In the cantata this Sunday, we will approach the Christmas story through a woman and her partner confronted with an unexpected pregnancy, the joy and peace of a sleeping baby….
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Pilgrims, You have had a great deal of new with my arrival. New Pastor. New Christian Education Director. New Moderator. New Interim Music Director. All in the space of two years! That is a lot of change. Because all the new means ….
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Fifteen auxiliary members and some guests gathered in fellowship hall on Dec 9 to assemble, wrap, and track for accuracy gifts for 75 children who attend All My Children Day Care and around 12 more for part of the bilingual exchange program. Afterward they gathered at Croasdaile….
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Oh gosh Pilgrim. At the end of a very long Thursday, I erred in opening this week's newsletter to begin composing. As is my way, I first begin by scanning what has been written, ….
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The season of Advent began on Dec 1 and Pilgrim moved into the season with greenery, crafts, soup, and fellowship….
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Happy Thanksgiving Pilgrim! I hope all of you are where you want to be this holiday. Whether joined by family or friends or in blessed quietness, I pray you feel the touch of the spirit that surrounds and holds us all.
The final touches on the Hanging of the Greens service have been completed….
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Commitment/Celebration Sunday is for us to do what this title says. To celebrate each and every pilgrim's commitment to Pilgrim.
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A joyful welcome to our new members!
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On All Saints Sunday, Nov 3, we remembered our loved ones and those who inspired us and taught us who have passed away.
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A tree just outside the Pilgrim sanctuary welcomes us with wit and charm. Who knows how this happens? It’s a mystery….
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We celebrated Common Life Church and Farm and commissioned them to stand independently of Pilgrim UCC on October 13 during worship.
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Pilgrims,
I am captivated by our gospel lesson this week. Read it through a few times, lectio style. What jumps out at you?
Pilgrims brought their animals to worship on Oct 6 for a time of blessing.
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Pilgrims,
Second times a charm. I had written this letter yesterday to be sent out by close of business, and lo and behold, when I came back to send it out, it was gone.
Pilgrims volunteered at PRiDE 2019 on September 28th.
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SONAM:Singers of New & Ancient Music held its fall 2019 concert at Pilgrim on Sept 28. The concert, in support of The LGBTQ Center of Durham, was part of the PRIDE festivities.
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Marselline Musiko-Holley was recognized as a gift to the Pilgrim congregation as she heads to a new church where she has been called as associate pastor.
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Pilgrims,
Banners have been unfurled. Supplies loaded. Liturgies planned. We are as ready as we can be.
We welcomed Camille Pederson as Pilgrim’s Duke Divinity School Intern on August 22, 2019.
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Beth and Gia Branciforte, parents of Frankie, brought her for baptism on Sept 8, 2019.
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