Lynne Davis Concert This Sunday

Lynne Davis, international concert organist will present "A Recital of French Suites" this Sunday afternoon, February 7, at Pilgrim Congregational Church. The recital begins at 2:00 p.m. Tickets ($15, adult; $8, student) are available at the door. Lynne will be playing Pilgrim's Jaeckel organ.

Pilgrim on PACT-TV

Did you miss one of our Christmas Services? Pilgrim services will be aired on Duluth's Public Access Television (channel 7). Each week Pilgrim will be shown in three time slots:

Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 pm
Wednesdays, 8:00-9:00 pm
Thursdays, 7:00-8:00 am

If you missed a Christmas service, or would like a friend or neighbor to check us out, tune into channel 7. You need cable service (or a friend who can tape the program for you!)

Week of January 6 Christmas Pageant Service, December 20

Week f January 13 Christmas Oratorio by the Pilgrim Choir

Week of Janary 20 Surprised by an Angel, Service from December 6

Week of January 27 Haydn's The Creation by Pilgrim Choir and Guest Musicians

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

In spite of the snow, Pilgrim will hold a Candlelight service at 10:00 tonight!

The Christmas Star

On December 20, Pilgrim children, youth and adults will bring to the nativity story to life with the reading and dramatic interpretation of "The Christmas Star." This original story was written by Rev. Charlotte Frantz as a Christmas gift for the children in the first congregation she served. It has been re-written as a drama by Rachael Kresha. The service begins at 10:00 a.m.

At 4:00 in the afternoon, Pilgrims will go Christmas carolling. They will return to the church at 6:00 for a pizza party. Come one, come all! Enjoy the winter weather and help spread a little Christmas cheer!

Christmas Oratorio by Camille Saint Saens

On Sunday, December 13, the Pilgrim Choir will present Saint Saens’ Christmas Oratorio as the focus of our worship service. Saint-Saens's Christmas Oratorio (or Oratorio de Noel) was written in 1858 when the composer was just 23.
The Christmas Oratorio opens with a Prelude subtitled 'In the style of Sebastian Bach' harkening back to Bach's Christmas Oratorio. This opening prelude sets the scene for the Christmas story: its lilting pastoral quality creates images of the shepherds tending their flocks in the fields. In the remaining movements, the vocal soloists take turns representing different characters such as the narrator of the story or as the angel who announces the birth of the baby Jesus while the chorus represents a multitude of angels singing to the glory of the Lord. The final movement of the piece, which follows the model of old French Christmas songs, is a virtual hymn of praise of all creation in the presence of God.

Advent-Christmas at Pilgrim

We're already had our Hanging of the Greens service on the first Sunday of Advent! The greens and white lights are up in the sanctuary, the poinsettias have arrived and the purple paraments declare the season of Advent. It's a time for waiting, watching, wondering and worshiping! This Sunday is our annual Advent Worshop--lunch follows the worship service and then children, youth and adults can make gifts, tree ornaments, and Christmas decorations. If you aren't into crafts, join those who have chosen to watch The Soloist on DVD.

On December 13, the Pilgrim Choir, accompanied by Velda Bell on organ, will present Saint Saens' Christmas Oratorio as the focus of our morning worship. The service begins at 10:00.

On December 20, children, youth and adults will present an original story, The Bethlehem Star, as part of our worship service.

And on Christmas Eve we gather at 10:00 to worship the Christ Child and wonder at the gracious love of God sent in human form so long ago.

From the Social Justice Ministry

Racism: the assertion of superiority by one racial group over another. It is the exercising of power that abuses or disadvantages people on the basis of their perceived racial difference, while the dominant group maintains privileges and advantages through racist and discriminatory practices.
Racism is perpetuated at the individual level, but the accumulated effect of centuries of white racism have left it deeply entrenched at the systemic and institutional levels.
Racism cannot be reduced to an individual psychological phenomenon. It is a historical development.
Racism had a beginning and it can have an end.
S. Kardash and S. Lamble, 2003