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Compline
August 15, 2021 — 8:00pm
Pilgrim tenors and basses will sing a 30-minute contemplative service based on the liturgy for bedtime called “compline.” Please join us in person in the sanctuary and on Facebook Live on Sunday, August 15, at 8pm. The recording will be available for listening any time after the service as well. A Facebook account is not required; you can either click the link on the Pilgrim website that leads to the Facebook live events or go directly to the Pilgrim Facebook page. If you missed the Nov 1, Dec 13, Feb 21, March 21, May 23, or June 15 compline services from this past season, you can still listen here.
During the summer months, worship will take place either outside, or in person in the sanctuary/simulcast on Facebook Live.
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Evening Contemplative Worship
Celtic / Nordic and Other Lands
A great schedule of Sunday evening worship offerings will be available again this fall! Celtic Contemplative Communion (at 6:51 pm, mostly on the second Sunday of the month), Contemplative Prayer from Nordic and Other Lands (at 6:51 pm, on the fourth Sunday of the month), and Compline (at 8:00 pm on the first Sunday of the month) services will all contribute to of our evening worship programming.
Dick Hensold and several teams of Pilgrim staff, members, and friends have been working for many months to re-vision and prepare for the return of these services that are such a vital part of Pilgrim’s ministry. We hope you will join us for these services and invite your friends and neighbors!
If you are interested in participating in any of these re-visioned evening services, please contact the church office.
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Holy Communion Practice Update
Beginning Sunday, August 1, the distribution of Holy Communion at Pilgrim will begin again. This means that you will have the option during worship to come forward and receive Holy Communion from the pastors by intinction.
If you do not wish to come forward to receive Holy Communion, you may continue to receive communion by bringing your own elements with you to worship or by using pre-packaged communion cups with wafers. Pre-packaged cups with wafers are available from an usher when you arrive or at the station near the chancel for receiving communion. Of course, you may also choose to refrain from receiving Holy Communion.
As always, Holy Communion will be celebrated at Pilgrim on the first and third Sundays of each month and on Festival Sundays.
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Call Committee Forming Soon
Serving on a Call Committee can be one of the most spiritually satisfying ways of serving your church. The Vestry has the constitutional responsibility to appoint six members of Pilgrim Lutheran Church to the Call Committee, who have the purpose of recommending a candidate to serve as Pilgrim’s next pastor. Any confirmed member of the Pilgrim community is eligible to serve on the Call Committee.
All those interested in serving on the Committee must complete an application. You can access the application by clicking on this link or you may pick up a paper copy of the application at church on the table near the entrance to the sanctuary. The Vestry encourages all who are interested to apply, and will review completed applications as they discern the make-up of the committee. The application provides guidance on the criteria the Vestry will use as it reviews applications. All applications will remain confidential.
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Calling All Landscapers!
Help create the landscape for the Pilgrim Public Art Project! Your help is needed to work with the landscape installation of the spiral on the west lawn.
Helpers are needed:
- Saturdays 10:00 am-12:00 pm & 1:00-3:00 pm:
August 7, 14, 21, 28
- Wednesdays 6:00-8:00 pm:
August 11, 18, 25
Please sign up for a time to help at this link.
Please bring an edging shovel if you have one (flat blade, D-handle, short shaft), work gloves, sun hat, and water bottle.
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Pilgrim ISAIAH:
Saint Paul Rent Stabilization Campaign
Saint Paulites will be voting on November 2 to establish a cap on rent increases by a predictable, reasonable percentage of 3% per year to prevent price gouging and excessive spikes in rent costs. Our city is majority renters, and 60% of renters are non-white. More renters are struggling with housing-cost burden, housing instability and homelessness. Rent stabilization is one way to address these issues, close the education gap and advance a caring economy across race, class and ward in Saint Paul. Perhaps you or someone you know is or was a renter?
Join the campaign launch strategy session during one of these dates; registration and information can be found in the links below.
Questions? Contact Drew Johnson or Joan Haan.
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Indoor Worship with Holy Communion
August 1, 2021 - 9:30am
- Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
- Pastor Chris Smith preaching — "It's Just Awesome!"
- Text: Psalm 8
- In-person coffee time on the west lawn following worship at 10:30am
During the summer months, worship will take place either outside, or in person in the sanctuary/simulcast on Facebook Live.
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