July 24, 2026

UWF Annual Rummage Sale

Friday, July 24 &

Saturday, July 25

Omelet Bar

Mix & Match

Sunday, July 26

In July we are implementing Summer Hours to give our volunteers a deserved break, so Omelet Bar on July 26, will start at 9:00am and go until 1:00 pm. 

We will have your made to order omelet that you can top with a variety of fillings of meats, cheeses, veggies, and salsas to make your omelet unique to you. Your choice of toast and a drink is included, all for just $8! 

We need volunteers to make Omelet Bar happen. If you would like to volunteer to be a cashier, omelet runner or toastmaster, please Sign Up Here or contact Nancy Douglas de Baca at squidgete@yahoo.com or Chef Tim at tnuzum@stjohns-abq.org or 505-883-9717.

Meet & Greet

Pizza & Play

Friday, July 31

Please join us for a Meet & Greet on Friday, July 31 at 6:00pm in the

St. John’s UMC Family Life Center.

Pizza & Salad will be served. Games will be provided or bring one to share & play. This is a great opportunity to meet and get to know people! We’ll fuel up on pizza and salads and play board games, card games and even cornhole! All are welcome!

Please RSVP to Fay.Barz@gmail.com by Thursday, 7/30/26 for pizza planning purposes.

Memory Cafe

Saturday, August 1

The next Memory Café meeting is Saturday August 1, at 1:30pm - 3:00pm in the Sonshine Café at St. John’s United Methodist Church.  It is the Dog Days of Summer, so our special guests are the High Desert Therapy Dogs. Join us for great music and sing-along with Tony Mora. There will also be other games and snacks.

Memory Cafe is a social support meeting for anyone affected by memory loss or Alzheimer’s disease along with their care partners and family. It is a setting free of stigma and offers an opportunity to form relationships and share with others who are traversing a similar journey. For more information contact Mrs. Jensen at (505) 323-7522 or ssmjens@aol.com. Join us for a fun time designed for you! 

Family Promise Dinners Needed!

August 2 - 8

St. John's host week is coming up. Family Promise is an organization that strives to end homelessness while still keeping families together. We partner with them to provide groceries and meals to the families currently staying at their residential location next to Montgomery Church of Christ.

Please click on the Family Promise Sign-up link Sign Up Here or visit the Hospitality Center to sign up. For information regarding families staying at Family Promise, or other questions, contact Jenn Shields at (505) 450-9978; jennshields200@yahoo.com or Linn Furnish at swimsew@comcast.net

Hygiene Kit Assembly Event RSVP Needed!

Friday, August 7

St. John's is partnering with Albuquerque Healthcare for the homeless to assemble hygiene kits for their staff to hand out. The event starts at 5:00pm with a presentation from the Development Director at Albuquerque Healthcare for the homeless.

After the presentation, there will be time for dinner and fellowship. Following dinner, we will assemble the hygiene kits. Since dinner will be provided, please email your RSVP to Jenn Shields at jennshields200@yahoo.com or text your RSVP to 505-450-9978 before Tuesday, August 4.

Family Promise Garage Sale

Saturday, August 8

Family Promise is selling the items currently in storage to get ready for the move to their new housing location. If you want various household items or clothing, check out the sale at the Montgomery Church of Christ's parking lot, located at (4121 Mesilla St NE) from 10:00am - 2:00pm. If you have any questions, please contact Jenn Shields at (505) 450-9978 or jennshields200@yahoo.com.

Gift Planning ~ Special Seminar

Generosity Matters ~ Hosted by SJUMC

Sunday, September 13 &

Monday, September 14

St. John’s UMC Foundation will be hosting a special seminar, Your Generosity Matters, specifically designed for individuals who wish to explore impactful ways to include charities (the church and others) they love in their charitable estate planning.

The seminar presenters are Justin Gould, Chief Philanthropy Officer and Pamela Gray, Director of Philanthropy, from the Texas Methodist Foundation.



This seminar provides tools to guide your estate planning and charitable giving and is designed to help you create a roadmap that honors your beliefs and values, prepares your estate plan, and impacts your community.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Tax-efficient Giving: Strategies to support the church and charities you care about while maximizing the benefits for your heirs.
• Giving Tools: An overview of endowments, Donor-Advised Funds, and gifts that pay you income, with the remainder going to the church or other charity.
• Expert Counsel: Navigating the technical side of estate planning with a heart for ministry.

Event Details:

Dates:

• Sunday, September 13, 2026, at 1:00pm (after Sunday lunch in the Family Life Center)
• Monday, September 14, 2026, at 6:00pm (repeated session)

• Where: St. John’s United Methodist Church
• Cost: None
• Duration: 1 hour, followed by a Q&A session

Whether you are just beginning to think about your estate or are looking to refine an existing plan, this program offers the expert counsel and leadership needed to turn your God-inspired vision into a lasting reality.

While registration is not required, it is helpful (especially for the Monday session). Scan the QR code or go to tinyurl.com/StJohnsTMF.

Pie Making Volunteers Still Needed!

We still need volunteers for making pies for the NM State Fair Pie Cafe. This Tuesday will be our 3rd pie party with 3 more to follow. You do not have to know how to make pie, only how to cut fruit, mix pies, and have fun! This is a worthwhile and easy way to contribute to the success of the annual event.

