ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION -- every Sunday at 9:45 am. A new curriculum, Feasting on the Word has been selected. Classes will include looking at the lectionary, having good discussions, teaching, and sharing. Teachers have been trained to be accepting of diverse thinking and trained to elicit discussion from participants. Sounds great! Join the class in the Fellowship Hall.

JOIN US FOR ADULT CHRISTIAN GROWTH - Sunday's Adult Christian Growth lesson from Feasting on the Word focuses on Acts 1:15-17 , 21-26, the story of the selection of Matthias to replace Judas among the twelve apostles. Entitled, "Can I Get a Witness?" the lesson reflects on ways in which the church identifies and empowers leadership for the sake of community and ministry. Led by Lisa Eaton, the class meets at 9:45 am in the Fellowship Hall. Participants are encouraged to read the lesson and the focus Scripture before the class to enrich the Sunday morning learning experience.

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.

The Card Ministry will meet Saturday, May 12th (followed by Saturday, June 9th) at 10:00 am at the home of Lynn Chavez. Please come and help us make get well cards for the TLC Group, cards for the Prayer Group to mail to those on their prayer list, cards for first-time guests to the church, prayer request cards for the pews in the Sanctuary, miss you cards for the members who have not attended worship services lately, etc.

It’s time to officially start cleaning out your home bookshelves and bring those unwanted books to sell at the annual Chile Fest’s 15^th Annual Benefit for Habitat for Humanity.

Get out all of those books that you’ve read or never read or that you’ll ever read, even those that you bought at previous year’s sales and donate them back again to the 2012 Book Sale.

How about those 45 rpm’s with the one-inch hole in the middle and those 13 inch LP’s that you’ll never listen to again? Bring them in. Your old stuff and clutter is someone else’s treasure.

We’ll accept new and gently read fiction. We’ll take textbooks, modern poetry, old poetry, history, alterno-history, eclectic literature, and classis literature. Even old comic books, cassette music tapes or video (VHS) video tapes, DVD’s, CD’s, etc. If it’s on paper, tape, or disc, this is your chance to donate it to the book sale.

Mark the box, package, or gunny sack for “CHILE FEST” (it helps if you do this), and leave it on the stage in the old sanctuary and we’ll take it from there.

See you at the Chile Fest Book Sale on Saturday and Sunday, August 25^th and 26^th.

Thank you all,
George and Diane Kay, Co-Chairpersons of this year’s Book Sale

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.

The Ladies Out to Lunch Bunch will meet May 14^th at 12:30 p.m. at Paradise Bakery and Café located in Coronado Shopping Center (the corner of Menaul and Louisiana Street, the front door faces east to Louisiana Street and is just south of Fuddruckers Hamburger Restaurant.)

Join us for fun, food, and fellowship. 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 next class will be held Friday, May 18th, at 1:00 pm in the far west wing.

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.

MEN'S BIBLE STUDY -- meets each Saturday morning from 8:00 - 9:30 am. The next class is May 12th, followed by May 19th. Contact Wayne Rees for details.