Spirituality

Girl Scouts Complete Project To Help The Homeless

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Juniors of Girl Scout Troop 10074 completed a project resently to help the homeless. The project was the work of Amelia, Ashley, Brianna and Lillian. For more information about Girl Scouts in Los Alamos and White Rock, contact Grace Wiele at gwiele@nmgirlscouts.org. Courtesy/Jeanine Wood

Amelia, Ashley, Brianna and Lillian of Girl Scout Troop 10074 started out by researching what homeless people need and decided on a budget. Next, they shopped for supplies online and worked with Immaculate Heart of Mary Church to assemble bags for the homeless. People can now take those bags to give out when Read More

Taylor: Donations Sought To Support Asylum Seekers

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By TYLER TAYLOR M.D.
Los Alamos 

Nowadays, I have one of the best jobs around. Though I get no wage, the payoff is wonderful.

Two of us at the Unitarian Church – Margie Stockton and myself – have for two weeks gotten to process the donations coming in for the asylum seekers briefly sheltered in Deming.

As I carry into our church the donated socks, cereal boxes, deodorant, jeans, etc., and pack them for delivery, there are two marvelous benefits. First, I get to imagine how each of the hundreds of items will help a child badly needing shoes, a hungry adult, or a teen with no jacket who will soon move to a cold Read More

Republican Party Of New Mexico Shares Statement On Observance Of Yom Kippur

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Courtesy/RPNM

RPNM News:

ALBUQUERQUE — This evening marks the beginning of Yom Kippur, the Jewish “Day of Atonement” and the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.

The following is a statement from Republican Party of New Mexico (RPNM) Chairman Steve Pearce on Yom Kippur:

“We at the Republican Party of New Mexico would like to wish our Jewish friends and Jewish communities a blessed Yom Kippur. This special day is a time for reflection and focuses on repentance and asking forgiveness for any wrongs committed over the past year.

“Yom Kippur also provides an opportunity for Jews here in New Mexico and Read More

Fr. Glenn: A Mighty Company Awaits

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Ever wonder what dogs must think these days. You’re out walking them and talking on your phone, jabbering away, and they have no idea why. Imagine a chance meeting:

Cowdog: “I see your boss is talking to himself again.” Shep (rolling his eyes): “Yeah; he does that … a lot!” Cowdog: “You know, as we say in Texas, ‘that boy ain’t quite ‘right’” Shep: “Thanks for the tip, Sherlock.”

Or, what animals think when they see us working in the heat of day in summer while they lounge in the shade. “Boy, I’m glad the Lord didn’t make ME human. They’re dumber’n a bucket of rocks, not getting out of the Read More

An Open Book: Day Of Remembrance

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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 on October 3, 2016, the first day of the Jewish year 5777. So, when we set the dinner table last Sunday night to observe and celebrate Rosh Hashanah, “the Head of the Year,” with the two lit tall candles, the ceremonial glass of wine, Read More

WRPC Donates Parking Lot Sale Proceeds To Self Help

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WRPC Pastor Deb Church, right, presents a check designated for the ‘Techo Fund’ to Self Help Executive Director Diane Smogor Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Bonnie Gordon/ladailypost.com

WRPC News:

In April of this year, White Rock Presbyterian Church (WRPC) officially “came out” as publicly affirming and unhesitatingly welcoming of LGBTQIA+ persons. As one of their efforts to not only welcome and affirm this community but also to be an active ally, WRPC sponsored a “parking lot sale” in August, to raise awareness and funds for Self Help’s “Techo Fund” – a fund designated especially for housing Read More

Fr. Glenn: Slurping Wine By Bowlfuls

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Oh, look … it’s my eldest niece’s birthday! Now, how old is my little one? 48?!!! Dang, girl; how’d that happen?! Sigh … I still remember her in pigtails picking flowers in the yard with my mom.

Time does fly, doesn’t it. Alas, I’ve reached the age of avidly checking the hometown obits to see if any (more) of my peers have passed away. (Didn’t we graduate just a few days ago?) But now too many already have gone to eternity. Night falls unexpectedly, ending our productive labor.

But, sadly, sometimes productive labor screeches to a halt much earlier.

In the Catholic Mass this weekend Read More

United Church Thrift Shop Halloween Sale Oct. 5

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UNITED CHURCH News:

All-things autumn and Halloween will fill Graves Hall, awaiting shoppers for the annual Halloween re-sale Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the United Church, 2525 Canyon Road.

This is the place to get a thrifty head-start on costumes, decorations, clothes, books and miscellaneous goods for the autumn holidays.

Parking is by the Thrift Shop, which also will be open at the same time, but please follow the signs to Graves Hall for the big Halloween sale.

The Thrift Shop is operated by the Women’s Christian Service Society (WCSS) of the United Church, and open for shoppers 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 Read More

All Shall Be Well: ‘Church Is Boring’

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Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Assistant Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo

By DEB CHURCH
Pastor
White Rock Presbyterian Church

“Church is boring”. “It’s just for old people”. “Nobody really believes that stuff”.

…say my own children in response to my repeated invitations to go to church with me. Clearly a major parenting fail on my part!

But they’re not the only ones who feel that way. According to a 2020 Gallup poll, church membership in the US has declined more dramatically in the last 20 years than it had in the previous 65! Read More