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Sunday Morning Worship & Education Times

September through late May
  Worship – 8:30 am and 11:00 am
  Learning Hour and Children’s Worship - 9:45 am
  Coffee hour after both services

Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend
  Worship - 9:30 am
  Coffee hour follows the service

St. Clair Sunday Evenings

Celtic Contemplative Communion Worship
The service is a contemplative service with communion and is held at 6:51 pm on the 2nd Sunday of the month, running from September through the spring. Services are followed by coffee and dessert in the Fireside Room.   Click here for more information.
 

Nordic Contemplative Evening Prayer
This service is held at 6:51 pm on the 4th Sunday of the month (September through November and January through the spring), followed by coffee and dessert.  Click here for more information.

 

Examples of other Sunday evening worship services and events include:

St. Thomas the Doubter - Brought from Finland to Pilgrim in 2007, the St. Thomas Mass was an ecumenical meditative service created in Helsinki for seekers, searchers, and believers alike. As part of the service, participants had the opportunity to visit stations such as “Create with God: Art Material,” "Talk with God’s Text: Converse about the Gospel,” "Walk with God: Labyrinth Meditation,” "Illumination with God: Light a Candle,” “Heal with God: Anointing Oil,” and "Reconcile with God: Shared Doubts and Concerns.”

Saturday Night Meets Sunday Morning - In 2006, Indigo Girl Emily Saliers, along with her church-musician father, Don Saliers, wove together song and reflection as they explored themes of music and justice, music and human emotions, and music and the search for God.

Midweek Worship

Midweek Lenten Services with a Meal
Midweek Lenten services are preceded by a soup supper. These worship services are a shared journey of St. Paul Lutheran churches. The pastors take turns preaching, and we worship together with our Lutheran neighbors, alternating between our sanctuaries. This is a wonderful opportunity to worship with our neighbors.

Midweek Worship
A variety of Wednesday night worship services are offered at various times throughout the year.
For example:


Celebrating the Feast of St. Brigid - This 2007 event included "The Spiritual Quest in Irish Literature," presented by Patrick O’Donnell, and a Celtic Contemplative Worship.

Action and Contemplation - Inspired by the writings of Etty Hillesum & Dietrich Bonhoeffer, this 2006 contemplative worship service, led by guest pastor Elisabeth Petterson from Sweden, included song, silence, prayer and an opportunity for discussion on action in relation to contemplation.

We Bind Them Together: Pearls of Life - Another 2006 event, participants learned about and discussed the “Pearls of Life,” a garland of prayer beads symbolizing different aspects of life as created by Martin Lönnebo, former bishop in The Church of Sweden. Led by guest pastor Elisabeth Petterson, each participant strung together beads symbolizing concepts including love, resurrection, baptism, hardship, and serenity.

A Mini “Iona Big-Sing” - Led by visiting religious teacher Ruth Harvey, Pilgrim members and visitors had an opportunity to learn and sing the music of Scotland’s Iona Community.

Special Worship

Easter Light Service
An early morning Easter Sunday festival service incorporating elements of Easter Vigil and Easter Sunrise services with communion, choirs, and trumpets.

Blessing of the Animals
A neighborhood event!! Bring your pets for this annual summer, outdoor service.

Global Music on the Blacktop
An annual Sunday morning outdoor worship festival enjoyed by Pilgrims and neighbors alike, on the blacktop on Prior beside the church. It usually takes place on the last Sunday in August.

All Saints Sunday
A service of remembrance and thanksgiving with candles in honor of those who have died or were baptized in the last year.

 

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