Spirituality

Creationism Debate Simulcast at Crossroads Bible Church Feb. 4

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Courtesy/debatelive.org

CBC BIBLE News:

Crossroads Bible Church will be the location of a simulcast as Bill Nye debates Ken Ham on the question, “Is creation a viable model of origins in today’s modern, scientific era?” The simulcast is 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 in Lower Level #4 – LL4 at Crossroads Bible Church, 97 East Road in Los Alamos.

Leading creation advocate and bestselling Christian author Ken Ham is joined at the Creation Museum by popular TV personality and evolution advocate Bill Nye. Ham, a former science instructor who emigrated to the United States from Australia Read More

Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship Winners Announced

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Free Throw Championship winners. Courtesy/Andie Trottier and Yvonne Gonzales
 
Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship competitors with coaches Gary Ahlers, left, and Roger Anaya. Courtesy/Andie Trottier and Yvonne Gonzales

K OF C News:

Sunday, Jan. 26, 22 boys and girls competed in the annual local Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. Four girls and four boys were named local champions and earned the right to compete in the district competition which will be held in late February. The state championships will be held in March.

Charles Steinkamp was the 10-year-old boys Read More

New Beginnings Rebuilds After July 4, 2012 Fire

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Lanessa Amburgey, left, and Shelly Jankowski at work Saturday putting finishing touches on the main lobby of the New Beginnings Fellowship Church. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

The new auditorium in which services are being held at 10 a.m. Sundays. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

Members of the New Beginnings Fellowship Church, 112 East Road were busy Saturday putting finishing touches on the rebuilt church destroyed in a July 4, 2012 fire.

The inside of the New Beginnings Fellowship Church following the July 4, 2012 fire. File photo

The New Mexico Fire Marshal’s Read More

Boys and Girls Invited to Participate in Annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition Jan. 26

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Knights of Columbus Youth Coordinator Roger Anaya, left, and Grand Knight Ray Chavez with last year’s Free Throw State Champions EliIram-Bent and Alicia Gonzales and Runner-Up Champ Wilhelm Schmidt, right. Photo by Yvonne Gonzales

K of C News:

All boys and girls ages 10 to 14 are invited to participate in the local level of competition for the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. The local competition is 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26 at Los Alamos High School’s Griffith Gymnasium.

Registration is free of charge and will be held onsite beginning at 12:30 p.m. on the date of the Read More

Antarctica Adventure Subject of Unitarian Forum

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Bill Priedhorsky and Melissa Bartlett on their Antarctica adventure. Courtesy photo

UNITARIAN News:

This week, The Forum at the Los Alamos Unitarian Church presents an Antarctica adventure at 10:10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at the church, 1738 Sage Loop.

Traveling aboard the good ship Sea Spirit, Bill Priedhorsky and Melissa Bartlett of Los Alamos made their way to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia Island and the South Shetland Islands before landing on the continent of Antarctica, a voyage of more than three weeks.

Penguins, seals, whales and sea birds were in great abundance and they observed Read More

TOTH: Does God Answer Prayers?

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The Generations Band performs Sunday at Trinity on the Hill. Courtesy photo
 
By LISA ROTHROCK
Trinity on the Hill

Do you believe in prayer? Do you struggle when your prayers aren’t answered—or at least, not answered the way you want them to be? If so, you’re not alone—we all struggle with prayer in some way.

Mother Alicia Pope will be talking about this topic in our next service on Jan. 26 at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. A free (that’s right—free!) dinner starts us off at 5:15 p.m.; then the service begins at 6:07 p.m. with a live praise-and-worship band and music.

Some people have stopped Read More

Journey of Holocaust Torah Scroll Detailed Jan. 26

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Rabbi Marvin Schwab reading from the Torah. Courtesy/Temple Beth Shalom

Staff Report

Imagine “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” minus the Hollywood special effects and you’ll come close to the story of the Holocaust Torah Scroll.

How was the Torah found? How was it liberated? How did it find its way from its hiding place to London, England, and from there to, of all places, Santa Fe?

Rabbi Marvin Schwab will tell the fascinating tale of this scroll’s journey, its near destruction, and now its restoration at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26 at White Rock Presbyterian Church, 310 Rover Blvd. The public is invited

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Unitarian Forum Explores Interracial Relationships

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UNITARIAN News:

As part of the continuing forum presentations at the Unitarian Church, Dean Carstens will present a forum topic exploring the portrayal of interracial relationships in movies and books. 

The forum will take place at 10:10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 19 at the Los Alamos Unitarian Church, 1738 N. Sage Loop.

Movie clips will be included and some of the movies discussed will be: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “In the Heat of the Night,” and “Island in the Sun.” The book version of “Island in the Sun” will also be reviewed. This will be a thought provoking presentation and Read More

Unitarian Church Forum Topic: ‘Los Alamos Utilities Department’

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John Arrowsmith

UCLA News:

The Unitarian Church of Los Alamos Sunday forum this week will feature Manager John Arrowsmith of the Los Alamos County Utilities Department.

Arrowsmith will present the talk, “Los Alamos Utilities Department” at 10:10 a.m., Sunday Jan. 12 at the Unitarian Church, 1738 North Sage St. He will talk about the current status of the utilities department and answer questions.

The forum is free of charge and open to the public. Read More

White Rock Presbyterian Church Welcomes New Pastor

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Rev. John Guthrie

WRPC News:

The congregation of White Rock Presbyterian Church welcomed the church’s new pastor, the Rev. John Guthrie, to the pulpit Sunday, Jan. 5.

Pastor Guthrie is a native Texan, having spent most of his early years in San Antonio. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Austin College (Sherman, Texas), the PhD degree in physics from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a Master of Divinity degree from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

His first career was invested in software engineering, research, and teaching. Pastor Guthrie taught physics at the University Read More