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A Special Message to
the Evening Community

From Pastor Jen Rome and Paul Stever, Pilgrim’s Music Director

When a key leader, like Pastor Carol, leaves, many thoughts and feelings open up. Especially when we have been blessed by the ministry and leadership of that person in our lives. The feelings range broadly—grief in the wake of their departure, joy for their new opportunities, anger or frustration that things cannot be the same, hope for the possibility of new things. These feelings are the beginning of the stirring of the Holy Spirit in us as a community living forward into the future God holds for us. The spirit of the Evening Community continues, with our calling to depth, silence, contemplation, poetry, and music. The interim time provides this opening for the Spirit to bring forth creativity in the Evening Community--new voices, known voices singing in new ways, and new influences beautiful and fitting for the moment—Your voices! Your creativity! Your sense of this moment in our community and history! We are planning on reaching out to you to hear about your experiences and hopes for Evening worship in the months to come. The Spirit of God will release your talent and beauty to create something wonderful and engaging for you and others yet to come. Let’s walk in this Pilgrim way gently and with courage together!

Contemplative Evening Worship

Sunday Night Contemplative Worship Services offer you an opportunity to keep your spirits warm and nourished during the long winter months. You are invited to attend these services from the comfort of your home via Zoom. These services will include the well-loved Word Weavings that we have used since 2002, along with contemplative liturgy and elements of the meditative music of the Taizé community. The schedule for winter will be:

• Sundays, January 24 and February 14 at 6:51 pm.: God Embraces All; Woven Together in Spirit Liturgy with Word Weavings; followed by reflection and conversation.
• Sundays, February 28, March 14, and March 28 at 6:51 pm.: Taizé Evening Prayer with Word Weavings; followed by reflection and conversation.
• Sundays, February 21 and March 21 at 8:00 pm: Compline: Choral Contemplative Prayer—a sung service on Facebook Live. You can access this on the Pilgrim Facebook page.

We are also considering offering some outdoor evening worship this spring and summer as we did last fall. It could be a wonderful opportunity to be together in person (distanced and masked) outside underneath the night sky!

Join us for Contemplative Evening Worship and conversation afterwards to share your stories and hopes!

Worship: January 17, 2021 with Bishop Lull 

• 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
• Point for Pilgrims
• Bishop Patricia Lull preaching
• Zoom Details
  • Link: https://tinyurl.com/pilgrim-am-worship
  • Join by phone: (312) 626-6799
  • Meeting ID: 916 7782 1243
  • Passcode: 994874

Sunday Morning Schedule

We look forward to continuing to gather together, at the same time, for worship via Zoom, which will enable us to see each other on the screen, share joys and concerns by typing in the chat section (in morning worship), and stay for "coffee" time following worship. For those unable to attend at 9:30 am, a worship recording will be available later.

• 9:00 am — PreK-2nd Grade LIGHT Time
• 9:20 am — Zoom gathering opens, for arriving and pre-worship conversation; Prelude begins around 9:27 am
• 9:30 am — Worship via Zoom
• 10:20 am — Coffee Conversation via Zoom, following worship
• 10:30 am — High School Pathways
• 10:40 am — Forum via Zoom, on some Sundays — this will be the same link as the 9:30 worship service

(3rd-5th & Middle school Pathways will meet at 6:15 pm on Wednesday evenings)

Epiphany Small Groups

Join Pilgrims in Epiphany, which began on January 7, for an in-depth look at Always a Guest by Barbara Brown Taylor. Zoom link and list of readings can be found at the link below. Other small groups include "Parent to Parent," led by Pastor Jen, and "Getting Through January and February: Tending to Heart and Hope," led by Nonny Smith.

ISAIAH’s Biennial State-Wide Event Invites You!

January 24, 2-5 pm

Every two years, a few thousand people of faith from across the state and across race, religion, and background gather — many Pilgrims gathered in 2019 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. ISAIAH's "We Make Minnesota" Virtual 2021 Launch is our chance as an ISAIAH congregation to gather and build power with our elected leaders and provide our vision of a government #WhoCaresForUs. Please register and forward this link to Pilgrim friends, neighbors, and family!

Questions? Please reach out to Drew Johnson or Joan Haan, ISAIAH Pilgrim co-leads.