We had a wonderful St. Mary Magdala Celebration in Las
Cruces, New Mexico on July 22, 2004. Sixty-four people
attended. Our gathering included Mary's monologue, a
meditation, intercessory prayers and a liturgical dance,
with live music and a twenty year -old vocalist. In fact, we
had four people in their twenties to represent young adults.
Of the nine people in the program, three were male.
The "Discipleship of Equals" was our recurring theme
of the evening. We had a small reception with food
and drink following. Most of the people stayed to chat
after the performance. One of the members of the First
Christian Church volunteered to video-tape our presentation.
We felt we accomplished some wonderful good will in the
Las Cruces Community, and the information on
St. Mary of Magdala was well-received by the attendees.