All couples are invited to a Couples Workshop, lead by Albuquerque Therapist, Russ Adams. Come and learn some new skills which will keep your relationship vibrant and thriving.
Workshop cost is only $20 per couple and will take place on Saturday, March 13, from 10 am until 1 pm. We have a few scholarships for those we are unable to pay.
If you have not registered, you can still attend tomorrow – come and join with other couples for this informative workshop.
Christmas Eve is a time for candlelight.
Who can say what passes through our hearts on Christmas Eve?
Strange thoughts.
Undefinable emotions.
Sudden tears.
Christmas Eve is a time to be quietly glad.
It is a time to wonder, to give thanks,
and of quiet awakening to beauty
that still lives on through the strife
of a war-torn world.
And Christmas Eve is also a time for memories and remembering.
For some, the memories are of loved family members
who have died, and the festive season
makes the pain of those losses ever more real.
For others, the memories are of happier times than we know now,
felt as the anguish of broken relationships,
the insecurity around employment,
the anxiety of illness or poor health,
or the emptiness of loss after drought or bushfire.
All these feelings are with us this night as we gather in this sacred place.
Here we are safe to feel what we feel:
to acknowledge our sadness,
to share our concern,
to release our anger,
to face our emptiness,
and still to know that God by what ever name,
is made present in the caring thoughts and deeds of others.
So let us be and share and remember and receive,
assured that we are not alone in our life experiences as we gather for worship this Christmas Eve.
You are invited to join with us for worship on Thursday, December 24 at 10 pm, as we make that journey which leads to a manger, which leads us to God’s love. Invite your family and friends to come and experience the miracle of Christmas.
A mother was stopped at her son’s bedroom door with a warning on a new door hanger. It was a cartoon drawing of a dog with nails dug deep into the carpet as it held on for dear life, with teeth clinched and eyes bugged out as half of its body was sucked into an upright vacuum cleaner. Encased in a circle with a big line drawn through it with bold lettering were the words, NO VACUUMING!!
You probably could get along with your family if it just weren’t for the people involved.
Too many times the home front slowly turns into a battlefront where the family fights a daily war. The arsenal if filled with the ammunition of hurtful words fired back and forth at one another. Children get caught in the crossfire and suffer battle fatigue. The home becomes less of a collection of adjoining rooms, and more like separate barracks in various occupied territories. Individuals don’t unite and support one another; to survive, they hunker in their bunkers.
As Dr. Phil would say, How’s that working for you?
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Until you become a parent, you don’t realize the sacrifices your parents made for their children.
You may hear a new mom say, I’m sacrificing my career to raise my child. But it doesn’t take too long for her to realize the construction work in the homosapien department is quite rewarding. It can actually be a joy and a learning opportunity to sacrifice. Whatever you may unselfishly give up for your children, you do so in order to provide a better future for your child.
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