Spirituality

TOTH: The Miracle Of The Nativity

‘Adoration of the Shepherds’ by Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Courtesy/wikipedia.com
 
By LISA ROTHROCK
TOTH

It’s so amazing and wonderful when a baby is born! We goo, we coo, we act like little children ourselves. But why was Jesus’s birth so special? Why did He get a special place, special visitors, and even His own star? As Father Gary Baldwin says, “I sure didn’t get all that when I was born!”

This Sunday evening, Dec. 14, at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, Father Gary will discuss the Nativity and the birth of Jesus. EVERYONE is welcome to celebrate our contemporary worship Read More

Los Alamos Knight of Columbus Council #3137 Earns 2014 Star Council Award

Grand Knight Steve Ciddio, left, here with State Deputy Richard Espinosa, received the Star Council Award for the Los Alamos Knights of Columbus Council #3137. The award, presented at the 2014 New Mexico Knight of Columbus Mid-Year Meeting, recognized the Los Alamos council for outstanding achievement in membership, insurance, and service program activities. Program activities for which the council was recognized included a Golf Tournament, which raised $9,000 for scholarships and the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship Contest. Courtesy photo Read More

IHM Annual Christmas Arts And Crafts Fair Saturday

LADIES AUXILIARY News:

The Ladies Auxiliary is sponsoring the annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13.

The event is being held in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church Parish Hall, 3700 Canyon Road in Los Alamos.

Breakfast and Lunch will be available for purchase:

  • Breakfast is a Continental Breakfast
  • Lunch is Green Chile Stew and Posole

This is a great Christmas shopping opportunity! For more information, call Gloria Lopez at 505.920.3143. Read More

Catherine Crotzer Returns Home To Los Alamos From Mission In Argentina

Hermana Catherine Crotzer steps off the plane Tuesday at Los Alamos County Airport after traveling from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Courtesy photo

Catherine Crotzer is welcomed home at Los Alamos County Airport by her family and friends, from left, Sarah Crotzer, Ron Crotzer, Catherine Crotzer, family friend Gideon Nelson, Laura Crotzer, family friend Martha Katko and Madelyn Crotzer. Courtesy photo

Special to the Los Alamos Daily Post

Catherine Crotzer, a 2012 Los Alamos High School graduate, returned to Los Alamos Tuesday after serving an 18-month mission for the Church of Jesus Christ Read More

Shop On The Corner Annual Christmas Sale 8:30 a.m. To 12:30 p.m. At TOTH Wednesday, Dec. 3

Shop on the Corner volunteers are ready to assist shoppers 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at TOTH. Courtesy photo
 
Hundreds of holiday items and gifts await shoppers Wednesday at the annual Christmas sale at the Shop on the Corner Thrift Store. Courtesy photo
 
TOTH News:

This year’s annual Christmas sale at the Shop on the Corner Thrift Store is 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3 in the Old Parish Hall on the lower level of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church on Canyon Road by the corner of Diamond Drive.

Shop on the Corner volunteers have been preparing for the Christmas Sale Read More

Children’s Christmas Bazaar At TOTH Saturday

A young shopper with gifts at the 2013 TOTH Christmas Bazaar. Courtesy photo

TOTH News:

The Children’s Christmas Bazaar takes place 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 6 for children kindergarten through 6th grade at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, 3900 Trinity Dr. 

Bring your children and invite your neighbor’s children to shop and have their purchases gift wrapped.  Parents wait in the café enjoying coffee and holiday treats while children shop!

Proceeds from this year’s bazaar go to support health clinics through Episcopal Relief and Development and TOTH’s youth choir Read More

TOTH: Shop On The Corner Christmas Sale Dec. 3

By NANCY WURDEN, Volunteer
Shop on the Corner

The annual Christmas Sale at the Shop on the Corner Thrift Store is a decades-old tradition. For more than 40 years, the shop has offered a special sale featuring holiday items and gifts on the first Wednesday in December.

This year’s sale will take place 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3. Shop on the Corner is in the Old Parish Hall on the lower level of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church on Canyon Road by the corner of Diamond Drive.

Shop on the Corner volunteers have been preparing for the Christmas Sale all year, setting aside hundreds Read More

Los Alamos Rabbi Jack Shlachter Visits China

Rabbi Jack Shlachter of Los Alamos with Kehillat Beijing’s Torah in Chinese-style Holy Ark. Courtesy photo

SPIRITUALITY News:

Rabbi Jack Shlachter, Rabbi Emeritus of the Los Alamos Jewish Center and a rabbi at HaMakom in Santa Fe, recently returned from a trip to China, where he was the visiting rabbi at the progressive congregation Kehillat Beijing.

In addition to leading High Holiday and weekly Sabbath services, Rabbi Shlachter also conducted a Chinese-style Jewish wedding and a baby-naming, and spoke on the intersection of science and Judaism. He is preparing a slide-show presentation Read More