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September 25, 2008
Pilgrims on the Journey:
1.We continue this week exploring our Homecoming theme, "Living in God's Way," by asking different members and friends to share a story about a spiritual practice in their own life.
Today, Aine McCarthy shares on "The Spiritual Practice of BodyCaring.”
When my friend Hannah was first diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, it was Labor Day weekend in 2007, a weekend she was supposed to come visit me in DC. I felt frustrated and upset for the pain that she was suffering and the knowledge of struggle that lay ahead. But worst of all, miles away from her, I felt terribly helpless.
We are good friends from attending and teaching at our summer camp together; a place where helping someone is often a physical act, literally lending a hand, a pair of legs or a voice. So, in my state of helplessness after Hannah’s initial diagnosis, I took on a physical endeavor in her honor. I joined Team in Training, a part of the Leukemia and Lymphoma society, to train for an Olympic distance triathlon.
I met a lot of other people through the program, some racing in honor or memory of friends with cancer and many just out exercising for a great cause. Surrounded by so many motivated people, it was easy for me to enjoy the team practices, dramatically improving my swimming, biking and running. It felt good to have a physical way to express my support for Hannah, and some sort of justification to jumping into icy waters at 5:30am.
I knew that our group of camp friends is a dedicated community, but I was astounded by the influx of support and donations I received from extended camp families and friends. I raised around eleven thousand dollars between the two triathlons I completed for her. And this past Monday, after I finished the Nations Triathlon, Hannah was released from the hospital with a shiny new immune system and negative PET scans.
Click here for Aine’s Team in Training <http://pages.teamintraining.org/nca/nattri08/amccarthy> page.
You can read other "Stories of Living in God's Way <http://www.churchofthepilgrims.org/homecomingstories.html> " at our website.
2. We conclude our September Adult Education Classes this Sunday, at 9:30 a.m.:
This We Believe: Engaging the Creeds, Ancient and Modern, led by Jeff Krehbiel
Upstairs in the Youth Education Room. This week we will explore the PCUSA "Brief Statement of Faith"
3. Upcoming Adult Education in October:
November Elections and the Christian Faith: October 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th in the Bird Room. What shapes our priorities for voting in November? What issues are at stake? How do we interpret current policy issues through the lens of our Christian faith? Each week we will have a guest speaker address “hot” policy issues that are relevant to the November elections and our Christian faith. Sandy Champion, our Presbytery’s Hunger Advocate, will be with us on October 5th. October 12th will be Jonah Blank, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to discuss foreign policy. Cheryl Krehbiel and John Davis, both from DCPS, will discuss education policy on October 19th and Fritz Gutwein, from National Council of Churches, will talk about eco-justice issues on October 26th.
Tents of Hope: October 26th and November 2nd. An advocacy endeavor created by the UCC and Disciples of Christ, Tents of Hope is a journey of hope and compassion, inviting communities to design and paint simulated refugee tents to create awareness and support for the people of Darfur, Sudan. It's the hope that these tents will serve as doorways to concrete action. Pilgrims has purchased a tent and on October 26th and November 2nd, we will have an intergenerational formation class to learn the current issues in Darfur and paint our advocacy tent.
4. Theology on Tap continues Monday night across the street at the Brickskeller. This five-week series will focus on the Book of Acts. As always, it's Bible study even for those who have never done Bible study before. Planned with young adults in mind, all ages are welcome. We will gather for dinner in the downstairs back room at 6:30, with Bible study at 7:30. You do not have to attend all five weeks, but can come the weeks you are available. Send me a note if you would like more details.
5. Our Faith in Action: There are three important gatherings coming up where we can put our faith to work in the company of others:
More Light Presbyterians--Open Doors Chapter will have its Annual Meeting on Sunday, September 28, at 5 p.m. at Clarendon Presbyterian Church. Titled "Breaking Barriers--Creating Community," our own Parish Associate Margee Iddings will lead worship, featuring speakers from the Northern Virginia Aids Ministry "Orion Project," a peer-led outreach to GLBTQ youth. The cost of dinner is $10.00.
