eNews for Thursday, April 1, 2021

A Prayer for Minneapolis

By Conference Minister Rev. Shari Prestemon

Loving, Servant God, we remember your journey on this blessed Holy Week. You rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, palms waving as you passed, voices shouting their hosannas. You wept over the city, grieving all they did not understand and refused to receive. You experienced the spectrum of emotion: joy, betrayal, brutality, and anguish. You bravely entered into spaces brimming with tensions and anger, doubts and fears . You found solace in prayer & in community with precious friends. You knew bitter pain and yet focused your unflinching gaze on the fulfillment of promises that beckoned beyond it.

Be present with us now in our own journey of complex emotions & deep suffering. Stand vigil with us in Minneapolis, where hearts tremble and tensions rise as the trial of Derek Chauvin begins. Grant strength & comfort to George Floyd’s family in their grief. Lend deep wisdom to the attorneys and judge and jurors. Pour your spirit on all who watch and wait, stomachs churned with anxiety. Hear the prayers we whisper and the prayers for which we cannot even find words. Move us to plead for justice with the courageous hearts of prophets. Instill in us your deep peace. Mingle your tears with ours as we look upon our city’s brokenness and sin.

Steadfast One, the whole world watches what happens here now, our collective breath held in nervous waiting. And so we turn to you, trusting that our story will reflect your story, that our pain too will give way to unstoppable hope. Wrestle new life and possibility from this moment that weighs so heavily upon us. Teach us the lessons we can learn from this journey. And pour upon all who are hurting and afraid your precious blessing, we humbly pray.

Amen.

Pilgrim in the News

Pilgrim was featured on Fox-21 Tuesday evening. Check out the story here!

Second Hour Event on Social Justice at Pilgrim

Pilgrim's Social Justice Ministry (SJM) will do a second hour program on charitable contributions that are made by Pilgrim Church. Pilgrim has contributed over $35,000 to worthy causes over the past year, and members of the SJM would like to share information about these organizations with you. Please join us for this second hour program at 11:00 am on Sunday, April 11.

Join us on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 843 9163 0668
Passcode: 912010

Sanctuary Updates

Flowers for Easter Sunday have arrived!

Work continues on the Production Booth

Holy Week Schedule

All services will be on YouTube, and links will be posted to our Facebook page:

• Good Friday Tenebrae Service: April 2 LIVE at 5:00 pm
• Easter Sunday: April 4 LIVE at 10:00 am

We will begin live-streaming from the Sanctuary on Good Friday. If you can't watch live, the video will be available on both Facebook and YouTube to watch whenever you like.

Sunday Worship at Pilgrim

Join us Sunday at 10:00 am for Sunday Worship at Pilgrim. The services are now being recorded in the Sanctuary! You can view the service on Pilgrim's YouTube channel and Facebook page.

This Sunday we will share Holy Communion in morning worship. Those who wish to receive the sacrament at home, please prepare a slice or roll of bread, a corn tortilla, naan, or rice cake and a cup of juice—perhaps grape or cranberry—or wine, with or without alcohol.

We will also welcome a new member, Holly Brining, this Sunday, and we'll bid a fond farewell to longtime member Ruth Ann Eaton.

Click here to download a bulletin you can print at home.

Salter Hall Zoom: Join us on Zoom for conversation and fellowship every Sunday at 11:00 am.
Meeting ID: 843 9163 0668
Passcode: 912010

This Sunday's scripture readings:

• Acts 10:34-43
• Psalm 118
• John 20:1-18

Special thanks:

• All who participated in the virtual choir!
• Noah Therrien for editing the virtual choir video
• Julie Johnson, for reading
• Our tech team: Deb DeVaney and Christopher Kirby
• Our tech consultants: Don Schraufnagel, Brita Edgerton, and Jim Morse

If you have an announcement that you would like read during a Sunday service, please get it to the office or directly to Pastor Judith by Monday each week.

Please send in your prayer requests to include in Sunday services. Send your prayer requests, joys, and concerns to Pastor Judith via email by Friday each week to be included. We will use only first names during the service in order to maintain confidentiality, and your prayer requests will be passed along to Marge Fraser and Pilgrim's Prayer Chain.

In case you missed it, you can view last Sunday's worship service on YouTube.
YouTube views: 52
Facebook reach: 73

Lenten Vespers

In case you missed it, you can view last night's Vespers service on YouTube. Thank you to all who joined us for this series!

Morning Coffee

Wednesdays | 10:00 am
Join Pastor Judith for your morning coffee! We'll have a time for checking in with each other, prayers, and perhaps a brief meditation. Grab the beverage of your choice and join us on Zoom.

Meeting ID: 497 627 641
Passcode: 926781

What Patrick's Listening To

A favorite choral piece. "If ye love me" by Thomas Tallis, performed by Tenebrae.