Daily Archives: January 12, 2022

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Midweek Update – Jan 12, 2022 – Speaking the Truth

Message, NewsJanuary 12, 2022

Dear Friends, By the time I was old enough to know who Martin Luther King Jr. was, he…

Midweek Update – Sept 28, 2022 – Introducing Our New General Presbyter
At our last Presbytery meeting on September 17th we approved the call to Rev. Jason Micheli to serve as our Designated General Presbyter. Jason is coming from the Los Ranchos Presbytery. He has a Doctor of Philosophy in the Hebrew Bible, is well versed in finances and fundraising, and is a board member of PC(USA)’s A Corporation. He…
September 29, 2022
Midweek Update – Sept 21, 2022 – Welcoming Your Neighbor
Have you or someone you know experienced increased anxiety over the past few years? Do you find yourself feeling restless, easily fatigued, irritable? Do you experience difficulty concentrating, excessive feelings of worry or problems falling or staying asleep? If so, you are not alone. Anxiety has increased significantly over the past few years, for what seems…
September 22, 2022
Midweek Update – Sept 14, 2022 – Materiality as Resistance
“Walter Brueggemann defines materiality as the use of the material aspects of the Christian faith, as opposed to materialism, which places possessions and physical comfort over spiritual values.” This is how the term materiality is defined in the synopsis on the back cover of the book Materiality as Resistance: Five Elements for Moral Action in the Real World. I would expand this…
September 21, 2022
Midweek Update – Sept 7, 2022 – Adult Education
Adult education has been an integral part of the St. Andrew’s experience for many years. Our congregation places a high value on the learned study of the Bible and teachings of many theologians such as Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Joan Chittister, Richard Rohr, Walter Brueggemann and others. Adult Theological Reeducation (as Borg called it) is critical to…
September 14, 2022