More from pulpit and pew

| The New Mexican

4/19/2008 - 4/19/08

More events at area faith communities in the coming weeks:



Sunday services at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints begin at 10 a.m. with Sacrament meeting, followed at 11 a.m. with Sunday School.

The Priesthood and the Relief Society meet at noon and will focus on "Baptism and the Gift of the Holy Spirit," Lesson No. 7. The Gospel Doctrine Class will discuss "The Allegory of the Olive Trees," Lesson No. 13. The Gospel Essentials Class will discuss "Exaltation," Lesson No. 47.

From 10 a.m. until noon today, the Santa Fe Stake Relief Society Spring Fling will be held in the Cultural Hall. This event is for all women and girls, 12 years old and older.

From 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, there is women's basketball in the Cultural Hall.

From 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Spanish/English classes are offered.

The church is at 410 Rodeo Road. Call 982-9233 for further information.


At the 10:30 Sunday service at The Celebration, MarBeth Dunn will discuss "Being a Spiritual Warrior." The service meets at the National Education Association, 2007 Botulph Road. It is filled with music, a reading, meditation and a talk by a member of the congregation or a guest speaker. The Celebration is a joyful gathering that honors all paths and celebrates life.
Child care is provided. For more information,
call 699-0023.


From 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on April 26,
St. Michael's & All Angels Church, 601 Montaño Boulevard N.W. in Albuquerque, will host a workshop titled "Introduction to Nonviolent Communication."

According to the organizers, NVC is "language of life" that helps people transform old patterns of defensiveness and aggressiveness into compassion and empathy and improve the quality of relationships.

NVC also helps people realize how important connection is. Whenever a person becomes disconnected from his or her compassionate nature or a person's heart is filled with any amount of anger or resentment, that person often acts in ways that cause pain for everyone.

During the workshop, NVC trainers will lead participants in creating a foundation for learning about themselves, their relationships and help participants to remain focused on what is important. It is a way of finding peace in a world that is often anything but peaceful.

For more information, call Rikki Fowler, 505-828-3464.


At the 10 a.m. Sunday service at Lutheran Church of the Servant, Pastor Sonnie Eriksen-Fish will preside at the celebration of the Lord's Supper. Tracy Denardo, director of music, will perform at the piano and keyboard.

Children's church school is held during the 10 a.m. service.

The adult lectionary class will meet at 8:45 a.m. on Sunday.

The choir rehearses at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays.

The church is at 2481 Legacy Court. Visit the Web site at www.santafelcos.org or call 473-0626.


At 8:45 a.m. on Sunday at the Santa Fe Center for Spiritual Living, the early meditation service begins.

At 10 a.m., in preparation for the service, Kelvin McNeal and the center's music staff will lead the congregation in inspirational chants.

At the 10:15 a.m. Sunday service, the Rev. Bernardo Monserrat will discuss "Blessings" Monserrat says that "once we know our divine nature, we can count God's blessings."

This week's special musical guest will be singer and songwriter Lisa J. Carman. She will debut her latest "New Thought" composition. She will be joined by cowriters Maya McKnight and Laura Hays, who will be performing additional "new" songs as well.

The youth program is available to all children during the 10 a.m. service. Judy Blaise is the youth director.

Other events at the center include:

• From 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursdays, spiritual coaching encourages the use of psycho-spiritual tools for life. The classes are open to the public. A suggested donation is $5 to $10 per class.
• nspiration Line is 795-PRAY or 795-7729.
• Kelvin McNeal, the church's music director, offers more information on special music and musical events at his Web site at www.KelvinMcneal.com.
• Choir practice is on Mondays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, send an e-mail to mcmills1@earthlink.net or call 455-7779.

The center (Science of Mind) is at 505 Camino de los Marquez. Visit the Web site at www. religioussciencesantafe.org or call 983-5022.


From 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on April 27, the Ven. Mitra Bishop Sensei will lead a silent meditation retreat in the Zen tradition at the MindWave Sangha at Cerro Gordo Temple, 1404 Cerro Gordo Road.

Mitra-sensei is a Zen priest trained in the Rinzai tradition and is spiritual director at both Mountain Gate Zen Center in Ojo Sarco, and Hidden Valley Zen Center in California.

Mitra-sensei is an accomplished calligrapher and is dharma heir of the Ven. Philip Kapleau-roshi.

All sincere meditators are welcome. This will be a day-long event with sitting and walking meditation, dharma talk and interviews with the Mitra-sensei if time permits. Those who attend are asked to bring lunch. Donations will be requested for the sensei and the temple. Reservations are necessary. Please call 995-9666.

The temple is administered by the Maha Bodhi Society.


Temple Beth Shalom, the only liberal, nationally affiliated Reform Jewish community in Northern New Mexico, will hosts these events:

• From 6 to 9 p.m. on May 8, author and congregant Rob Reider will present his latest novel Brother Knot. Send an e-mail to hrreider@riderassociates.com to get a copy of his manuscript. Enrollment is limited to 10 people and the deadline to register is April 25.
•  Camp Shalom 2008 is now enrolling children from 2 to 7 years old. The summer adventure camp will be held on the TBS grounds. For more information on the summer program or on the 2008-09 TBS Preschool enrollment, call
• 982-6888.
• At 10 a.m. on April 27, Rabbi Marvin Schwab will present "Finding Your Way through the Prayerbook." This talk is free and open to the public.
• At 6:30 p.m. on April 30, the Yom Hashoah — Holocaust Remembrance Service will be held.
• The Jewish Literature Group will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on May 4. The group will discuss The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein. This book is an emotive memoir describing the writer's childhood in a working-class mill town in pre-WWI England. The writer paints a vivid picture of the Jewish-Christian tensions and anti-Semitism that characterized the times and colored his boyhood.

