About Calvary Chapel’s ‘This Means War’ Event
Youth enjoying music preformed by fellow campers. Photo by Todd HainesLos Alamos Teens Take Mission Trip To Haiti
Cade Yost, right, of Los Alamos makes new friends with teenagers from Haiti. Courtesy photoCHURCH News:
This summer, a group of 13 teenagers and adults from First Baptist Church of Los Alamos Youth Group headed to Haiti on a week-long mission trip.
The team spent the mornings visiting 10 girls living in a handicapped home and planting fruit trees for residents in the local community. Their afternoons were a little more chaotic as they partnered with a local church to run a Vacation Bible School for more than 800 local children. The team sang songs with the kids, performed skits and played lots of Read More
Heinrich Makes Tickets Available To New Mexicans To Watch Simulcast Of Pope Francis Address To Congress
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Pope Francis during the canonization of John XXIII and John Paul II April 27, 2014. Couresy/wikipedia.com
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. is encouraging New Mexicans interested in attending the outdoor simulcast of Pope Francis addressing a Joint Session of Congress Thursday, Sept. 24, to contact his Washington, D.C. office for tickets.
Pope Francis will be the first Pope to address a joint meeting of Congress. Heinrich will be allotted 200 tickets for the simulcast on the West Front grounds of the U.S. Capitol.
“This will be a very special moment Read More
Pastor Granillo: God’s Abode
By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO“One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organization do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.” A.W. Tozer
Los Alamos Orthodox Church Gears Up For Move
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church at 2270 39th St. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
While the golden onion dome on the Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church UOC of USA in Los Alamos is visible from Diamond Drive, the church itself is tucked away at the far end of a residential neighborhood on 39th St,
Fr. Theophan Mackey and his congregation will be leaving this location to move into a much more central location in the former Magistrate Court building behind Hill DIner on Trinity Drive.
A Santa Fe investment group recently purchased Read More
Thomas Crotzer Returns From Two-Year Mission To Chile
Elder Thomas Crotzer of Los Alamos during his assignment in Corral, a small historical sea port near Valdivia, Chile. Couresy photo
Elder Thomas Crotzer of Los Alamos is greeted by his family at the airport after serving a two-year mission to Chile. From left to right, Ron Crotzer, Madelyn Crotzer, Laura Crotzer, Elder Thomas Crotzer and Sarah Crotzer. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
Thomas Crotzer, a 2012 Los Alamos High School graduate, recently returned to Los Alamos after serving a two-year mission to Chile for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Crotzer, whose foreign Read More
Young Life Los Alamos Annual Golf Tournament Sept. 25
Young Life Los Alamos. Courtesy photoUnited Church Hosts Community Open House Aug. 23
Shattered Silence Free Concert Aug. 28
MUSIC News:
‘This Means War’ Banner Relates To Spiritual Warfare
Following an inquiry from a reader about the meaning behind this banner hanging at Calvary Chapel, 580 North Mesa Road, the Los Alamos Daily Post spoke with Senior Pastor Pat Kestell. He explained that the church recently hosted a 4-day youth camp. The banner displaying the term ‘This Means War’ relates to spiritual warfare and ‘setting free the captives’, he said. Calvary Chapel hosts the camp every other year, which draws youth from across the state. The camp ended Aug. 3 and included a variety of activities such as rock climbing and repelling as well as lecture Read More
Pastor Granillo: I Wasn’t Born A Pastor
By Pastor Raul Granillo“I wasn’t born a pastor.”
I will never forget the moment I heard these words from Pastor Dave West during a pre-marital counseling session with my then future wife. Neither of us had any real intention of becoming part of a church, we just wanted to get married. So we went into this session hoping to only disclose enough about ourselves so that this pastor would be satisfied and preside over our wedding. Heck, we had only been attending the church for about three weeks and with just the intention of finding a pastor to marry us and a church to do it in.
When I went into that Read More
United Thrift Shop Hosts Sale Wednesday
UNITED THRIFT SHOP News:
The United Thrift Shop is having a sale 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 a 2525 Canyon Road.
The sale offers 1/2 price off on clothing, shoes and sports equipment. Read More
Free Events Focus On Overcoming Trauma
Adonata Pyaga
MENTAL HEALTH News:
Adonata Pyaga will present four free events at San Ildefonso Pueblo on overcoming trauma.
“Did you know there is a distinct brain state that forms during the experience of an emotionally upsetting event?” Pyaga said. “Cognitive approaches to your mental well-being, that is thinking or talking about your upset in a positive light, are not enough to bring quick and lasting relief. If you are weighed down by changing moods, physical stress symptoms, poor concentration and more, you will enjoy learning more!”
Highlights of Pyaga’s events include:
- Overview
Hill Diner In Los Alamos Has Sold!
Hill Diner and the Magistrate Court properties on Trinity Drive have sold. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The combined property at 1315 and 1319 Trinity Dr. was listed at $549,900 for the two buildings on 0.676 acres; the final sale price has not been disclosed.
Hill Diner. File photo
Refurbishing is underway at Hill Diner and the plan is to bring it back to its former glory as a warm and charming place for the community to gather
Father Casimiro Roca Considered Eminently Worthy Of Process Toward Sainthood
Father Casimiro Roca. Courtesy photoFather Casimiro Roca, the holy eminence of the world-famous spiritual pilgrimage destination known as El Santuario de Chimayó in North Central New Mexico, passed away in a very peaceful transition on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. Eternal rest grant unto him, Lord, and let your perpetual loving light shine upon him.
It is likely that many of the 300,000 or so people who each year seek the spiritual benefits and healing from the Santuario have not known Read More
Peace Activists Hold Annual Los Alamos Protest
Rev. James Lawson, left, meets with fellow demonstrators at Sunday’s Rally at Ashley Pond Park. The man at right wears sackcloth in repentance for the bombing of Nagasaki during World War II. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Giant peace statue moves through the crowd at Sunday’s rally. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comPeace activists returned to Los Alamos Sunday for a rally commemorating the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki.
Activists also were in town Thursday for the 70th anniversary of the Read More
Peace Activist John Dear Speaks To Los Alamos
Peace activist John DearBy CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
Internationally known peace activist John Dear gathered with more than 300 protesters Sunday at Ashley Pond Park in Los Alamos to commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
“We’re here again like we’ve been coming every year to call for the abolition of all nuclear weapons,” Dear told the Los Alamos Daily Post. “Today we are joined by the architect of the civil rights movement, Jim Lawson, so with his presence we are all called upon to fight for nuclear peace … I encourage everyone
Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church Marks 40 Years
A cross is hoisted onto the roof of Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church in White Rock. Courtesy photo
Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church in White Rock. Courtesy photoPastor Granillo: Powerfully Human
By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO“Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
In a godless world, this would be true. In a godless world, there would truly be no purpose for life. If you lived and then died, upon your death nothing else would matter and so your life would have made no lasting difference.
If you were never born, it still wouldn’t matter because there was no real purpose for your existence to affect. Certainly the godless world can invent a purpose, say to affect the future; but for what reason? When you really think about Read More