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Lessons and Carols
Worship, Dec 22, 8:30 & 11 am
This Sunday, listen as Pastor Harry discusses how the voice of the prophet Micah rises today amid our lessons and carols assuring us that war need not have the last word, that the zip code for peace is Bethlehem. What in the world is God doing there? Join us at 8:30 in Pope Hall and 11:00 in the Sanctuary and via livestream.
Celtic EvenSong Service
Worship, Wednesdays, 5:30pm
Pastor Harry invites you to join our Celtic Evensong Service in person in the sanctuary or on Zoom. We hold our Celtic service each Wednesday, and week before last opened it up for Zoom attendance to enable those who cannot attend in person to join us. To participate, consider buying the Iona Abbey worship and music books.
Christmas Carol Sing
Wednesdays, Dec 4, 11, 18, 5pm
Join us as we sing our way through the season. Linda Raney leads us in songs from our hymnal, and perhaps a few secular favorites, Dec 4, 11, and 18, 5-5:30pm in our sanctuary. All ages welcomed and encouraged to celebrate the season together!
Church Holiday Celebration
Holiday Party, Dec 22, 9:30am
You are invited to join our holiday celebration in the church lobby between services on Dec 22. Enjoy holiday treats and warm drinks, and fill the halls with Christmas carols. We will also be making farolitos and gingerbread houses, and you are welcome to join in that fun along with our young people.
Food, Friends, & Farolitos
Volunteers Needed
The Family Ministry team is looking for youth and families to help with the farolitio festivities. Many hands are needed to help make the farolitios during the holiday party on Dec 22 and to light and display them on Christmas Eve. Help us light the way for Christ. If you can help, contact Jen Black, our Family Ministry Director.
Ecumenical Posadas 2024
Procession, Cathedral Service, Dec 22
This year the Cathedral Basilica is hosting a worship service to observe Las Posadas. Please meet at the Cathedral’s Guadalupe Plaza at 12:15 pm for a prayer, followed by a short service in Crispin Hall, lunch, and our traditional gift exchange between the three downtown churches.
Christmas Eve Services
Worship, Dec 24, 5pm & 8pm
Christmas Eve we have two services: 5:00pm Family Worship with the Chancel Bell Choir and Children’s activity and 8:00pm Traditional Worship with special Christmas music by Jan McDonald on the trumpet and carols by our Chancel Choir. Carol singing with organ and candles at both services.
100 NM Leaders Call on Biden
From PCUSA News, Dec 19:
More than 100 New Mexico leaders call on President Biden to designate the Caja del Rio a national monument. More than 100 spiritual, faith, and tribal leaders from across New Mexico sent a letter last week to President Joe Biden, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and the New Mexico congressional delegation calling for the protection of the Caja del Rio as a national monument.
Path of Lovingkindness
COF Women, Jan 11, 10am (Zoom)
The Women’s Circle of Friends invites women to join their Saturday group on Jan 11, when they begin the new book A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on
the Path of Lovingkindness by Sharon Salzberg, a beloved Buddist meditation teacher. We are in need of essays on Lovingkindness. From all spiritual traditions.
Poinsettias for Christmas
Donate by Dec 20
During Christmas and New Year’s, we decorate our church with poinsettias. We invite members to contribute to the poinsettias funds if they so wish. You may pick up the flowers at the Sunday service on January 5 or leave them to be donated to people who are shut in this season.