News for the week of May 22, 2017
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> Appointment News
> Greg's Coming to Town
> More Than a Line - Lydia Patterson Institute
> Focus on #NMAC17
> Legacy Luncheon
> Exhibitors
> QPR for Clergy
> Upcoming Events & Important Dates
> Classifieds, Calendars & Connections
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Greg's Coming to Town!
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More Than a Line - At the U.S.-Mexico border,
mission remains a challenge amid shifting policies and changing times.
(Lydia Patterson is one of NM Conference's Supported Ministries.)
by Paul Jeffrey
The sunrise is just a distant hint when Yarely Arellano leaves her home in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Juarez, Mexico, a scrappy border town marked by rows of
maquilas-the assembly plants for everything from underwear to automobile wiring harnesses-and a string of unsolved murders of young women. Her mother, Patricia Esquivel, walks with her to a nearby corner where they wait to catch a bus together to the U.S. border.
"There are seldom problems, but sometimes as I'm going to school the drunks are just getting out of the cantinas, so my mother always goes with me," Arellano said.
Yet Esquivel can accompany her daughter only so far. Once they're within sight of the signs reading "Welcome to the United States," they stop and share a kiss. Arellano proceeds across a pedestrian bridge to the United States, her U.S. passport in hand. She quickly passes through the immigration check and sets off walking eight more blocks to her school. Esquivel watches her go, then looks for a bus to head back home.
Twenty years ago, Esquivel lived in the United States, where her daughter was born. But she was there without papers, and one day she was caught and deported. So now she proudly watches from afar as her daughter gets an education. In the evening, when her daughter comes back across the border, Esquivel will usually be back at the bridge to accompany her home.
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Online registration has closed. You can register at the information desk at the Las Cruces Convention Center starting at 9:00 am on Wednesday, May 31st. Questions? Roselie Johnston: 505-255-8786 or
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Legacy Luncheon - Honoring our Retirees and Remembering our Saints
Please note that this year Memorials will occur before the Opening Worship at the Legacy Luncheon.
New Retirees: David Snyman, Chris Rodriguez, Nancy Bowen, Kathleen Potter, Moo Keun Ham, Terry Tamplen & Ann Madden
In Memory: Thomas Omar Rust, Lucy Lewis, Guy Richard Payne, David Franklin Weyant, Nancy Jane McDonald, Joyce Ann Brunk, Evelyn Margaret Lewis, Eloise Mae Symonds, Rosin Watkins, Thomas Earle Richardson, Johanna Anderson, Clara Jo Richardson.
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QPR for Clergy
Clergy are on the front lines of suicide prevention and have been identified as "key gatekeepers" in the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
After years of collaborating with faith leaders, the QPR Institute has published a peer-reviewed, online QPR-based training program for clergy.
This training program is designed specifically for leadership in our faith communities and includes basic QPR training, helping skills for people in crisis, foundational knowledge about the relationship of mental illness and substance abuse to suicide risk, and how to help those impacted by suicide.
For the remainder of 2017, and to encourage early adoption, this new, 6+ hour course will be offered at the discounted rate of $79.
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Upcoming Events
May
May 30 - Early Bird Workshops - Las Cruces Convention Center May 31-June 2 - Annual Conference, Las Cruces, NM June June 9-11 - King's Kids Camp (grades 2-4) - Sacramento June 19-23 - Ritmo Camp (grades 7-grad) - Sacramento July July 3-7 - Sacramento Family Camp - all ages July 9-14 - Music on the Mountain - (grades 7 - grad) - Sacramento July 10-14 - Promise Seekers Camp (grades 4-6) - Sacramento July 31-Aug. 4 - Camp Sunshine - Sacramento August Aug 11-12 - Lay Servant School - FUMC-ABQ
Fall Itineration Schedule Sept 16 - Roswell, First UMC 2:00 pm Sept 23 - Tucumcari, Center Street 3:00 pm Oct 14 - Odessa First UMC 10:00 am (Central Time) Oct 21 - Farmington, First UMC 10:00 am Oct 22 - Albuquerque, St. John's 2:00 pm Nov 18 - El Paso, Trinity-First 2:00 pm
Click here for the Conference Calendar
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Classifieds
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Conference Calendar
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UMC website
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RELEVANT, PASSIONATE, AND LIFE-CHANGING CHURCHES New Mexico Annual Conference 11816 Lomas Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87112 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Receptionist Hours: 9:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. (800) 678-8786 toll free; (505) 255-8786; (505) 265-6184 fax Click here to view our staff listing
Please send photos, articles, events, etc. to Alli Newsom, Communications Director at alli@nmconfum.com. Send classified ads to frontdesk@nmconfum.com. |
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