"FEEDING THE HUNGRY IN MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST"
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Worship with Us: Sundays 10:00 am
Rio Grande Presbyterian Church 600 Coors Blvd. NW (1-mile south of the I-40 S. Coors Exit) Albuquerque, New Mexico 87121 Phone: 505-831-1143 
Community Garden: Rio Grande Food Project Community Garden
Call 505-381-3778 *Home of the 'Rio Grande Food Project' and 'Hunger Relief Garden' (Open Mon., Wed., Fridays 10 am -2 pm and Sat. 9 am - noon. Volunteers welcome!) and 'The Rio Grande Church & Community Garden' Come Garden with Us! 
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Church Community Garden
Worship and Garden with Us!
Contribute to: Christmas Joy Offering (CJ999999) at Rio Grande Presbyterian Church or to the links in the story.
Show Description Fifty percent of undesignated receipts to the Christmas Joy Offering are distributed to the Board of Pensions for assistance programs that provide critical financial support to retired and active church workers and their families. The other fifty percent supports education at Presbyterian-related schools and colleges equipping communities of color and leadership development opportunities for people of color through the Racial Equity and Women's Intercultural Ministries of the Presbyterian Mission Agency. If you want to donate to a different ministry go to https://pma.pcusa.org/donate/make-a-gift/gift-info/102/ To give by phone, call 800-872-3283. To send a check, please designate where you want your gift to go on the memo line and mail to: ssPresbyterian Church (U.S.A.) P.O. Box 643700 Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700 |
Collection for Ronald McDonald House Charities New Mexico being
taken up in Fellowship Hall through Sunday, Dec. 15.
For more information see Marilyn Landman. Thank you.
taken up in Fellowship Hall through Sunday, Dec. 15.
For more information see Marilyn Landman. Thank you.
The Celtic Christian Tradition
Advent Sunday, also called the First Sunday of Advent or First Advent Sunday,
among the Western Christian Churches, is the first day of the liturgical year
and the start of the season of Advent. Advent Sunday is the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day. This is equivalent to the Sunday nearest to St. Andrew's Day, 30 November, and the Sunday following the Feast of Christ the King.
WINTER WORSHIP & SERMONS
Services are at 10 AM followed by Coffee Fellowship
Winter Sermon Titles
Dec. 1: 1st Sunday in Advent, The Rev. Linda Roberts-Baca
Isaiah 2: 1-5 and Matthew 24: 36-44
Dec. 8: 2nd Sunday in Advent, The Rev. Linda Roberts-Baca
Isaiah 11: 1-10 and Matthew 3: 1-12
Dec. 15: 3rd Sunday in Advent, The Rev. Linda Roberts-Baca
Isaiah 35: 1-10 and Matthew 11: 2-11
Dec. 22: 4th Sunday in Advent, The Rev. Linda Roberts-Baca
Isaiah 7: 10-16 and Matthew 1: 18-25
Tuesday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Worship, The Rev. Linda Roberts-Baca
Lessons, Carols, Communion & Candlelight -- 5:30 pm
Dec. 29: Contada: Everlasting Light: the Promise of Christmas
Christmas starts on December 25 and ends January 6, 2020
Epiphany Sunday is January 5, 2020
Sunday, January 5, 2020: Epiphany Sunday The Wise Men arrive!
EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES:
December, 2019
We welcome everyone worshiping with us! We’re glad you’re here, and hope you will join us, following worship,for coffee, conversation, and refreshments in Fellowship Hall. All are welcome!
If you would like to be a Greeter for a month, please talk with Eileen Whitaker
And, if you would like to bring flowers throughout the year, please sign the Flower Sign
Up Sheet as you exit the sanctuary, following Worship, to Fellowship Hall. Thank you!
Sundays, 9:15 am, Adult Bible Study, Rio Grande Church Library
Coffee served. All welcome!
Dec. 8: 2nd Sunday in Advent A shower of Blessings for Virginia Gaddis who will be 90 this month. Bring a card or small gift to add to a basket for her.
Dec. 15: 3rd Sunday in Advent Birthday Sunday and Anniversary Celebration following at Coffee Fellowship.
1st Tuesdays Luncheons:
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, 11:30 am. Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
4865 Pan American W Fwy, Albuquerque, NM 87109
505-345-0829
Wednesdays, 12:30-2:00 pm, Lunch Bunch Bible Study
Wednesdays in the Church library.
Bring a sack lunch and join us for thoughtful study of the Bible over coffee and conversation.
All are welcome.
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Choir Practice Thursdays at 10:00 AM
Deacons Meeting Thursday, 11:00 AM
We need volunteers to be a Liturgists/Readers in Sunday worship.
Eileen Whitaker coordinates this calendar.
For information or to volunteer: call 831-1143 and leave a message.
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Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays Rio Grande Food Project
from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm; and Saturdays, 9:00 am-noon.
Donations of food and funds welcome too.
Food Project Volunteers needed! To sign up contact Lisa Fernandez
at the food project, 831-3778
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We, also, host Friday evening AA meetings, 8:00 pm;
Thursday evening NA meetings, 7:00 pm
We welcome those celebrating weddings, showers, anniversaries, or other special occasions.
For church use/fees/information: call the office at 831-1143.
A Hiking ministry of St. John's United Methodist Church
mdfurnish@comcast.net
www.stjohns-abq.org
For information contact Mike Furnish (884-6626) or Kelly Giese. We plan to continue the Mountain Cathedrals monthly, generally on the third Saturday of the month. These trips are designed as worship experiences rather than strenuous hikes. Suggestions welcome! In the future some longer trips may be included in this series. Suggestions welcome (see below email)!
Next trip: Saturday, Dec. 21st. December 21, 2019; Corrales Acequias and Bosque Preserve; 8 AM to 1 PM (meet at St. John’s). More info - contact Kelly Giese or Mike Furnish. Next trip: Saturday, January 18.
Our December hike will be close to town. The planned route will cross through a unique mixture of adobe homes, small farms, deciduous forest and pass near the Rio Grande. We will be able to identify a number of architectural styles of roofs: Spanish revival, pueblo style, Santa Fe style among them. The hike has no significant rise and remains on either dirt or asphalt trails. We hope to see some wildlife, especially birds. In preparation for the hike dress in layers, bring sunscreen, some light snacks, binoculars if you have them and a hat if you like.
As we walk we will share in a reading from Luke 2, the story of the birth of Jesus and the story of the announcement to the shepherds by angels. How are you now experiencing the good news of great joy? Come join us for this hike on the winter solstice as we reflect on what the Lord is making known to us, now.
LOCATION: St. John's UMC Albuquerque East Parking Lot
We plan to continue the Mountain Cathedrals monthly, generally on the third Saturday of the month. These trips are designed as worship experiences rather than strenuous hikes. Suggestions welcome! In the future some longer trips may be included in this series. Suggestions welcome (see below email)!
Michael Furnish <mdfurnish@comcast.net>