I don't even know how to frame the way I want to ask how you are doing because every question I come up with falls flat given our new reality. We are all just coping as best we can. One of my colleagues remarked that we are building the plane as we are flying it.....how true is that!….
Read MoreSince the April 18th Duke Gardens family hang-out date will almost certainly need to be postponed here are some other family opportunities for you to consider…..
Read MoreA forewarning, this is a much longer newsletter with a lot of information to help us stay connected. With that, how are you doing in our ever changing reality? ….
Read MorePilgrim’s leadership team has had intentional conversation over the past week imagining how to create the safest space possible for our community and to do our part to “flatten the curve.”
Read MoreGiving/doing should feel good and if it’s not feeling good then it’s time to look at the way we are or aren’t taking part in our relationships with others.
Read MoreAs I shared during worship last Sunday, we can take simple steps of washing our hands frequently; using hand sanitizer before participating in communion and offering caution and care as we pass the peace and/or greet each other with the love of Christ.
All in all, let us follow the advice of our church leaders who urge education, caution and common sense as U.S. coronavirus cases increase….
Pilgrim’s Auxiliary members, with help from others in the congregation, provided enough supplies to load up a van. These room kits will help furnish households for Durham residents moving into their own homes….
Read MoreWhat if? We build a world. Share a life. Imagine a future. Not just for ourselves, but for our communal and global brothers and sisters…..
Read MoreNot wanting to jump over the importance of Transfiguration Sunday marking the end of our Epiphany journey, but I want to again invite us to enter Lent through our Glitter + Ash Wednesday service at 6pm on February 26…..
Read More"Created in God's Image: Sacred Conversation for Mission and Ministry," where we will be learning and discussing issues related to gender and sexuality….
Read More“Glitter Ashes let the world know that we are progressive, queer-positive Christians.…By becoming visible, we show our faith in God who empowers us and wants us to repent of hurting each other….
Read More… we have an opportunity to plant like Paul and water like Apollos our very own Pilgrim garden on Saturday, February 22 when we gather for the Lay Leadership Retreat from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm. Together, we will give, receive, plant, and water in the service for the future for which God yearns in and through us.
Read MorePilgrim adults and children were hard at work/ having fun on Feb 8, making Valentine’s Day cards for members of the congregation who are not able to join us at worship…..
Read More….Epiphanies, she remarked, “offer an opportunity to create new ways of living from our fragments of revelation.” In moments that illumine, our experience might just be enlarged, the boundaries we create (or are created around us) might just be made more permeable. ….
Read MoreChurch Auxiliary was treated to a luncheon on Feb 3 hosted by Ms. Muhammed from All My Children, the daycare center on the lower level of Pilgrim UCC. The luncheon was a thank-you for….
Read MoreDuring worship, we heard an announcement from the Ground Hog Day official and Durham’s Ground Hogs Darlene and Dagwood….
Read MorePilgrims,
Please join me in offering our gratitude and praise to Pilgrim's Budget Committee and Church Council for the care in which they shepherded our 2020 budget to its successful conclusion with our congregational approval this past Sunday…..
On Jan 26, Pilgrim welcomed Nick Malinowski as our new music director. …
Read MorePilgrims,
We have a wonderfully rich and full weekend in store that will help us grow as beloved community…..
HI Pilgrims,
So weird to find myself writing this letter again from Orlando, but I unexpectedly needed to fly back down.Thank you for the grace you have offered for me….
