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Point-in-Time Event Hosted by Central UMC

January 25, 2025, South Lawn

The Point-in-Time (PIT) Count is an annual effort to measure the number of people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January. Conducted nationwide, the PIT count provides critical data about sheltered and unsheltered individuals, offering a snapshot of the scale and demographics of homelessness in our community. For New Mexico, the PIT Count is especially significant, given our state's unique challenges, including rural areas, Native American communities, and a higher-than-average poverty rate. The data gathered informs federal funding allocation, local policy decisions and helps state and local organizations identify trends , and advocate for solutions tailored to New Mexico’s cultural and geographic landscape. Community members contribute to a deeper understanding of homelessness by participating in the PIT Count and help drive meaningful action toward reducing it across the state. 

Central has the opportunity to host a magnet event for the PIT Count by hosting a Resource Fair. Nearly 20 different service organizations will join us to tell folks about their services, and it will be an opportunity for folks to participate in the street census. Magnet events help illuminate and give even more depth to the PIT Count. Ultimately, the PIT Count is not just about numbers but about visibility and the commitment to ensuring that no one is left without a path to stability and support.

CONTACT Abbey Reed for more information.

EDUCATION Series

on Creation Care

January 26 - March 2

What is the connection between our United Methodist Christian faith and creation? There are deep connections and it is part of our legacy as a global denomination!

NEXT WEEK: Members of our Green Team will lead us in educational experiences during the Sunday School/Christian Education hour throughout the season of Epiphany. We will gather in the Central to Life Center. All are welcome.

SAVE THE DATE: SOUPER BOWL!

February 9, 2025

This is our THIRD Annual Souper Bowl hosted by the United Women in Faith. Food will be available after the 8:30 am service for take-away and after the 11:00 am service for dine-in. The cost is $10.00 per person. We will receive cash or check made out to "Central UWF."

ALSO -- We will have a mission project to create 'dignity bags' with water and snacks to be given to those in need around the church and city. Our goal is 100 dignity bags! Donations will be accepted for these bags, if you choose.

this week @ central

JANUARY 20-26, 2024

Church Office: Mon- Thurs, 9a-4p, Fri, 9a-12noon

Monday, January 20, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

   Church Office Closed for the Holiday

Tuesday, January 21

9:30a : Staff Meeting [Atrium Conference Room]

10a : Coffee Fellowship [Gathering Area]

5:30p : Leadership Board [Conference Room]

Wednesday, January 22

9:30a : WOW (Women of the Word) Study [Rm. 312]

10a : ID Clinic [Gathering Area]

11a : Wednesday Bible Study [Lomas & Washington]

6:30p : Chancel Choir Rehearsal [Sanctuary]

Thursday, January 23

6p : MassApPeal Ensemble Handbells Rehearsal [Rm. 311]

Friday, January 24

6p : BELONG to Sabbat Service [Congregation Albert]

Saturday, January 25

12p - 2:30p : Community Resource Fair & P.I.T. Count

Sunday, January 26

8:30a : Chapel Worship

9:45a : Sunday School / Education Hour : Creation Care Series in Central to Life

11a : Sanctuary Worship

3p : New Mexico Peace Choir Concert 

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A Prayer

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

O God, we thank you for the lives of great saints and prophets in the past, who have revealed to us that we can stand up amid the problems and difficulties and trials of life and not give in. We thank you for our foreparents, who've given us something in the midst of the darkness of exploitation and oppression to keep going. Grant that we will go on with the proper faith and the proper determination of will, so that we will be able to make a creative contribution to this world.

In the name and spirit of Jesus we pray. Amen.

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