Praying for a Creep, and Other Spiritual Matters

From the Pastor
The Rev. Dr. Keith C. Alderman
Praying for a Creep, and Other Spiritual Matters
In a few days, the Lenten season will begin. Lent
is another word for Spring, or literally the
lengthening of the number of daylight hours. Lent
in the Christian Church is often viewed as a period
of spiritual preparation for the celebration of Easter.
Some people give something up, others take
something special on to
work towards in making
their spiritual preparation to
be ready to accept the gift
and glory of Easter.
Personally, I have found it
beneficial to take on a
variety of forms of prayer as
my Lenten task. Here are
ten ways you can add
meaning to your life.
1. Pray when you hear the
sirens in the distance. When
you hear sirens, that means
someone is in trouble. Pray
for them, even though you
don’t know who or where
they are.
2. Pray before you sit down
to eat. This is a way of
slowing down, and
acknowledging that God is in control, not me. It is
good to be thankful for the blessings we have.
3. If you are eating alone, that can be a time of
prayer. Do you eat in front of the TV? Sometimes
it is good to turn it off, and pray as you are eating.
You will be surprised by the things which come to
your consciousness when you do this.
4. Pray when you are stuck in traffic. Does your
blood pressure rise when you are stuck in traffic?
You can’t make the traffic go any faster by yelling
at it. Try praying instead. The calm will do you
good.
5. Turn off the car radio and pray in the quiet.
Sometimes the radio in the car can be our
constant companion. Pay attention to your
driving, but let God be your copilot.
6. Pray while you are doing your exercises. I
do this all the time. It is a great way to
fight boredom, and you will doing
several good things at once.
7. Pray when you go for a walk. You
will see a lot of things when you walk.
Pray for the people in the houses you
pass by. Pray about whatever you
happen to see.
8. Attend worship. Hey, it’s only once a
week! No matter how busy you say you
are, you can always squeeze in time for
worship and prayer. Prayer during
worships seems to gather power when
you are praying with other people.
Worship is good for you. It is better for
you than whatever else you’ve been
doing.
9. Pray when you say hello and good
bye. When your loved ones leave the
house, pray for them. When they return
safely, thank God for their return. It’s a
little thing, but it means a lot.
10. Pray for a person who is a creep. Jesus
said, “Love your enemies, and pray for those
who persecute you” (Mt 5:44, NIV). That’s
what Jesus did, and he wants us to do it, too. It
might not change the other person, but it will
change you and how you react to them. It can’t
help but make the world a better place.
+ In Christ, Rev. Keith
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From the Associate Pastor
Jonathan Elsensohn
When I awoke to get ready for church last Sunday, I heard an unmistakable sound outside my window: bird
song. The snow is starting to retreat, and Spring is starting to make itself known in the milder temperatures and
longer days. March is shaping up to be a month of many new developments here at Pilgrim Congregational
Church. In addition to welcoming some new members to the church, and a baptism, our own Confirmation class
is going to undertake two important events.
First, they will be heading to the Craigville Retreat Center out on the Cape, to meet with other Confirmation
Classes from around the state. The experience is designed to help them grow in their own faith formation, to
meet and fellowship with other students who are going through a similar process, and ultimately to aid them in
their decision to confirm their baptism in the United Church of Christ. Later in the month, the Confirmation
Class will be leading worship for us. They have elected to perform the entire service, from the Welcome and
Announcements all the way through the Benediction. I do hope that you will be able to join us for what
promises to be a unique service on March 30th.
March will also see the beginning of Lent, a time of reflection and discernment within the church. Come join us
on Shrove Tuesday for a Chocolate Buffet, hosted by the CE Committee (more info to be found on the CE page
of the Messenger). During the Lenten Season, I will be leading an adult discussion group about the book
“Living Buddha, Living Christ”, by Thich Nhat Hanh. Hanh is a Vietnamese Budhhist monk who is deeply
committed to the non-violence movement. He became interested in the teachings of Jesus due to his association
with Martin Luther King Jr and Thomas Merton, and this book is his attempt to see what the two traditions have
to teach one another. We will meet on Tuesday evenings, starting March 11th. Please contact me, or leave word
at the church office, if you are interested.
Lent can be a difficult time, as we impatiently wait for the miracle and the hope of Easter morning. Will you
give something up this Lent: meat, or sweets, or alcohol, or social media? Will you take on a project:
volunteering, or increasing your devotional time, or simply getting to the gym more often? Last month I spoke
to you of seeds, of the time spent waiting under the earth, subject to unseen forces, biding their time to burst
forth into the world of light and life and Spring. I'll leave you now with a few words from the poet T.S. Eliot,
from his poem “Ash Wednesday”.
… the air which is now thoroughly small and dry/ Smaller and dryer than the will./ Teach us to care and not to
care:/ Teach us to be still
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MODERATOR’S MOMENT
Things I don’t always think about when it comes to my church:
No human being “lives” in the church so it must be looked after on more days than just Sunday.
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It can also be said that no aliens live there either, so no one watches the church 24-7.
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God doesn’t live there, he lives in our hearts and his spirit is there when we worship together, so
he’s doing enough already.
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The Pastor doesn’t live there; he lives out of town, so I probably shouldn’t presume that he will
always be around to pick up the slack for whatever is left undone.
I DON’T LIVE HERE EITHER SO WHAT ABOUT THAT!!??
