September 2017, Newsletter First Christian Church of Santa Fe (Disciples of Christ)

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MISSION STATEMENT: In communion with Christ and with the world, First Christian Church serves God by building spiritual bridges between people. Inspired by Christ and the Spirit, we plant seeds of caring in the world, using gifts of music, active service, teaching and openness. United in Holy Faith, individuals work together to create a unique way of sharing faith.

Feeding Santa Fe's ministry is to provide supplemental food on a routine, scheduled basis to families & individuals in need of such support in the Santa Fe area. 21% of Feeding Santa Fe’s income is from local faith communities.

Feeding Santa Fe always has a need for volunteers. You might be interested in help-ing prepare bags of groceries for distribution on Wednesday mornings or helping with the actual distribution on Thursday mornings. Assistance is also needed in the ordering of the bulk non-perishable food items and in the uncrating of those items.

Prayerfully consider your part in supporting this important mission in our community.

SEPTEMBER 2017 SPECIAL OFFERING FEEDING SANTA FE

Halloween Potluck &

Congregational Business Meeting

October 29th After worship

Birthdays

September 18 – Evelyn Henson 29 – Melody Hett October 3 – Nancy Scheer 7 – Coby Livingstone

CONTACTING the PASTOR: Church Phone: 505-983-3433 (checked daily, Sun-day-Thursday) Email:

rev.tiffany.disciples.santafe@gmail.com (checked daily, Sunday-Thursday) Drop-In office hours: Feel free to drop

by Wednesday and Thursday

2-4 pm. Or contact

Rev. Tiffany to schedule an appointment

for another time.

From the Pastor

Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. (Romans 13:10) I write from Kansas City, where I have been blessed to be part of the 2017 SENT Seminar hosted by the National Benevolent Associ-ation Incubate Initiative. The seminar brought together 20 Disciples ministers and social entrepreneurs from around the country who have ideas for social service ministries that contribute to the health and wellness of our communities. Training included leadership coaching, legal and tax issues related to incorporating a new organ-ization, social media and marketing, and fundraising. All of these leaders who I met in the seminar are stepping out boldly to create the change they believe in, some together with church communities, some on their own, some with teams. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” In these times of turmoil, these times of floods and fires, these times of young people who have never known any home but here being told they are no longer welcome, these times of shifting demographics, of birthing new realities of what church is or could be...we are called by the power of the Holy Spirit to defend our neighbors - to implement justice through love, for love is the fulfilling of the law.

Tiffany

We soon will have a nominating committee that will be tasked with finding officers, elders, deacons, and trustees to serve First Christian Church of Santa Fe. Prayerfully consider your personal situation and the possibilities of being able to serve the church in one of these positions. Once the members of the nominat-ing committee are announced, consider volunteering for a position before being asked.

CHURCH OFFICERS NEEDED for 2018

Service Schedule Date Elder Deacon Sep. 17 Ed Bethel Neil Curran Sep. 24 no elder Anita Hett Oct. 1 Nancy Scheer Neil Curran Oct. 8 Bob Cady Anita Hett Oct. 15 Ed Bethel Neil Curran If a Deacon or Elder needs a substitute, please call the church at 983-3433.

Please consider the following for your prayers:

• For all those affected by violence of all kinds throughout the world.

• For all impacted natural disasters throughout the world.

• For us to learn to better care, respect, and cooperate with the earth, our common home.

• For all who are incarcerated & for their fami-lies and friends who are impacted.

• For our neighbors living on the streets - espe-cially the women, children, and young adults, who often go unnoticed in their housing inse-curity.

• For immigrants & refugees and all who are seeking a safe place to call home.

• For those who are sick, in the hospital, or fac-ing chronic health concerns, and for their friends and families who care for them.

• For our new General Minister & President, Rev. Terri Hord Owens, and for all who lead the Disciples movement locally and nationally.

Pray also for other churches and helpful organizations each week: Sep. 17-23: New Life Family Fellowship & Tewa Women United Sep. 24-30: adherents of Native American religions in the Santa Fe Area & Public Service Employees, Military Personnel , Care Givers Oct. 1-7: Community Table & St. Elizabeth Shelter Oct. 8-14: West Mesa Christian Church & Tres Rios Area Christian Church Oct. 15-21: St. Ann’s Catholic Parish & Esparanza Shelter

God’s Kids Say &

Do the Funniest Things A friend who leads the children’s program in her local Lutheran church was telling the children about the rescue of Moses by Pharaoh’s daugh-ter. She used it as an object lesson to remind them of how so much in life needs to be rescued, including the animals in the local rescue shelter. Following a brief prayer, the chil-dren began to file out of the sanctu-ary for Sunday School when a small girl broke ranks and ran down the isle fervently announcing, “Mommy, Mommy, the Bible says we have to get a dog!” From The Joyful Noiseletter Bob White, Owego, NY

First Christian Church of Santa Fe 645 Webber Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 phone 983-3433 September (2017) Newsletter https://santafedisciples.org

Sept 18-22: Rev. Tiffany attending Bethany Fellowship retreat, a Disciples of Christ program to support early-career ministers

Oct. 3: Vipassana Sangha Sit; 5:30-8:30 pm Oct 5: Community Table; 5:30 pm gather, 6:00 Pot-luck dinner Oct 14-17: removal and repouring of deteriating concrete walk in the church patio Oct. 29: Potluck lunch and business meeting after worship Every Day; Any Time: visit our church web site at:

http://santafedisciples.org

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