presbytery of santa fe Archives

Young Adult Volunteers rising to lead in a time of crisis

Posted April 3rd, 2020

While Luke Rembold isn’t grateful for the circumstances of the current COVID-19 crisis and the pain and fear it is causing, he is grateful for the way he sees his Young Adult Volunteers (YAVs) responding.

One hundred churches and counting

Posted June 28th, 2019

Second Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque, N.M., the 100th church to accept the Matthew 25 invitation, is a bilingual and multicultural church that, among many other outreach services, provides transitional housing to transgender women seeking asylum in the U.S.

New Mexico Presbyterian church celebrates 150 years of mission

Posted January 18th, 2017

National and regional leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) converged on Santa Fe, New Mexico, to join in the observance and celebration of the 150th anniversary of First Presbyterian Church. By all measures it was an unprecedented event.

Young Adult Volunteer program adds Albuquerque site for 2017-18

Posted December 9th, 2016

The Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has announced the addition of Albuquerque as a site for its 2017-18 program year. Partnered with the Presbytery of Santa Fe, the site has been years in development and will be the only new YAV site added in 2017-18. Seventy-nine YAVs are serving six international-based and 14 U.S.-based sites in the 2016-17 program year.