Spirituality

Public Invited To Easter Sunrise Service Sunday At The Pond

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Scene from a previous Easter sunrise service at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

COMMUNITY News:

The public is welcome to attend the annual Easter sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday on the west side of Ashley Pond Park (near the Justice Center).

Ministers and leaders from the Christian Church, First United Methodist Church of Los Alamos, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, and The United Church will lead the service.

The service will include Communion. Happy Easter! Read More

An Open Book: At The Passover Seder Table

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By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos

Family gatherings at the Ellis household were a symphony of activity, conversation, and food, with my mother-in-law, Faith, serving as both conductor and principal violinist. Like any esteemed musician, she had her favorite pieces. She was famous for her pepper-infused boiled fish balls, or gefilte fish, a dish as much a part of the Passover season as a recital of Handel’s Messiah is to Christmas observance.

Having grown up without the benefit of extended family nearby, I found those multigenerational gatherings of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins Read More

Lauritzen: Local Rabbi Jack Shlachter Attends Antisemitism Conference, Invites Community To Learn More

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Rabbi Jack Shlachter

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

Earlier this month, local Rabbi Jack Shlachter attended the 2026 StandWithUs (SWU) conference in Las Vegas, Nev. I discovered this when I reached out to Rabbi Schlachter after the March 12 attack at Temple Israel, a Reform synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.

Rabbi Shlachter told me that he was already scheduled to attend an antisemitism conference within the next few days. The last two years have found a group called Rabbis United holding its annual meeting in conjunction with the SWU event. While Rabbis United was a gathering Read More

Blue Bus To Provide Transit Shuttle For April 3 Pilgrimage

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NCRTD News:

ESPAÑOLA — The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) Blue Bus will once again provide fare-free bus service to support pilgrims traveling to the annual Santuario de Chimayó pilgrimage on Good Friday, April 3.

Each year, tens of thousands of pilgrims take part in this centuries-old tradition, journeying to El Santuario de Chimayó—one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage destinations in the United States. NCRTD’s Blue Bus plays a key role in supporting a safe and accessible journey for participants from across the region.

To accommodate increased demand, The Blue Read More

Fr. Glenn: Passionate

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

So, we come this weekend (March 29 this year) to Passion, or “Palm”, Sunday … the latter name referring to the branches placed on the road as the Israelites celebrated the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. While that passage of the Gospel opens the day’s Catholic Mass, it hardly speaks to the whole of the day’s remembrance. Rather, in the Gospel of the day’s Mass and of other denominations’ observances, we have one of the longest, most poignant, and most moving excerpts of our year: the account of Jesus’ sacrifice of Himself—the Last Supper, the agony in the Garden, His arrest, false Read More

Daily Postcard: El Santuario De Chimayo In Spring

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Daily Postcard: Nestled in the village of Chimayo along the High Road to Taos sits a national historic landmark, El Santuario de Chimayo. The sanctuary is well known for the unusual legend of its creation and as a present-day pilgrimage site. It receives almost 300,000 visitors per year and has been called ‘no doubt the most important Catholic pilgrimage center in the United States.’ It is also often called the ‘Lourdes of America’ for its magical healing soil. In the small prayer room next to the sanctuary is a round hole filled with this soil. In fact, many come to the church in pursuit of this soil, Read More

United Church Of Los Alamos Invites All To Celebrate Easter

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COMMUNITY News:

The United Church welcomes all to join us during Holy Week in commemoration and celebration March 29–Easter Sunday, April 5.

Brunch and Egg Hunt following worship on the church grounds!    

Services:

  • 9:30 a.m., March 29: Palm Sunday Worship, Sanctuary
  • 7 p.m., April 2: Maundy Thursday/Tenebrae service, Graves Hall (Christian Education Building)
  • 6:30 a.m., April 5: Easter Sunrise Service, west side Ashley Pond Park
  • 9:30 a.m., April 5: Easter Worship Service, Sanctuary

The United Church of Los Alamos
2525 Canyon Rd
505.662.2971
Unitedchurchla.org Read More