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Scenes From Pastor John Nash Blessing Animals

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 13, 2019

First United Methodist Church of Los Alamos held an Animal Blessing Sunday, Oct. 6 in the church parking lot at 715 Diamond Dr. Pastor John W. Nash greeted and prayed over animals brought over by community members to receive a blessing. People brought pet cats, dogs and even a snake and a few horses. Courtesy/FUMC

FUMC Pastor John W. Nash blesses a snake Oct. 6 at the church parking lot. Courtesy/FUMC

FUMC Pastor John W. Nash blesses a horse Oct. 6 at the church parking lot. Courtesy/FUMC Read More

New Mexico And Arizona Bishops Gather In Tucson

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 13, 2019

Scene of the grounds at the Redemptorist Renewal Center in Tucson, Ariz., where Catholic Bishops from New Mexico and Arizona gathered Thursday afternoon for a meeting. Founded in 1963 for meetings and spiritual retreats, the Redemptorist Renewal Center is situated in the foothills of the Tucson Mountains and Sonoran Desert. Photo by Fr. Glenn Jones Read More

NM Delegation Announces Humanitarian Assistance Awards For New Mexico Organizations, Communities

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 11, 2019

CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION News:

First wave of reimbursement funds being distributed after NM delegation secured $30 million for communities and organizations providing humanitarian relief to asylum seekers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) announced the National Board for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) has begun awarding the first wave of Supplemental Read More

Shop On The Corner Sale On Baskets Wednesday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 8, 2019

Little Shop on the Corner will be open 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday. Courtesy/TOTH

COMMUNITY News:

A trisket, a tasket, come fill a basket!

The Little Shop on the Corner, the thrift store inside Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church at the corner of Canyon Road and Trinity Drive, will offer all its baskets for 50 cents during regular hours, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Wednesday.

People are encouragd to fill a basket with fall’s bounty or use it for trick-or-treating. Read More

TGIF: Los Alamos Baroque Quartet Performs Oct. 18

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 7, 2019

TGIF Concert Series News:

As part of the TGIF (Thank God It’s Friday) Concert Series, Los Alamos Baroque Quartet will perform J.S. Bach, Johann Quantz, and Georg Telemann at 5:30 p.m., Oct. 18 at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe at 208 Grant Ave.

Members include:

Joseph Fasel, Baroque oboe and oboe d’amore, recorder
Charles McMillan, recorders
Kenneth Perlow, viola da gamba
Juanita Madland, harpsichord

Dr. Linda Raney founded the TGIF Concert Series in 2008 at Santa Fe’s First Presbyterian Church. She is director of music and the organist at the church and

Fr. Glenn: The Question

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 6, 2019

By Fr. Glenn Jones

If there was [absolutely] nothing, whence came anything at all? If nothing existed, whence came existence? If all things have a source, from what does the first thing come?

Ooooo … the paradoxical question that at some time occupies musing minds of all. In fact, one of the great questions driving science itself. Even ancient philosophers like Plato and the pre-Socratics considered that question, formulating rudimentary ideas of atoms and “prime matter”—unformed “stuff” (by analogy think of modeling clay) which composed materiality.

Big bangs, multiverses, and Read More

K Of C Ladies Auxiliary Honors Nancy Kossar

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 6, 2019

Nancy Kossar, center, is honored Wednesday evening for her 40 years of volunteer service to the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Kossar spoke to the Los Alamos Daily Post about why she has volunteered with this organization for so many years. ‘I began when we first arrived in Los Alamos … my husband was a member of the Knights of Columbus and we had children and we all were very involved as a family,’ Kossar said. ‘I love people and I enjoy the Knights of Columbus – they are a bunch of beautiful men who do many charitable projects and we help them with all Read More

Introducing Freedom Church Los Alamos

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 6, 2019

Freedom Church Los Alamos meets 11 a.m. to noon Sundays in the Aspen Elementary Gymnasium on Villa Street. Courtesy/Freedom Church

Freedom Church Los Alamos Pastor Mike Brake delivers a message on a Sunday morning at Freedom Church Los Alamos. Courtesy/Freedom

By Pastor Mike Brake

Freedom Church Los Alamos

We’re blown away with all that has transpired in our brief existence in Los Alamos! The fun and exciting times starting with a group of about 20 people meeting in a living room, and has quickly grown to 100+ in the last year and a half.

We know life is complicated. Instruction Read More

An Open Book: Day Of Remembrance

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 3, 2019

By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos

The anniversary of my father’s passing, or Yahrzeit in Yiddish, is a date that I have to track carefully on the Jewish calendar. On this modified lunar calendar, the observance of June 6, 2009 changes a few days forward or backward each year, and I have to look it up regularly.

