eNews for Tuesday, November 23, 2021
My Bailiwick
Dear Pilgrims, I hope you might attend the community Thanksgiving this evening at First Lutheran Church at 7:00 pm, but if not, you can watch it online (there's a link below). I’ll be reading one of my favorite Howard Thurman meditations.
And just like that, it’s Advent! We have some Advent activities planned to help us all prepare our hearts for the arrival of the baby Jesus, Emmanuel—God with us. We especially hope you can join us this Saturday afternoon at 2:00 for “Hanging of the Greens”, otherwise known as Christmas decorating! My son Joe will be with us—he’s tall so he can reach those high places. And we’ll have pizza to keep our energy up. If you’re in town, please come on over to help.
We are including with this email a copy of one of my favorite Advent traditions—a new-each-year Advent calendar prepared by the Rev. Molly Phinney Baskette. Molly is incredibly creative, fun, serious, and brave. She publishes the calendar in her blog—Doomsday Dance Party. If you’re having trouble downloading it, we’ll have printed copies at church this Sunday.
Also, if you saw us ring handbells this past Sunday and thought it looked fun, it is! And we could use more ringers! Please feel free to try it out—we rehearse on Wednesdays at 4:00 for one hour. Our next rehearsal is December 1 at 4:00 pm, and there’s a spot for you!
May Thanksgiving bring you some moments of peace, good food, stimulating conversations, and gentle rest.
Love,
Carla
Advent Calendar
Source: mollybaskette.com
Longest Night Service
Tuesday, December 21 | 7:00 pm
Please join us for a quiet service of prayer, candlelight, and music as we observe the longest night of the year. The service will be in Pilgrim Church’s chapel with a special guest, cellist Byron Klimek.
Pilgrim Book Club
Monday, December 13 | 4:00 pm
Pilgrim Book Group meets the second Monday of every month at 4:00 pm. For December we will be trying something different. Four current members of book group are published authors who have agreed to share a summary of their work with the rest of us. So during November you can contact Jean Jacobson to get a digital copy of the summaries. So join us December 13 for a great discussion.
Meeting ID: 856 8820 1294
Passcode: 260291
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Tuesday, November 23 | 7:00 pm | First Lutheran
This year’s Interfaith Thanksgiving Service is being hosted by First Lutheran Church at 1100 East Superior Street, both in person and livestreamed. In keeping with Covid protocols, there will be only one choir singing (a few Pilgrims may join in) and music will be provided by several instrumentalists. Join us for this Duluth interfaith tradition.
Here is the link for the livestream: https://youtu.be/vrU6ySZ6zas
December Newsletter
The next newsletter issue goes out Thursday, December 2. Please send any items to include to the office no later than Tuesday, November 30. Thank you!
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.
You can download a Bulletin here.
This Sunday's scripture readings:
- Jeremiah 33:14-16
- Psalm 25:1-10
- Luke 21:25-36
In case you missed it, you can view last Sunday's worship service on YouTube.
Attendance: 68
YouTube views: 34
Prayers and Condolences
Keep in your prayers:
- Ted Harwood and family after his sister has been in an accident
- Betty Buchanan and family after the passing of her son, Bob
- Joyce Young and her family after the passing of her son, Michael Rookey
Show Us Your Walks
Trails at Lester park
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
Baroque music from Peru. Here's a Norwegian group performing "A este sol peregrino."