• Tuesday, July 28 from 8:30am - 11:00am (morning)
• Tuesday, August 4 from 5:30pm - 8:00pm (evening) 
• Tuesday, August 11 from 5:30pm - 8:00pm (evening) 
• Tuesday, August 18 from 8:30am - 11:00am (morning)

"We're just here for the pie. Everything else is a crust issue."

Children’s Outreach Council Meeting

Monday, August 10

As experienced by numerous churches across the country, Children’s & Family Ministries at St. John’s have seen a dramatic shift in the programming needs of families with children birth through grade 5.

For a variety of reasons, families are no longer necessarily planning their school years and summer activities around church programs and schedules, nor are they actively reaching out to churches as they did in the past 20+ years. But no matter how things shift, our goal must always be to keep embracing children and families with as much love and support as possible to meet them where they are in their faith journeys.

The Children’s Outreach Council is a new group starting up in August with the primary focus of finding new ways to support children and families within our community at large. If you would like to join this group or just check it out, our first meeting will be held on Monday, August 10 at 6:30pm in the Sonshine Café. For more information, please contact Angela Lybarger at childrensdirector@stjohns-abq.org. Hope to see you there!

Promotion Sunday &

Blessing of the Backpacks

We will be celebrating Promotion Sunday on August 2 during the 11:00am service. If your child is promoting to either Kindergarten or grade 6, we would love to include them in this time of recognition! If you have not already received an email about including your child, please contact Angela Lybarger at childrensdirector@stjohns-abq.org as soon as possible.

We will also be offering Blessing of the Backpacks during all services on August 2. This is a time when people of all ages are encouraged to bring their backpacks to be blessed before the new school year begins. Whether you are in elementary school, middle school, high school, homeschooled, or attend college, please come join us for this special blessing!

Free School Supplies!

Believe it or not, the back-to-school season is approaching quickly! Families are invited to participate in the City of ABQ’s event happening on August 1.

Register today using the link provided below to access free backpacks, school supplies, and lots of other giveaways. Children of all ages are eligible, but each child must be individually pre-registered to participate.

Click Here-Cruzin' Back to School

Reel to Real

The youth ministry continues their summer Reel to Real program this Sunday, July 26. We will meet at 3:00pm in the upstairs theater Room 250. We will watch a movie and then discuss it, concluding at 6:00pm. Any incoming sixth graders all the way through just graduated seniors are invited to participate all summer. This Sunday’s movie will be Holes, 2003-PG.

Sweet~Sweet~Summer!

This Thursday, July 30, all youth are invited to spend an hour at Bahama Buck’s, located at 4411 San Mateo Blvd NE, Suite E12, at 5:30pm for some refreshing, shaved ice and some time to just hang out and play games. This fun activity will continue each week throughout the entire summer. See you there!

Prayer Quilts



Becky Davidson is the recipient for the prayer quilt currently on display in the Hospitality Center. If you pass through the Hospitality Center this week, please tie a knot in the quilt while praying for Becky.

Won't be in the Center this week? No worries, either way please pray this prayer (or your own prayer) for Becky. "Father, we ask that you wrap Becky in your unshakable peace when the days feel heavy; fill her heart with courage when her body feels weary; surround her with compassion, understanding, and the right care; and grant her a spirit that remains unbroken, rooted in love and faith. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen."

July Special Offering

Human Relations Ministries 

This is a United Methodist church-wide offering to support programs that work in local neighborhoods to build justice, offer hope, and walk beside those who need a second chance.

Examples would include community basics such as after school programs, help with food insecurity, and providing urgent home repairs. But for the long haul, there are also places like Exodus House in Oklahoma that provide a safe space for those leaving prison, feeling forgotten and unworthy, with no place to go, and often with untreated substance abuse. They are in great need of help to overcome their pasts, their addictions, and become productive citizens.  When we give, we help church-based programs and volunteers across the US to show God's love to the least of these.  

  July Special Collections

Toiletry Items for Silver Horizons

Silver Horizons' Mission is to provide critical help to extremely low-income senior citizens, and the family members living with them, with life's basics: groceries, household bills and home repairs/retrofits. Each month, these three core services assist about 4,000 senior citizens.

Most of the Silver Horizon clients are eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) designed to help low-income individuals and families buy food intended for home consumption - fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, breads, cereals, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. It's mandate is to supplement food budgets, not to cover non-food necessities such as feminine hygiene products, personal care items or baby wipes, diapers, and other hygiene supplies.

This is where we can help! During the month of July, we will collect toiletry items: shampoo, conditioner, body wash, bars of soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, body lotion, razors, shaving cream, men and women deodorants and antiperspirants. Please place your donations in the bins in the Hospitality Center.

Let's shower them with our generosity! THANK YOU, St. John's! You're the best!   

St. John's United Methodist Church | (505) 883-9717

2626 Arizona Street NE | Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110

Office Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Friday, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

If there is an after-hours Congregational Care need, you may leave a message on Lauren Morgan-Smith’s church office phone 505-883-9717, ext. 127 – or email care@stjohns-abq.org and she will respond as soon as possible.