But for my mother’s Yahrzeit, there is no tracking required. She died October 3, 2016, the first day of the Jewish year 5777. So, when we set the dinner table to observe and celebrate Rosh Hashanah, “the Head of the Year,” with the two lit tall candles, the ceremonial glass of wine and the braided bread,

Fr. Glenn: Caring For Lazarus

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 29, 2019

By Fr. Glenn Jones

First responders might find it interesting (hopefully edifying) to know that today (September 29) is the annual Catholic day for the commemoration of the archangels mentioned in scripture: Michael, Gabriel and (in the Catholic and Orthodox scriptures) Raphael. Michael, of course, figures prominently in the book of Revelation as leader of angels in the depiction of the defeat of “the dragon” (Satan). Gabriel is in the Gospel of Luke and the prophet Daniel. And, finally, Raphael is a primary character in the book of Tobit. Whenever you see a depiction of an archangel, Read More

U.S. Military Personnel: Wounded, Sick, Injured Invited To Apply For Warriors To Lourdes Spiritual Journey

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 29, 2019

Scene of previous Warriors to Lourdes Opening Mass. Courtesy/KofC

K Of C News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Military personnel, including the wounded, ill, and injured, are invited to apply for an all-expenses-paid, round-trip journey to the Marian grotto and spring baths at Lourdes, France, during the 62nd annual Pèlerinage Militaire International (PMI)—or “International Military Pilgrimage.”

The PMI is May 12-19, 2020, drawing thousands of troops, veterans, and others from around the world to the famous Marian shrine where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Saint

Little Shop On The Corner: Early Fall Special Sept. 25

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 24, 2019

Early Fall Special 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the Little Shop on the Corner. Courtesy/TOTH

TOTH News:

The Little Shop on the Corner, the thrift store inside Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church at the corner of Canyon Road and Trinity Drive will offer an Early Fall Special on women’s pants this week.

Customers can get three pairs of pants for $1. This excludes items in the boutique section.

Little Shop on the Corner is open 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday. Read More

Fr. Glenn: Thicker Rug Needed

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 22, 2019

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

With the visit of President Trump to New Mexico recently, and with the division in the American political arena highlighted daily in the news, it seemed almost providential that one of the readings for the Catholic Mass this weekend was from St. Paul: “I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority….” (1 Timothy 2:1) Well, in our day that can make many grind their teeth not a little. “What? Pray for Trump?!” or, in a blast from the past: “What! Pray for Obama?!”

Yes, absolutely … no matter Read More

Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church Fall Conference Features Simonetta Carr On Broken Pieces And The God Who Mends Them

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 22, 2019

Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church News:

Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church in White Rock is hosting a Fall Conference that will touch upon the difficult theme of mental illness in the church with the hope of encouraging families in similar situations. The conference is offered free of charge.

The Fall Conference is 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 for the first session and there will be two sessions at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. A lunch will be offered free of charge after the conference — but interested parties are asked to please RVSP to the church email at info@bapca.org or call

Memorial Service Celebrating Life Of Irene Davis-Dellinger At White Rock Presbyterian Church Sept. 29

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 18, 2019

Irene Davis-Dellinger. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

A Memorial Service celebrating the life of Irene Davis-Dellinger is 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29 at the White Rock Presbyterian Church, 310 Rover Blvd. in White Rock.

A light reception follows the service.

The community is welcome to attend. Read More

Benefit Ride To The Springs Draws More Than 50 Riders To Support Injured La Cueva Teen Wyatt Taylor

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 17, 2019

Riders arrive Saturday morning in the parking lot at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 401 Trinity Dr. for the start of the Ride to the Springs, a benefit ride for La Cueva teen Wyatt Taylor seriously injured in a RTV accident in 2017. The effort raised more than $11,702 to help offset reconstructive procedures Taylor is facing and support the Catholic church in Jemez Springs. Taylor and the church will each receive a check for $5,851. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Guest of Honor Wyatt Taylor and his mom Michelle were presented with prayer shawls from Nancy Kossar on behalf Read More

Shop On The Corner Holds Big Sale Wednesday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 17, 2019

The Shop on the Corner is holding a 50 percent off sale 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church at 3900 Trinity Dr. Courtesy photo

SHOP ON THE CORNER News:

The Shop on the Corner thrift store on the lower level of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church at Canyon Road andDiamond Drive will host a 50 percent off sale on all clothing and shoes 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday.

The sale extends to the boutique and the community is invited to attend. Read More

Fr. Glenn: Please … Affirm Me!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 15, 2019

By Fr. Glenn Jones

Was looking at Facebook this morning (yes, kids; old Fr. Glenn knows about Facebook), and noted that the number of “If you believe/agree with this, share!” or the guilt-attempting: “I bet I won’t get even 1 share!” posts. And, of course, who has not received myriad requests to “like” this or that, or to become “friends” with people of whose identity you have no clue—a “friend” of a friend of a friend of…” …in their attempt to “collect” as many “friends” as possible.

The trend is rather disturbing, actually—the persons posting such things seeming to be pleading: “Please … Read More