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PWS – May 2025 Updates

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We are planning a Women’s Sunday service. It will be held on June 1, 2025. This will be a renewal of our annual “Gifts of Women Sunday”, but had to stop due to Covid. We will be scheduling this annual women’s service on a regular basis going forward. It will include the installation of Presbyterian Women of Southminster’s officers. We have always held our installation during our June gathering each year, but have decided that the congregation should know who our officers are and what they do for PWS, and the church. We hope you will attend this special service.

I will have an update on the Boise Presbytery Presbyterian Women’s spring Gathering, that we hosted on April 26, in the June Messenger. Stay tuned!

Our next PWS gathering will be May 7. Our program will be Nancy Ives, who will be speaking about her travel experiences. We hope to see you there.

Mary Poston – Moderator

Transforming Small Group Book Study – Round 2

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The Transforming book study led by Drew Harenberg earlier this year was well received, and they have offered to lead a second round!

A six-week small group book study of Austen Hartke’s fantastic book Transforming: The Bible & The Lives of Transgender Christians will meet on Monday evenings (May 5 through June 16, skipping Memorial Day on May 26) from 6:30 to 8:00pm at Drew’s home.

There is no cost, but each participant should have a copy of the book. To sign up, contact Drew or the church office.

Note: this small group study is specifically designed for growth and exploration by folks of all gender identities. You do not need to be transgender, nonbinary, or otherwise gender-expansive to participate!

PW Spring Gathering – April 26

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The Presbyterian Women of Southminster are excited to be host to the 2025 Spring Gathering of the Presbyterian Women of Boise Presbytery!

The theme will be centered around this year’s bible study and connected to Earth Day. The bible study is titled “Let Justice Roll Down: God’s Call to Care for Neighbors and All Creation.”

The date for the Spring Gathering is April 26 at 9:00 am here at Southminster. Worship will be led by Deanna Watson. Dena Duke will offer devotions. The keynote speaker will be Catherine Chertudi.

All women in the congregation (and the other congregations of Boise Presbytery) are graciously invited to this event. Southminsterians should RSVP to Mary Poston by April 20 if planning to join for lunch (suggested $10 donation). Childcare is available upon advance request.

Holy Week Worship

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You are warmly invited to join us as we worship together this Holy Week.

Palm “Sunday” (Saturday April 12) — This year, the start of Holy Week falls on the 2nd Saturday of the month. Join us for Sabbath Weekend, as we celebrate Palm “Sunday.” We’ll take the next morning as a day of Sabbath rest, with no worship or other church activities.

Maundy Thursday (Thursday April 17) — Worship at Southminster at 7:00pm, with Rev. Dr. Andrew Kukla preaching. Our friends from FPC Boise will be partnering with us for this service.

Good Friday (Friday April 18) — Worship at First Presbyterian Church of Boise at 7:00pm, with Rev. TJ Remaley preaching. We are partnering with our friends at FPC Boise for this service.

Easter Vigil (Saturday April 19) — You are invited to join a number of Boise Bench congregations for an Ecumenical Easter Vigil service at All Saints Episcopal Church, at 6:30pm. The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be a part of this worship gathering.

Easter Sunday (Sunday April 20) — Easter morning worship service at 9:30am!

PWS – April 2025 Updates

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We are finalizing our plans for our hosting of the Spring Gathering for the Boise Presbytery PW. Our theme will be centered around this year’s bible study and connected to Earth Day which is April 22. The bible study is titled “Let Justice Roll Down: God’s call to care for neighbors and all creation.” It has nine lessons that relate to being good stewards of our earth.

The date for the Spring Gathering is April 26 at 9AM here at Southminster, and I would like to remind all the women in our congregation that they are graciously invited to this event. Worship will be led by Deanna Watson, devotions by Dena Duke, and our main speaker will be Catherine Chertudi. Please RSVP to me (Mary) by April 20 if you would like to join us for lunch (suggested $10 donation) and let us know if you need child care so it can be arranged.

Also aligned with Earth Day and our studies is our plan to practice what we are learning by placing orange bag recycling bins around our facility. You will notice the bins in the Narthex, the Cana room and kitchen, the Genesis room, and by the blue bin at the downstairs exit door. Printed instructions are on each bin as to what can be recycled in them.

Our next Gathering is on April 2 at 11A. Our program will be an Earth Day presentation, Please join us.

Mary Poston, Moderator

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