CALENDAR: FALL 2003 (Updated August 23)

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
"A Healing Spirit"
An Ecumenical Worship Service
Iglesia Congregacional Unida
1701 Broadway SE
10:30 A.M.

Sermon by REV. SUSAN SAGER
Singers from Iglesia Congregacional Unida, La Mesa Presbyterian Church and Aquinas Newman Center
Liturgical Clowning by Michael Haley

Please bring one or more non-perishable items to donate to local feeding organizations
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20: Speak Out for Justice (Advocacy Conference, Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry) 8:30 am-3:30 pm, First Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe, 208 Grant Ave. Santa Fe. Contact Ruth Hoffman in Santa Fe (rh@logmnm.org) (505) 984-8000 Registration Fee

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
Collaboration or Calamity: Africa in Peril (World Food Day teleconference & panel discussion), 8:00-11:00 am, Jeanette Stromberg Hall, Albuquerque TVI, 2000 Coal SE, Contact Mary Oleske (mtoleske@cyfd.state.nm.us), 841-4845
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16-17 Governor's summit on Hunger Marriott Pyramid Hotel, 5151 San Francisco Rd. NE, 11:30 am.-8:00 pm, Thursday, 7:30 am-3:00 pm Friday, Conctact Mary Oleske 841-4845 (mtoleske@cyfd.state.nm.us) or Ann Sims, 821-9184 (asims@salud.unm.edu) Registration Fee
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18: Celebrating the Sacred in Food Production, 8:30 am-late afternoon, San Miguel Parish, Socorro, 403 El Camino Real NW, Sponsored by New Mexico Catholic dioceses & National Catholic Rural Life Conference, contact Joan Brown (joankansas@juno.com) or Joan Leahigh, 831-8167 (justice@archdiocesesantafe.org) No Registration Fee, but donation for lunch requested

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 CROP Walk, registration begins at 1:00 pm, Central United Methodist Church, 1615 Copper NE To obtain a packet contact Ann Sims, 821-9184 (asims@salud.unm.edu) or George Huggins, 343-3784 (george.huggins@PCUSA.org)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 9:00 AM
Montly Meeting, Life in a Village in Ghana, Charles Powell, Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 12500 Carmel Ave. NE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22
9:00 AM
Monthly Meeting, Nutrition & Health in West Africa, UNM associate professor Carole Conn,, New Mexico Conference of Churches (conference room), 720 Vassar Dr. NE

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RECENT EVENTS
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--MAY 17, 2003: Impact of budget cuts & war expenditures on U.S. development assistance,
UNM Law Prof. Jennifer Moore, @Albuquerque Friends Meeting House
--APRIL 26, 2003: World Food Day Overview,
Local WFD coordinator Mary Oleske, @La Mesa Presbyterian Church
--APRIL 18, 2003: WAY OF THE CROSS, Sponsored by Center for Action & Contemplation, Downtown
--MARCH 29, 2003: Review of State Legislative Session, Ruth Hoffman, LOGM, @Luther House
--FEBRUARY 22, 2003: Offering of Letters overview, @Trinity United Methodist Church
--NOVEMBER 16, 2002: TANF reauthorization update, Kim Zamarin, Human Needs Coordinating Council, @First Unitarian Church
--OCTOBER 26, 2002: Poverty & 2002 Elections, David Alire-Garcia, editorial page writer, Albuquerque Journal, @Aquinas Newman Center
--SEPTEMBER 21, 2002: Open Hearts, Open Doors, an ecumenical worship service, @St. Timothy Lutheran Church
--MAY 18, 2002: Update on TANF reauthorization,
Nancy Koeningsberg, New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty; Zelinda Welch, Bread, @New Life Presbyterian Church
--MAY 16-17, 2002: Meetings w/regional organizer Zelinda Welch, @St. John's United Methodist Church (Santa Fe), Christ the King Lutheran Church; (Durango, Co), First Presbyterian Church (Farmington)
--APRIL 27, 2002: Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Program in New Mexico Tony Louderbough/Human Initiative Inc., @John XXIII Catholic Church
--MARCH 29, 2002: Way of the Cross
--MARCH 23, 2002: Local TANF Advocacy efforts
Kim Zamarin, HNCC, @First United Methodist Church
--FEBRUARY 23, 2002: Overview of 2002 State Legislature, Ruth Hoffman/LOGM, @Faith Lutheran Church

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OUR HOST CHURCHES
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Congregations that have hosted Albuquerque monthly meetings or other events:
ELCA: St. Paul, Holy Cross, Faith, St. Luke, Luther House, Valley (Los Lunas), Christ the King (Durango, Co.)
UNITED METHODIST: Mesa View, Trinity, First (Albuquerque), St. Johns (Santa Fe)
MISSIONARY BAPTIST: Macedonia
PRESBYTERIAN: St. Andrew, New Life, Rio Rancho, Second Presbyterian, Rio Grande, Cristo del Valle, First (Farmington), First (Albuquerque)
ROMAN CATHOLIC: Holy Rosary, Holy Family, Aquinas Newman Center, Church of the Risen Savior, Prince of Peace, Holy Ghost, St. Charles Borromeo
EPISCOPAL: St. Thomas of Canterbury
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST: First Congregational, Good Shepherd, Iglesia Congregacional Unida
UNITARIAN: First (Albuquerque)
QUAKER: Albuquerque Friends Meeting House
AMERICAN BAPTIST: Sombra del Monte Christian Church
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST: Monte Vista Christian Church

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ECUMENICAL SERVICE SERMONS:
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*REV. DANIEL ERDMAN-Cristo del Valle Church
*SISTER PAULA GONZALEZ-Sisters of Charity
*REV. ELICE HIGGINBOTHAM-First Congregational Church
*REV. MARTHA HONAKER-St. John's Episcopal Cathedral
*REV. CAROLYN HUGHES-The Storehouse
*REV. ART MEYER, Trinity ELCA-Farmington
*REV. RICHARD ROHR-Center for Action & Contemplation

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LOGM/BREAD CONF. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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REV. DAVID BECKMANN
JACK NELSON PALLMEYER
REV. RICHARD ROHR
REV. ART SIMON
REV. JOHN HALVORSON