….It feels bittersweet to share with you that Marty has decided, after 13 years of faithful service, to retire…..
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….One step your pastor has taken beyond our work in community is to participate in the Kaleidescope Institute summer workshop 2020…..
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….The month of July has brought daily meditation, high intensity workouts and yoga into our days…..
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Jeff and Dee Sailstad joined the Pilgrim family on Sunday July 26. Welcome Jeff and Dee!
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Two ideas that seem to be helping nurture connection for some I want to put out there for us to ponder whether, at this stage, six months in, they might also help us reconnect in deeper ways. One is to share in a communion in person at the Labyrinth—socially distanced, masked, no more than 10 people on a regular basis. Depending upon interest, we could offer more than one opportunity to break bread together. Would there be interest?…..
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Good morning Pilgrims, I write you during our July installment of a worship team break….
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Pilgrims,
I've been reminiscing as we approach the 4th, and have been holding in my heart one of the ways Lanny and I learned to celebrate this day while living in DC. When we first moved there, we learned of, and joined, those who gathered on the front lawn for a Capitol 4th, with star-studded entertainers, a spectacular symphony-- the 1812 Overture always ushering in a sky-filled explosion of fireworks. The night filled my heart at being a part of this American experiment…..
….What I have been hearing from you is that we need beloved community more than ever, if only to nourish and nurture our weary, worried souls. In that, we are planning accordingly...and carefully, so as to enrich and not deplete…..
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Thank you Danny and Nick for a wonderful concert!
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Hi Pilgrims,
I write you four days into your staff's collective break. We thank you for allowing us to re-energize this week. Its been an intense four months building the plane as we fly it, so we are grateful for a respite…..
How are you feeling this week? Where are your hearts and heads amidst the swirling?….
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Pilgrims,
Where do we find words to name the moment in which our nation and our world stand. For the past two Sundays I have used the eagle’s wings of God’s Word in the hopes that I help us grope together through the complexities of this horror……
Disrupt the current systems by refusing to accept indifference
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caring for creation is one of the ways we celebrate God's presence in the world.
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Pilgrims,
Our hearts hurt so through the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, as we tragically mark today its 100,000 death in the United States. How might we lament for each and every life lost? ….
Faithfully Our Hearts Are Open
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Pilgrims,
Thank all of you who reached out with such kindness after Zoom froze us out of worshipping together last Sunday. If you want to experience how we felt in the sanctuary watch this.Thank you Ellen Metcalf for gifting me with a much needed laugh :)…..
Pilgrims,
I have been in a lot of meetings this week about how Communities of Faith might safely open for on campus, in person worship ….
And with the fog of the pandemic around us it was a little pocket of hope
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