Church of the Covenant

Boston, Massachusetts

This Week at Covenant

NEW & NOTABLE THIS WEEK AT COVENANT

POTLUCK THIS WEEK!

Please plan to join us following worship this Sunday, December 4 for our first potluck back in Bates Hall since February 2020! All are invited to bring a dish to share – but please plan to join us whether or not you are able to share. CYCE will invite kids, youth, and the young at heart to create Advent wreaths during the potluck. We encourage you to consider taking a rapid test before church on Sunday to make our gathering safer, and we remind everyone to stay home when you are sick. Also, if you feel at all uncomfortable joining us to share in eating, you are fully welcome to remain masked and join in for fellowship as comfortable. Questions, or if you would like to help out with set up or clean up, please email Trudi.

COVENANT BOOK DISCUSSION

Church of the Covenant's next book discussion will be this Sunday, December 4, at 5 PM. We will meet for a potluck at Faith and Lucy's in Roslindale and discuss Brian McLaren's Do I Stay Christian? As always, you are invited whether or not you have read the book and whether or not you've ever come to a Covenant book discussion before. Questions? Ask Barbara: barbarakdarling@yahoo.com

CHRISTMAS MEMORIAL POINSETTIAS

This holiday season you can honor your loved ones through beautiful flowers in our sanctuary. To learn more and order, see tinyurl.com/2022cotcpoinsettias. Orders are due Tuesday, December 14.

LIFE ALIVE HOLIDAY PARTY

On December 10 at 4pm in Bates Hall, Life Alive will gather to bake cookies to give to the Deacons for holiday care packages. Come and help roll some dough and decorate some cookies in the spirit of Christmas. For more information, email Rev. Joshua at joshua.lazard@cotcbos.org

UPCOMING WORSHIP

Please join us each Sunday at 10:30am as we come together in community to pray, sing, share celebrations and concerns, and hear God’s still-speaking Word proclaimed in these Hybrid services (in-person and Zoom options). Zoom Link for each service.

• Sunday, December 4 – Second Sunday of Advent, Rev. Joshua preaching, Communion
• Sunday, December 11 – Third Sunday of Advent, Rev. Rob preaching, Christmas Joy/ Christmas Fund Offering
• Sunday, December 18 – Fourth Sunday of Advent, All Ages Worship with Instant Christmas Pageant, Communion

ADVENT 2022 AT COTC

SEND SOME LOVE TO PHYLLIS GALT. We miss our wonderful former congregant and friend Phyllis Galt who moved to Connecticut this past year to be close to family and get more advanced care for her Parkinson’s Disease and early onset dementia. Unfortunately, her health has continued to rapidly decline. So with our prayers, let’s send her some cards and convey our love. Her address is Waterstone, 215 High Ridge Road, Room 457, Stamford, 06905. Please don’t expect a response – but know your cards, love and prayers are well received. Thank you.

CARDS TO NANCY HOLLOMON

We miss our wonderful congregant and friend Nancy Hollomon who is spending much of this summer & fall at her beloved family “Gade Farm” in upper New York state. While there, email is harder to access, so she’d love to get a postcard or a note from you! If you can, take a moment to drop her an “old school” line by sending something to her: Nancy Hollomon, 2479 Western Ave., Altamont, NY 12009. Thanks!

VISITING MARY ROBINSON

Our beloved Mary is enjoying in-person visits these days as she is recovering from her broken femur. Please consider dropping by her rehab place in Boston’s South End if you can. Please contact Rev. Rob or Faith Perry for more details including free parking.

LOOKING FOR PET WALKING HELP?

As a lover of animals, Rev. Dr. So Jung Kim is available and excited to offer occasional free dog walking/cat sitting for folks in Greater Boston. If you have a beloved animal you'd like to introduce to So Jung, please let her know!

ADVENT EVENING PRAYERS

Join us each Wednesday at 6:00pm for half an hour of intentional liturgy, contemplative song, psalms, and sharing of prayers with our siblings from Newton Presbyterian on Zoom.

BIBLE STUDY WEDNESDAYS

Our weekly morning Bible Study is each Wednesday morning at 9:15am on Zoom. We are nearing the end of our study of the book of James, and will begin reading the Gospel of Matthew on December 7. If you’d like more information or want to be on the list to get regular reminders & Zoom info, contact Jan Gough at revjangough@gmail.com.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, & FAMILIES

We've gotten off to a great start to our CYCE school year. Thanks to the families we've gotten to see and catch up with so far! The nursery is open during in-person worship, and we've resumed Godly Play, youth classes, and other special activities with kids, youth, and families. We share details via email, so let Rev. Kate know if you want to receive updates.

THE NOVEMBER ISSUE OF THE COVENANT NEWS can be read online here.