Fr. Glenn: The Struggle
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
It doesn’t take a long look at the news to find examples of failures—failures of marriage, failures of remaining within legality in general, failures of sobriety, and just out and out failures of being good persons. Some would tell me: “Well, if people ‘walked the line’ in everything all of the time, you priests and ministers would be out of a large part of your jobs.” Trust me; we would not mind a bit!
But, alas … such isn’t the case, and doesn’t look like it ever will be. Ever those darned old bad habits, temptations, irascibilities, selfishnesses, etc., are always goading us to Read More
All Shall Be Well: I Don’t Know How To Pray
Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Associate Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo
By Rev. Deb Beloved Church
White Rock Presbyterian Church
According to one news source (NBCNews.com), updated at 8:41 p.m. MST, Oct. 19, 2023, since the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas on Thursday, Oct. 7, “More than 3,700 people have been killed and more than 13,000 have been injured in Gaza. In Israel, 1,400 people have been killed and 3,500 have been wounded.”
That’s more than 20,000 people, killed or wounded, in less than two weeks, with far too Read More
‘The Gospel Of Mark’ Returns To TOTH After 6-Year Hiatus
Scene from Jeff Favorite’s one-man storytelling of the Gospel of Mark. Photo by T.K. Thompson
Scene from Jeff Favorite’s one-man storytelling of the Gospel of Mark. Photo by T.K. Thompson
TOTH News:
After a six-year hiatus, Trinity on the Hill (TOTH) Episcopal Church is bringing back Jeff Favorite’s one-man storytelling of the Gospel of Mark.
The performances will be 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4. The doors open for refreshments and coffee 30 minutes before the performance time. Performances will take place at Trinity on the Hill, 3900 Trinity Dr.
In Read More
Fr. Glenn: Never Say Never
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
One of the best-known verses in the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes is: “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). Or, for a more flippant contemporary phrase, “Wash. Rinse. Repeat.”
As we’ve watched the tragic events occurring in Israel unfold over the last week or so, we who are a bit older can’t help thinking: “Huh; I’ve seen THIS movie before.” Scale can be different, methods somewhat varied, but it seems an unending cycle of: War. Tense ceasefire. Rearm. Wash, rinse, repeat. Except Read More
United Church To Host Wellness Conversations For Local Parents, Guardians, Youth And Children Post-Eclipse Oct. 14
UNITED CHURCH News:
Post-Eclipse this Saturday afternoon, Oct. 14, United Church Minister for Youth Keith Lewis and Director of Children’s Ministries Laura Loving will facilitate an afternoon of sharing concerns and opportunities for mental health, social awareness and support.
Conversations will take place 1-3 p.m. at the United Church at 2525 Canyon Road, and will focus on issues in the community based on what ideas are brought up in the sessions. Possibilities can include teen pressure and academic concerns, the surge of fentanyl use, depression and mental health, along with support Read More
Los Alamos Houses Of Worship To Provide Support To Shelter For Asylum Seekers – A Head’s Up
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
On Behalf of Cooperating Houses of Worship
Following a successful effort last year, a number of local houses of worship will be working together again this year to support a shelter for asylum seekers in Deming. That facility, managed by Colores United, receives up to 300 people per week, all of whom have been released from federal detention centers. After a respite of days to weeks, the asylum seekers, many of whom have been through traumatic experiences, move on to longer term housing around the US, where they await asylum hearings.
To support the humanitarian effort of Colores Read More
Calvary Chapel Won’t Be Hosting Annual Pumpkin Patch
Calvary Chapel News:
Calvary Chapel of Los Alamos regrets to inform the community that for the first time in 16 years they will not be able to host the Pumpkin Patch this year, due to changes in church personnel. Read More
Fr. Glenn: Goal!
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
(Sigh). Trouble again in Israel—always quite worrisome. Back and forth will weapons be lobbed to the inevitable destruction and death of many. Often smaller conflicts blaze up into much larger conflagrations; let us pray that that doesn’t occur. For instance, who would have thought at that time that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist would have been the spark to set all Europe ablaze as World War I?
Now, this Monday (October 9) is Columbus Day—celebrated by many as the discovery and beginning of the settlement of the New Word, and disdained by Read More
Calvary Chapel Hosts ‘Fall Festivals Of Judaism’ Oct. 15
CALVERY CHAPEL News:
Calvary Chapel of Los Alamos invites the community to a special event they are having with an organization called Chosen People Ministries. Representative Cathy Wilson of Chosen People Ministries will explain the Fall Festivals of Judaism and how they relate to the person of Jesus.
Wilson will be speaking at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15 at Calvary Chapel, 580 North Mesa Road. There is no cost and no offering will be taken. All are welcome.
All Shall Be Well: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Associate Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo
By Reverend Lynn Finnegan
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith
Santa Fe
In one of the most famous “about-faces” of all times, the apostle Paul, who ruthlessly persecuted and murdered Christians, received a severe wakeup call from God. Convinced of the error of his ways, he then set as his life’s mission the proclamation – in word AND actions – of the love of God in the death and resurrection of Christ. He was largely responsible for the tremendous growth Read More
Peter Mulvey In Concert Oct. 14 At Unitarian Church
Singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey performs solo concert Oct. 14 at Unitarian Church. Courtesy/UULA
UULA News:
Singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey returns to Los Alamos for a solo concert at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos (UULA).
The community is invited to join UULA at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14 for an evening of great music. The cost is $20 at the door.
