Rev. Dr. Amantha Barbee delivered the Sunday message on May 7 at our 10 am service. Focusing on Mark 7:24-30 (the story about the Syrophoenician Woman), her sermon is entitled “Call Your Dog.” She enjoins, “We all have something we can learn…
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Show Your Appreciation
Show your appreciation to our hard working and dedicated staff and teachers by stocking the staff/teacher lounge with snacks, drinks, and any other treats you would like to donate! Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week is May 8-12.
Read moreDignity Project Donations
A note of thanks to all of you generous people who donated sheets and towels to the Las Placitas dignity project here is the short list of what they took to the Juárez shelters this past week. They had to get extra drivers as the 15’ U-haul wouldn’t hold it all.
Read moreStraying from the Path
At the adult ed hour on April 30, David Solem, a licensed clinical social worker, presents “Straying From the Path: Queer Theory and Queer Energy as Models for Individuation.” To learn more about cultural narratives and silenced voices, view the video.
Read moreNM Foster System
At adult ed on April 23, Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico, presents “Investigating New Mexico’s Foster System Work.” To learn more about how youth in crisis are handled in our foster care system, watch the video of his presentation.
Read moreThe Disability Experience as a Tool for Transformation
Disability is the only minority group that does not discriminate on any basis. How one leaves or joins the community and lives the experience can change what comes next, both for ourselves and for others. (Adult Ed, 8:30 am, April 16)
Read moreEaster Celebrations
We joyously celebrated Easter with three Easter services: a sunrise service at the Caja del Rio, a MorningSong service and baptism in the Park, and a traditional Easter service in our sanctuary with trumpets and choir singing “This Joyous Eastertide.”
Read moreVamanos Video
VIDEO. Tim Rogers, Trails Program Manager, Safe Routes to School Coordinator, Santa Fe Conservation Trust, spoke on the Vamanos walking and hiking program that starts in May and runs through October. His presentation at the Prepared by Men’s Breakfast on April 8 is now available.
Read moreGood Friday Concert
Our Chancel Choir offers “Requiem” by Luigi Cherubini on Good Friday, April 7, 2023. The choir is led by Dr. Linda Raney. This concert is part of our ongoing TGIF concerts offered every Friday. The concerts are open to the public and include a free will offering.
Read moreMuchas gracias…
…to all of you generous towel and sheet givers who donated these to Las Placitas Dignity Project so that they could take them to immigrant shelters in Juárez. Our car was so stuffed that I told my husband if we had a roll-over we would have been protected by all of the soft towels.
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