Spirituality
Freedom Church Sponsors A Virtual 12 Days Of Christmas
Pastor Mike Brake kicks off the 12 Days of Christmas in Los Alamos through a livestream event on Facebook. Courtesy/Freedom Church
Freedom Church News:
The idea was born out of the Pandemic Holidays of 2020. “It was so much fun, we are doing it again,” Pastor Mike Brake said, lead pastor at Freedom Church in Los Alamos.
The entire community is invited to participate. The events kick off Monday, Dec. 13 on a special Facebook Event Page and runs through Christmas day.
A Time for Fun
The events will be hosted entirely on Facebook, Direct Link here.
Each day throughout the event, Freedom Church will Read More
Scenes From 2021 Children’s Christmas Bazaar At TOTH
An elf assists shoppers find their perfect gifts Saturday at the 2021 Children’s Christmas Bazaar at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church TOTH. This child-only event provides kindergarten through 6th grade students the opportunity to shop for family and friends from a selection of donated items. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Lots of choices available Saturday at the Children’s Christmas Bazaar. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
An elf talks with a shopper. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
A A young girl discusses her shopping list with an elf during the Bazaar. Read More
Fr. Glenn: Shaking Off Sleep
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
So we’re slipping into the cooler season of late autumn and, soon to be, winter, which actually doesn’t begin officially until just before Christmas with the winter solstice (December 21), of course. While cold weather is, well … cold, most people very much look forward to the holiday seasons and the anticipation of being with family and friends, wonderful dinners and gift-giving—a time to renew acquaintances and relationships.
Relatedly, it’s a perfect time to renew the virtue of charity that we may have let languish by simple neglect or forgetfulness over the past year. Read More
Scene From 27th Annual Los Alamos Creche Show
Marianne Johnson, left, and Bonnie Cardin help set up the 27th Annual Creche Show Friday at the Los Alamos ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, featuring 248 creches. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Nativity set from Jerusalem owned by Rissa Baker. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Creche owned by Makayla Lui. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Nativity display owned by Robert Wells. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
A nativity set from South Africa. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
A creche from Germany owned by Kaye Mason. Photo Read More
Council On American-Islamic Relations Calls For Hate Crime Probe Of Fires Set At Mosque In Albuquerque
CAIR News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate fires set at an Albuquerque mosque as a possible hate crime.
Surveillance video shows a woman setting multiple fires Monday morning near the prayer hall of the Islamic Center of New Mexico. Mosque members believe the fires were started by a woman who came to the center last week expressing hostility.
Anyone with information about the incident should contact the FBI Read More
Santa Claus Visits With Children At Kiwanis Event At IHM
Children pose for photos with Santa at the ‘Visit with Santa’ event sponsored Saturday by the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos at Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Parish Hall on Canyon Road. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Kiwanians distribute gift bags to children Saturday during their ‘Visit with Santa’ community event Saturday in the parish hall at IHM on Canyon Road. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
A parent snaps photos at the ‘Visit with Santa’ event Saturday at IHM. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Hey you’re Santa Claus! Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com Read More
Izraelevitz: Of Hanukkah And Sondheim
Hanukkah set of wood Dreidels. Courtesy image
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah began this past Sunday night, following the Jewish tradition that all holidays begin in the evening and continues the next eight days. It celebrates the successful revolt by rebels against a Syrian Greek monarchy around 165 BCE that was imposing Hellenistic culture on the Jewish people, including prohibiting the traditional practice of daily sacrifices in the Jerusalem Temple. When the rebels led by Judas Maccabee (or Judas “The Hammer”) succeeded in recapturing Jerusalem, a new Read More
Fr. Glenn: O Gracious Gratitude
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
I pray that all had a blessed and joyful Thanksgiving this year, especially after last year’s separation from loved ones due to the dangers of COVID. We now pray also that this new “omicron” variant does not become widespread, but rather will fizzle out quickly. God bless all of you and your families, and keep all of you safe.
But … back to Thanksgiving and its theme of gratitude.
St. Thomas Aquinas—along with St. Augustine, one of the greatest theologians and philosophers in Christian history—noted that gratitude is not only a courtesy, but a virtue and a moral obligation, for Read More
#forlosalamos, New Beginnings Fellowship And Los Alamos JJAB Provide Thanksgiving Meals To 42 Local Families
Courtesy photo
COMMUNITTY News:
Forty-two local families enjoy a complete Thanksgiving meal today thanks to #forlosalamos at New Beginnings Fellowship and Los Alamos JJAB.
This is the 5th year that #forlosalamos has partnered with JJAB to give families complete meals. Five years ago this started with just 13 families and the numbers have increased every year.
Mike and Juanita McNiel head up #forlosalamos.
“Five years ago we met with our pastors Shawn and Lanessa Amburgey to discuss how to create a spirit of blessing within our community,” Mike said. “Juanita having worked Read More