Please RSVP to David Ensign (revdocdee@gmail.com) by Tuesday, September 22 if you plan to attend.
The Washington Interfaith Network will have an "Action Team" meeting on Monday, September 29, 7:30 p.m. at St. Georges Episcopal Church, 160 U Street, NW. At this meeting, new officers will be elected. Special note: Your truly is being nominated to be one of the new WIN "Co-Chairs." We will car-pool from the church parking lot at 7 p.m. Send me a note if you would like to join us.
The Pilgrimage Service Day will be Saturday, October 4 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Set up like a hostel in the basement of Pilgrims, The Pilgrimage welcomes over 1,200 mostly young people a year to connect their faith with social action through community service, intentional reflection and education. Our Pilgrimage Service Day gives Pilgrims the vital opportunity to learn through the ways of The Pilgrimage. Come join us for a day of community service, community building, and spiritual formation. Click for more on The Pilgrimage <http://www.thepilgrimage.org/> , RSVP to Matt Boote, Pilgrimage Program Manager, pilgrimage.manager@verizon.net
6. Prayer Concerns: As a community of faith, we support one another in times of need and celebrate with each other in times of thanksgiving. One of the ways we do that is by lifting one another up in prayer. Do you have a prayer concern for yourself, or someone you know? Would you like to add a name to our "prayer list" in the Sunday bulletin? Do you have a concern that you would like me or Ashley to know about? Give us a call or send us a note-- and make sure to note whether this is a concern you would like us to share with the congregation, or keep in confidence.
· Diana Bruce asks for prayers for her friend Amy Moy and Amy’s husband, Seth Frank. Amy developed serious complications during her pregnancy and delivered their daughter, Zoe Sage Frank, prematurely. Zoe is doing well at just over 3lbs but Amy is in critical condition on a respirator.
· Jeffrey Fox and Kelly Jenkins: This weekend, Jeffrey and Kelly begin a three-day, 275 mile bike ride to support the HIV/AIDS services of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. To donate to Jeffrey and/or Kelly’s ride, see Braking the Cycle <http://www.brakingthecycle.org/?CID=15> and click on “donate now.”
Peace,
Jeff Krehbiel, Pastor
Church of the Pilgrims
Washington, DC
www.churchofthepilgrims.org <http://www.churchofthepilgrims.org>
September 17, 2008
Pilgrims on the Journey:
1. Thanks to all who helped with the "9/11 Unity Walk" this past Sunday, especially Anne Womeldorf and Paul Reuther. Pilgrims joined several hundred walkers down Massachusetts Avenue. It was a particular honor for me to briefly share a stage with Mpho Tutu, Bishop Tutu's daughter, and Arun Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi's grandson.
2. We continue this week exploring our Homecoming theme, "Living in God's Way," by asking different members and friends to share a story about a spiritual practice in their own life.
Today, Kathy Keler, shares on "The Spiritual Practice of Resistance"
One important faith practice that I try to follow regularly is to support the mission of WRRCAT, the Washington Region Religious Coalition Against Torture. I was drawn into this about 3 years ago, through my neighbor Helma, who is involved in the Episcopal Peace Fellowship as well as other means of expressing her faith in social action. Helma told me about a conference on Torture to be held at the River Road Unitarian Church, where I heard journalist Seymour Hersh, Senator Carl Levin, as well as others-- including survivors of torture--speak about not just the immorality of torture, but also about how counterproductive it is as a means to gather intelligence. The conference was quite galvanizing, and I was particularly moved by the testimony of the survivors of torture. Over the course of the next couple of years, I joined in a number of anti-torture demonstrations on Massachusetts Ave across from the Vice President’s house, as well as one in front of the White House, and one on the steps of the Supreme Court.
