Hello Pilgrims, I greet you from not so sunny Orlando. Hot, yes. Humid, it’s August in Florida--humidity is a state of being….
Read MoreThank you Dee for these images!
Read MoreHello Pilgrims, How are you? I am feeling a little drained having just attended my first Council meeting in a few months which comes immediately after a Board of Christian Service meeting--long Thursday is what I used to call it….
Read MoreHello Pilgrims, Now up to my knees in the wading waters of Pilgrim, it seems almost every conversation is about our return to sanctuary on September 12…..
Read More[This is a poem Pastor Lindy shared with us ….]
Read MoreWe were so happy to gather for worship outside safely — to hear the choir and the children’s word in person and to listen to the meditation by Ellen Metcalf.
Read MoreHello my beloved community, It is amazing how living in a medical vortex can shape-shift one’s day to day reality and rhythm. I am sorry I missed our in person worship last Sunday, for I crave your reassuring presence….
Read MoreCall to Worship: We are from north and south. We are from tiny apartments and expansive homes…..
Read MoreBeloved Pilgrims, As I watch the rain, thunder and lightning from Lanny’s hospital room, I am reminded that one of the observations made in our survey, post-Pentecost, was to have clearer guidance around protocol for inclement weather. Our plan each week is….
Read MoreBeloved Pilgrims, Gosh what a wonderful Sunday it was worshipping in person and virtually, with a smallish group on campus, surrounded by nature’s beauty. And yes, it was warm and sunny…..
Read MoreFinally! We were able to come together, masked and socially-distanced, but really together at last…..
Read MoreOn May 11, Pilgrim’s campus was visited by three members of the New Hope Audubon Society…..
Read More…. “The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as
the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.”
St. Catherine of Siena
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….Just like buds poking through sun-drenched dewy soil, we are beginning to emerge, connect, embrace, imagine, hope, envision our way forward…..
Read MoreWe came with the invitation from Dee: “Rejoice in the splendor of the campus that we love….”
Read MoreGood Morning Pilgrims, It is so hard to harness that anticipatory feeling that comes with the rise of temperatures, the elongation of daylight, the pull of outdoor blossoms and blooms….
Read MoreBlessings on this Earth Day, Pilgrims. I raced home in transition Tuesday, about 4:30, from afternoon meetings on campus to evening meetings at home….
Read MoreHello my fellow Pilgrims, This week has been off to a faster and more furious pace, even as many churches live into a more laid-back, sabbatical-esque rhythm post Easter.
Read MoreMarch was our month to provide dinner for the homeless through Urban Ministries…..
Read MoreHello my fellow Pilgrims, To honor my sabbath break this week, I am going to keep this letter short (and hopefully sweet). I am still holding the memory of seeing so many of you in person last week….
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