Spirituality

La Vista Church Worship Service Time Changes Aug. 2

LVCN News:

La  Vista Church is changing things up a little and starting Sunday, Aug. 2, will move its worship service to 9:30 a.m. in the yard behind the church.

There will not be Sunday School, instead the congregation will break into small discussion groups after the sermon.  

Children in preschool through 3rd grade will remain with their parents during the worship portion of the service, then will be dismissed to the back of the yard for Children’s Church after Children’s Time.

Children in 4th-6th grade will listen to the sermon, then form their own discussion group with an adult leader. Youth Read More

WRPC: At-Home Zoom Vespers Services Sunday Evenings

White Rock Presbyterian Church News:

White Rock Presbyterian Church (WRPC) is offering weekly at-home Zoom Vespers Services 5-5:30 p.m. Sundays.

Intimate worship with scripture reading & reflection and time for prayer

Holy Communion (at home).

Piano music live 4:45-5 p.m. from WRPC Sanctuary. All are welcome!

Contact Pastor Deb Worley at ​pastor@wrpchurch.com​/505-695-6423), for more information and or for the Zoom link. Read More

Fr. Glenn: Holy Wisdom

By Fr. Glenn Jones

You may have seen the stories of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul—formerly the cathedral of the Orthodox faith built under Emperor Justinian I in the early 500s in the former Constantinople—being converted from the museum that it has been for the last several decades back into a mosque, which it was for several hundred years prior to that. An absolute jewel of architectural beauty, it has “changed hands” a number of times over the centuries—Orthodox cathedral to Catholic cathedral in the Crusades, back to Orthodox cathedral, then to mosque during the Ottoman conquest, to museum in Read More

White Rock Presbyterian Church Assists In Covid19 Relief Efforts On Navajo Nation

Unloading shamrock donations at House of Fellowship. Courtesy/WRPC

Produce distribution at House of Fellowship near Bread Springs, NM. Courtesy/WRPC

 

New Mexico National Guard arrives at Chichiltah. Courtesy/WRPC

WRPC News:

Though White Rock Presbyterian Church has only been able to meet collectively via Zoom since March, the mission partnerships of the church has not stopped.

One of those partnerships has been supporting Covid-19 relief efforts on the Navajo Nation.

Due to the high infection rate of the coronavirus in McKinley County and the Navajo Nation, many Navajo families Read More

Fr. Glenn: Roses And Thorns

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Such rhetoric nowadays! It seems that it has become a favorite pastime to find fault … not with oneself (perish the thought!), but rather with others. One misspoken term …. a phrase mangled out of all contextual recognition … and you may be condemned as Satan’s spawn, accusers so often hurling their darts across the protective abyss created by social media or—worse—openly and publicly attacked. Do or write a seemingly-innocuous something-or-other that someone doesn’t like and you’re liable, liable for libel … lawyers a’flockin’ and lawsuits a’flyin’.

One hardly knows Read More

National Guard Chaplain Praised For COVID-19 Service

Fr. Ryan L. McDaniel cited for rare dedication in support of troops. Courtesy photo

AMS News:

ROCHELLE, IL — A Catholic chaplain serving in the Illinois National Guard (ILNG) has received high praise for his role in the fight against COVID-19.

Father Ryan L. McDaniel (Ch., Capt.), and his Religious Affairs Specialist (SPC) Bryan Neice, were recently commended for their service to troops supporting multi-agency operations at a 330-thousand-square-foot warehouse in Rochelle, where the state is storing emergency supplies related to the COVID-19 response and other Federal Emergency Management Read More

Fr. Glenn: Sowing Seeds

By Fr. Glenn Jones

“I say, old chap; awfully unkind of you.”

Such were the words that went through my mind—or words to that effect (ahem!)—when a humongous firework was exploded at 5 a.m. very near my living quarters. Sigh.

Driving on the interstate in early morning, a car rockets past everyone in the early morning rush, and suddenly careens over 5 lanes of traffic to make the exit, causing other drivers to swerve in surprise. Sigh.

Vitriolic emails from “Christians” not only condemning me to eternal damnation, but wishing me to go there. Heavy sigh. Missed that “love thy neighbor” thing of the Gospel, Read More

Fr. Glenn: ‘And I Will Give You Rest.’

By Fr. Glenn Jones

I was at the National Cemetery in Santa Fe the other day, officiating at the last farewell to a beloved former parishioner—a young wife and mother who succumbed, after many years’ valiant struggle, to unrelenting cancer. A privilege and blessing to be able to do this one last service for her, it was even more so to have visited and ministered to her at UNM Hospital in her last days … to spend time with this gentle and faithful woman who strengthened others by her resolute determination, and to be able to assure her of the eternal rest offered by God. 

Wandering afterwards through the Read More

White Rock United Methodist Church Presents New Minister

New Minister Sean Smith of White Rock United Methodist Church at 580 Meadow Lane. Courtesy photo

New Minister Sean Smith of White Rock United Methodist Church with his wife Courtney and their daughters Lucy and Jane. Courtesy photo

White Rock United Methodist Church News:

The Reverend Sean Smith and his family arrived June 22 in White Rock from Odessa, Texas to serve the congregation at White Rock United Methodist Church.  

