Calendar
Happening this Week
Choir/Bells Audition – Wednesday, December 17th, 4:30 (Sanctuary)
Session Meeting – Thursday, December 18th, 5 PM (Lounge)
Children’s Christmas Pageant – Sunday, December 21st, during worship at 11AM (Sanctuary)
Longest Night Vigil – Sunday, December 21st, 5 PM (Taos Plaza)
Longest Night Potluck – Sunday, December 21st, 6 PM (Fellowship Hall)
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service – Wednesday, December 24th, 7:30 PM
Office will be closed on Christmas Day
Looking Ahead
Office will be closed on New Year’s Day
Sacred Place Project Meeting – Tuesday, January 6th, 11 AM (Lounge)
Mission Committee – Wednesday, January 7th, 9:30 AM (Lounge)
Worship Committee – Thursday, January 8th, 2 PM (Lounge)
Book Club – Thursday, January 8th, 5 PM (Fellowship Hall)
Deacons Meeting – Sunday, January 11th, 3:30 PM (Lounge)
PW Bible Study – Wednesday, January 14th, 3:30 PM (Lounge)
Session Meeting – Thursday, January 15th, 5 PM (Lounge)
Our Children’s Christmas Pageant
Our Children’s Christmas Pageant will take place on Sunday, Dec. 21st during worship at 11AM. Come watch our children act out the Christmas story. If you have a child or know a little one who would like to be involved, talk to Pastor Ginna.
The Longest Night Memorial Service for our homeless neighbors
The Longest Night Memorial Service for our homeless neighbors will take place on Sunday, December 21st, at 5 PM on the Taos Plaza. A potluck will follow at 6 PM in our back building. Sign up to help with set up and clean up https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054CADAB2DA1FBC25-60054473-thelongest#/
and to bring food: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054CADAB2DA1FBC25-60054010-thelongest#/
Mystery Poinsettias Order
We had an order for poinsettias “In Memory of Ellen and Gereon Jensen”. This order was paid in cash. However, we don’t know who ordered it. Please let us know so we can add your name to the order.
Poinsettias Order
It’s time to order your Poinsettias for the 2025 Christmas Season. To purchase one or more in memory or in honor of a loved one, please fill out the order form available in worship. Please print names so that we do not make any mistakes in spelling. The cost is $20.00 per poinsettia. Make checks payable to “First Presbyterian Church of Taos” and return the order form with check in the offering plate.
Deadline is Sunday, December 21st. Thank You!
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
We will hold a family-friendly service of lessons, carols, and candlelight on Wednesday, December 24th at 7:30 PM. Join us to share in the spirit of the season!
Can you help with farolitos on Christmas Eve?
We need a few volunteers to assemble and place farolitos around the front of the church on Christmas Eve. If you can help, please talk to Property Chair Ladd Daniel.
Food for NEST
Our church will be continuing the commitment to provide meals for NEST. We do this on the fourth Thursday every month. It is time to schedule volunteers for 2026. Three volunteers are needed every month. Please see the sign-up posters on the Mission bulletin board when you enjoy food and fellowship after the church service.
Come Sign Mark’s Farewell Book During Office Hours!
We know that many people did not get the chance to write a note in Mark’s farewell book at his party last week. If you’d like to leave a note for Mark, come by the church during office hours. The book is located in the main office, and we’d love to have everyone sign.
Book Club
The next Book Club meeting is Thursday, January 8th in the Fellowship Hall of the First Presbyterian Church, Potluck at 5:00 PM and the book discussion at 5:30 PM. If you have not joined us in person for a while, we now bring our own plates, silverware, drink and a dish to share for the potluck.
The January book is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, 490 pages, 2021
The February Book is The Atomic Weight Of Love by Elizabeth J. Church, 368 pages, 2016
Centering Prayer
A Centering Prayer Group is forming in Taos, sponsored by Contemplative Outreach. Starting November 12, the group will gather weekly in the St. James Parish Hall Santiago Room, 208 Camino de Santiago, Taos from 2-3 PM.
Mother Mandy at St James has offered to host it, and Ursula Beck will be coordinating thru the statewide Contemplative Outreach Group. They will facilitate learning videos from Father Keating followed by Prayer. All are welcome.
Shared Table Needs Your Bags & Help
Shared Table needs your grocery store paper bags, plastic bags and cardboard egg cartons. Please drop off these items at El Pueblito Methodist Church, 1309 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte. You can leave them by the front door anytime. And come by Tuesday, December 23rd, 9:00 am – 11:00 am to help pack boxes of food. Distribution Day is Wednesday, December 24th, 8:30 – 11:00 AM at El Pueblito Methodist Church in El Prado and, 2 to 3 PM at Talpa Community Center.
