An open and affirming community, seeking a caring and just society.
Our partners of the Interfaith Equality Coalition are excited to invite us to join in an afternoon of live music and refreshments in celebration of our continued justice work in Boise and throughout the state.
The event will be May 19 from 3:00-5:00pm at Congregation Ahaveth Beth Israel on Latah Street.
Please bring a vegetarian snack to share, as well as lawn chairs.
Do you ever wish that you could do more to tackle some of the big problems of our world? Southminster Presbyterian Church is very active in our local community to help prevent hunger. But…..what about beyond that? What about the larger problem of world hunger? Bread for the World is a Christian advocacy organization that is actively working to influence decision makers with the goal of ending world hunger.
David Gist, the western organizer of Bread For The World, will be visiting Boise, ID June 1- June 4. He will be at Southminster Presbyterian Church for worship on June 2 and he will be leading our adult education class after worship from 11 am – 12 noon. During this time he will talk about hunger and about things that Bread For The World is doing. It will be a great opportunity for us to find out how we can do more on a systems level to affect change in the world.
While Bread for the World is a new conversation partner for us at Southminster, we have been tangentially connected for many years! The PC(USA)’s Presbyterian Hunger Program, supported with donations from the One Great Hour of Sharing offering we receive each year, partners with Bread for the World in its work.
We will receive the Pentecost Offering, one of the four special offerings of the PC(USA), on Pentecost Sunday (May 19). This offering unites us in a church-wide effort to support the health, safety, and nurture of children, youth, and young adults in our local neighborhood and around the world. Through the Pentecost Offering, we partner in the nurture of faith for young people who will bear witness to God’s Grace in the generations to come. To make a donation, look for offering envelopes in the narthex, or write
“Pentecost” in the memo line of a check made out to Southminster.
The annual PWS (Presbyterian Women of Southminster) Holiday Bazaar is coming! October 18 and 19, 2024, are the dates. Please mark your calendars. As usual PWS will appreciate your help to make this a great success. Besides handmade items and baked goods, we’d love to have jewelry, house plants, Halloween, fall, Thanksgiving, winter and Christmas decorations, home decor and gift possibilities. We’d also appreciate paper bags with handles. Questions or ideas contact Sara Nevill, Darleen Brown or Carolyn Warner. Thanks in advance for your help.
The Holiday Bazaar is the largest fundraising opportunity PWS provides each year, with all proceeds supporting women in leadership; church enhancement projects; and congregational mission/outreach.
As the school year winds down at Grace Jordan Elementary School we are reminded that summer is particularly difficult for families who rely on school for meal insecurity assistance. We hope to collect all kinds of nonperishable food items, household items, and personal care items to distribute to families until the last day of school on May 23. We also plan to collect funds to purchase Walmart gift cards as a supplement for families who face three long months of summer.
The Peace, Justice and Outreach Committee has decided to attempt to continue our mission with Grace Jordan Food Pantry through the summer while school is out. So we are asking folks to continue to donate nonperishable food items, household items and personal care items. We will be packaging them in bags so that when those families come to the church they will just pick up a bag or two. Alternatively you can donate money by writing Grace Jordan Food Pantry on the memo line of a check donation. These items will be available to families on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays from 10 am-3 pm and Saturdays from 10 am-Noon during the months of June and July. We will need one volunteer to be at the church to greet potential families on Saturdays from 10 am-Noon. There is a sign up sheet in back of the church or contact Ann Agnew if you have questions or comments. Please help us to continue this most wonderful ministry to our community.
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