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.
The final SAGES gathering of the spring will be on Thursday May 16, and is sure to be enjoyable for all. Lunch will be served at 11:30am, with the Grace Jordan Elementary School choir presenting a free concert after lunch. In addition to the congregation, parents/guardians of students will also attend the concert. If you plan to attend the lunch portion of the day, please RSVP to Roger
Brown or Kathryn Nicholas so they can ensure there’s enough food for all.
SAGES is the Lunch & Learn group of mostly seniors at Southminster.
Southminster’s Men’s Lunch fellowship group will be preparing a special Mothers’ Day dinner on Saturday May 11th at 3:30pm, prior to the evening’s Sabbath worship service. All are invited to attend!
The menu for this free sit-down, served dinner will include Roast Pork, Roasted Baby Bakers, Asparagus, Corn, Salad, and Raspberry Cobbler. In addition to the meal, folks will enjoy live music entertainment. To get an accurate headcount, please sign up on the sheet in the Narthex or contact the church office.
Don’t You Dare Read This! Get your attention? I know when I was a kid if I was forbidden or even encouraged to NOT do something—whatever it was—that really piqued my interest. I just had to see what was forbidden. You know, like snooping for Christmas presents or eating an olive off the guest buffet. And although I was never told I couldn’t read something… reading was considered a harmless activity in my home (and kept me entertained and not talking so much)… I do remember those days in junior high where we would gather in a friend’s attic and read the “juicy” parts of something someone had found in “True Confessions” and other lurid periodicals. Half the time we didn’t even understand what we were reading and giggling about it.
If you would like to know some of the history of banned books and discuss some of the current activity regarding the same, please plan to attend Sunday School for Adults on April 21.
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