Letter from Lindy March 20

Hello Pilgrims, This week has been a bit fluid with HVAC installation (Yay Trustees!), illnes, and Durham CAN 3-day training that some of your core team (myself included) are attending…..

Melinda Keenan WoodMarch 22, 2022

Letter from Lindy March 13

Hello Pilgrims, Are you ready to spring forward on Sunday?….

Melinda Keenan WoodMarch 11, 2022

Housing for New Hope

Auxiliary ended its spring drive for household goods for Housing for New Hope (www.housingfornewhope.org) on Monday, March ….

Susan BarcoMarch 11, 2022

Letter from Lindy March 6

….As we mark the first Sunday of Lent, we will do so as we did last year, celebrating International Women’s Day with Pilgrim’s Auxiliary leading us in worship…..

Melinda Keenan WoodMarch 4, 2022

Letter from Lindy Feb 27

Hello Pilgrims, Like you, I have been transfixed with horror at the unfolding invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin, his inner circle, and the Russian military, wringing my heart and hands in both disbelief and deep concern for the Ukrainian people….

Melinda Keenan WoodFebruary 26, 2022

Pilgrim Race and Equity Team

On February 6, 2022, the Pilgrim congregation voted to accept the Pilgrim Confession and Covenant Against Racism that the team had worked on during the second half of 2021….

Susan BarcoFebruary 26, 2022

Letter from Lindy Feb 20

Hello Pilgrims, As much as I try to keep our focus in the present, I want to direct your attention to Lent….

Melinda Keenan WoodFebruary 18, 2022

Letter from Lindy Feb 13

Hello Pilgrims, How are you today? The sun is streaming through my front windows as I let its rays of warmth lift my spirits….

Melinda Keenan WoodFebruary 11, 2022

Caste Book Study Update

….“I am thankful for a safe space where I can say the things I had to say in a space where it was received and processed not from a point of view of pity, but in a way that made people aware of what happens in the lives of black and brown people every day.”….

Susan BarcoFebruary 4, 2022

Letter from Lindy Feb 6

….I’ve come to believe our vocation is not a singular experience, even if that has been the parlance of pastoral ministry. Rather, I now experience our calling(s) as a fractal–a never ending pattern, infinitely complex that is self-similar across different scales…..

Melinda Keenan WoodFebruary 4, 2022

Letter from Lindy Jan 30

….I would not be transparent, nor authentic if I did not confess how weird it feels to enter the covenant of baptism without a congregation surrounding the Miguel family. The covenant, I always imagine, is a three-legged stool for MacKenzie upheld by God, the Migels, and their beloved community, Pilgrim, making promises to her that she will not begin to comprehend for months and years to come…..

Melinda Keenan WoodJanuary 29, 2022

Letter from Lindy Jan 23

Hello Pilgrims singing in the rain, before freezing temperatures descend. I’m thinking you already know how this love letter begins… we are moving our Sunday service online again this week….

Melinda Keenan WoodJanuary 21, 2022

Letter from Lindy Jan 9

Happy Epiphany my beloved Pilgrims, ….

Melinda Keenan WoodJanuary 7, 2022

Letter from Lindy Dec 26

Pilgrims, Merry Christmas! This will be the last newsletter for 2021 so as to carve out respite for Pilgrim staff to enjoy some downtime post Christmas festivities.

Melinda Keenan WoodDecember 29, 2021

Letter from Lindy Dec 19

Pilgrims, What wondrous music flowed from the chancel last Sunday–Pilgrim’s Cantata in person!….

Melinda Keenan WoodDecember 19, 2021

Letter from Lindy

Beloved Pilgrims, I pray you are moving through this season with care and caution as we ready ourselves for the omicron variant to become more prevalent in the United States.

Melinda Keenan WoodDecember 11, 2021