Each time I joined in one of these demonstrations, I felt moved and inspired; I often take part in larger antiwar demonstrations, which I value as well, but at the antitorture events I feel my whole heart is engaged at a deeper and undivided level. There is no question in my mind that what I am doing has meaning as a testimony of love of humanity.
Early in 2008, I attended a dinner at a WRRCAT organizer’s house where I was introduced to TASSC, the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition. I volunteered to help out with a couple of meals for their June annual conference, which gathers torture survivors from all around the world to witness and lend support to one another. With the generous help of Pilgrims members, as well as a donation from my mother, I was able to provide a dinner and a lunch for the conference. Although I felt some fear that connecting with people who had suffered so terribly would retrigger my own issues with severe depression, I found the experience to be much more healing than upsetting--there was a lot of joy, warmth and celebration to balance out the painful moments.
In fact, I feel that all activism against torture can be healing on a very deep level. When we set out to right a wrong in the world, we also have an impact on our own lives. That’s why, every time I see the “Zero Tolerance for Torture” bumper sticker on my car, it reminds me that I also should not torture myself--a strange notion, perhaps, but actually I think that I’m not alone in needing that reminder.
You can read other "Stories of Living in God's Way" at our website: http://www.churchofthepilgrims.org/homecomingstories.html
3. We continue our two Adult Education Classes this Sunday, both meeting at 9:30 a.m.:
"Paradise Squandered," led by Margee Iddings
Concludes this week, Downstairs in the Bird Room
This week artist Rosemary Luckett will join Margee in exploring her powerful art.
This We Believe: Engaging the Creeds, Ancient and Modern, led by Jeff Krehbiel
Continuing this week, and concluding September 28, Upstairs in the Youth Education Room
This week we will explore the PCUSA "Brief Statement of Faith"
4. Theology on Tap continues Monday night across the street at the Brickskeller. This five-week series will focus on the Book of Acts. As always, it's Bible study even for those who have never done Bible study before. Planned with young adults in mind, all ages are welcome. We will gather for dinner in the downstairs back room at 6:30, with Bible study at 7:30. You do not have to attend all five weeks, but can come the weeks you are available. Send me a note if you would like more details.
7. Our Faith in Action: There are three important gatherings coming up where we can put our faith to work in the company of others:
More Light Presbyterians--Open Doors Chapter will have it's Annual Meeting on Sunday, September 28, at 5 p.m. at Clarendon Presbyterian Church. Titled "Breaking Barriers--Creating Community," our own Parish Associate Margee Iddings will lead worship, featuring speakers from the Northern Virginia Aids Ministry "Orion Project," a peer-led outreach to GLBTQ youth. The cost of dinner is $10.00.
Please RSVP to David Ensign (revdocdee@gmail.com) by Tuesday, September 22 if you plan to attend.
The Washington Interfaith Network will have an "Action Team" meeting on Monday, September 29, 7:30 p.m. at St. Georges Episcopal Church, 160 U Street, NW. At this meeting, new officers will be elected. Special note: Your truly is being nominated to be one of the new WIN "Co-Chairs." We will car-pool from the church parking lot at 7 p.m. Send me a note if you would like to join us.
The Pilgrimage Service Day will be Saturday, October 4 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Set up like a hostel in the basement of Pilgrims, The Pilgrimage welcomes over 1,200 mostly young people a year to connect their faith with social action through community service, intentional reflection and education. Our Pilgrimage Service Day gives Pilgrims the vital opportunity to learn through the ways of The Pilgrimage. Come join us for a day of community service, community building, and spiritual formation. (For more on the Pilgrimage, see www.thepilgrimage.org <http://www.thepilgrimage.org>
The Darfur Interfaith Network urges you to join them on Wednesday, September 24 at noon in front of the Chinese Embassy to protest China's role in assisting the government of Sudan, which has perpetrated a deliberate campaign of genocide against the people of Darfur for six years. This vigil is part of a coordinated number of vigils planned for across the United States.
