vanco, our eGiving provider, has made it easier than ever to make one-time gifts or set up recurring donations to our church. Check it out: Give Online.Read moreNavajo Quilt Project
Mission Project, October
We are so grateful for your generosity! We have gathered quilts and supplies that will be very much appreciated by the quilters who live on the Navajo Nation. We will continue to accept donations during October. Monetary donations are also very much welcomed.Read moreLove God, Love Others
Children's Program, October 15
This Sunday we will explore what it means to follow God’s commandment: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” We will work with our Deacons to show love and compassion to those in need as we create brown bag lunches for the homeless.Read moreCongregational Life Fair
October 15, Lobby, Chapel
Come, See, and Learn about our many groups, committees, and ministries. Then get involved! Help us Grow the Beloved Community. From 9:30 am-11:00 am and 12:00 pm-12:30 pm, we are holding a fair in the lobby and McFarland Chapel featuring our many, many groups and committees.Read moreBlessing of the Animals
October 8
VIDEO. During the October 6 Worship Service, a special A special portion of the service was devoted to blessing of the animals. It begins at approximately Minute 16 of the video of the full service with a responsive reading for the call to worship and then proceeds to the blessings themselves.Read moreAwe Comes Upon Everyone
Worship, October 8
VIDEO. Not long after Pentecost, awe came upon everyone, something was happening they couldn’t explain, and they felt a stirring in their hearts. Is this your experience of worship? Pastor Harry asks us to compare the experience in Acts 2:37-43 to our experience today.Read moreOctober 7, 2023
Dear Saints in Santa Fe and other far-off places, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ. A blessing of the animals. Renowned Celtic teacher and writer John Philip Newell, who helped us in the formation of our Wednesday Celtic Evensong service, often tells the story of a woman he met during an Iona pilgrimage week. She was around seventy years of age and over dinner she told John Philip about what happened to her some fifty-five years earlier when she was in church with her family. A dog wandered into the sanctuary and moseyed up the center aisle and as it got closer to the front of the church it sniffed the air around the altar, then turned around and walked out.
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Children's Program, October 8
This Sunday we will explore God’s two greatest commandments: “The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your might”, and “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Read morePage 53 of 75