Mulvey has been a songwriter, road-dog, raconteur and almost-poet since before he can remember. Raised working-class Catholic on the Northwest side of Milwaukee, he took a semester in Ireland, and immediately began cutting classes to busk on Grafton Read More
Fr. Glenn: My Frailties Remember Not
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Do you ever lay in bed—not ready to rise, but just kind of snoozing til the rude ol’ alarm (curséd may it be) goes off. In-between awake and asleep, the thoughts just wandering—ideas, past events, deeds done well … and those not so well. Some people claim that they have no regrets; well, lucky you. I know that I have plenty—duties neglected, people treated badly, (fill in your own blank here). Yes, one muses on joys and successes, but also surfacing are memories of times that I did not behave quite as well as I should have and, worse, as I knew I should have. It’d be difficult to believe Read More
Come Dance With The Torah Scrolls!
Rabbi Jack Shlachter holding a Torah at the Los Alamos Jewish Center. Courtesy/Los Alamos Jewish Center
By Rabbi Jack Shlachter
Los Alamos Jewish Center
The Los Alamos Jewish Center will be observing the holiday of Simchat Torah (literally Rejoicing in the Teaching) at 6 p.m. Saturday evening, Oct. 7 and all are welcome to join in the festivities.
This holiday, which marks the close of a multi-week Jewish holiday season, celebrates the annual completion of a reading cycle beginning with Genesis 1:1 and ending with Deuteronomy 34:12.
Los Alamos Jewish Center will be listening to the last few Read More
White Rock Presbyterian Church Parking Lot Sale Raises $1,500 For Navajo Partnership Projects
Scene from recent White Rock Presbyterian Church parking lot sale. Courtesy/WRPC
WRPC News:
Reverend Deb Beloved Church was “pogo-jumping for joy” at the outpouring of community support for White Rock Presbyterian Church’s (WRPC) Saturday morning parking lot sale fundraiser, which raised over $1,500 for two Navajo partnership projects.
The money raised will be split between Nihitaa’ Binaanish (https://www.binaanish.org/about-us.html), a mentoring and self-help nonprofit working out of Bread Springs, NM, and Chinle Planting Hope (https://www.chinleplantinghope.com), a Diné-led Read More
United Church Thrift Shop Hosts Halloween Sale Sept. 30
Autumn flowers at The United Church greet shoppers on the way to Graves Hall for this Saturday’s Halloween Sale. Courtesy/UCLA
United Church News:
Saturday, Sept. 30 all-things autumn and Halloween will fill Graves Hall at the United Church, 2525 Canyon Road, for the annual Halloween re-sale. This is the place to get a thrifty head-start on costumes, decorations, clothes, books and miscellaneous goods for the autumn holidays.
Parking is by the Thrift Shop across the street from the Nature Center. Find the big Halloween Sale by following the signs to Graves Hall up the elevator in the Christian Read More
McCurdy Ministries Hires New Executive Director
New McCurdy Ministries Rev. Tiffany Hollums
McCurdy Ministries News:
McCurdy Ministries Community Center on Sept. 11 welcomed Rev. Tiffany Hollums as their new Executive Director.
Rev. Tiffany Hollums is an ordained United Methodist Deacon in the New Mexico Annual Conference.
“I always had a special calling in my heart to children, youth, and communities in need, which is why I chose to seek ordination as a deacon,” Rev. Hollums said.
Rev. Hollums grew up in Lovingto, and sensed the call to ministry as a teenager. She first learned of McCurdy Ministries as a young girl when she would eavesdrop Read More
Fr. Glenn: Looking For Work
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
I was watching a police show the other day in which robbers were targeting persons over 60 years old. The police commander’s urgent order was: “We have to find these punks before they prey on more of the elderly!”
Dang—so I’ve hit the “elderly” category?! Sure doesn’t feel like it … other than creaky joints, and worsening eyesight and hearing, and memory, and …). Next thing you know I’ll be getting “senior discounts”! Oh, wait! … I already get those.
Yes, time inexorably sneaks up on us. No matter how many times our elders warned us of how time flies, we don’t believe it ‘til we “get Read More
Izraelevitz: Circles Within Circles
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
In the Jewish tradition, Rosh Hashanah is not only the yearly observance of the beginning of our world, but also when God performs a conditional assessment of our behavior during the most recent year. However, the Heavenly verdict is not final until ten days hence, on Yom Kippur, and for year 5784, the final opportunity of Yom Kippur begins tonight. This holiest day of the Jewish calendar, a day of prayer and fasting, is also the date of final introspection, atonement and forgiveness, when, according to one tradition, God forgave the Israelites for the sin of the Read More
White Rock Presbyterian Church Parking Lot Sale Sept. 23
WRPC News:
White Rock Presbyterian Church (WRPC) is hosting its 3rd annual Parking Lot Sale 8-11:30 a.m. this Saturday, Sept. 23 in the church parking lot at 310 Rover Blvd.
This year’s beneficiaries are two Navajo organizations: Nihitaa’ Binaanish and Chinle Planting Hope. Through both, Navajos serve Navajos, working faithfully and creatively to empower one another and their communities; and WRPC has the honor of partnering with both in different ways. Again, 100 percent of all donations received will go to these two groups.
Buyers are invited to contribute whatever amount they Read More
La Vista Church Of The Nazarene Hosts Garage Sale Saturday To Benefit Mission Albuquerque
Volunteers serve a meal at Mission Albuquerque during a previous visit. Courtesy photo
Volunteers serve a meal at Mission Albuquerque during a previous visit. Courtesy photo
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
To assist Mission Albuquerque in feeding, clothing and caring for those who are in need, La Vista Church of the Nazarene is hosting a garage sale 7 a.m. to noon Saturday and again Sept. 30 at 15 Grand Canyon Drive in White Rock.
Items for sale have been accumulated by the church and include clothes, household items, toys, books and DVDs. If anyone else is looking Read More
