Save the date! March 1st to March 3, 2013. All women of SOTV and their friends and relatives are invited to attend. There will be fellowship, laughing, studying, sleeping, singing, praying, eating (meals are included). The cost is $150 per person. Half the cost may be paid at the time of registration and the remainder paid the week prior to the event. For those who cannot afford the $150, SOTV may be able to help with a scholarship. Ask about the scholarship before you say no. If you cannot attend this year, please consider a donation to the scholarship fund. For additional information, contact any of the following committee members: Debi Ciddio, Ilse Gay, Lorrie Stepetic, or Maggie Leach. Registration information will be available soon.

The SOTV Youth Fellowship is moving to a New Time! Starting on Sunday, June 3^rd during the evenings the Middle School Youth (6-8^th grade) will meet from 5:30-6:30 p.m. with dinner from 6:30-7:00 p.m.; the High School Youth (9-12^th grade) will meet from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Leadership will be provided by the SOTV youth mentoring interns, Shelton Caldwell, Brent Gillespie and Cortney Romero. Please contact them if you have any questions.

The annual Deacon's Picnic will be held on Sunday, June 3rd immediately after the worship service under the big cottonwood tree on the north side of the church. There will be pizza, salad and dessert. Anyone wanting to bring a dessert to share may do so. Donations will be accepted. Bring a hat, sunscreen and a hearty appetite.

Church Members, your new nametags are here! Everyone is in charge of taking care and keeping track of their own nametag. Please remember this was a complimentary opportunity to purchase a new nametag at no charge, but if it’s lost again, future charges will apply.

The youth fellowship planning team would like to give a heartfelt thanks to the youth and parents who stayed for the lunch and meeting after worship on March 25th. The shared opinions and suggestions are helping the team develop a new and exciting youth fellowship program! The planning team is currently made up of 3 mentoring interns: Shelton Caldwell, Cortney Romero and Brent Gillespie, and ruling elder Christa Tarr. Ruling elder, Kathy Rhoades and pastor Tom Hart are also involved in praying for the team and helping with decisions. Prayer support and communication from all will be essential in the next couple of months as the planning continues. Be looking forward... to something great! God is on the move! Blessings in Christ, Christa Tarr.

Correction-- the Youth Lock-In will be on Friday, April 27th from 7:00 pm until 12:00 pm on Saturday, April 28th. It was reported in the Chimes to be on April 20-21, those dates are incorrect.

Youth March Schedule

Youth April Schedule

Youth May Schedule

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.

Youth "letting the light shine in" through their mission work

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.

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 next class will be held Friday, May 18th, at 1:00 pm in the far west wing.