eNews for Thursday, September 23, 2021
Auld Lang Syne for World Alzheimer Awareness Day September 23
(gathered from bits of friends’ conversation during my fifteen year daily visiting in memory loss units… let’s face it, sentimentality is not a crime there!)
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?
To this I would not come, I thought—in all my younger times.
For auld lang syne, my dear, the long since passed and gone.
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for what we’ve lost and won.
So I forget the ones I love, —the dearest and the best!
This illness steals the heart away—the cursing with the blest.
For auld lang syne, my dear, the long since passed and gone
and what I ate for breakfast, too, at the rising of the sun.
We two have chased the wealth of life and picked the flowers of joy
We’ve wandered many a weary mile, since we were girl and boy.
We two have paddled rivers wide, we’ve raised up children grown,
but blurred by roar of wind and tide—they are to us unknown.
For auld lang syne, my dear, the long since passed and gone—
O some of us are angry now, and some are deep withdrawn.
Yet I’ve a hand I wish you’d hold, and, when you smile, I shine.
The angels store my memories for auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear—sweet present, precious past—
Let’s drink that cup of kindness, for the kindness is what lasts.
Dog Toy Making for Animal Allies
This Sunday, September 25, after church
Please bring your old T-shirts and scissors to make dog and cat toys to donate for Animal Allies. We will work after church for 45-50 minutes. We will work outside weather permitting. If there is inclement weather we will work in fellowship hall. All Pilgrims are invited. Parker and Grace thought it would be good to have a service project where we did something nice for someone else and still had a chance to visit with each other. Contact Grace Beaster, Parker Tewes or Cindy Grindy with questions.
Here is a how-to video: https://youtu.be/EKIEF25lv8Y
October Newsletter
The next newsletter issue goes out Thursday, September 30. Please send any items to include to the office no later than Tuesday, September 28. Thank you!
Arrowhead AGO: Pedals, Pipes, and Pizza
Join the Arrowhead AGO for a special event, "Pedals, Pipes, and Pizza" at Cathedral of Christ the King in Superior on Saturday, October 23, 10:30 am-1:00 pm.
Contact Tasha Kapp for more info.
Thank You from Myers-Wilkins
From Amy Worden, Principal of Myers-Wilkins Elementary:
Dear Families and Members,
Thank you very much for donating bake sale proceeds to provide supplies for our students. Your gift will provide school supplies and warm clothes for our students this year. We are grateful for this gift.
Principal Worden
Memorial Service for David Weston
A Memorial Service will be held for Pilgrim member David Weston on Friday, September 24, at 10:30 am with a meal to follow. Please join us in remembering David.
Upcoming Worship
Here are some dates to watch out for:
- Mary Anderson will preach on Sunday, September 26
- Sunday, October 3, will be Pastor Carla's first Sunday at Pilgrim.
Sunday Worship at Pilgrim
Join us Sunday at 10:00 am for Sunday Worship at Pilgrim, in person or online. You can view the service on Pilgrim's YouTube channel and Facebook page.
You can download a Bulletin here.
This Sunday's scripture readings:
- Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22
- Psalm 124
- James 5:13-20
- Mark 9:38-50
If you have an announcement that you would like read during a Sunday service, please get it to the office by Thursday each week.
In case you missed it, you can view last Sunday's worship service on YouTube.
Attendance: 41
YouTube views: 11
Prayers and Condolences
Keep in your prayers:
- Joyce Young and her family after her the passing of her son, Michael Rookey
- The Shull family after Gene's passing
- Kay Slack and her family on the passing of her husband, Bill
- Bob Reichert as he undergoes treatment
- Anita and her family as she undergoes medical treatment
- Wanda and her family as she continues to receive treatment
Show Us Your Walks
From Carolyn Sundquist, some views of the Mesabi Trail near Giants Ridge
We're lucky to live in a community with so much beauty and access to nature. Send Patrick your photos to share your walks with us in future emails! It's another way to stay connected in these troubled times.
What Patrick's Listening To
British choral group I Fagiolini is doing a series that somehow combines Renaissance music with a decent parody of The Matrix that is absolutely sending me. Or if that's a bit much (understandable) you can skip right to an excellent performance of de Victoria's "Alma Redemptoris Mater".