Dear Saints in Santa Fe and other far-off places, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ. “I’m gonna git those injuns!” I regret to say that I spoke those words as a 2 ½ year-old back in 1961 when my family took our first trip west from Ohio to spend a week at Ghost Ranch. I wore my white cowboy hat, my black cowboy boots, and was ever on the lookout to “git those Injuns.” I was a product, as most kids were in that era, of a culture of playing cowboys and Indians, shooting toy guns at “bad guys,” and learning about life through the lens of TV Westerns and movies.
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eSSO
TGIF, October 13
We welcome eSSO to our TGIF Concer on October 13. They will be playing music by Haydn, Beethoven, and Morricone. Doors to the sanctuary open at 5:15pm and the concert begins at 5:30pm. The concert is free with donations accepted.Read more
David Solem, Piano and Organ
TGIF, October 6
David Solem will be playing music by Persichetti and Beethoven on the piano and organ at our TGIF Concert on October 6. Sanctuary doors open at 5:15 pm and the concert begins at 5:30. The concert is free with donations accepted.Read more
Learning from Each Other
Worship, October 1
VIDEO. October 1 at 10am, we celebrate World Communion Sunday led by our Indigenous siblings. Rev. Judy Wellington of Pima and Souix heritage delivers the message, "Learning from Each Other" based on Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16. Music by Navajo composer Conner Chee and flutist Sky Red Hawk are featured.Read more
Ancient Indigenous Crafts
Luncheon, October 1
VIDEO. Immediately after our 10 am service, we moved into Pope Hall for a special luncheon featuring Mary Weahkee and the utilitarian crafts that she has learned from elders at various pueblos including turkey feather blankets and yucca sandals.Read more
Catching Dreams
Children's Program, October 1
During the 10am worship service, our children will be making dreamcatchers, tying into our celebration of Indigenous people. They will also hear a story by N. Scott Momaday, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction.Read more
Navajo Quilt Project
Mission Project, October
We are gathering fabric, quilting supplies and finished quilts to donate to the quilters that live on the Navajo Nation. During October we will be gathering donations of clean fabric (minimum of 1/4 yard), thread, rulers, batting, and fully functioning new or used sewing machines. Monetary donations also welcomed.Read moreSeptember 23, 2023
Dear Saints in Santa Fe and other far-off places, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ. A sandwich board, a street corner, a beggar on the roadside, a special offering, and a shared ministry. Frier was a middle school classmate of mine at Haven Middle School in Evanston, IL. We lost touch in high school (there were 5200 students!) but he showed up again in Time Magazine after graduation. Always a bit outside the box, Frier decided to raise money for college by standing on a street corner in Chicago with a sandwich board around his shoulders asking for money.
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FPC Chancel Choir
TGIF, September 29
On September 29, TGIF features our own Chancel Choir singing the Lord Nelson Mass by Franz Joseph Haydn. Doors to the sanctuary open at 5:15pm and the concert begins at 5:30pm. The concert is free with donations accepted.Read more
TGIF, September 22
Daniel Schwab, clarinet, and Natasha Stojanovska, piano, will perform the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto, op. 57, at our TGIF concert on September 22, 2023. Sanctuary doors open at 5:15 pm, and the concert begins at 5:30. The concert is free with donations accepted.
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