Ginna Bairby

Rev. Ginna Bairby is the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Taos, New Mexico. She is a lover of mountains, music and good food, and firmly believes that one can be both a cat and dog person.

Order of worship — July 19, 2026

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost — July 19, 2026

We do not get to decide where or in whom God will show up, writes Ginna Bairby.

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Second Sunday of Advent — December 7, 2025

Repentance is more than just confessing our sins; it is a transformative process that restores us to relationship with God and one another, writes Ginna Bairby.

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Order of worship — December 7, 2025

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Order of worship — August 17, 2025

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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost — August 17, 2025

Jesus’ words in Luke 12:49–56 challenge the myth of unity at all costs — reminding us that the gospel can bring division, discomfort and truth, writes Ginna Bairby.

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Passion Sunday — April 13, 2025

Observing Passion Sunday rather than Palm Sunday this year may allow worshippers to look for God in their own places of grief and despair. — Ginna Bairby

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Order of worship — April 13, 2025

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Order of worship — September 1, 2024

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Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost — September 1, 2024

We're in a tense season where most of us aren’t wondering, “How am I saved by grace?” but rather, “How on earth do I talk to my neighbor?” James speaks to this, writes Ginna Bairby.

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Fifth Sunday of Lent — March 17, 2024

Jesus teaches his disciples that death is a necessary pre-condition to life. What in our lives might need to fall into the earth and die so that something else might be born? — Ginna Bairby

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Order of worship — March 17, 2024

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Third Sunday of Lent — March 3, 2024

Jesus teaches that his body is the new temple in which God’s presence dwells. If the church is called to be Christ’s body, where does that mean we should be? — Ginna Bairby

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Order of worship — March 3, 2024

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Reign of Christ Sunday — November 26, 2023

Our salvation – indeed, the redemption of the whole world – is inextricably bound to our relationships with one another, writes Ginna Bairby.

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Order of worship — November 26, 2023

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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost — August 27, 2023

God is absent from the first two chapters of Exodus. But through the subversive and liberating activity of women, God is indeed at work. — Ginna Bairby