RSVP to Matt Boote, Pilgrimage Program Manager, pilgrimage.manager@verizon.net <mailto:pilgrimage.manager@verizon.net>
11. Prayer Concerns: As a community of faith, we support one another in times of need and celebrate with each other in times of thanksgiving. One of the ways we do that is by lifting one another up in prayer. Do you have a prayer concern for yourself, or someone you know? Would you like to add a name to our "prayer list" in the Sunday bulletin? Do you have a concern that you would like me or Ashley to know about? Give me a call or send me a note-- and make sure to note whether this is a concern you would like me to share with the congregation, or keep in confidence.
- Today, I invite your prayers for Boris Pesin. Boris and his fiancé, Leeza Miheikin, have been in worship with us several times over the past few weeks. They hope to be married at Pilgrims next Spring. Boris was attacked in the Metro this past weekend, suffering injuries to his face. Please keep Boris and Leeza in your prayers.
- Our Cuban mission partner, Hector Mendez, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Havana, asks prayers for his daughter, Anayda Diaz, who undergoes surgery today in Miami.
Peace,
Jeff Krehbiel, Pastor
Church of the Pilgrims
Washington, DC
www.churchofthepilgrims.org <http://www.churchofthepilgrims.org>
September 10, 2008
Pilgrims on the Journey:
1. What a great Homecoming Sunday! We had nearly one hundred in worship as we received six new members: Welcome Joanne, Amir, John, Holly, Chelsy, and Jonah! Thanks to everyone who helped make the day special, especially Rob and the choir, and Pat and all those who brought food for our buffet lunch. I'm still buzzing from all the fun and celebration!
2. To explore our theme for the Homecoming season, "Living in God's Way," over the next several weeks we will be asking different members and friends to share a story about a spiritual practice in their own life.
To kick things off, Betty Rudolph shares on "The Spiritual Practice of Discernment:"
I feel a little funny naming the spiritual practice I have been following this year, which is to honor a commitment to myself. It somehow sounds so selfish. Towards the end of last year, some of my community and church commitments were coming to an end and I chose to end other longstanding commitments in the interests of taking a break after several years of service. Part of this decision was because I was just plain tired; I had fallen into following what my calendar said I should be doing rather than by where my heart was leading me. Another part of the decision was to focus my energy on reconnecting more fully to my family and being prepared for some significant challenges and opportunities I expected to have at work this year.
While I originally thought of the year as a year of “no commitments,” the year really has been about struggling to keep a very important but difficult commitment for me, the commitment to myself – to nourish my spirit to become more intentional – to be more genuinely me, and to discern where God is calling me to be.
My practice encountered ongoing distractions to my commitment. I found it difficult to say “no” when asked by others to attend to someone in need, and I often found it difficult to say “yes’ to myself to spend the luxury of time doing something that feeds my spirit – a long bike ride, tending my garden, taking the time to prepare a nice meal, or creating space through meditation. My practice also brought me many nourishing moments. Those came in the company of my husband Michael and my family – hosting or visiting my six siblings and their families, my Mom, nine nieces and nephews, as well as Michael’s family including five siblings and eight more nieces and nephews. I also found sustaining energy in taking voice lessons and attempting to “find my voice” in my writing practice. While I am still discerning how God is calling me to use my love for writing, it is something I hope to carry forward as a practice and that helps me to transform myself into who God is calling me to be.
3. We continue our two Adult Education Classes this Sunday, both meeting at 9:30 a.m.:
"Paradise Squandered," led by Margee Iddings and Rosemary Luckett
September 7, 14, and 21, Downstairs in the Bird Room
These three sessions will provide an opportunity for participants to get "up close and personal" with the powerful images that artist, Rosemary Luckett, has created (see below). The artist has a strong concern for the environment. She invites us to think creatively about our disconnect-connections to the American landscape. Participants will wrestle with the questions that are raised in the drawings and then have an opportunity to frame their own questions about the rapidly diminishing web of life and how persons of faith may respond.