Coming during a pandemic has provided some challenges. First is being quarantined for 14 days. Second is not being able to meet congregation members in person. However, Read More

Scenes From Annual 4th Of July Memorial Flag Carry Parade

Scene this morning from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints annual 4th of July Memorial Flag Carry on Grand Canyon Drive in honor of all those past and present who have paid for our freedom. Thank You! Photo by VaLynn Purvis

Scene of the flag raising this morning at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Photo by VaLynn Purvis

Scene of spectators honoring the flag this morning  during the annual 4th of July Memorial Flag Carry on Grand Canyon Drive. Photo by VaLynn Purvis

Scene of a spectator saluting the flag this morning at the annual 4th of July Memorial Flag Carr. Photo by VaLynn Read More

TOTH: Garage Sales Benefit Juarez Homebuilding Mission

Scene of children helping the House of Hope team members from Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church build a home in the colonias near Juarez, Mexico.Courtesy/TOTH

Scene from the House of Hope team members from Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church building a home in the colonias near Juarez, Mexico. Courtesy/TOTH

By LYNN FINNEGAN
TOTH

Work From Home. Stimulus Package. Paycheck Protection Program. Our vocabulary in the United States has been expanded to include these pandemic-related changes, but the people in the colonias near Juarez, Mexico have no such options or protections.

Many live in Read More

Fr. Glenn: A Chosen Race

By Fr. Glenn Jones

As you know all too well, the issue of race and racism has dominated the last couple of months, despite even the COVID-19 pandemic. This emphasis on eliminating racism and bigotry is a wonderful goal without doubt, but counterproductive if violence and property destruction worsens the disease rather than cures it, for one does not solve injustice by being unjust—the obvious “two wrongs don’t make a right” wisdom.

So, in combating bigotry, we mustn’t cultivate bigotry by inadvertently sowing weeds of resentment with the good wheat of equality and true growth. True peace requires Read More

Daily Postcard: Rose Garden On Grand Canyon Drive

Daily Postcard: A garden filled with colorful roses blooming on the grounds of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at 366 Grand Canyon Dr. in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
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Fr. Glenn: Just The Facts, Ma’am

By Fr. Glenn Jones

Well, first of all … Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there! A blessed task and duty is fatherhood, as you are entrusted by God for the safekeeping and cultivation of those little images of Him … and of you and mom. “In His Image” in reference to God is in the spiritual being and the internal goodness within all persons … no matter how much it may be hidden. In your image, dads, by what you and mom imprint upon them—in physical likeness, yes, but ever so much more in values and wisdom. 

When we consider wisdom, we understand that it requires truth and facts, else it is no wisdom at all.  Read More

La Vista Church Reopening With Social Distancing Sunday

By Pastor Jeff Moore
La Vista Church

It’s finally time! We are reopening! Please join us for outdoor family-friendly worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 14 in the back yard of the church (between the two buildings).

There will be no Sunday School on June 14, and no nursery or kids’ church.

Please bring your own: beverages, sun protection, and camp chairs, though some chairs will be available at the church.

Please remember to wear a mask if your health permits, maintain social distance, and stay home if you are sick.

Service will continue to be streamed via Facebook and our website for those

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Fr. Glenn: Remembering Sacrifice

By Fr. Glenn Jones

As we read of the protests arising out of the outrage of the George Floyd death, we cannot help but to remember the 1960s and the demonstrations during the civil rights movement. There were riots then, too, of course, but what really got things moving (albeit slowly) were the peaceful mass protests, very often led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and people moved by his unmatched powerful oratory.

Who among those who have watched videos of them can forget his “I have a dream” speech, or how he proclaimed his hope that persons would one day be judged not by the color of their skin, but by Read More

Fr. Glenn: Division, Tempered By Hope

By Fr. Glenn Jones

Ah, spring … flowers blooming, trees budding, birds nesting. Riots raging.

Kind of a perfect storm this year. Nerves were already on edge because of the coronavirus pandemic and people having to be cooped up for so long, the uncertainty of possible contagion, shortages of goods, so many persons losing their jobs because of the various quarantines and strictures put in place … not even to mention the families affected by the loss or illness of family members. Family separations, lack of funds, lack of essentials … and you have a kettle of frustration just below boiling point. Add Read More

Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum Announces Seventh Annual Summer Series – This Year Via Zoom Starting June 3

Scene from a Wednesday evening session during the 2019 LAFSF summer series at which Gerry Wood is delivering the after-dinner lecture at the Unitarian Church in Los Alamos. Courtesy/LAFSF

LAFSF News:

The Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum invites the community to its seventh annual summer program – this year via Zooming through cyberspace.

The lecture series begins at 6:30 p.m., every Wednesday starting June 3 and running for seven weeks through July 15. These sessions will be available on the internet via Zoom.

Registration information has already been sent to members and previous years’ Read More

La Vista Church Of The Nazarene Helps Kids Get Outside

LVCN News:

After being cooped up for distance learning, La Vista Church of the Nazarene wants to help kids get outdoors in a socially-distanced way.

Kids can sign up for an appointment between 10 a.m. and noon, June 6 to get their bikes tuned up for summer; labor, inner tubes and chains are all free for kids, and masked bike mechanics will be stationed greater than 6 feet apart at La Vista Church, 15 Grand Canyon Dr. in White Rock.

To ensure proper social distancing, appointments must be made by contacting kids@lavistanaz.org. When requesting an appointment, include an estimate of what the bike needs Read More

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