Covenant Connections

October 23, 2025

A Special Weekend at Covenant

Dear Beloved Church Family,

As we approach this exciting weekend, we are not just preparing for our delightful Trunk or Treat and Chili Cookoff events, but also gathering to honor the significant occasion of Reformation Sunday.

Picture the vibrant colors of decorated trunks, the delicious aroma of chili wafting through the air on Saturday, along with the soulful sound of a bagpiper during worship on Sunday—what a joyful celebration it will be as we remember God's reforming spirit at work among us.

Additionally, we will be blessed on Sunday morning to learn about the ministry of Genesis Community Health during our education hour at 9:30am. Genesis is a free, Christian medical and dental clinic that serves our neighbors who have no insurance. I hope to see you there.

Remember, as we come together in fellowship and fun, we’re also deepening our partnerships in faith and spiritual growth. Looking forward to seeing all of your bright smiles and creative trunks!

Your partner on the journey,

+ Pastor Kevin

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2025

Sermon: "Reformed and Always Reforming, According to the Word of God"

Rev. Dr. Kevin Starcher

Scripture Readings:

Romans 15: 1-6

Romans 16: 1-16

Musical Selections:

GTG #275: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Sound File: https://youtu.be/8XUYZoguhEQ

In Christ Alone

Sound File: https://youtu.be/ENtL_li4GbE

GTG #649: Amazing Grace

Sound File: https://youtu.be/8q0S7pXz-vk

Office Angels Needed!

We are looking for individuals who are self motivated and personable to help round out our office angels. We need someone on Tuesday mornings who can make announcement slides and update our calendars for our staff. We also need someone every other Wednesday to make our lay reader script and start our Thursday email. Along with these duties, you would be responsible to greet those who come to the office, assist with coffee if needed, answer phones, and update databases. Office hours are 9am to noon.

Please contact Theresa Doster at office@cpcboise.org for more information.

Current computer applications used in the office are Publisher, Word, Excel, Outlook, and web based programs.

Men's Saturday Breakfast

Covenant’s Men's Ministry will host a free breakfast in the Van Wyk Room on Saturday, 22 November starting at 8 am. All men and any invited friends are welcome to come. Tim Brekke will share. Please join us for an inspiring morning!

Save the Date - Women's Retreat

Covenant is starting the planning for a Women's Retreat to be held September 11-13, 2026. It will be held at Living Waters Ranch in Challis. So we may get an idea of interest, ideas of activites, needs of transportation, and thoughts of speakers, please fill out this form.

Weekly Pastor's Bible Study - In-Person and Livestreamed on Zoom

We will be studying the scripture for the upcoming Sunday morning. You can join these meetings every Wednesday at 10:00am in person or on zoom here:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87109279902

Men's Tuesday Evening Bible Study

The Tuesday night Men's Bible Study continues at 7:00 - 8:15pm, with a 8-10 week guided inquiry and discussion on The Gospel of John. Meetings will be held in Room 7.

Contact Doug McAbee (gotpyruvate@gmail.com) for additional information.

Women’s Bible Study

Women’s Bible study is excited to invite you to explore what it means to be Women of the Covenant.

It is in our name of Covenant Presbyterian Church, but what does it mean? We will look at the lives of Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael, Isaac, and Jacob, and understand more deeply God‘s commitment to us.

We meet Tuesdays from 1-2:30.

For more information, contact Kay Grant at 208-571-6792.

Men's Thursday Morning Bible Study

The Men's Thursday morning Bible study meets at 7am. Fred Ritsema is leading us through the book of Acts.

Looking forward to seeing you...invite a friend!

Contact Tim Brekke at tim.brekke@gmail.com with any questions.

9:30am Adult Education Hour - We have an array of Adult Education offerings that will happen in the Fall season during the 9:30-10:30am hour. Nursery care will be offered during this time, as needed.

October 25th: Trunk or Treat and Chili Feed. Bring a dressed up car trunk, and be ready to hand out candy to friends and neighbors. If you need help determining how to dress up your car, we have plenty of ideas and ways to support. If a dressed up trunk isn't your thing, bring a pot of chili to share for our chili feed. Sign up here to let us know who is coming and how we can help you!