This We Believe: Engaging the Creeds, Ancient and Modern, led by Jeff Krehbiel
September 7, 14, 21, 28, Upstairs in the Youth Education Room
Does it matter what we believe as Christians? Can modern (or post-modern?) people find meaning in 4th century creeds? What's the relationship between what we believe and how we live out the faith in our daily lives? How do we make sense out of doctrines like the Virgin Birth or the Resurrection of the Body, and does it really matter what we think about these things? Why on earth does the Presbyterian Church have an entire book of confessions? Together we will wrestle with these and other issues as we engage a variety of creeds, ancient and modern, from the 4th century Nicene Creed, to the 20th century Belhar Confession from South Africa.
4. After worship this Sunday, September 14, you are invited to participate in the 9/11 Unity Walk, a celebration of interfaith dialogue and unity. The program begins at 1:30 at Washington Hebrew Congregation (on Mass Ave at McComb), with special music, and words from the Unity Walk Chair, Rev. Mpho Tutu (Bishop Tutu's daughter). The 2.5 mile walk begins at 2:15, with brief stops along the way at Annunciation Roman Catholic Church, the Sikh Temple, National Cathedral, St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Embassy of the Vatican, Khalil Gibran Park, and the Islamic Center, concluding at 4 p.m. with a special program at the Gandhi Memorial just around the corner from Church of the Pilgrims, with closing remarks by Archbishop Holly, Archdiocese of Washington, DC; Rev. Brian McLaren, Author; Imam Magid, All Dulles Area Muslim Society; and Rev. Clark Lobenstine, InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington. We will help provide refreshments at the Memorial, and open the church bathrooms to walkers. Let Anne Womeldorf know if you would like to help her with the logistics: adwomeldorf@speakeasy.net.
5. This week Friday Club, our monthly gathering for seniors, is taking a field trip to attend the War, Peace & Justice Forum at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (1313 NYA, at the intersection of H & 13th, near Metro Center), to hear Mubarak Awad, Director of Nonviolence International and Adjunct Professor of International Studies at American University, address "A Palestinian Christian Perspective on Peace Building in the Holy Land." To get a ride, meet at Pilgrims at 11:30 a.m., or join us at NYAPC at noon. We will return to Pilgrims afterwards for lunch. Let Pat Goeldner know if you would like to join us: pgoeldner@iona.org.
6. Next Monday, September 15, we will begin a new round of Theology on Tap across the street at the Brickskeller. This five-week series will focus on the Book of Acts. As always, it's Bible study even for those who have never done Bible study before. Planned with young adults in mind, all ages are welcome. We will gather for dinner in the downstairs back room at 6:30, with Bible study at 7:30. You do not have to attend all five weeks, but can come the weeks you are available. Send me a note if you would like more details.
7. A special note on the presentation by Gustav Niebuhr Thursday night at the National Cathedral. Gustav, a former religion reporter for the New York Time, is a former Pilgrim! He was a member here in the mid-90's. See http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/register/index.shtml for more details about this and other special upcoming lectures.
8. Support Those Supporting Others:
- Aine McCarthy is training for the Nation's Triathlon this weekend, to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. See http://pages.teamintraining.org/nca/nattri08/amccarthy to donate.
- Jeffrey Fox and Kelly Jenkins are biking from Gettysburg to Manhattan on September 26, to raise funds for The Center, which provides AIDS and HIV services and outreach to the GLBTQ community. Go to www.brakingthecycle.org <http://www.brakingthecycle.org> to donate.
9. The Actual Work of Community Organizers: My good friend Arnie Graf, who is on the national staff of the Industrial Areas Foundation, (WIN "parent" organization), was profiled this past Saturday in the New York Times in an article by Samuel Freedman:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/us/06religion.html?_r=1&oref=slogin <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/us/06religion.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
10. Mark Your Calendars:
- More Light Presbyterians--Open Doors Chapter Annual Meeting will be Sunday, September 28, at 5 p.m. at Clarendon Presbyterian Church.
