Church News
Saturday, February 24 - Begins at 10:00 a.m.
Change is the moment in time something becomes visibly new. Transition is the period of time required for people to adapt to the difference physically, emotionally, spiritually, psychologically, and intellectually. While change is inevitable, 80% of change efforts in organizations fail.
Read MoreTuesdays, February 6, 13, 20, and 27 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Shadow Rock UCC
In the four-session series, we'll explore practicing self-empathy, identifying needs and feelings, dealing with anger, and sharing our requests with others.
Read More10 am to 3 pm on Saturday, February 24, 2018
Church of the Palms, 14808 N. Boswell Blvd, Sun City
The Palms' Worship and Fine Arts Committee announces an art show! They expect a wide variety of media with artists from their church and some from the Sun City community.
They also invite you to respond to what you see. More art shows are suggesting a new dimension to the visual experience by articulating written responses as they view — only if wished by the viewer.
Read MoreCompiled by Holly Herman - thanks!
Read MoreThe Ministry of Mission and Outreach at Casas Adobes Congregational Church will institute a new program to help children and families living nearby Keeling Elementary School.
In partnership with Keeling and the Community Food Bank, they will begin, in late March, to pilot a once-a-month mobile food pantry open to anyone in the school's vicinity. By the time the program gets fully under way this coming fall, they expect to provide food for hundreds of individuals when food stamps run out at the end of each month.
Read MoreFebruary 13, 7:30 - 10 am at HonorHealth Shea Medical Center
The Heifer Project 2017 is now complete. Thanks to the generosity of Church of the Painted Hills, a check for $1350 is on its way to Heifer International!
Read MoreHOW HEALTHY PACKS WORKS
Position opening, accepting applications
Shadow Rock Preschool is beginning its search for Preschool Director for the 2018-19 school year. Qualifications are a Bachelor's Degree or higher in Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education, experience working in preschool education and preferably experience working with Quality First.
Read MoreThese items are curated from newsletters we receive from the SWC churches. Books they're reading, events they're holding, and odds & ends. Send your church news to Wende Gonzales at wgonzales@uccswc.org.
Read MoreAll are welcome to Taos United Community Church as they kick off Taos’s entry into the national Poor People’s Campaign this week on Economic Justice Sunday.
Read MoreFirst Church UCC is excited to be one of the only downtown locations to be distributing produce for Borderlands Food Bank this season. Held at First Church on the 4th Saturday of the Month from November through May.
This program brings healthy and affordable produce to our local community. For a $10 cash donation to Borderlands Food Bank, attendees will receive 60 lbs. of produce.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at Church of the Palms, 14808 E Boswell, Sun City
Daoud Nassar, a Palestinian Christian farmer, founded the organization Tent of Nations. Daoud and his family own a farm on the outskirts of Bethlehem that is besieged by illegal settlements surrounding it as well as constant threats from the government to take the land away or put onerous restrictions on it.
Though his family has endured decades of tremendous hardship, Daoud brings a consistent message of a struggle for peace. He is a seasoned and much appreciated speaker on U.S. campuses and to various religious groups.
Read MoreTucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN) organizes the monthly Poz Café luncheon. It’s an opportunity for those living with HIV to get out of the house, take a break, meet other positive people, and enjoy a meal prepared by local congregations.
Read MoreRev. Ken Heintzelman of Shadow Rock UCC shared some good news last week:
"Ibeth Corral has been our guest in sanctuary since late November. Earlier this month, her lawyer was able to secure a stay of deportation for an undetermined amount of time for Ibeth. She was able to return home to her children on January 5th. We rejoice that one more family has been kept together, even as so many others are being torn apart."
Read MoreSunday, January 28, 10:30 am
We will say goodbye to an old friend. The two-story building that housed good times, laughter, tears, friendship, fellowship and so much more is going to be put to rest.
Read MoreNaloxone is a medication used to block the effects of opioids, especially in opioid overdose, and can literally save a life. It is the equivalent of a fire extinguisher that trained lay people can carry with them.
The Bernalillo County Health Council is offering training and naloxone kits delivered through a nasal spray at no cost to participants.
Read MoreTidbits curated from church newsletters this week.
Read MoreFalling Upward – Spirituality in the Second Half of Life
Lenten Reflections and Book Study at Sun Lakes United Church of Christ
In some church traditions, Lent is focused on penance and sin and the practice of giving up things as a form of sacrifice. Lent in the ancient tradition of the church was about the rites and rituals that prepared individuals for Baptism at Easter. Richard Rohr, a Franciscan and a Roman Catholic priest, notes that Lent is about change and transformation where the False Self is challenged by the hardness of failure and suffering which enables the True Self to be uncovered or rediscovered.
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