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2016 Winter-Advent Newsletter Website.Indd LaEpístola Advent 2016 Vol 47, No 5 TThehe 115050tthh CelebrationCelebration ContinuesContinues from the 150th Task Force A grand celebration week to mark the past members, and members 150th anniversary of the organization who live elsewhere have been of First Presbyterian Church, Santa invited. If you know of someone Fe, the oldest continuing protestant we should invite, e-mail or call church in New Mexico and Arizona Krista at [email protected] The Reverend Jan (formerly New Mexico territory), is or 982.8544 x10. Edmiston, Co-Moderator of the 222nd General fast approaching and special events are Among the events scheduled Assembly (2016) and in the inal planning stage. Highlight Ruling Elder Tony De La leading up to the celebration of the week, January 6 through Rosa, Interim Executive dinner and Sunday services: January 15, is the festive anniversary Director, Presbyterian Mission Agency banquet at the La Fonda, Saturday evening, January 14, and a special • SSunday,unday, NNovemberovember 13:13: worship service on Sunday, January 15. During the 9:45 church school hour, Andy Wulf, church member will be at 10½ o’clock (10:30). We are extremely honored to have and Director of the New Mexico Following the service we’ll walk to denominational leaders planning to be History Museum, will speak of the the Palace of the Governors to see present and participating. They include historical signiicance of the Palace the plaque commemorating that Tony De La Rosa, Interim Executive of the Governors to both Santa Fe irst service in the Palace followed Director of the Presbyterian Mission and First Presbyterian Church. The by a reception at the museum. Agency, the Reverend Jan Edmiston, irst worship services of the church • SSunday,unday, DDecemberecember 111:1: We’ll Co-Moderator of the 222nd General in 1866 were held in the Council celebrate the opening of the school Assembly, the highest elective ofice Chambers of the Palace. begun by the Rev. David McFarland, in the Presbyterian Church (USA), • SSunday,unday, NNovemberovember 20:20: We’ll go founding missionary pastor of and Susan Jackson-Dowd, Executive back and have a taste of worship the church, with 10 children on Director of Presbyterian Women. 100 years ago, when Ray Kersting December 10, 1866. Jill McCormick delivers a sermon his grandfather has a special presentation planned. Special arrangements have been made the Rev. William Hayes Moore • JJanuaryanuary 6 andand 13,13, 2017:2017: Special with the La Fonda for room rates of wrote while pastor of the church TGIF programs featuring music $99 the nights of January 13 and 14. from 1897 to 1904. In keeping composed especially for the As they are identiied with your help, with the irst worship service of celebration. Programs are at persons who grew up in the church, the church in 1866, our service 5:30 each Friday. DDearear TTheophilus,heophilus, “Fundraising is, irst and foremost, a form of ministry. It is a way of announcing our vision and inviting other people into our mission. Vision and mission are so central to the life of God’s people that without vision we perish and without mission we lose our way.” These words do not come from some stewardship manual but from Henri Nouwen, one of the spiritual giants of the 20th century. As we approach a time of stewardship and pledging for the coming year it would be good to remember these words and also be reminded of our own vision and mission. So I lay before you a biography of our vision and mission since my arrival almost ive years ago. Along with over 26 years of pastoral experience I brought with me three ideas that proved very effective in my Ohio Church, carved out of necessity in being Church in a rapidly changing world. “Do your passion. Do what gives you energy. Be what God has given you.” It was freeing. People responded. The old committee structure gave way to small groups, teams, innovative initiatives to address societal issues, and spiritual practices replacing programs. Burnout was nearly eliminated and participation increased. We became Church and enjoyed being together. This did not happen overnight but took years to develop. When I arrived I held close to the indings of Discerning God’s Future for First Presbyterian Church Santa Fe, the document this church worked on prior to my coming as it looked to its future ministry. Ministry to and with Young Families and Youth, Diversity, Hospitality, and Spiritual and Pastoral Care were the four goals identiied and they became, in effect, my job description and a foundation for our vision and mission. Session attempted to bring this into focus with a more luid and memorable statement but after several starts and stops we put it on hold. In order to help us continue this