- Pilgrimage Service Day will be held this year on Saturday, October 4.
11. Prayer Concerns: Please keep Stacy Perval's friend, Charles Okeke, in your prayers, as he recovers from surgery and awaits a heart transplant.
Peace,
Jeff Krehbiel, Pastor
Church of the Pilgrims
Washington, DC
www.churchofthepilgrims.org <http://www.churchofthepilgrims.org>
September 2 , 2008
Pilgrims on the Journey:
1. This Sunday, September 7, is Homecoming Sunday! Join us for this special day of worship and celebration as we renew relationships with one another and begin the new program year. (What a great Sunday to bring a friend!)
Today we are introducing a new graphic (left), created by our webmaster and graphic-artist-in-residence, Kathy Keler, with our theme for the Homecoming season: "Living in God's Way." Over the next several weeks we will be focusing on the Apostle Paul's counsel to the early Christians about what it means to live together in Christian community, beginning with this verse from Romans 13:10: "Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law."
Our schedule for Sunday will be:
9:30 a.m. Christian Education Hour for Children and Adults (see details below)
11:00 a.m. Worship, including Special Music, Reception of New Members,
Celebration of the Lord's Supper, and the Baptism of Joanne Leong.
12:15 p.m. Pot-Luck Buffet Lunch in the Fellowship Hall, featuring a special congregational dialogue about the Capital Campaign. (see below)
2. We begin two new Adult Education Classes this week, both meeting at 9:30 a.m.:
"Paradise Squandered," led by Margee Iddings and Rosemary Luckett
September 7, 14, and 21, Downstairs in the Bird Room
These three sessions will provide an opportunity for participants to get "up close and personal" with the powerful images that artist, Rosemary Luckett, has created (see below). The artist has a strong concern for the environment. She invites us to think creatively about our disconnect-connections to the American landscape. Participants will wrestle with the questions that are raised in the drawings and then have an opportunity to frame their own questions about the rapidly diminishing web of life and how persons of faith may respond.
This We Believe: Engaging the Creeds, Ancient and Modern, led by Jeff Krehbiel
September 7, 14, 21, 28, Upstairs in the Youth Education Room
Does it matter what we believe as Christians? Can modern (or post-modern?) people find meaning in 4th century creeds? What's the relationship between what we believe and how we live out the faith in our daily lives? How do we make sense out of doctrines like the Virgin Birth or the Resurrection of the Body, and does it really matter what we think about these things? Why on earth does the Presbyterian Church have an entire book of confessions? Together we will wrestle with these and other issues as we engage a variety of creeds, ancient and modern, from the 4th century Nicene Creed, to the 20th century Belhar Confession from South Africa.
3. Notes on the Buffet Lunch:
- Our annual tradition is for Homecoming Buffet to be a "pot-luck," so bring a dish to share!
- However, note that the oven & stove are not working! Several microwaves will be available to reheat dishes, or you can bring a cold dish. (The refrigerator is working.)
- Speaking of the broken oven...
4. Special Congregational Dialogue on the Capital Campaign: In 2006, we launched a major capital campaign to provide for several improvements related to the building. We raised $425,000 in pledges, and identified several projects around the building, many of them urgent. The most exciting is providing full ADA access to the first floor, including automatic doors at the playground entrance, and a new ADA bathroom just outside the Bird Room. (That project is scheduled to begin construction next month, and will be completed in 6-8 weeks).
However, we are in the happy circumstance of completing several projects under budget, and so now need to reallocate our capital campaign income. Several new projects (and a few older ones) will be presented Sunday, including repair and upgrade to the Fellowship Hall kitchen (it would be nice to have a stove that works!). The Capital Campaign Team, led by Mitch Fulton, needs your input for this important discussion! (And, it's never too late to make a pledge to the campaign!)
