Adult Education and Offerings
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We offer a large variety of in-person and virtual adult faith formation groups and classes. Please sign up by 5:00pm the day before the meeting. Thank you! Some Sunday Adult Forums are also offered Virtually. Click here to see past forum streams.
Pretty Good Guys The Four Vision Quests of Jesus
Wednesdays
June 11 & 25
10:30- Noon
The Four Vision Quests of Jesus, by Episcopal Bishop and Choctaw Elder Steven Charleston, explores key events in the life of Jesus Christ through an indigenous lens. All United men and friends invited to join in the Pretty Good Guys’ summer study group. Copies of the book available for purchase in the Community Room. All welcome!
(Talitha Arnold, 505-988 3295, unitedchurch.talitha@gmail.com
Resiliency and Hope: Revelation - Really?
Thursdays
8:00am
The “Hope and Resilience” Zoom Study group focuses on the Book of Revelation this summer. Info/register at unitedchurchsf@gmail.com. All welcome!
United Church Night" at the Fuego Baseball Game!
Sunday
June 8
5:30pm
(sign up by Wed., June 4)
Join with your United community to cheer Santa Fe’s hometown baseball team, the Fuegos. We’re sponsoring the game, which means we get to throw out the first pitch, meet the players, get discounted tickets, and have United Church highlighted all through the game.
Tickets are $6 (33% off!). Families with kids are free. You can also help underwrite family tickets by including a do- nation with your ticket purchase. Friends welcome, of course! Sign up at church. (unitedchurchsf@gmail.com)
June Forums
Changing Lenses, Changing Lives
June 1
11:15am After Service
We welcome Wyclif Gitonga, Executive Director of the “Changing Lenses, Changing Lives” program in Kenya. A colleague of United member Jenn Wynne, he’ll share the work of this non-profit that is committed to ensure that children in developing countries have basic welfare and education needs met through funding projects and individual sponsorships.
Next Steps for "Being a Christian Community
in America 2025"
June 8
11:15am After Service
What better day than Pentecost—when God’s Spirit is poured out anew so “old ones can dream dreams and young ones see visions”—to continue our exploration of the question of the May retreat: “What does it mean to be a Christian community in America 2025?” Whether you participated in the retreat or not, come and engage with hope for the future of our congregation and the wider community and world.
live Circle Adult Care
June 15
11:15am After Service
Lea VanMerkestyn, Director of Santa Fe’s Life Circle Adult Day Center is our guest to share the Center’s work and its commitment is to be a place for elders and their families to balance the many needs associated with aging. Life Circle’s focus is to enhance their clients’ well-being with socialization and other services while also providing respite for family caregivers. Director VanMerkestyn will also have information on “pre-crisis planning” for families and individuals dealing with dementia or other challenges.
TBR
June 22
11:15am After Service
Santa Fe Dreamers: Their Futures, Our Responsibilities
June 29
11:15am After Service
Given the current administration’s actions toward immigrants and refugees, children who were brought to the U.S. by their parents seeking asylum, refuge, and safety for their families now face great difficulties and uncertainty. Since 2012, the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program has ensured safety from deportation and the opportunity to work in the U.S. legally—but the future of the program is in jeopardy. This Sunday we hear learn from leaders of Santa Fe Dreamers and young adults impacted by the uncertainty.