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Worship: January 24, 2021

• 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
• Point for Pilgrims
• Pastor Jen Rome preaching
• Zoom Details
  • Link: https://tinyurl.com/pilgrim-am-worship
  • Join by phone: (312) 626-6799
  • Meeting ID: 916 7782 1243
  • Passcode: 994874
• YouTube / Bulletin

From the Vestry: Welcome, Pastor Chris Smith!

Dear members of the Pilgrim community, with Pastor Carol Tomer having taken a new call in the Pacific Northwest, we now begin an interim period in the life of Pilgrim Lutheran Church. During this interim, we are thankful for the people of Pilgrim who give us continuity with the past and who sustain our present.We are also happy to announce that guiding us during this period will be our new interim lead pastor, the Reverend Chris Smith.

Pastor Jen Says a Couple Things About Interim Life

So here we are. Pastor Carol is gone. Interim Pastor Chris Smith will be here soon. And, well, we’re still here. You are here for each other. Your Vestry is here for you. Your Pilgrim staff is here for you. God is here for you. GOD IS WITH US RIGHT NOW in the in between before the in between.

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)

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 Holden Evening Prayer.

The next service, Woven Together in Spirit: Liturgy with Word Weavings, will be on Sunday, January 24, beginning at 6:51 pm.

Thank You, Pilgrims

Dear Pilgrims,

I want to thank you all for the varied dimensions of the farewell journey that we shared these past weeks. I wish we hadn't been saying goodbye during COVID, but your creativity and care made it possible for us to find our way through our goodbyes. Special thanks to the Vestry and the Staff Care Team for guiding the details of these weeks.

Thank you for the gifts and words of encouragement and humor and worship and music and blessing. Thank you for the sit-bys and the drive-by; what creative adaptation and care to make these in-person goodbyes possible! Thank you for the lovely framed photo of Pilgrim — another of Jay Oakman's amazing photos of beautiful Pilgrim worship! Thank you for the creatively designed inside plaque and outdoor top panel by Rocky Mjos for the children's door, as well as the honor of having it named "The Pastor Carol Tomer Children's Door." Our last morning worship service together and the farewell program/party, as well as evening worship and the farewell time following, were such joys, even via Zoom. All of it was overflowing with such creativity and moving encouragement and beauty and laughter and music and blessing. My heart and my soul are full of gratitude.

As I shared in that last morning worship service, I will always love and pray for you. This is most certainly true!

With gratitude always, to God and to all of you —
Pastor Carol Tomer