5. A Mini-Retreat for the Choir is this Saturday morning, September 6th, 9 a.m. to noon. If you have been thinking about joining the choir this year, this is a great opportunity! Send a note to rob.passow@verizon.net for details.
6. Young @ Heart tickets are still available for Saturday night. Send a note to Pat Goeldner if you would like to go: pgoeldner@iona.org
7. WIN GOTV: Volunteers are needed for the City Primary election next week on September 9. If you would like to help, please send Jean a note: jean.stewart@rcn.com
8. Circle 4, Pilgrims gathering for women of all ages, will meet at 6:30 on Tuesday, September 9th for a potluck dinner hosted by Tamara Duggleby, at 3001 Veazy Terrace NW #1414. Send Anne Womeldorf a note if you would like more information: adwomeldorf@speakeasy.net
9. Three Art-Show Openings of Note:
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- “Paradise Squandered” by Rosemary Luckett will show in the Dupont Pilgrims Gallery (in the Bird Room) through October 5. Luckett’s prints, collages, and drawings are provocative examinations of the relationship (or lack thereof) between our spirituality of and our disregard for the rest of God’s creation. (see note above on the Adult Ed class led by Parish Associate Margee Iddings. When Margee directed the Rising Phoenix retreat center in western MD, Luckett often led retreats there on art and spirituality.)
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- Our own Resident Sexton, Paul Reuther, (who works for the Art Department at GW when he is not helping us at Pilgrims), has a new show running through October 31st at the Hillyer Art Space, 9 Hillyer Court (sort of between the Cosmos Club and the Phillips Gallery), titled "Northmen's Place Made Southfolk's Thing: Landscapes of Finland and Nova Scotia." The Opening Reception is this Friday, September 5, from 6-9 p.m. All Pilgrims are invited!
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- Also opening this Friday: The Homeless Art Project, presented by MOCA DC in cooperation with The National Coalition for the Homeless, through September 27. The Homeless Art Project is an exhibit of art created by homeless artists and by artists who are not homeless but who have a grave concern over their plight. The exhibit includes agencies, groups, organizations and individuals who share this concern and are actively engaged in efforts to ameliorate the suffering and bring an end to this condition that is a shame on us all. The exhibit is open to everyone. The Opening Reception is from 6 pm – until everyone leaves. (Why not make an evening of it and go to both openings!) MOCA DC is located at 1054 31st St NW.
10. Upcoming Dates: Mark Your Calendars!
- Theology on Tap: A new five-week series will begin Monday, September 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m., across the street at the Brickskeller. This series will focus on the Book of Acts. Planned with young adults in mind, all ages are welcome. Send me a note if you would like more details.
- 9/11 Unity Walk: This year Pilgrims is helping sponsor this annual walk for Inter-Faith Unity, Sunday afternoon September 14, which begins at Washington Hebrew Congregation on Massachusetts Avenue, and ends at the Gandhi memorial near the church. The program begins at 1 p.m., with the 2.5 mile walk starting at 2:15, concluding by 4:45. We are helping with logistics at the conclusion of the walk.
- More Light Presbyterians--Open Doors Chapter Annual Meeting will be Sunday, September 28, at 5 p.m. at Clarendon Presbyterian Church.
- Pilgrimage Service Day will be held this year on Saturday, October 4. Mark your calendars!
11. Special Reminder: We will conclude our Special Offering for Open Table this Sunday: Bring a large bottle or two of prepared shelf-stable juice-- NOT refrigerated juice, such as OJ, etc., NOT frozen concentrate-- that we can keep in our pantry and use as needed. There is a collection site in the Narthex for your offerings.
Peace,
Jeff Krehbiel, Pastor
Church of the Pilgrims
Washington, DC
www.churchofthepilgrims.org <http://www.churchofthepilgrims.org>
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