UPCOMING SUNDAYS (WORSHIP / AFTER WORSHIP)
November 17 ~ Rev. Rob preaching, Holy Communion / Nica Companions Adult Ed
November 24 ~ Adam Isbitsky preaching, Dedication of Pledge Sunday/ Advent Wreath Making
December 1 ~ Rev. Rob preaching, Holy Communion, Baptism / Advent Wreath Making, COTC 101
December 8 ~ Contemplative Advent Service in the Spirit of Taizé / Worship & Music Meeting, Youth Class Leaders Meeting
Note:
Winter Soltice Longest Night Service Dec. 21 7:30pm at Emmanuel Church and our Christmas Eve Service Dec. 24 6pm
BLESSING THE ANIMALS SERVICE THIS SUNDAY:
This Sunday’s service is a special opportunity for us to celebrate and reflect on the animals in our lives. The service will include a time to come forward with your animal (or a symbolic representation of an animal) to receive a blessing or to come forward and receive a blessing card to take home with you. Hope you can join us on this special day and be sure not to miss Kaitlyn Martin Fox's incredible choreography and leadership with our special offertory!
CONGREGATIONAL GATHERING THIS SUNDAY:
Following worship this Sunday, November 10, in Bates Hall, join us for a congregational meeting and conversation related to our ongoing discernment about our future ministry and mission, and hear updates on our transitional period and related timelines.
THIS SUNDAY AT 3PM, CORO ALLEGRO,
Boston’s LGBTQ+ & allied classical chorus (our close partner at 67 Newbury Street), and David Hodgkins, Artistic Director, invite you to We Will Not Be Erased: A Veterans Day Concert Honoring the Service of All, Sanders Theatre, Cambridge. Diverse American composers from Florence Price to Aaron Copland reflect on freedom, equality, our shared longings for peace, and the promise of the words enshrined on the Statue of Liberty. This inspiring program features testimony, letters, and poems by veterans and others affirming our common humanity across America's conflicts. Join us in honoring all who have served, all who have suffered, and all whose desire to serve has met with discrimination on the basis of their race, religion, sexuality, or gender identity or expression.
20s-30s-40s CINEMA & CIDER NIGHT:
Next Saturday, November 16 at 6:00 PM offsite at the home of Kathryn Barry. RSVP to Kathryn at kmbarry44@gmail.com by Tuesday with your choice of classic comedy and include your vote of classic comedy movie: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The First Wives Club, The Princess Bride, The Producers, or The Stepford Wives! Let her know if you can bring a snack to share and if you can't your presence is enough. Also let us know about allergies.
LOVE GOD, LOVE THE PEOPLE: PASS IT ON!
We are now in the Season of Generosity – that annual season where our congregation pays special attention to the abundant gifts that come to each of us from the Holy Spirit. We give thanks to God for these gifts and the generosity of our congregants to help sustain the mission and ministry of our community as it seeks to follow the love of Jesus in our world. On October 20 & 27, our Generosity Generators led us in a “reverse offering.” If you were a part of this, share your story by visiting this website:
https://forms.gle
/7EVgAqRAURkSTDmF8
.
THIS SUNDAY IS THE DEADLINE
to share your story of how you passed on this money to do good. Our season of Generosity ends on Sunday Nov. 24 with our annual dedication of pledges.
PLEDGE DEDICATION SUNDAY: Nov. 24, 2019.
As our Season of Generosity ends (but not our way of being generous in the world!) - please remember to bring your 2020 Pledge Cards to worship with you on the
24th as we will be dedicating them as part of the service. Letters with these went out last week - if you did not get one, please feel free to email Christine James,
cj.chrisjames@gmail.com
. There will also be extra copies of them available in church on the 24th. Thank you!
INTERESTED IN JOINING CHURCH OF THE COVENANT OR LEARNING MORE ABOUT US
?
We are most certainly interested in you! Our next “COTC 101” session is Sunday Dec. 1, after worship, Noon-1:15 pm in the J. Black Room on the second floor. This session with Rev. Rob goes over some of our church’s history, theology, structure, and sense of mission and calling in the world. Please RSVP with Rob in person or by emailing rob.mark@cotcbos.org.
CLIMATE AND INTERSECTIONALITY: HOW GOOD TO BE TOGETHER:
Thursday, November 14, 6:30-8:30pm Temple Israel, 477 Longwood Ave. Speakers include Rev. Vernon Walker (CREW) Rabbi Katy Allen, Jewish Climate Action Network and moderator Sam Dreyfus, Sunrise Movement. RSVP:
https://www.facebook.com/events/490057775176106
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NVITATION TO THE ORDINATION OF ADAM ISBITSKY!
Pastor Adam will be ordained by the Pilgrim Association of the United Church of Christ at 5:00 PM on Sunday, December 1 at his home church, the First Congregational Church of Stoughton, 76 Pierce St in Stoughton. All are welcome to this joyous occasion! If you would like to sing in the choir please email Adam and he will give you all the details. If you need a ride, let us know.
UPCOMING SCHEDULES AND COVERAGE:
Our Parish Administrator Hillary Gabbidon will be on vacation through Monday, November 11. For administrative concerns before she returns please be in touch with Rev. Rob Mark or call the church at 617-266-7480. Rev. Rob will be away on a CREDO Continuing Education Conference following worship on November 17 through Monday, November 25. For pastoral concerns while he is away please contact Pastor Adam adam.isbitsky@cotcbos.org or call the church office at 617-266-7480.
GBIO
WE DID IT! Congratulations and thank you! We had a great turn-out for the GBIO Action Monday evening for Real Health Care Reform. We exceeded our goal of attendees from Covenant. Have I said before that we are a small, but mighty (and friendly) church. This was an inspiring evening. Find someone who went and ask about the stories that were told, the commitment of our Senate and Health and Human Services leadership. Stay tuned there will be more work to do. Let the GBIO Team know of your interest in the subject: Anne Crane, Faith Perry, Kathryn Barry, Tom Reid, Tim Groves, Holly Humphreys
IMAGE CREDIT:
By Jen Horton via fineartamerica.com
THE NOVEMBER ISSUE OF THE COVENANT NEWS
can be read online
here
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