Spirituality

Children’s Christmas Bazaar Seeks Gift Items

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Courtesy photo

Courtesy photo

TOTH News:

Donations are needed for the annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar to be held at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church in December.

The Children’s Christmas Bazaar is a fun family event where children in kindergarten through sixth grade may shop for gifts for family and friends without their parents. Gifts are wrapped free of charge as parents relax and enjoy coffee while their children shop. The success of this event relies on donations of new and gently used items from members of our community.

Suggested donations include dolls, stuffed animals (any size), Read More

Donations Needed For Children’s Christmas Bazaar At TOTH

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Kids prepare to shop at the 2013 Children’s Christmas Baazar. Courtesy photo

TOTH News:

Donations are needed for the annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar to be held at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church in December. The success of this event relies on donations of new and gently used items from members of our community.

Suggested donations include dolls, stuffed animals (any size), action figures toys, baby toys, jewelry, unopened lotions, perfumes, soap, bubble bath and bath toys, games, craft kits, coffee cups, tea cups, knick knacks, ornaments and Christmas decorations, slippers, Read More

Here Come Da Judge, Here Come Da Judge

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From left, Lisa-Jo Dunham, Lisa Rothrock, Jennifer Griffin, Jason Osborn, Joe Fawcett. Forward: Seminarian Laurie Triplett. Photo by TK Thompson
 
Here Come Da Judge, Here Come Da Judge
By Lisa Rothrock and Mother Alicia Pope

As children, I’m sure we all got into trouble and hoped our parents wouldn’t find out! How often do we do something wrong as adults and hope that God won’t catch us with our hand in the proverbial cookie jar? Do you see God as a big teddy bear who turns a blind eye? Is He harsh, angry, and immovable, as in the Old Testament? Or does He judge with goodness and love?

This Sunday Read More

Community Invited To Shoebox Packing Party Nov. 14

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Volunteers fill shoeboxes at last year’s packing party. Courtesy/WRPC

Participate in this year’s shoebox packing party and experience the joy of helping others. Courtesy/WRPC

WRPC News:

Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world.

Samaritan’s Purse operates the Operation Christmas Child project, which collects shoeboxes packed with toys, school supplies, hygiene items and other gifts for children 2 to 14 years old, and distributes them to children living in areas Read More

Unitarian Church Presents ‘Race: The Power of Illusion’

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UCLA News:

The Unitarian Church of Los Alamos (UCLA) presents a three-part viewing and discussion series centered around the documentary series Race: the Power of Illusion, 7-9 p.m. beginning Sunday, Nov. 2  in Robinson Hall at the church at 1738 N. Sage St. The video series originally aired in 2003 on PBS.

“The division of the world’s peoples into distinct groups – “red,” “black,” “white” or “yellow” peoples – has became so deeply imbedded in our psyches, so widely accepted, many would promptly dismiss Read More

N.M. Faith Coalition For Immigration Justice Director Speaks At IHM Hall Thursday

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Members of the New Mexico Faith Coalition for Immigration Justice traveled Oct. 22 to Artesia to visit the family detention center where more than 500 women and children immigrants are being detained. Courtesy photo

SPIRITUALITY News:

More than 500 women and children are being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Artesia Family Residential Center in Artesia.

These immigrants are primarily from Central American countries including Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, having fled from violence in their countries and invariably endured many traumatic experiences Read More

Etching Completed On United Church’s Sandstone Sign

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Etching is now complete on the large sandstone sign installed in September at the United Church of Los Alamos on the corner of Central Avenue and Rose Street. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

The sandstone sign being installed in September at the United Church of Los Alamos on the corner of Central Avenue and Rose Street. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Interpreting the ‘Our Father’ Sunday At TOTH

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Father Gary and Mother Alicia. Photo by TK Thompson
 
Interpreting the “Our Father”
By LISA ROTHROCK

Ever spoken, recited, chanted, meditated on, or prayed the “Our Father” and thought, “Huh?” For example, why do we say an expanded “Our Father” over what Matthew 6:9-15 says? Why do we have such variable phrases for the same words, such as “Our Father who is in heaven, uphold the holiness of your name” instead of “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name”? And then we have “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

FREE community dinner. Photo by TK Thompson

Hm. If God Read More