Church Jottings 10/12/2020

Church Jottings 10/12/2020

Thanks to the wonderful Holly Herman for reading ALL of your church newsletters and compiling the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches.

If you’d like a separate article about your news to appear on the website and The Loop, please submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.

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Church Jottings 10/5/2020

Church Jottings 10/5/2020

Thanks to the wonderful Holly Herman for reading ALL of your church newsletters and compiling the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches.

If you’d like a separate article about your news to appear on the website and The Loop, please submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.

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Eighteen first-graders are "going to school" at United Church of Santa Fe

Eighteen first-graders are "going to school" at United Church of Santa Fe

Ever since school started, 18 first-graders from El Camino Real Elementary School have been going to school (virtually) every day in United’s Youth Room! Javier Berges, an El Camino Real bilingual first-grade teacher, has set up his online classroom downstairs. He and his wife, also an elementary teacher, have three school-age children, and their house lacked the bandwidth needed for everyone to be online every day at the same time. In early August when it was clear that public school would start online, I’d reached out to United educators and parents to see if there was any way for United to help by providing space. El Camino Real Principal (and United member) Jack Lain reached back and shared Javier’s situation. The rest is history.

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Church Jottings 9/28/2020

Church Jottings 9/28/2020

Thanks to the wonderful Holly Herman for reading ALL of your church newsletters and compiling the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches.

If you’d like a separate article about your news to appear on the website and The Loop, please submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.

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Church Jottings 9/21/2020

Church Jottings 9/21/2020

Thanks to the wonderful Holly Herman for reading ALL of your church newsletters and compiling the highlights to keep us up-to-date on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches.

If you’d like a separate article about your news to appear on the website and The Loop, please submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.

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Church Jottings 9/14/2020

Church Jottings 9/14/2020

Thanks to the wonderful Holly Herman for reading ALL of your church newsletters to keep us up on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches.

If you’d like a separate article about your news to appear on the website and The Loop, please submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.

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Church Jottings 9/7/2020

Church Jottings 9/7/2020

Thanks to the wonderful Holly Herman for reading ALL of your church newsletters to keep us up on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches.

If you’d like a separate article about your news to appear on the website and The Loop, please submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.

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Church Jottings 8/31/2020

Church Jottings 8/31/2020

Thanks to the wonderful Holly Herman for reading ALL of your church newsletters to keep us up on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches.

If you’d like a separate article about your news to appear on the website and The Loop, please submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.

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Church Jottings 8/24/2020

Church Jottings 8/24/2020

Thanks to the wonderful Holly Herman for reading ALL of your church newsletters to keep us up on the amazing work happening at the Southwest Conference churches.

If you’d like a separate article about your news to appear on the website and The Loop, please submit it to Wende by Thursday at noon to have it included in the following Monday’s Loop.

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Composer Ken Medema session with United Church of Santa Fe

Composer Ken Medema session with United Church of Santa Fe

Ken was born in Michigan 76 years ago, almost totally blind. Like others we’ve heard of (e.g., Ray Charles, George Shearing) He showed a prodigious talent for the piano from the start. In his case, he’s devoted his gifts to God. Ken will make some music for us, then we’ll ask a couple members of United to tell their story and ask Ken to make a song for them in the moment.

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