Weekly Witness

May 7, 2026

Sunday, May 10, 2026

6th Sunday of Easter

Happy Mother's Day/Youth Sunday

Scripture: Psalm 139: 1-2

Special Service: Justice & Hope: Wednesday, 6:30pm, Livestream

Sunday: Livestream; Bulletin

Last Week's Sermon: The Always New Commandment

Interim Pastor: Rev. Frank Yates

Worship led by RRPC Youth and Young Adults: 

Savannah Ball, Anwi Fomukong, Matuke Fomukong, Max Hughes, Ryanne Hughes, Isaiah Lopez, Xavier Lopez, Adam Pitts, and Hevyn Roberts

Greeters: Denise Baker and Karen Williams

Ushers: Isaiah Lopez and Hevyn Roberts

Early Morning Security: Pat Gerlach

May Sanctuary Stewards: Crystal Mitchell and Karen Williams

Director of Music: Nancy Leffler

Accompanist: Nathan Secrest

To view Sunday morning service, simply click on the word Livestream above. You can always go to the church website;

Main page; scroll down to Next Livestream Service to access

the upcoming Sunday service.

Pastor to People

Dear RRPC Family and Friends,

This Sunday, May 10th, is Mother's Day. And what is in store for you at RRPC: The youth of our congregation will lead our worship service. Thanks to the leadership of Amanda Ball and Scott Roberts, the youth have met together to plan this service. I can't wait to hear them and see their lovely faces up front.

This is a wonderful tradition at RRPC and I am so glad to see it continued this year. I know that your new pastor Rev. Dr. Deborah Huggins is highly skilled in children and youth ministry. And I know she is excited to help revitalize that ministry in our congregation. RRPC has a rich history of children and youth ministry and I pray that it has a bright future among you. In fact, the Session made a decision to help refurbish the children's playground on the east side of our building. It reminds me of the story in Jeremiah 32 of the prophet buying a piece of land even while the Babylonian army surrounded Jerusalem. It was an act of hope in the future as Jeremiah 32: 15 states:

"For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land."

By God's grace, we will someday hear the sounds of children having fun again on that playground. Let us pray and work toward that goal!

Again, many thanks to Amanda and Scott and all our youth participating this Sunday. So let us support our youth this Mother's Day as they lead us in joyful worship.

Peace,

Frank

Pizza and Puzzle Night

Thank you to Nancy Leffler for organizing such a fun Star Wars themed Pizza and Puzzle Night last Saturday!

Everyone had a great time! The food was wonderful. We had a variety of pizzas, salads and desserts.

We raised $1,100 towards the stucco project!!

FLOWERS OR PLANTS

FOR CHURCH SERVICES

Please remember to sign up to enhance our sanctuary with flowers on Sunday! If you would like to provide flowers or a plant for a particular occasion such as birthday, anniversary, or to honor or remember an important person in your life, there is a signup sheet on the counter in the Narthex.

You bring one or two bunches of flowers or plants on Sunday morning to place on the stands at either pulpit or lectern and then take them home with you to enjoy all week. Or you could give them to a deacon to bless one of our shut-in members.

Thank you for helping us beautify our sanctuary!

May 10th is

Mother's Day and

Youth Sunday

Join us this Sunday as the youth and young adults present the order of service for our worship time. Contact Amanda Ball, 505-269-6902 or Scott Roberts, 310-429-1715

to help out.

Hope to see you there!

Men's Breakfast

THIS Saturday, May 9th

8:00am

For the Men’s Breakfast in May we will be meeting on Saturday, May 9th (the second Saturday). Speaking will be Leah Gerlach on “Living with Visual Impairment “. Always delicious and a great opportunity to invite neighbors and friends! Please join us!

Service of Justice and Hope

May 13

Service of Justice and Hope

Wednesday, May 13, at 6:30 p.m.

Rio Rancho Presbyterian Church

The church of Jesus Christ serves as the radiant light that creates the blueprints for a new world,

    transforming strangers into neighbors who share a horizon of hope,

    shaping every beam into a beacon of truth,

    bending every ray toward human dignity,

    and illuminating a future wide enough for every life to flourish.

You are invited to join us for this time of worship to be led by Rev. Dr. Rob Woodruff, as we seek to offer to the presbytery and to the world a place of welcome and inclusion where we are inspired and encouraged to persevere in shining God’s light and to embody the truths and teachings of Jesus Christ for the good of all humanity. If you are unable to worship with us in person, you can still participate through the livestream link at https://youtube.com/live/Qw6c9CDx1ZM. 

It will be a blessing to worship with one another.

May's Book:

The Covenant of Water,

by Abraham Verghese

We will be meeting at Cyndie Tidwell's home on Tuesday, May 19th at 12pm. This is a lunch and book meeting. Attendees need to get your food order from Hannah & Nate's in Corrales to Cyndie by Sunday, May 17th. Email: cyndiectidwell@gmail.com.

Her address is: 312 Dixon Rd., Corrales, NM.

Please join us! All are welcome!

This is our last book until September. Enjoy the summer break!

CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF ROUTE 66

IN NEW MEXICO

Hazel Lathrop will be giving her Route 66 presentation:

Tijeras Canyon: 5 Miles of Road and Hundreds of Stories

at the Raymond Sanchez Community Center

9800 4th St NW

Loma Colorado Library

Saturday, May 23^rd at 11am

For more information about the series and the dozen locations for presentations go to:

New Mexico Route 66 Centennial Speaker Series: Home

Birthday Celebration               

& Pentecost Sunday

May 24th

Join us on Sunday, May 24th after worship to celebrate the birthday of the founding of our church and also Pentecost Sunday! We will be wearing fire colors (reds, oranges) for Pentecost. The menu includes pulled pork and pulled turkey sliders, various salads and two huge celebration cakes of chocolate and vanilla. This is a great day to invite neighbors and friends. See the sign up sheet in the narthex to let us know you're coming!

Church Calendar

May 10, 2026 - May 16, 2026

May Birthdays



7 Denise Baker

7 Michael Hughes

8 Leslie Strommen

15 Erin Carrasco

16 Chris Dyer

19 Rodger Kane

24 Pat Gerlach

25 Tori Van Sweden

29 Ndingsa Fomukong

Our Service

Men & Women

Please keep the following people

in your thoughts & prayers:

Christopher Ryan - US Marine Officer

RJ Van Sweden - US Marines

Tyler Warren - US Marines

Hayden Smith - Army

Cdr. Sarah Dimmick - Navy, serving in Kyiv, Ukraine

Sgt. Kevin Lomeli - Army National Guard in Kenya

Kevin A. Baker - US Air Force in England

If you have family members serving here or overseas, please call Ginny at the church office to add them to our list. Church Office: 505-892-6664.

Prayer Concerns

“And whatever you ask in Prayer, you will receive, if you have Faith.” Matthew 21:22.

Linda Maddux - further treatment

Pegge Emory - continued recovery

Pat McCreary - recovery at home

Don Underwood - radiation treatments

Beth Miller - cancer treatments

Sheila Malmo's daughter, Alice

Protection for Everyone against our dreaded allergy season!

For DR Congo, Gaza, Iran, Israel, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Ukraine.

For all victims of gun violence, war, and unrest.

 Rio Rancho Presbyterian Church

1004 24th Street, SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124

505.892.6664

Office Hours

Monday – Thursday | 9am–3pm

Office email: manager@rrpchurch.org