UPCOMING SUNDAYS (WORSHIP / AFTER WORSHIP)
October 20 ~ Reflection on the Word / Potluck Sunday
October 27 ~ Guest Preacher McKenna Lewellen / Deacons & CYCE
November 3 ~ Covenant Renewal Sunday, Rev. Rob preaching / Adult Ed on Immigration & Detention Centers
November 10 ~ Blessing of the Animals All Ages Service /
Congregational Meeting
SPECIAL GUEST PREACHER: This Sunday, October 13, Doug Tilton will be a guest preacher at Covenant and will lead an adult education discussion after the worship service. Doug currently serves as Regional Liaison for Southern Africa for the Presbyterian Church (USA), helping to strengthen the mutual ministries of the PC(USA) and its partner churches in six countries: Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Doug has also worked with the Congo Mission Network particularly on issues involving political advocacy. His sermon will focus on the concept of partnership and why it’s important to connect internationally, and in the adult ed session he will go more deeply into how we engage across Southern Africa. He has personal connections with several members of Covenant. Click
here for his full bio.
BOOK DISCUSSION: The next Covenant book discussion will take place on Sunday, November 3, at 5 pm at Faith and Lucy’s in Roslindale. We will be discussing Bill McKibben's Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? As always, we begin with a potluck. And you are always welcome whether you have ever attended or not; and whether you have read the book or not. Questions? barbarakdarling@yahoo.com
MASSACHUSETTS POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN MOVEMENT WORKSHOP: Today, Sunday Oct. 13, 4:30-6pm, First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden Street. Also check out this weekend’s annual Honk Fest of activist street bands: http://honkfest.org/2019-festival/
B.A.A. HALF MARATHON OCTOBER 13: The 13.1-mile, rolling course is an out-and-back route that runs along the Emerald Necklace park system. With a start on Pierpont Road, the course proceeds out of Franklin Park, along Washington Street and Forest Hills Drive, and past both the Arnold Arboretum and Jamaica Pond as The Arborway becomes The Jamaicaway. The course then passes Willow Pond and Olmsted Park, before the turn-around point on The Riverway 4.75 miles into the race. On the return, runners hug the western side of the Emerald Necklace, with Leverett Pond and Jamaica Pond now on the left. The race re-enters Franklin Park and loops around animal enclosures in the Franklin Park Zoo, before finishing on the track in White Stadium. For more information on the B.A.A. Half Marathon go to
https://www.baa.org/races/baa-half-marathon
"STILLNESS IN THE STORM" ALL CHURCH RETREAT REGISTER NOW!: Our registration is now live (
click here) Please register now to join us for this unique chance to join our all ages, all church retreat on Friday Oct. 18-Saturday Oct. 19, 2019, Miramar Retreat Center, as we gather and practice grounding ourselves in God’s love in the midst of life’s storms. Hard copies also available at back of sanctuary, or ask Diane Lauber or Rev. Rob.
LECTURE ON THE JERUSALEM TEMPLE IN ROMAN ANTIQUITY: This is a free and public event on Beacon Hill in Boston on the image of the Jerusalem Temple in Roman Antiquity. Prof. Robin M. Jensen, Patrick O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and expert on religious art in antiquity, will be lecturing about the significance of the Jerusalem Temple in Early Christian Imagination on Tuesday, 22 October 2019 at 6:30 p.m. at Grogan and Company, 20 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114. Reception and lecture are free and open to the public. Information: (617) 720-2020.
BEARING WITNESS AT HOMESTEAD DETENTION CENTER AND BEYOND: At a special Adult CE program on Sunday, November 3, after worship, Doris and Mark Hampton of N.H. will share their experience as part of a group bearing witness at the Homestead Detention Center, a for-profit detention center for unaccompanied and separated immigrant children in Florida and what they have learned since about our American immigration system.
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING WITH A VOTE: Sunday Nov. 10 following worship, related to our ongoing discernment about our future ministry and mission and the scope of our next settled Associate Pastor position.
FOLLOWING WORSHIP, A PLACE TO CONTEMPLATE AND PRAY: Following any worship service starting Sunday, we are reserving the front few pews on the far-right aisle of the sanctuary (on the “organ side”) for those who wish to remain in prayer, contemplation, meditation. Please respect those who chose to sit and pray in those “quiet pews” before or following worship and refrain from interrupting/greeting them. Thank you!
SUPPORT OUR YOUNGEST GENERATION’S GROWTH: The Children and Youth Christian Education (CYCE) team has needs for church members and friends to serve occasionally with our youngest folks. Your presence helps nurture a welcoming environment, encourages our children’s faith journeys, and creates positive intergenerational relationships. We have a core team of dedicated staff and volunteers who would welcome you as an assistant in the nursery, the Godly Play classroom, or with our youth class. No training is necessary. Please contact
Kathy Bull Kathy Bull (kaxianna@yahoo.com) or
Pastor Adam with any questions.
IMAGE CREDIT
: "Sunset" by Gerd Altmann on Pixabay.com
THE OCTOBER ISSUE OF THE COVENANT NEWS
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