Calendar:
Happening this Week
Budget & Stewardship Meeting – Wednesday, April 8th, 2:00 PM (Lounge)
PW Bible Study – Wednesday, April 8th, 3:30 PM (Lounge)
Daytime Bible Study – Thursday, April 9th, 1:00 PM (Lounge)
April Book Club – Thursday, April 9th, 5:00 PM (Rhonda Grover’s Home)
Gentle Yoga – Saturday, April 11th, 10:00 AM (Main Office)
Bakkum Piano Studio Recital – Saturday, April 11th, 10:30 AM (Sanctuary)
Deacons Meeting – Sunday, April 12th, 12:30 PM (Lounge)
Evening Bible Study – Tuesday, April 14th, 5:30 PM (Lounge)
Looking Ahead
Session Meeting – Thursday, April 16th, 5:00 PM (Lounge)
Gentle Yoga – Saturday, April 18th, 10:00 AM (Fellowship Hall)
Gentle Yoga – Saturday, April 25th, 10:00 AM (Fellowship Hall)
Taos Community Chorus Concert – Saturday, April 25th and Sunday, April 26th, 1:30 PM (Sanctuary)
Property Meeting – Monday, April 27th, 3:30 PM (Lounge)
Gentle Yoga – Saturday, May 2nd, 10:00 AM (Fellowship Hall)
Worship Committee – Thursday, May 7th, 2:00 PM (Lounge)
May Book Club – Thursday, May 7th, 5:00 PM (Fellowship Hall)
Worship link from last week
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17ogyecAvj/
Thank you from Pastor Ginna
Dear Church Family,
I want to thank you all so much for your prayers, love, and care, during the last two harrowing weeks of health complications. We are finally home, and I am recovering slowly but surely. Baby Caleb is absolutely perfect.
Many of you have sent me kind messages of love and support, and it may be a little while before I’m able to get back to y’all individually. So for now, I just want to say thank you for surrounding my family and me with your prayers. Your care has been a tangible embodiment of God’s grace.
All my love,
Ginna
While Pastor Ginna Is Away
Please remember that the greatest gift you can give Pastor Ginna right now is space and time to bond with Caleb. To that end, please do not text Ginna with any church business and limit personal texts until she returns June 1. If you would like to send Ginna well-wishes, please email her at pastorginnabairby@gmail.com. You will receive an away notice, but she does have access to these messages. Because her focus is on her new little one, please accept that she may not be able to respond. Let’s all work together to protect her time as a new mother! Thank you.
Meal Train for The Bairby Family
The Meal Train for The Bairby Family is rolling! Here is the link for the website: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/rynw17.
If you need help signing up to the website to provide a meal, please call Valerie (575-758-3124) or email her (churchoffice@firstpresbyteriantaos.com) during working hours and she will sign you up.
We are so grateful for all those willing to sign up to bring food. Please keep in mind that an offer to bring food is just that, not a guaranteed opportunity for a visit or to meet the baby. Thank you in advance for your willingness to be flexible!
Painting and Carpeting in the Back Building Project
The Church has decided to paint the inside of our back building starting Monday, April 6th. This is needed as a follow-up to repair work on the walls from the water leak several years ago. We are also replacing carpet in our offices immediately after we complete the painting. We expect to complete all of this work during the month of April and will coordinate with our users to minimize disruption. Our schedule may change but for now here is our plan:
Fellowship Hall & Kitchen will be painted and not available for use from April 6 to 11. Users can return Monday, April 13th.
Lounge will be painted April 13 to 15. Users can return April 30, as this space will be used by Valerie as a temporary office while her office is painted and carpeted.
Entryway and Hallway will be painted April 27 to 29. Building users to be careful during this period.
Painting contractor understands the need for quiet while users are in the building
Lilies
Don’t forget to pick up the lilies you ordered to decorate the Sanctuary for Easter Sunday.
Enos Garcia Elementary School – Need for Shoes
Enos has expressed a need for shoes for the children and their families. Please help by donating new shoes for kids (size 11 and up) and new or gently used shoes for adults. Donation boxes are in the Sanctuary.
Gentle Yoga Class has Returned to FPC Taos!
Every Saturday, Diana Davies will lead a gentle, meditative practice from 10:00 to 11:00 AM in the back building. Gentle Yoga can be practiced on a mat or using a chair. Diana offers modifications for both options. Please note that on April 11th, the class will meet in the Main Office. As before, the class will be free and by donation. All donations will go to the Taos Medical Debt Relief Project. For more information, email Diana at dkalid@startmail.com
PW Bible Study
PW Bible Study will meet Wednesday, April 8th at 3:30 in the Lounge. Gilda will lead Lesson 8.
April Book Club
The next Book Club meeting is April 9th at Rhonda Grover’s Home. If you want to attend please contact Rhonda for directions. The location change is needed as the Church Fellowship Hall is being painted next week.
Many thanks to Rhonda for hosting the April book group gathering. The dinner is at 5:30 PM. If you need directions to Rhonda’s home, please contact Rhonda at 512-627-5543.
The April book is Theo of Golden by Allen Levi, 384 pp, paperback, 2023
The May book is Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, 389 Pages, First published in 1937. Still available in paperback.
PW Birthday Luncheon
PW birthday luncheon is Thursday, April 23rd at 11:30 am at Martyr’s. RSVP to Rhonda Grover at rhonda@groverscorner.com or by telephone at (512) 627-5543.
Spring Rummage Sale
Please note DATE CHANGE. Set up will be Friday, May 15th. The sale will be Saturday, May 16th. More details to come.
Save the Date – Vacation Bible School July 21-23
We are thrilled to announce that our friends from Colorado are coming back to do an inter-church, intergenerational Vacation Bible school at our church this summer! Save the dates Tuesday, July 21st – Thursday, July 23rd. More information is coming soon!
Our VBS friends are looking for a place to stay
If you have a house that you lend or rent out and that will be available July 20-25, they might want to use it! Please let the church know – churchoffice@firstpresbyteriantaos.com.
Want to Join a Small Group Bible Study?
The Daytime Bible Study is seeking a few new members. We meet from 1 PM to 2 PM on Thursdays to share about our lives and study Scripture. Come join us!
Property Committee Is Seeking New Members
Do you have knowledge in maintaining a building? Would you like to be part of a committee who cares about our buildings? We have a couple of openings in our property committee. If you are interested, please email Ladd Daniel at laddo@mac.com
Centering Prayer
CENTERING PRAYER is meeting weekly on Wednesdays from 4 to 5 PM at the St James Episcopal Parish, 208 Camino de Santiago, Taos, NM. 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, April 21st, 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM to help pack boxes of food.
We need volunteers to show up on Wednesday, April 22nd, 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, April 22nd, 8:30 – 11:00 AM at El Pueblito Methodist Church in El Prado and, 2 to 3 PM at Talpa Community Center.
