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Presbyterian pastor, Menaul School students help unearth a treasure ahead of Earth Day

Posted April 21st, 2023

In honor of Earth Day, this week I had the opportunity to take out 70 students and faculty from Menaul High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for a guided hike and day of service on the Caja del Rio, one of the most significant cultural, historical, archaeological, spiritual and wildlife landscapes in the American Southwest.

Presbyterian pastors team up to bring awareness to a land deal that will harm Native people in Arizona

Posted March 9th, 2023

A bill introduced Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent copper mining on a location sacred to several tribal nations in Arizona is being applauded by two Presbyterian pastors who have visited the Oak Flat site and met with tribal leaders there.

Presbyterians at the forefront of protecting New Mexico’s Greater Chaco Landscape

Posted April 29th, 2022

The Rev. Andrew Black, a pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is coordinating an effort to ensure protections of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, which the National Park Service calls “the center of an ancient world.”

New Mexico church works to build the Beloved Community on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Posted January 17th, 2022

Members and friends of First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, New Mexico, will be spending their Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday loving their neighbors by helping to end the pandemic.