MCC of Albuquerque at the 2005 AIDS Walk

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New Mexico HIV/AIDS Walk 2012
Highlands High School Track and Field
Saturday, April 28, 2012 @ 11:00 AM

We’re here to make a difference in the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS. Join us as we walk together in a faith community working to change someone’s life.

The funds we raise will help five HIV/AIDS organizations continue to provide education, resources, food and assistance.

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Reporter: Amanda Goodman

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Burying a child, especially a baby is heartbreaking. Sometimes so much so that parents cannot bring themselves to do it.  That is when the Metropolitan Community Church of Albuquerque steps in.

“The medical examiner’s office calls us and lets us know that they have a baby and asks us if we’ll take it in and bury it,” said Reverend Judith Maynard of MCC.  The church buries abandoned and unclaimed babies through its ‘littlest angels’ program.

A member named George Rombold felt compelled to the start the program nearly a decade ago after reading a similar program in California.
Since then the congregation has buried about 20 babies in Albuquerque, each time holding a simple memorial and funeral service, attended by church members.

Earlier this week four babies were laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Park.  “That was the most that we’ve done at one time, we’ve done two together, but this was the most we’ve done,” Reverend Maynard said.  Everything is donated for the funerals except for the monuments, that is when the congregation steps up again, donating the $300-$400 needed for the monuments.  “The congregation, even though many of them don’t have children, they’ve embraced these babies as their own they come to the services, they sit there, they weep as if it was their very own,” Maynard said.  Claiming the babies that no one wanted in life by being there for them after their death to make sure they receive a proper farewell.?

What happens when the ordinary moments of our daily life become extraordinary?

When our daily routine becomes anything but routine?

What happens when the God of the universe steps into our lives? Ready for an adventure? Ready to get to know Jesus in a deeper, more intimate way? Ready to encounter the God of the universe in your daily life? 

• The journey begins Wednesday, March 9 at our 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday
  worship service
• Sign-up to attend a Lenten Family Group
• Order the Ashes to Fire Daily Devotional for $10

Richard J. Foster says that coming to prayer is like coming home. “Nothing feels more right, more like what we are created to be and to do. ”

Prayer can move us inward into personal transformation, upward toward intimacy with God, and outward to minister to others. If you are interested in discovering a deeper understanding and practice of prayer, then join the Wednesday night Study Group at MCCA.

Group will meet the first and third Wednesday, beginning October 6, from 6:15 – 7:00 pm. All are welcome to attend this group – no experience necessary!

Come and find your heart’s true home through this study on prayer!