The Art & Culture Group will go to Santa Fe on Tuesday, May 29 to see the exhibit entitled “Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible” at the New Mexico History Museum. This museum is on the Santa Fe Plaza by the Palace of the Governors.

For more information about this exhibit, go to www.nmhistorymuseum.org. We will ride the train with a cost of $7, the museum is $6 for NM residents, and we will have lunch in Santa Fe. Contact Lynn Chavez to make your reservation.

Ladies Book Club meets the third Thursday of the month at 1:00 p.m. The next meeting will be May 17^th at Anna Maria Greaves’ home when we will discuss “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival” by Laura Hillenbrand. The book we will review in June will be “Salvage the Bones” by Jesmyn Ward. For details, contact Linda Reid or Nancy Simmons.

The Art & Culture Group will take a “History Walking Tour of Old Town” on Monday, April 30^th at 10:00 a.m. Come learn some of the rich history of our famous Old Town. The tour will last about one hour and 20 minutes. Tickets are under $10 each using a group rate discount. Everyone is invited. We will meet at Tours of Old Town ticket window, 303 Romero NW, Space N120. Contact Lynn Chavez to make your reservation.

Ladies Book Club meets the third Thursday of the month at 1:00 p.m. Our next meeting will be April 19^th at Sally Schneider’s home when we will discuss “Prodigal Summer” by Barbara Kingsolver. The book we will review in May will be “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival” by Laura Hillenbrand. For details, contact Linda Reid or Nancy Simmons.

The next event will be Sunday, April 15^th and we will attend the Dyna-theatre and 3-D movie “The Last Reef, Cities beneath the Sea” at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History located at 1801 Mountain Road NW (just east of Rio Grande Blvd.). The cost of the movie is $6 per person or $9.75 for a combo of the museum and the theater. We will meet at the museum at 2:30 to get our tickets as the movie starts at 3:00 p.m. Ticket sales close 10 minutes prior to show time and there is no late seating. Curtain Call will have a table in the gathering space on March 18^th & 25^th to take your reservations. Contact Pat Dennis at for further information.

Our congregation is very active in many ways. We had a great Annual Meeting and lunch on February 12, and we were able to seat everyone in the Fellowship Hall. The meeting ran smoothly, and the food was great. Dennis Birchard made wonderful brisket and coleslaw, and we also had lots of potluck dishes and tons of desserts. With crayons in hand, we wrote down on the paper tablecloths the ways in which SOTV has influenced us. Some members shared testimonies outlining the ways that SOTV has personally touched their lives.

Card Ministry will meet Saturday, March 10, at 10:00 a.m. at the home of Lynn Chavez. Anyone interested in creating “get well” cards, “praying for you” cards, “thank you for visiting SOTV” cards, and prayer request cards for the Sanctuary pews is welcome. If you have never made cards before, don’t worry. We have many ideas for you to produce beautiful cards. Please contact Lynn Chavez.

Curtain Call will attend the musical “The Drowsy Chaperone” on March 11 at 2:00 p.m. at the Adobe Theater on Fourth Street. We already have 33 reservations! For more information of this group, contact Pat Dennis or Lynn Chavez.

Hand and Foot Card Group meets the second Thursday of the month at 1:00 p.m. in the far west wing. This fun game is a form of canasta. Everyone is invited to attend. Contact Carolyn Cannain for more details.

Ladies Book Club meets the third Thursday of the month at 1:00 p.m. Our next meeting will be March 15 at Nancy Simmons' home. We will be discussing “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand.” For further information, contact Linda Reid or Nancy Simmons.

Ladies Out-to-Lunch Bunch will meet March 12 at 12:30 p.m. at Plum Café Asian Grill located at 4959 Pan American Freeway NE. It is located behind Texas Land & Cattle Steakhouse and across the parking lot from Century Rio 24 movie theater. For reservations, please contact Lynn Chavez.

Mah Jongg classes are held every Friday at 1:00 p.m. in the far west wing. The Wright-Patterson rules are being taught to those interested in learning this intricate game. For more information, contact Lynn Chavez.

The Walk to Walk group walks vary from 45 minutes to 90 minutes around the fields behind the church. We meet at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the back parking lot of the church. Come join Tom’s Bible Study at 7:45 a.m. on Tuesdays and then join us for a refreshing walk afterwards. Contact Lynn Chavez for further information.

There will be an Easter Hymn Sing on Wednesday, March 21, at 7:00 p.m. In December we had an Advent Hymn Sing where we sang all our favorite Christmas hymns. Now that we are in the season of Lent, we are planning an Easter Hymn Sing to sing our favorite Easter hymns. “Jesus Christ is Risen Today!” is one of my favorites! We will start at 6:00 p.m. with a potluck dinner and the singing will start at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. Come and join us in singing your favorite Easter songs! Contact Lynn Chavez.

Art & Culture will be attending a museum, art gallery, or listening to a speaker once a month. On Saturday, March 31, we will go to the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History. This museum is located at 601 Eubank Blvd. SE (south of Central Avenue). We will meet at the museum at 1:00 p.m. There are several “hands on” exhibits that children will enjoy. Tickets are under $10 dollars and children under 5 are free. Everyone is invited. Contact Lynn Chavez for further details.

A Bunco Group will start on March 20 at 1 pm in the far West Wing of the church. We will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Bunco is an easy and fun dice game. Contact Lynn Chavez for further details.

Lynn Chavez
Congregational Life Elder

This group will be attending a museum, art gallery, or listening to a speaker once a month. On Saturday, March 31st the group will go to the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History and meet there at 1:00 pm.. This museum is located at 601 Eubank Blvd SE (south of Central Avenue). There are many "hands on" exhibits for children. Everyone will purchase their own tickets at the museum (under $8 per person depending on age). Everyone is invited. Contact Lynn Chavez for more information.

Bunco is a game of dice, played in rounds. Players take turns rolling the dice and trying to accumulate as many points as possible. The game is played at tables of four in competing teams of two. Bunco game lessons are held every 3^rd Tuesday of the month at 1:00 p.m. in the far west wing. For more information, contact Lynn Chavez. The next meeting will be on May 15th at 1:00 pm in the far west wing.

This group meets on the third Thursday of the month at 1:00 pm. Our next meeting will be March 15^th at Nancy Simmons home. We will be discussing “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand.” All ladies are invited to read the selected book and attend the meetings to join in the lively discussions. For more infomation, contact Linda Reid or Nancy Simmons.

The next event will be Sunday, March 11^th at 2:00 pm at the Adobe Theater in Corrales, NM to see "The Drowsy Chaperone" by Bob Martin & Don McKellar, which is considered a comic “musical within a play” homage to American musicals of the jazz age. It won 8 Tony Awards in 2006. During the month February, look for the sign with the red curtains at the tables in the gathering space and sign up for this event. For additional information, please contact Pat Dennis or Lynn Chavez.