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New Mexico pilgrimage update!

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New Mexico pilgrimage update!

A Pilgrimage for Our Shared Home

 On Friday, an interfaith pilgrimage in New Mexico finished a 328 mile pilgrimage that took over 25 days. Read about the pilgrimage via this blog. 

Members from Taos United Community Church joined the climate pilgrims from Interfaith Power and Light on Thursday, February 5 in Santa Fe as the pilgrims finished their walk from Carlsbad, NM to the state Capitol, the "Roundhouse" in support of the Clear Horizons bill.

Much respect, gratitude, and admiration to these three who made the walk from Carlsbad:

Desirée Bernard: Executive Director of the New Mexico and El Paso branch of Interfaith Power & Light.

Rev. Clara Sims: Associate minister at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Albuquerque and a team member with NM-IPL.

Jim Ekstrand: Marketing & Communications Lead at NM-IPL and a spokesperson for the group. 

Read more in this article, “Faith-based climate advocates arrive at state Capitol after 300-mile trek” in the Santa Fe New Mexican.

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UCC-wide gifts help strengthen New Mexico church after death of founding pastor

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UCC-wide gifts help strengthen New Mexico church after death of founding pastor

“There are a number of people in Taos, N.M., who are happily surprised that Taos United Community Church did not shrivel up and blow away after the death of our founding pastor in October of 2021,” wrote the Rev. Julie Parmenter, a longtime hospice chaplain who stepped up to serve as the church’s interim spiritual leader after the sudden loss of the Rev. Pamela Shepherd. “It is this story of how the grant and its outcomes helped to strengthen our church community after the loss of its leader that needs to be told.”

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