We have extended an offer to Pilgrim's next Director of Music: Nick Malinowski! Nick is formally trained as an opera singer, but ultimately decided ….
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…a word of thanks for the way in which you care for your pastor and share your generosity in the Christmas season. I am deeply appreciative for the Christmas gift I received from you and recognize the many layers of love that brought it into being…..
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Begin by getting your pen or pencil, and paper, or whatever it is you want to write on, and with. Next, set a timer for 3 minutes, and create a list of 20-25 concrete words. Nouns and verbs. Needle. Leaf. River. Walnut. Pen. Scream… go!…..
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Happy New Year from your solar team. A few statistics to warm your pocketbooks.
We have saved over a hundred thousand lbs. of carbon dioxide from being emitted to the atmosphere. ….
I pray you each had a joyous day with those with whom you wanted to share presence and time. This week between God coming among us anew and the turning of a new decade feels like a threshold gift where we might open ourselves to catch wondrous glimpses of God's movement amidst……
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This year’s pageant was loosely in the form of Las Posadas, a traditional Mexican and Mexican American Christmas tradition that reenacts Mary & Joseph’s search for an inn. In our Pilgrim Posada, all of the out-of-towners, including the shepherds and Magi, were rejected twice before finding La Posada de Paz (Inn of Peace). ….
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Pilgrims,
I find myself startled that Christmas Eve is five days away with a Posada as the preparer of its way. Where has advent gone? Have there been any spiritual awakenings…..
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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