Category: Worship
Maundy Thursday Service & Supper
Apr 2, 5:30pm, Pope Hall
On Maundy Thursday, we gather in Pope Hall at 5:30pm for a special worship service commemorating Christ’s Last Supper and the commandment Jesus gave his disciples to love one another just as Christ has loved us. A simple potluck-style meal will be enfolded within the service itself, and we will share communion with one another around our tables.Read more
Will We Go After Him
Worship, Mar 29, 9:45am
VIDEO. On Palm Sunday, Pastor Andrew illuminates this famous biblical text of Jesus entry into Jerusalem (John 12:12-19) by calling us to reflect on the remarkable love and relationship God desires of us. Through humor and having the mind of a child, Reverend Black challenges us to see what is hidden in plain sight and core to the Christian faith. This week's sermon will be transformative for adults and children alike.Read more
Palm Sunday Procession and Ecumenical Worship
Mar 29, 10:15am
Following our 9:45am Palm Sunday Worship Service (see above), we will follow our bagpiper and process to the Plaza to share in the 10:30 Ecumenical Service with the Cathedral Basilica and Church of the Holy Faith. After walking back from the service, we enjoy fellowship, pastries, and cupcakes in Pope Hall.Read more
True Allegiance
Worship, Mar 22, 8:30 & 11am
VIDEO. As we dig into a tense exchange between Jesus and some of Jerusalem’s elite leaders around the question of paying taxes, we’ll ask ourselves what it might mean to “give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s,” where our true or ultimate allegiance lies, and how we navigate making hard choices as we seek to live faithfully within the realities of a complex and messy world.Read moreOn Good Shepherds and THE Good Shepherd
Worship, Mar 15, 8:30 & 11am
VIDEO. This Sunday, as we commission FPC Santa Fe’s Pastor Nominating Committee, we’ll consider the characteristics of good shepherds versus bad shepherds as well as our own responsibility as “sheep” to listen for, discern, and follow the voice of THE Good Shepherd. The scriptures for the day are Ezekiel 34:1-10 and John 10:1-18. Join Pastor Ashley at 8:30 in Pope Hall and at 11:00 in the sanctuary or via livestream.Read more
Service of Justice and Hope
Worship, March 11, 5:30pm
VIDEO. In troubled times, we must speak out. And hear the truth. We are not alone. God makes sure we have each other. Join the Rev. Tom Ulrich of the Presbytery of Santa Fe to hear how we can find hope, do justice, love tenderly, and walk humbly together. The service will be held in our sanctuary and via livestream.Read moreA Transformative Disruption
Worship, Mar 8, 8:30 &11am
VIDEO. Just how inclusive and expansive is God’s mercy and mission? This Sunday, Pastor Ashley will explore with us what a Canaanite woman’s “disruptive” encounter with Jesus and faithful persistence on behalf of her suffering daughter reveals about the expansive and transformative nature of God’s mercy and mission.Read moreUpside-down Blessings for an Upside-down Kin(g)dom
Worship, Mar 1, 10am
VIDEO. This Sunday, as we look at Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain in Luke’s Gospel, Pastor Ashley has us consider anew the radical love Jesus calls us to exercise as well as Jesus’ “upside-down” blessings for the “upside-down” kin(g)dom of God that Jesus continually invites us to live into.Read more
Remaining Rooted in the Wilderness
Worship, Feb 22, 10am
VIDEO. Moving through the season of Lent can be its own wilderness journey, but this Lenten season is not the only “wilderness time” we are facing. As we begin the Lenten season, as well as our time with Pastor Ashley as our Transitional Pastor, she explores with us what Jesus’ responses to his temptations in the wilderness may have to say to us about remaining rooted in the wilderness that is this transitional season of this congregation’s—as well as our wider country’s—life.Read morePage 4 of 24