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SPC Book Club’s Fall Selections

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Our monthly Book Club meets by Zoom on the first Thursday of each month from September to May, discussing a wide variety of books together. Want to get a head start on the fall? Our first selection is When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity by Grace Ji-Sun Kim. Contact the church office for the Zoom link and join the conversation.

  • Sept 3 – When God Became White by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
  • Oct 1 – Birding to Change the World by Trish O’Kane
  • Nov 5 – Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown
  • Dec 3 – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

All Church Retreat – August 7-9

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Registration for Southminster’s annual All Church Retreat at Camp Sawtooth begins this month. The low cost of $30 per person (with a $70 maximum per family) will cover five meals, plus two nights lodging at the camp.

Scholarships are available if needed and can be confidentially requested by contacting Pastor TJ. To register, look for the forms in the Narthex/lobby or visit link.spcboise.org/sawtooth to sign up online. Make payment by a check made out to SPC with “All Church Retreat” in the memo line.

Summer Sermon Series in Worship

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You probably know the stories. You learned them with felt boards and flannel graphs and maybe a catchy song or two. But Sunday school had to leave some parts out! This summer in worship, we’ll be going back for a closer look at the stranger details, the harder questions, and the endings that don’t resolve the way we remembered. Join us as we take a look at what Sunday School didn’t teach.

  • July 11 – The Story of Creation (Genesis 1-3)
  • July 19 – Noah (Genesis 6-7; 9)
  • July 26 – David & Goliath (1 Samuel 17)
  • August 2 – The Syrophoenician Woman (Mark 7:24-30)
  • August 8 – Jonah (Jonah 3:10-4:11)
  • August 16 – The Laborers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16)
  • August 23 – Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10)
  • August 30 – Mary Magdalene (Luke 8:1-3; John 20)

Camp Sawtooth Work Weekend

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Camp Sawtooth will be officially opening over the long Memorial Day Weekend. Work will begin on Thursday May 21st at 7:00pm and continue through lunch on Sunday, May 24th. (The new Snake River Presbytery will hold its first in-person meeting at Camp Sawtooth May 24-25). There are lots of projects to prepare the camp for the summer; ALL ages and skills are needed, and participants are welcome to come for the entire time or just the time they have available. All tools and instructions will be provided. Register via email to Kevin Dutcher, the camp director, or visit www.campsawtooth.org for more info.

Is Religion Being Shaped by AI? – 5/3 11:00am

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Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant technological curiosity — it’s reshaping how we work, communicate, learn, and make decisions. The church is not exempt from that reshaping. On Sunday May 3 (11am-12:15pm) we’ll welcome Rev. Dr. Andy Morgan as our guest presenter via Zoom for a special Adult Education session entitled “How Religion Is Being Shaped by Artificial Intelligence.”

Andy has an M.Div. and M.A. of Christian Education from Union Presbyterian Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry from Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He is the Director of Family Faith Formation at First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville, TN, serves as a spirituality consultant for an AI startup, and has become one of the PC(USA)’s leading voices on the ethical use of AI in ministry and congregational life. He’s also a good friend of Pastor TJ.

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