The temple is at 205 E. Barcelona Road. Visit the Web site at www.sftbs.org or call 982-1376.


Sunday at Immanual Lutheran Church, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ continues with the observance of the 50 days of Easter. Each week, during Sunday divine services, Easter hymns and liturgical songs are sung. This Sunday, the Rev. Johan Raess, former Lutheran missionary to Japan, will serve as guest liturgist and pastor at worship services at the church.

Raess will discuss the challenge for worshippers to remember thatservice in the name of the risen Christ extends beyond the local misison field.

At 8 a.m. on Sunday, morning prayer begins. Divine service with extended liturgy is held at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School and adult Bible study are held at 9 a.m. Raess will lead the study on the New Testament book of 1 Peter. All are welcome to join. All first-time guests receive a Lutheran work of art in recognition of their visit.

• The church also sponsors and operates Gentle Shepherd Lutheran Preschool. The school is taking registrations for its summer session that begins July 15 and operates for six weeks on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. For more information and to register a 3- to 5-year-old child, call 983-9383.

Immanuel Lutheran Church is a member of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. the LCMS has a history of sharing the Gosepl of Jesus Christ in more than 60 global mission fields. The church is at 209 East Barcelona Road. For more information, call 983-7568.


At the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service at Unity
Santa Fe, the Rev. Brendalyn Batchelor will discuss "Make Every Moment Count" which will encourage people to focus not on how little time they have but on how to make the most of what little time they have with every person.

This is part of the spring book study of Yes,
You Can Change the World by Aman Motwane.

Also at the church:

•  Youth Expressing Spirit, the children's group, and Youth of Unity, the teen group, gather during the 10:30 a.m. service. Child care is provided for infants and toddlers at the 10:30 service.
• From 7 to 9 p.m. starting this Thursday through June 12, The Energy of Money course will be held. This study of the principles and tecniques in Maria Nemeth's The Energy of Money will be facilitated by Mary Ruth, a student of the Academy for Coaching Excellence that Nemeth founded. The class is free. A free-will love offering is suggested.
• At 6:30 p.m. on April 26, a concert will feature Tia McGraff with Tommy Partham. They will be performing songs from their new release Outside the Circle. The cost is $25.

Unity Santa Fe is a spiritual community that celebrates the oneness and divinity of all creation. The metaphysical message of positive, practical Christianity is open to people of all faiths, creeds, races and sexual orientations.

The church is at 1212 Unity Way. For more information, send an e-mail to unitysf@
newmexico.com or call 989-3643.


Starting this Sunday, Grace Community Church will begin a special Sunday School series.

The topics for the series include the Persecuted Church, Cults and Heresies, Missions the Heart of God, and A Biblical Response to Islam.

Classes are from 9 to 10 a.m. on Sundays. The service begins at 10:15 a.m.

At 7 p.m. on May 3, the church will offer a program to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day or Yom HaShoah. This program will feature a teaching on anti-Semitism and a film by Jews for Jesus. Everyone is welcome to attend the Sunday school series, service and programs.

The church is at 2247 Camino Carlos Rey. For more information, call 471-0749.


Pre-Cana de Santa Fe will offer the Pre-Cana Conference for those Roman Catholics contemplating marriage. The series will be begin at
6:30 p.m. on Thursday and will continue Friday and April 26 at the St. Francis Cathedral School building, 275 E. Alamda St. For more information, call 983-3992.


From 7:30 to 9 a.m. on May 1, Joyful Ministries will host National Day of Prayer Breakfast at Plaza South Café, 3011 Cerrillos Road. Call 473-1849 to make reservations to attend.

The ministries meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and at 6 p.m. on Sundays and offer programs for healing and growing in the Lord. All are welcome to attend the services at the ministries, 1161 Siler Road. For more information, call the Rev. Judith Nowers at 473-1849.


At the 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday services at Christ Lutheran Church, the Rev. Benjamin Larzelere will discuss "Do No Let Your Hearts Be Troubled." The commemorations for the week include Anselm, bishop of Canterbury, who died in 1109, and is remembered on Tuesday. Toyohiko Kagawa, renewer of society, a native of Japan who died in 1960, is remembered on Wednesday. Mark, the evangelist and Gospel writer, is remembered on Friday.
    At 3 p.m. on Sunday, local brass musicians making up the La Strada Brass will perform a concert exhibiting a wide variety of music for brass instruments. The public is invited to attend. 
   All are welcome at the church, a Reconciling-in-Christ congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, open and affirming and welcoming of all persons regardless of race, ethnicity or sexual orientation or identity.

The church is at 1701 Arroyo Chamiso. For more information, visit the Web site at www.
clcsantafe.com or call 983-9461.


At 9:30 a.m. on Sunday at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Family, a study on "Where Do We Go from Here?" will continue. At the
10:30 a.m. Sunday service, A Deacons Mass will be led by Deacon Kay Anders. The church is at 10-A Bisbee Court in Rancho Viejo.


Yahshua Malkenu Beit Midrash holds shabbat service at 4 p.m. on Saturdays. The service is followed by Torah study and a shared meal as family in Messiah. A special Shabbat study, titled "Ephraim Who?" will focus on the restoration of the two houses of Israel. At 6:30 p.m. on Mondays, the women's weekly Hebraic Bible study is held. The congregation meets at 13 Los Caballeras. Call Richard or Donna Seitzinger at 474-3737.