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First Pres Digest 3/31/15

3/31/2015

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Dear Friends and Members of First Presbyterian Church:
Blink and March is over.  Before we know it, school will be out and we will wonder what happened to spring.  Embrace the time God gives to you with thanksgiving.

This week is Holy Week.  Click on the "Holy Week" link for an interesting meditation from www.thethoughtfulchristian.com.  This week we are hungry for the time to seek newness in our spirituality, but can at times feel "dragged down" by our daily lives. I hope this past Sunday helped us with that feeling.

We had our feet in both worlds: waving the palms and then remembering Jesus' passion for the sin and brokenness of God's world.  Between "Lamb of God" as the offertory, special music from the Sometime Singers, and a reading by five members in lieu of a sermon, telling of the trial and crucifixion, I hope we all got something meaningful out of this past Sunday.

Also on that special Sunday we welcomed to the church Kay and Richard Hart, Amber and Donald Varsallona and their daughter Leanna.  They are all eager to be full participants in the worship and service our church has going on, so I hope you'll call upon them.  

I hope that this is a special week for you.  Holy Week is a bittersweet season, filled with pain, desertion and hope for new life.  Savor that.  

This Sunday, speaking of "savoring," is Holy Communion.  We celebrate the Risen Lord, as well as savor the bread and the cup of salvation.  

Good Luck to Kayla Cherry at today's track meet in Melrose!  And also good luck to our Rattlers baseball team; they play at 4:00PM here in Tucumcari!

Just a few things are going on round the church
Today;  Yoga at High Noon,  Quay-Z Quilters arrive about 1:00pm
Tomorrow:  Exercise, Eat and Pray at 9:00AM, 11:00AM  Sometime Singers practice
Friday:  Exercise, Eat and Pray at 9:00AM;    
Easter Sunday:  worship at 11:00AM;  Bring a bell to ring, any kind of bell!

Please add to your prayers:
Eloy and Gilbert Martinez (Betty and Teresa's brothers) - health problems
the Burns family
Travelers and Spring Breakers
Thanksgiving for Wayne Huffman's good doctor's report
Reagan Kenyon completed radiation, now awaits next steps; prayers for her and her parents...
what are your other prayer requests?

Have a blessed week.  See you Sunday, if not sooner!
Love,
Pastor Amy
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First Pres Digest 3/24/15

3/24/2015

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The Go! Bags are done and ready to go! The Tea Party was a success. Thanks to all who made it work!
Grace and Peace to all in Jesus Christ,
We can take a breath of relief.  It looks like Spring may finally be here! Hopefully you enjoyed the beautiful weather this past weekend.

This week, at First Presbyterian Church:
Tuesday:  High Noon Yoga in Fellowship Hall
Wednesday and Friday:  Exercise, Eat and Pray at 9:00AM
This Wednesday at 11:00 - the Sometime Singers practice.
Saturday: - nothing, for a change!  go and enjoy the springtime weather
Sunday: Worship at 11:00AM  it's Palm/Passion Sunday.  

Palm Sunday is called Palm/Passion Sunday if churches do not have a Good Friday service, so we make sure we don't skip over the cross to Easter.  We cannot forget that the cross stands in between the revelry of Palm Sunday and the extraordinary message of the resurrection on Easter.    

Sunday Visitors
Dena Mericle, daughter Hannah and granddaughter Maleah 
Jenna Morris (not really a visitor!) home for Spring Break and a huge help to us in our Tea Party and Mission Program
Houston and John McKenzie - what a pleasure to see them in town!

Mission Report
We had a lovely day for a Tea Party on Saturday.  Special thanks to Regina, Jenna, Marj, Kenna, and Julie for decorating Friday and to Dorothy Randals for helping us early on Saturday too.  We hosted 35 people and made 56 bags/purses to go to the Domestic Violence Program.  About a third of them came from the Presbyterian churches in Portales and Clovis, which was a treat for us!  We also enjoyed the visit with people from around the community, including City Commissioner Rick Haymaker and his wife, Toni.

What fun!  On Sunday, we dedicated the purses during worship. I took many more photos, some which I will use when submitting our grant renewal.

Prayers:
Reagan Kenyon and her parents, Molly and Clifford, as Reagan undergoes cancer treatment in Houston
Teresa Gallegos-Brake and her sister Betty request our prayers for their family's many health problems, including brothers Gilbert and Eloy
Shane Jennings' family
Jason Lenig and his family, following his grandmother's death
What are your prayer needs?  Please share. 

Hope you enjoyed the photos!
Have a blessed week.  I'll see you Sunday, if not sooner.
Love,
Amy
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First Pres Digest 3/10/15

3/10/2015

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Grace and Peace, Ya'll.
We are winding up for a busy next few weeks.  If you missed church on Sunday,make sure you add to your plans the funeral this Saturday, March 14th at 11:00AM for Troy Brake.  The Bereavement Committee, an arm of the Board of Deacons, is presently making preparations to bring food on Saturday by Teresa Gallegos-Brake's home at 1412 S. Monroe (near Crutcher).  

