Category: Adult Enrichment
Healthcare in NM—What Now?
Adult Ed, Jan 11, 9:45am
How do all the changes in federal healthcare on Medicaid and ACA subsidies impact residents of New Mexico? What New Mexican legislation is being considered to offset some of the worst consequences? Dr. Janis Gonzales in the NM Department of Health will share with us what we need to know and how we might help.Read more
Social Advocacy and Our Church
Discussions Dec 7 & 8
What does it mean to be faithful to our values in today’s world? What role should our church play in advocating for policies that support what we believe are the teachings of Jesus? To attempt to answer these questions, we held a church-wide discussion over lunch. For those not able to attend we held another discussion via Zoom on Monday evening, December 8th. People were invited to bring their thoughts, concerns, fears, and convictions.Read more
What Time Is It?
Adult Ed, Dec 14, 9:45am
VIDEO. Diana Butler Bass writes, "Advent is more than waiting for Christmas presents and even more than waiting for the birth of baby Jesus. Advent is about longing for another world, groaning for justice, and aching for oppression to end. For Christians, Jesus’ birth marks the beginning of the end for the empires of the world.”Read more
The Value of Tourism in Santa Fe
PBM Breakfast, Dec 13, 8:30am
Our guest speaker is Randy Randall who currently serves as Executive Director of TOURISM Santa Fe, which manages the city visitor centers and the Community Convention Center. He will give a talk entitled "The Value of Tourism in Santa Fe."Read more
Addressing the Climate Crisis
Adult Ed, Nov 30, 9:45am
VIDEO. Join Pastor Andrew and Jen Black as they discuss "What Role Must the Church Play in Addressing the Climate Crisis." Leading scientists recently released a report on the dire need to address climate change. What is science telling us and what role must our church play as a responsible steward of God’s creation?Read more
Navigating Paths of Change
Adult Ed, Nov 16 & 23, 9:45am
VIDEO. Absorbing a difficult diagnosis, making a transition from working to retirement, loss of a loved one? These are times when we look to solutions that may not be readily available. The Adult Ed is offering a two-class workshop based on the five-day workshop that Jeannie Bowman, Spiritual Director, will conduct at Ghost Ranch the first week in December.Read more
Middle Rio Grande Water Crisis
Adult Ed, Oct 26, 9:45am
VIDEO. Join Gillian Gonda, board member of New Mexico Water Advocates, for a critical presentation on the Middle Rio Grande Water Crisis and the legal jeopardy facing New Mexico if we violate the Rio Grande Compact, which we are dangerously close to doing. We must take steps now and you can help. The presentation is in the McFarland Chapel and on Zoom.Read more
Peaks and Valleys of Scripture
Adult Ed, Oct 19, 9:45am
This Sunday, we welcome the Rev. Dr. Frank Yates, who will be conducting our worship services and our adult education class on the on the paradoxes within Scripture, the internal tensions within the sacred text. Join us at 9:45 in the McFarland Chapel or on Zoom for a fresh look at all those troubling contradictions in the Bible.Read morePeaks and Valleys of Scripture
Adult Ed, Oct 19, 9:45am
VIDEO. This Sunday we welcome the Rev. Dr. Frank Yates who will conduct both our worship services (see Why I Am a Presbyterian) and an adult education class on the paradoxes within Scripture, the internal tensions within the sacred text. Dr. Yates comes to us from Albuquerque, where he is a minister member of Santa Fe Presbytery.Read morePage 2 of 17