Advent and Christmas with Pilgrims and Western

Advent is a season of watching and waiting for Emmanuel. This Advent, we’ll be exploring the themes of fear and hope through a special series Insisting on Hope this Advent. Join us for worship, pop in and take a part in our spontaneous pageant, come caroling outside the metro stations, and share in a season as together we insist on hope!

Here’s the Schedule:

11/30 Sunday worship at Pilgrims
12/7 Sunday worship at Western with tree trimming
12/14 Sunday worship at Western with Pageant
12/21 Sunday worship at Pilgrims
12/24 8pm Christmas Eve Worship at Western
12/28 Brunch Worship at Pilgrims


Christmas Poinsettias! Order by 12/10

Special poinsettias during Advent remind us of the approaching celebration of Christmas. If you would like to help sponsor the Poinsettias decorating the sanctuary from Sunday, December 14, through Christmas Eve, they will be available for $20 each. Poinsettia sponsors may take their flowers immediately after the 8 p.m. Christmas Eve services. Any remaining flowers will be shared with others.

Click here for the order form.

Please complete the order form and pay in person or online by December 10!

Spending November with Miriam's Kitchen

In November, Pilgrims and Westerners are invited to dive into our ministry with Miriam's Kitchen. On Sunday, Nov. 2nd, Miriam's Executive Director Scott Schenkelberg will join us for worship, and will be preaching during the service! After worship, we'll be showing the new volunteer orientation video, so that anyone who wants to get involved can complete the required first step. Then, on Thursday, Nov. 6th we're volunteering together to serve guests at MK!

  • Do you already have a MK VolunteerHub account, log in and sign up to serve with us on 11/6.

  • If you're new to volunteering with MK, click here for all the instructions on how to get started.

Oh, and the MK fun doesn't stop there. The Run for MK is coming up Saturday, Nov. 15. Get your running shoes on and join us in raising funds for MK, and raising fun on the run! There are both 5k and 10k options for the route along the C&O Canal Path, from Fletcher's Cove. Click the link below for details and to register to participate: https://www.miriamskitchen.org/campaigns/run4mk2025/

Advent Worship Planning - 11/5

Do you love Advent? Have a favorite Christmas hymn that you want to make sure we sing this year? Curious about how worship services get made? Well then, you should come to our Advent Worship Planning Pop-Up Meeting! No need to join a committee or have any special training. Just show up! Wednesday, Nov. 5th at 7pm at Church of the Pilgrims in the Bird Room. Hope to see you there!

Table Talk - 10/8

What brings you to worship each Sunday? Have you noticed when you connect especially with the sermon? What is it about the music that moves your spirit? These are just a few questions that might help us dig into a conversation about what we value in worship. As Western and Pilgrims have been worshiping together over these past several months, we've tried a few different things, we've shifted some other things, and we've explored what worship might look like together. Let's get together and share a meal and discuss some of those experiences and discern what we value together in worship! Wednesday, 10/8 at 6:30pm at Church of the Pilgrims in the sanctuary. Please RSVP (so we can plan the food) to officeadmin@churchofthepilgrims.org. 

 

Church of the Pilgrims is a congregation in the Presbyterian Church (USA).

We are also a member of More Light Presbyterians, welcoming the full participation of LGBTQ persons in the life and leadership of the congregation.