 Marj McKenzie has a birthday today too!!  Today is her birthday, March 10th.  Happy Birthday, Marj!

Also, don't forget to tune in this week to KTNM 1400 or rdo.to/KTNM to listen to our local basketball teams in the state playoffs.  Four of our Quay County teams are going.  Yay for Quay County!
Tonight:  Logan Girls (Class 2A) @ 6:30PM.  
Tomorrow morning:  Tucumcari Boys (Class 3A) @ 11:30AM.  So do the San Jon Boys (Class A).
Tomorrow night:  Logan Boys (Class 2A) @ 6:30PM. 

If you want to see the playoff brackets by Class, you can follow this link:  State Playoffs

THIS WEEK

Today at noon we resume yoga, but then I have to run off to the high school at 12:55PM.
Tomorrow and Friday:  Exercise, Eat and Pray 9:00AM
Saturday: 11:00AM Service for Troy Brake;  3-5 Birthday Party for Margie G. McKenzie
Sunday:  10:30AM PW planning mtg for the Saturday Tea 3rd Sunday Potluck Supper.  Singers practice after supper.
Saturday next week, March 21st:  Tea Time and Domestic Violence Mission Project (see attachment)

Please pray for
Reagan Kenyon and her parents Clifford and Molly, battling cancer
Teresa Gallegos-Brake in her grief
Brenda and Eddie Encinias in grief for Brenda's mom, Dorothy White (service for Mrs White is today at 11:00)
For Betty Ragan's sister in law who is having a double mastectomy and reconstruction today

May God bless you and keep you this week,
Love,
Amy
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Calling all Churches!   A Special Invitation to Partner with Us #EndDomesticViolence

3/5/2015

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Help us help victims of Domestic Violence in Quay County! 

You and your church are invited to a Tea and Service Project to aid the Tucumcari Domestic Violence Program.  (click here for a printable PDF to share with your friends!)


@ 306 East Aber St, Tucumcari, NM  88401

Greetings in Christ!

Domestic Violence is a blight on our community.  You can help us make a difference in the lives of its victims. 

Please come for an English tea time and discover how you can partner with us in our mission to the Tucumcari Domestic Violence Program.

·  Have some refreshments and fellowship
·  Help us fill up the “Go! Bags” for clients of the Domestic Violence Program – easy!
·   Find out how your church can help us in our mission
·   You might win a door prize!

Saturday, March 21, 2015 @ 2:00PM

If you want to bring something, you may bring any of the following:

·   A box of your favorite tea (you can take it home)
·   A gently used purse or plain tote bag to donate

Or - just come, see, and help us be… a blessing to Tucumcari.

For any questions, you can contact Amy at 575-708-0860.

Sincerely and in Christ,
The Presbyterian Women of Tucumcari, NM
(formerly “Ladies’ Aid Society”)



...for a link to statistics about Domestic Violence in New Mexico, click here to visit the National Network to End Domestic Violence.

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First Pres Digest 3/3/15

3/3/2015

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PictureWe are weak, but He is strong!
Greetings, Friends in Christ!

Just a quick note to thank all of those who made sure that worship happened in our church on Sunday!  I'm proud of this church, and that you know what to do in such moments.  I heard that it was a touching service, to have the people of God leading worship. As you know, yours truly was too sick to make an appearance.  I got "the gunk."  You did not need to be around me!  



For today, I am still recuperating, but am able to talk on the phone a little better.

Just to be safe, yoga is cancelled today.

I will be well enough by this Sunday to meet with any "wanna be singers" at 10:30 before church in the little meeting room to the left of the Narthex.  We can look at a few pieces and talk about when to practice.  

This time of Lent reminds us that Jesus was a human (fully human-fully divine).  Jesus' humanity is revealed in his temptation in the wilderness, and in his struggle for justice against those in power.  He sat with sinners.  He ate with prostitutes. He spoke with Gentiles.  He invited small children to sit and talk to him.  He crossed boundaries to be with other humans from many walks of life.  And it got him in trouble with those in power, who thought they could stop him by killing him. 


From Jesus' example we are invited to accept our own humanity, which includes our weaknesses and limitations.  It is a scary thing to accept, but it's a chance to take a step of faith, trusting in God and God's people to fill in the empty spots where we fall short.  At a gift shop I recently found a travel cup that said on it, "I can do anything.  I cannot do everything."  When we admit that we are guilty of making ourselves idols, then we may discover grace.

Thanks to the Green Chile Gals for sending me an angel last night, in the form of Marj McKenzie, bearing a plate of delicious food!  There's a communion sermon in there somewhere.  If you are a Gal and you'd like to know where they're meeting next, we will keep you in the loop.

Just a note, please continue to hold Teresa Gallegos-Brake in your prayers.  I spoke with her last night.  She's still sick too.  She still doesn't know exactly when we will have a service for Troy, but it likely will be Saturday next week (3/14).  I should know something soon. You can email me to get her phone and address to send cards.

May God bless you and keep you this week.  Stay warm tomorrow!  It's going to get cold again.  
Love,
Pastor Amy 

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