Calendar
Happening this Week
PW Bible Study – Wednesday, January 14th, 3:30 PM (Lounge)
Bells and Choir Practice – Wednesday, January 14th, 5:30/6:30 PM (Sanctuary)
PW Meeting – Thursday, January 15th, 10:00 AM (Coffee Room)
Session Meeting – Thursday, January 15th, 5 PM (Lounge)
Annual Congregational Meeting & Potluck – January 18th, 12 PM (Fellowship Hall)
Session Triennial Zoom with Presbytery – Wednesday, January 21st, 4 PM (Lounge)
Looking Ahead
Worship Committee – Thursday, January 29th, 2 PM (Lounge)
Evening Bible Study restarts – Tuesday, February 3rd, 5:30 PM (Lounge)
Daytime Bible Study restarts – Thursday, February 5th, 1:00 PM (Lounge)
Deacons Meeting – Sunday, February 8th, 12:30 PM (Lounge)
Mission Committee – Wednesday, February 11th, 9:30 AM (Lounge)
PW Bible Study – Wednesday, February 11th, 3:30 PM (Lounge)
Annual Congregational Meeting & Potluck after Worship this Sunday!
We will hold our annual congregational meeting and potluck THIS SUNDAY in the back building immediately following worship. We’ll gather to receive the annual report, vote on Pastor Compensation for 2026, and celebrate all that God has done in the life and ministry of our church in the last year.
Welcome our New Music Director: Caitlin Alexander!
Session and the Music Director Search Committee are SO excited to introduce you to our new Music Director: Caitlin Alexander! Caitlin is an art and music teacher, singer, and performer with Blue Winds, where she creates and performs alongside her husband, Sebastien Marconato. She has extensive experience teaching children’s art and music, leading women’s song circles, and offering embodied voice lessons that support authentic expression and confidence. A local mother of two, Caitlin brings warmth, creativity, and heart-centered presence into all she does.
Caitlin is thrilled and honored to be stepping into the role of Music Director at First Presbyterian Church, and she recognizes just the kind of musicianship she is following as successor to Mark Jackson. She hopes to be a guiding light and build on the wonderful program he has established.
PW Bible Study
PW Bible Study will meet on Wednesday, January 14 at 3:30 in the lounge. Lesson 6 “Finding Our Joy in Christ: I Will Say it Again, Rejoice” will be led by Gilda Gant. All are welcome.
PW Meeting
An important PW meeting will be held on Thursday, January 15, at 10:00 in the coffee room. On the agenda will be discussing how to spend our money. Also plans for Ginna’s baby shower will be made. It is hoped all can attend and participate.
Tax Letters Available in Worship 1/18 & 1/25
For the next two Sundays, donation letters for taxes will be available to pick up in worship at the back of the church. Feel free to pick them up in worship or to stop by during weekly office hours. Look for your letter and save us a stamp! All letters not picked up will be mailed at the end of January.
February Book Club Meeting
The next Book Club meeting is Thursday, February 5th 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 February book is THE ATOMIC WEIGHT OF LOVE by Elizabeth J. Church, 2016 368 pages.
The March book is Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy, 2025, 298 pages.
Code Blue
DreamTree Project announcing the activation of Code Blue at the NEST Shelter in Taos due to extreme cold weather.
Code Blue is in effect Wednesday, January 7, at 5:00 PM through Tuesday morning at 8:00 AM. We are seeking community support to help cover:
Food
Code Blue survival kits for street outreach
Additional staffing required during extended emergency operations
How to Help Donations, volunteer sign-ups, and additional information are available at https://www.dreamtreeproject.org/codeblue. Extreme cold is deadly. Coordinated response and community support saves lives.
A Baby Shower for Pastor Ginna
The Congregation of First Presbyterian Church of Taos is invited to a Baby Shower for Pastor Ginna on February 14, 2026 (Valentine’s Day) at 3:30 PM in the Coffee Room of the Church (Main Building).
Here are the details:
Sponsored by PW – Ask Ann Gastineau or Ada Randall your questions
For a gift we will, as a community, give Ginna a mid-range stroller/carseat combo she has requested. Its cost is around $400. Checks to contribute to the stroller should be written to PW and given to Ann, Ada or Valerie (office). Donations are anonymous and other individual gifts for Ginna are at your discretion and should be given at a different time. We plan to give one gift that day from all of us!
Other secrets are in the making. SHHHH! Surprises for Ginna
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.
Centering Prayer
CENTERING PRAYER will be starting up again after a brief Christmas break:
TIME: 4-5 PM
DATE: January 21
PLACE: St James Episcopal Parish, 208 Camino de Santiago, Taos, NM
DURATION: weekly
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, and plastic bags. 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, January 27th, 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM to help pack boxes of food.
We need volunteers to show up on Wednesday 28th, 7:45 AM – 11:00 AM at El Pueblito Methodist Church in El Prado and at 1:30 PM at the Talpa Community Center.
**Distribution Day is Wednesday, January 28th, 8:30 – 11:00 AM at El Pueblito Methodist Church in El Prado and, 2 to 3 PM at Talpa Community Center
