St Paul’s United Methodist Church
On a Mission to Share God’s Love in Our Community
No At Church Activities including worship until the Governor lifts the quarantine order.
Weekly devotionals and sermons may be found on our “Sermons/Devotionals” page.

Pastor’s Newsletter – Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
How do you stay connected to God? Is it through daily prayer or reading scripture and/or devotionals? There are so many ways to connect with God and in my mid-week devotional, Devotions in the Desert, I will explore spiritual practices. Some of these practices may be new to you while others may already be a part of your life. I challenge you to consider these practices and try one that speaks to you. You never know how a practice may work for you until you give it a try.
This is a special week because we are celebrating communion together as a church family. On Thursday, July 16th from 1-3 pm, I invite you to come to the church (no need to get out of your car) and pick up prepackaged communion elements. If you cannot get to the church on this day, see if a friend will pick up elements for you, or let me know and I will make sure you have what you need. It is a very different way than how we are accustomed to taking communion, but for now it is the safest way. Once you pick up the elements, I encourage you to sit with your family on Saturday evening (6/18) or Sunday (6/19) and follow the Worship at Home Guide and listen to the sermon for the week. If you are not able to get communion elements in time for your home worship this weekend, I will include a liturgy for a Wesleyan Love Feast, which can be used at any time during your week.
My office hours are on Thursdays from 10 – 3. If you would like to set up an appointment to see me, please give me a call on the new church office number, 575-322-0528. I have the church phone with me all week. If you are not comfortable meeting in person, feel free to send me an email. I want to get to know you all and while this pandemic is making life difficult for us, I think it is important to continue reaching out to others and keep connected as much as possible.
May God’s abundant grace and love cover you this day as you continue to be a blessing to others.
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Peace, love and elbows,
Pastor Cazandra
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Online Church Services & Giving
- We will continue to update this list of church services available for you to attend online. We’d appreciate suggestions from you for the list as well. Please send them to Online Services. Here are a few entries to try:
- Hamlin Memorial UMC – Our new pastor, Cazandra MacDonald, is the wife of the pastor here. He will be coming to Belen.
- First United Methodist Church of Belen – closest UMC to us in distance.
- Central United Methodist Church, Albuquerque – We have had three pastors from this church come to preach for us, Kelly Brooks, Jim Hawk and Scott Sharp
- York-Ogunquit UMC YouTube channel – The Comstock’s daughter’s church in Maine.
Find a Methodist Church You can look up any UMC and check to see if they have an online service.
Check Google, Bing etc. for additional online services.
Help us help our community by giving online
We have activated our online giving system and we hope that you will use the button below to access the Online Giving page. Because we are obligated to provide a record of your donations you will need to register for this online service and set the parameters for your account. We are hoping that you will take advantage of this service especially while we are practicing “social distancing”. You can choose from credit and debit cards, ACH direct withdrawal and text messaging. All of these services require a small fee. Please help us get as much of your donation to St Paul’s as possible by using the ACH method if you can (it has the lowest fees) and/or agreeing to pay the extra fee involved. This will mean so very much to our mission programs. If you need help please contact us at: Online Giving Help
ST Paul's Working on new Heating System
Sunday Service continue successfully in the Fellowship Hall
We continue to hold Sunday services to the Fellowship Hall while we wait for needed repairs and replacement of our sanctuary furnace. We will move back to the sanctuary as soon as our new system is in place. We appreciated everyone’ s patience each Sunday morning as we work to make our temporary home work as our sanctuary.
And , yes , we will still have Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day services. see the Advent Calendar for dates and times.. And please keep this project in your prayers, as you think about how you can contribute to hastening the work of rebuilding our system.
Thanks for your patience, love and commitment to St Paul’s UMC