October 26th: Presentation of Bibles to Fourth Graders. We will presenting Bibles to Abigail Bakotich, Nalayia Lee, Alexis Bishop, Morgan Baker, Jackson Morman, and Mikey Owens.

October 26th: Youth Group Activity - Pumpkin Carving a Seed Baking. This will happen after the 10:30am service. Join in for a festive and fun time, celebrating all things pumpkin!

Bema Small Group

We will meet on October 29nd at 7pm in the Van Wyk room. We will be discussing episodes 9 (Letting Go) and 10 (Walking the Blood Path), which can be found:

https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/9

https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/10

Or on Itunes, Spotify or any other podcast app.

Our discussion schedule can be found at this link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NP0TX1Pa8NbfgBKLNb_55td_37uly2nckrLzxggqbQ8/edit?usp=sharing

We will meet at the church. If you want to join but can't come to the church, please let Tracy know so we will have our Zoom meeting running:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85005177504?pwd=LfkjpPrPfzSpiGal0k5wjejn0HrlYE.1

Please contact Tracy Sauerwein (tracysauerwein@gmail.com) with any questions.

Book Club

Book Club will continue on Thursday, November 20th at 10:00am. We will be discussing the book At the Foot of the Snows by David Watters, Steve Watters, and Daniel Waters.

At the Foot of the Snows tells the inspiring story of an American family living among the virtually unknown Kham Magar of Nepal, developing a deep bond of friendship that transcended their cultural divide. Through years of study and hard work, they translated Scripture into the Kham language, igniting a spark of interest in the gospel that would fan to life through years of persecution. Through it all, David and Nancy Watters struggled to demonstrate that gospel to these people who lived, in the words of the Khams, "at the foot of the snows."

New readers are always welcomed and encouraged!

Covenant Library

October is National Church Library Month. Our Church Library is located in the Prayer Room. There is also a display of books on shelves next to the Connections Center. Books may be checked out without a time limit. Enjoy a book, CD, or DVD as long as you need it. To check out materials, put your name and the date on the card and place the card in the designated box.

Annual Chili Cookoff and Trunk or Treat

Saturday, October 25th 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Join us for our annual Chili Cookoff and Trunk or Treat. Sign up sheets to volunteer and bring chili will be at the connection center this Sunday. More information to come.

Women's Fellowship

Please join us on Thursday, November 13th at 10:00am in the foyer for a time of fellowship and devotion. All are invited. Hope to see you there! Contact Julie Byers at julie@boisemagic.com or Janie Zimmerman at Jzimm4214@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

Men's Monthly Fellowship

Join us on Tuesday, November 4th at 9:00am for Christian fellowship, discipleship, coffee and donuts.

Food Pantry Needs

The food pantry is currently in need of jelly. We appreciate everyone’s help in keeping our food pantry stocked.

Love Packages

We have collected & sent 1388 Bibles, books, CDs, and/or DVDs this year to Love Packages. Please continue to place Bibles, religious books, CDs & DVDs in the basket on the bookcase by the Connection Center. Many of these books were from area Christian Church librarians.

Fall Cleanup

Join us on November 15th 8:30am to noon to cleanup Covenant.

Fun jobs for the whole Family

Muffins, donuts, and fruit will be provided.

Come make new friends and get some exercise!

First, I'd like to extend some thanks for those who have helped complete projects in the last month:

Thanks to Sam for your continued help with the HVAC system!
Thanks to Jim and Doug for your help with the fix-it tasks on the to-do board.
A few people asked me about taking out the volunteer trees by the church sign, but somebody went ahead and took care of them. Thanks to whoever took the initiative and did that!

A few requests for help:

Our annual Chili Cookoff and Trunk or Treat is next Saturday, 10/25. The Growing Covenant team would like help setting up from 10am to noon, and help cleaning up from 7pm-8pm. And, of course, please bring some chili and consider decorating a trunk! Please reach out to Katie Shevlin if you are able to assist.
Mark your calendars: Covenant Fall Cleanup is scheduled for November 15. I will be sending out a list of tasks to do in the coming weeks with more details.

Thanks all for your continued support for the church!

Alex Wolff

CPC Buildings and Grounds Elder

Prayer Team

Our prayer team meets every Tuesday morning at 10:00am in the prayer room. If you would like to be added to our weekly prayer email, contact our prayer team at prayer@cpcboise.org.