process, I looked to my Spiritual Direction experience and applied its four movements to the congregation’s life and rhythm. In 2014 we spent a year with RReconnectingeconnecting to God, our world, community, and church. In 2015 we gave our energies to RediscoveringRediscovering Jesus, his life, message, and ministry. This year we are RRememberingemembering who we are through the great stories of God as well as Re-Membering ourselves into this congregation. Next year is our time of RRenewalenewal. It was hoped that this exercise in spiritual direction might help to bring our vision into clearer focus. Enter our tagline and logo. Through the dedication and hard work of members of the Communications Committee, and working with a local company called BadDog Design, we came up with the phrase BBehold,ehold, BeBe Still,Still, Become,Become, words taken from scripture and carefully selected to point to God, not us. This phrase now accompanies our new logo featuring a colorful rendition of the front of our sanctuary. I spent the entire summer of 2015 preaching on each part using multiple scriptural sources. I have spent three Sundays of our stewardship season talking about what they might mean to us today and am including a fourth, Blessed Church, as we contemplate supporting our ministry in the coming year, anticipating our 150th Anniversary year as a time of RRenewalenewal. Finally, a Session task force expanded the deinitions of each part of the phrase which now graces our bulletin, website, letterhead, and every other document we produce. This is our vision and mission. This is our statement to describe what we believe God is calling us to be and do, here and now. We are reminded, however, that no one statement is ever complete. It is never all there is to say because God is greater than any words or attempts to capture God’s dreams for us. As I remind us of our vision this day, brought forth by our congregation through years of discernment, I invite you into our mission, to support and give generously to our many ministries, participate in our faith practices, engage in our outreach, and ind joy in our being together: “BBeholdehold a transforming God who invites us to a joyous way of being, a bolder way of believing, a deeper way of seeing. BBee StillStill and take time to focus on the spiritual, restore your energy, experience God’s word in scripture, music and art. BBecomeecome followers of Jesus who are open to God’s Spirit, trusting, welcoming, caring for one another, passionate about including everyone, confronting injustice, and healing the world.” Pastor Harry Eberts 2 November/December 2016 and January 2017 CCelticeltic baptismal font. Come and welcome new people into our church (up to half of our attendance thus far have CCvenvenSoongng been people from the community or visiting Santa Fe). Come and WWednesdayednesday eeveningsvenings experience a different theme each 55:30:30 iinn tthehe SanctuarySanctuary week: Justice and Peace the irst Wednesday of the month, Healing In a time when attendance at worship on the second, Creation Care on the is lower across the country, why third, Hospitality on the fourth, and have one more? It is simple: because on those rare ifth Wednesdays our we need to do it, especially during worship will center on Commitment. 208 Grant Avenue midweek to experience a time of Come and have the opportunity to be respite, a pause in our busy lives, a liturgist, as a musician to play along Santa Fe, NM 87501 chance to respond to the crises and with Linda Raney, to welcome people 505.982.8544 issues of our day, to experience God’s into our sanctuary, or provide light Shalom in a shattering world. refreshments following the service in fpcsantafe.org Pope Hall. Come and join in on several So come any given Wednesday at Pastor committees who meet Wednesday 5:30 in the sanctuary for a time Rev. Dr. Harry Eberts III evenings following the fellowship of quiet with the sun’s fading light meal. Session still coming through the windows. Rie Clark Richard Lindahl Come to sing beautiful Celtic songs Come because Christ has invited us Bill Eklund Margaret Lyerly and pray the prayers of Iona. Come to to come. Celtic Evensong—RRefresh,efresh, Karen Finney Jim Martin experience communion around the RRenew,enew, RRestore.estore. Janis Gonzales Tom Paalman Judi Haines Dennis Sanderson Steve Kinnett Jim Smock Gale Wright Deacons Mary Black Darryl Bowman Sharon Eklund Art Hansen Kathy Hansen Barbara Hutchison Arlena Jackson Dorothy Karayanis Paul Kincaid Donna Krulitz Rose Mott Tom Mott Patti Poitras Alice Tinkle Dawn Wink W Grant Wright Madeleine Wright Wednesdays present two opportunities for renewal—Morning Prayer (top) at 7:00ĆĒ in McFarland Chapel and the new Celtic EvenSong (bottom) at 5:30ĕĒ in the Sancutary.
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