We provide social opportunities throughout the year for fellowship and hospitality activities that promote a sense of community and friendship among church members, growing together in faith.
Sunday Fellowship After Worship
We gather for fellowship and food every Sunday after worship. Members and households rotate being hosts and providing the refreshments. The rest of us enjoy milling about, eating, chatting, and getting to meet our visitors.
Chatterbox Cafe
These dinner groups are set up twice a year with six to eight people in each group. We enjoy good food and fellowship in each other's homes. It's reorganization time again, so sign up in the narthex. Groups are selected at random at an evening pot-luck dinner in the Fellowship Hall every six months.
Potluck Meals After Worship
We love to eat! And we have lots of good cooks! On many occasions throughout the year, we gather for potluck meals in our fellowship hall. In the past they have been associated with Pentecost Sunday, mission fundraising, and various programs.
Special Occasion Meals
On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, our youth host an Early Bird Thanksgiving Dinner. It is always delicious, especially served by our smiling young people. Members of the congregation prepare and serve an Easter brunch.
Men's Fellowship
Male church members and friends gather for breakfast in the Fellowship Hall at 8:00 a.m. on the first Saturday morning of each month. There is a program after breakfast, a speaker provided by one of the members.
February 4, 2012
Lee Malmo will share his experiences as a Ramblin' Man -- born in Greeley, Colorado...moved to Florence, Arizona, then back and forth between Florence and Show Low, Arizona, (hint: you go through Show Low to get to Florence), and finally how he ended up here in Rio Rancho.
January 7, 2012
- The Men's Breakfast Club welcomed the return of Del Kirby to their midst and offered further condolences on Laura's passing.
Skip Chambers, Bill Claybrook, Curtis Cross, Russ Dykehouse, Tom Isaacs, Clarence Johnson, Del Kirby, Jay Norman, Charles and Marcia Roth, Doug Thomas, Bill Thornton.
Bill Cox, Co-Chairman of Men's Breakfast Club, reported on the January meeting. "It was short since we were removing the luminarias immediately afterward. We voted to make a donation of $50 from the Club Treasury, upon the passing of a male member of our congregation, to his family's designated bereavement charity .
"We also discussed the need to visit, call or write to Dick Fuller, Harold Olsen and John Giles, RRPC members who are no longer able to attend the church services."
Members present were: Skip Chambers, Bill Claybrook, Curtis Cross, Russ Dykehouse, Tom Isaacs, Clarence Johnson, Del Kirby, Jay Norman, Doug Thomas, Bill Thornton, and Charles Roth. Guests were Marcia Roth, Hazel Lathrop, and Karen Payne.
"Reflections on Jicarilla Apache Celebrations" - Russ Dykehouse
The presentation was on the Jicarilla Apaches. Their land is in the mountains of Northern New Mexico, with tribal headquarters in Dulce. Russ served as pastor at the Jicarilla Reformed Church in Dulce. Dulce is a quiet town in northern New Mexico of about 900 located over 7,000 feet in altitude on the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation. Russ described many of the ceremonial observations, including a four-day feast for a young girl's transition to womanhood, and the cultural tradition of "mother-in-law avoidance".
Ladies Who Do Lunch
Join the RRPC ladies who have lunch on the second Monday of each month at various restaurants in the Rio Rancho-Westside area. Watch this site, the Bulletin, or the Witness for time and place.
Contact Ginny Nathan at 898-6165, if you want to attend. Or just show up at the location posted on the home page each month, and in the calendar. The group is open to any church member, visitor or friend.
Presbyterian Women
RRPC hosts two PW circles that meet monthly from September through May. One weekday group meets at the church and another evening group meets at a member's home. They share in the national PW Horizon's Bible study and make plans for year-round projects to support many needs of the church. We host the annual Craft Fair in the fall, and in May, we host a women's retreat.
Mary Martha Circle: meets the third Thursday at 10:00 AM in the library of the church.
Dorcas Circle: meets the second Monday at 7:00 PM in a member's home.
RRPC Book Club
The RRPC Book Club, an informal of people who enjoy reading and chatting about books, will have two meetings in January. We met on January 9 to discuss the December book, Years, by LaVyrle Spencer. We will meet again on January 30 to discuss the January book, The Rite, by Matt Baglio. We meet at a member's home on the fourth Monday of the month, 7-8:30 p.m. For information, the meeting location, email or call Lori Osburn, 892.2815.
February - Death in Holy Orders, P.D. James
March - The Eagle Catcher, Margaret Coel
April - The Confession, John Grisham
May - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
Monthly Singles' Lunch
On the third Sunday of each month, singles of all ages meet at Chamisa Hills Country Club after worship for food and fellowship. To make reservations, please call Dorothy Harris at 505-891-2656.
Youth Fellowship
Our church has a very active youth program, and our youth and their friends meet every Sunday evening at the church at 5:00-6:30 for dinner, a program, and to plan their events and service. They enjoy lock-ins, rock climbing, parties and dances. They also provide fellowship events for the congregation and friends such as our annual Community Halloween Carnival and Early Bird Thanksgiving Dinners.
Family Fun Night
On the third Friday night each quarter (May, August, November, and February), members of all ages gather for a Family Fun Night from 6:30 to 8:30. Mostly, we play board games, enjoy snacks, and have a great time!
Camping Trips and Retreats
From time to time throughout the year, RRPC plans camping trips and retreats.
