Groups and VolunteeringGet Involved
Following Jesus means putting our faith into action. We're committed to being an active part of Boise, working alongside our neighbors for peace, justice and the care of creation.
Groups
Knotty Ladies
Every Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at the church. They tie knots in comforters, which go to Mennonite Central Committee and on to refugees around the world.
Contact: Beth Landis
Men's Bagel Breakfast
The Men's Bagel Breakfast meets every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at Blue Sky Bagels on Main Street. Everyone is welcome to pull up a chair and join the world-problem-solving conversation.
Contact: Tim Yoder
Suppers for Several
Groups form 2 to 3 times a year, by sign-up. Small groups share a meal, usually in members' homes. The host provides the main dish and each family brings something.
Contact: Meribeth Miller
Congregational Care
Sets up meal sign-ups after a birth, adoption, surgery or accident, and transportation sign-ups for anyone who needs rides over an extended time. Also sends flowers in memory of loved ones who have passed away.
Contacts: Kak Elzinga, Sandy Sherman, Jill Chrisman
Adult Faith Formation
9:00 a.m. Sundays as announced (not every Sunday). Led by Pastor Jonathan.
Volunteer Opportunities and Events
Boise Pride
Every September we join a community of five churches at a Pride booth, offering free, age-appropriate books that are at risk of being banned in Idaho, because according to the UN all children have the right to seek ideas of all kinds. We also march in the parade and take part in the Sunday interfaith worship service.
CROP Walk
The CROP Hunger Walk is a nationwide movement sponsored by Church World Service to raise funds to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and around the world. Join our church in walking every fall and donating food to local food banks.
Friendship Dinner
The fifth Thursday of a month at First Presbyterian Church, corner of 9th and State (entrance on 9th Street). About 10 to 12 volunteers arrive by 4:30 p.m. to set tables, help prepare and serve, and help clean up, leaving by 7:00 p.m.
Contact: John and Sandy Wargo
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS)
Clean-up, repair and rebuilding after disasters in Canada and the United States.
HPMF Church Contact: Tim Yoder
Contact: Robert Unrau, MDS-Idaho Unit Chair
Corpus Commons
Volunteer and financial support for a local day shelter for people experiencing homelessness, started in part through the efforts of our church. Ad hoc.
Contacts: Paul Hatab, Chad Summervill, David Matthews, Rick Skinner and others
Festival for World Relief
The five Idaho Mennonite churches work together to host a day-long fundraising festival in Nampa every April. Come for food, auctions, and fun that supports the international humanitarian work of Mennonite Central Committee.
MCC Bike Rides
Week-long rides in the Pacific Northwest that raise money and awareness for MCC.
Rake Up Boise
Annual, usually mid November. The team rakes the church and 2 to 3 homes belonging to elderly or physically disabled neighbors the city identifies as in need. All ages are welcome.
Contact: Lee Honsinger
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
Members assemble school, hygiene and disaster kits and make comforters for refugees. Each Sunday, the children collect change for the My Coins Count offering.
Village Meals and Conversations
Come by the church every first Sunday at 4:00 p.m. for a potluck meal and program to encourage closer community.
ONE WEEK EVERY JULY · ADMISSION IS FREEPeace Camp
HPMF values peace and justice in all forms: seeking peace, working for justice, building community, respecting diversity, and honoring Creation. We believe it is never too early to pass these practices onto young children. At Peace Camp, children engage in activities that practice peace with themselves, peace with the earth, and peace with others.
Objectives for the week
To answer our call to peacemaking and make peacemaking a way of life.
To develop skills for peacemaking including emotional intelligence, self-regulation, conflict resolution, cooperation, and creativity.
To celebrate individual and cultural differences of all people as members of God's beloved family.
To strengthen connection and care for creation, as well as learn peacemaking skills through crafts, games, stories, and activities.
Who can come
Peace Camp is open to children who have completed K through 4th grade. HPMF eagerly welcomes children and families from all walks of life, regardless of ethnic background, economic status, faith history, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, physical ability, or immigration status. All Peace Camp volunteers have up-to-date background checks.
Our first Peace Camp, July 2026
We welcomed fifteen children from the surrounding Boise community for four days filled with activities, music, games, and food. Campers explored recycling and conservation, learned how to be water protectors, discovered ways that peace can be shared through food, and worked together to recognize injustices in our own city. The kids made their own water filters from recycled plastic bottles, planted strawberries, packed hygiene kits for folks in their community, and made blankets for a local shelter home. Members of our congregation made the camp possible by volunteering their time, donating items for meals and projects, and providing space and support for the campers throughout the week.
Missions and Ministries
Braver Angels
Braver Angels is a national volunteer-based organization working to reduce the political division in the USA. They do this by teaching skills to speak to those with whom we disagree and providing opportunities to talk about important issues in safe and respectable settings. The organization is open to all and partners with religious groups to teach and practice skills to have healthy discussions that are focused on understanding and appreciation and not pushing for agreement.
The work of Braver Angels converges with HPMF's peacemaking mission with the shared value to treat each person with dignity and respect. We hold in common the value to seek reconciliation and cooperation by better understanding and rejecting violence.
Everence
A national, faith-based financial services organization for Mennonite and Anabaptist congregations. HPMF has received $20,000 in seven years for attendees and community organizations.
Contact: Beth Landis
Creation Care
“Energy Saint,” a song by HPMF member Roger Piper-Ruth about ways to care for God's creation, with a video by Lauresta and Justin Welty. Featured by The Mennonite and The Mennonite Creation Care Network.
Repair Network
A network of church communities engaged in education, solidarity and reparative action alongside Indigenous Peoples. Commitments include restitution and repair funds in the church budget each year, showing up for justice alongside Indigenous communities, and Earth care to restore lands damaged in part by the history of the Doctrine of Discovery.
Sister Church, Puerto Asis, Colombia
A Sister Church relationship since 2000, made possible by the Colombian Mennonite Church's program pairing North American Mennonite churches with Colombian Sanctuary of Peace Churches. We stay in touch through weekly phone calls, Facebook and periodic visits.
Other ways Hyde Park Mennonite is involved in our Community
Hosting neighborhood meetings such as the North End Neighborhood Association, Music Together, Villages and the Boise Baroque Orchestra
Idaho Peace Coalition
Interfaith Alliance
Luke 10 Project
MCC Albino Health & Education, supporting persons with albinism in Tanzania
Singing Resistance