Author: Gale Wright
First Sunday Luncheon
Feb 4, 11:30am, Pope Hall
The menu this Sunday is Italian. We are serving spaghetti with meat and vegetarian sauces available. There will be homemade bread, and rumor has it that there will be Panna Cotta too! We hope you will join us at 11:30 in Pope Hall. Bring a salad or dessert to share.Read more
FPC Chancel Choir
TGIF, Feb 2, 5:30pm
This Friday our own Chancel Choir performs Requiem by John Rutter, with Nancy Maret, soprano; Dana Winograd, cello; and Jim Toevs, trumpet. Doors to the sanctuary open at 5:15pm and the concert begins at 5:30pm. The concert is free with donations accepted.Read more
Jesus Loves the Children
Children's Program, Feb 4, 10am
This Sunday we will read the story in Mark 10:13–16 and hear how Jesus embraces the children and blesses them, encompassing them in his grace. This Sunday we will also start creating Valentine Day Cards for our Valentine gift bag project for our homebound church members.Read more
Father John Dear Talk
Community Event, Feb 4
VIDEO. Long-time activist, author and teacher of nonviolence, Father John Dear shares his comments with our Santa Fe community on his latest book, The Gospel of Peace: Reading Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence. View a video of this talk.Read more
Conversation with Father John Dear
Webinar Video, Feb 5
Earth Keepers 360 invites you to view a prophetic conversation with with Father John Dear, Sister Joan Brown, Reverend Andrew Black, and Chaplain Jorge Sayago-Gonzales: "We Are Our Children's Future: Living the Radical Alternative of Peace, Justice & Environmentalism in Times of Crisis."Read more
Nonviolence Frees a Man
Worship, Jan 28, 8:30 & 11am
VIDEO. Jesus encounters a man with an unclean spirit and proceeds to do a political exorcism, freeing the man and the synagogue from complicity with the imperial occupation and its unjust political order (Mark 1:21-28). How might we use such acts of nonviolence today?Read more
Congregational Meeting
Jan 28, 9:45am, Sanctuary
Please join us for the Annual Meeting of the Congregation and Corporation of First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe on January 28, 2024, at 9:45 am in the Sanctuary. We have scheduled this between Morning Song and the Traditional service in hopes that more of you will be able to attend.
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Be Not Afraid!
Children's Program, Jan 28, 8:30am
Be not afraid. The grace of God goes with you! This Sunday we will read the story in Mark 4: 35-41 and hear about the disciples’ fear in a storm. We learn that Jesus is with us when we are afraid. This Sunday Morning Song begins at 8:30 in Pope Hall, and the children leave the service for their program after receiving a blessing.Read more
January 20, 2024
Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, who calls us to turn toward a new realm of justice, compassion, and nonviolence, which is as close as your hand (Mark 1:15). “There are 2400 members in this church and 3,000 opinions.” These are the first words I remember hearing as I began my ministry some forty years ago, spoken by the Senior Pastor as I arrived fresh from seminary. About the same time my pastor father gave me advice I can’t seem to shake: “My main job in ministry has been to keep the saints from killing each other.” I still chuckle at this one.
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