Think about it this way, at home we pay the bills. What if you turned to your spouse or your dog, or whoever will listen
to you and say… “I paid the bills, so that means NOW I don’t have to clean the house!” Well that would lead to
imminent disaster and your dog would soon be making calls to a hoarding psychologist.
At church we tithe, which pays people to clean, but there are both limits to what we pay them and limits to what they
do. Here are some ways you can help:
DO A CHURCH DRIVE BY…..If you are in the center of town, drive around the church, check to see if any
doors or windows look open. Check for any safety issue or any problems that might impact the building
structure. Notice if anything looks wrong, then tell someone.
Keep paying the bills! (We get a lot of work for our tithing such as cleaning services, sexton on Sunday,
snow removal and shoveling) Keep your tithing current – it all helps.
Put away props, costumes and other things that we keep from year to year. If it won’t be used again, try
to be realistic about it - throw it away.
I know it is yucky, but if you see trash outside, please pick it up. (gloves can be found in the kitchen)
Volunteer for a cleaning day. We have several of these during the year!
Clean something no one has asked you to clean, and feel good that you are doing something for
everyone to enjoy.
Faithfully,
Janel Milner
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Christian Education News
March
SAVE THE DATE
Shrove Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Chocolate Buffet
Pilgrim Congregational Church,
Fellowship Hall
6:00-7:30
This program is free – please pick up a
ticket in fellowship hall throughout the
month of February…we need to make
sure we have enough chocolate!!!
Are you interested is new Adult
Christian Education programs at PCC?
Join us on Sunday, March 9th after the
service. For more information please
contact: Pastor Jon at 978-534-5164 or
Jon Carruth at 978-537-1413.
Upcoming Events
Children’s Church, Sunday
March 2nd
Children Pre-K through 2nd
grade.
Youth Group Meeting, Sunday,
March 2nd at 11:30 in Fellowship
Hall. We will be making treats
for the Shrove Tuesday Program
Adult CE Meeting, Sunday,
March 9th following the 9:30
worship service in a second floor
classroom.
Christian Education Committee
Meeting, Sunday, March 16th
after the service.
Sunday School Teachers
Meeting
Sunday, March 23rd after the
service
Confirmation Retreat
Friday, March 7th – Saturday, March
8th
Office Hours: Pastor Jon is in
Mondays and Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and can be
reached through the office at 978-534-5164.
First Communion Class: the
class invites you for a viewing of
Jesus of Nazareth, Sunday March
2nd and Sunday, March 9th from
1:00PM -5:00PM.
CONGRATULATIONS
3/1
3/4
3/5
3/6
3/7
Jackie Lozier
Randy LaClair
Felix Legere
Monica DeBalsi
Brian Rightmyer
Brittany Dauphinais
3/8
Joyce Roy
Royal Turner
3/10
3/13
3/15
3/17
Pat Schilling
Ryan Toohey
Donna Burke
Sagar Bhatty
Stephanie Carlson
Ed Furtado
Eleanor Paquette
Ross Turner
Maureen Wright
Liz Kane
Cynthia Premo
Tom Rich
Jillian Wright
Joe Brown
Ruth Ann Nickel
3/21
3/23
3/25
3/26
3/28
3/29
3/31
Priscilla Howard
Melissa Ann Sykes
Michael Stassen
Our congratulations to
first-time grandparents Kathy and Jon Carruth on
the birth of their granddaughter, Grace Giuliana
Carruth on February 10, 2014. Grace weighed in at
7 lbs., 9 oz. and was 21 ½ inches tall. Dad Chris
and mom Katie, Grace and grandparents are all
doing well!
THANK YOU
To Pilgrim Church,
Thank you for the phone calls and cards while I was
home sick. You were in my prayers and I
appreciated it very much.
Sincerely,
Winnie Bateman
The Missions Committee would like to thank
members of Pilgrim Church for their generous
donations to the Souper Bowl of Caring. Thank you
also to the Cub Scouts and Marilyn Wilson for
helping with this event. We raised $280.00. All
proceeds will go to the PCC Food Pantry.
Thank you again!
Missions Committee
Thank you to Rev. Keith and all who sent beautiful
messages of sympathy when my husband, Dominic,
passed in January.
Your thoughts and prayers were deeply appreciated
in our time of sorrow.
Sincerely,
HANNAFORD/SCRIPS
Carol Carchidi and Family
March 9 is the next order date for the Hannaford
and SCRIPS gift cards. Give your orders to Mary
Mullahy, or leave them and your check in the Vice
Moderator’s box.
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SYMPATHY
TIME TO THINK OF THE FAIR
Our sincere and heartfelt sympathy is extended to:
The Annual Spring Fair will be held on
Saturday, May 10th.
Rosemary and Joe Banda on the recent death of
their son, Dr. Terence Banda
of London, England. Dr.
Banda was buried in the family
plot in Zambia.
Susan Jeffers on the death
February 16th of her brother, Richard Lystila.
Richard’s funeral was held at Richardson Funeral
Home on Feb. 26th, officiated at by Rev. Keith. A
reception followed in Fellowship Hall here at
Pilgrim Congregational Church.
You can start to think what you can do for
the fair this year!
On March 9th, there will be a short meet and
greet after service in the conference room.
Come with any ideas, suggestions, or
comments. All input is welcome.
There is a need for pre-fair volunteers. If
you have an hour or two available in the next
10 weeks, please let us know.
Come and find out what you can do to assist
your church family.
DEACON OF THE WEEK
March 2 – Sandra DeRienzo
Communion servers, in addition to Rev. Keith and
Sandra: Mike Palis, Charlie Milhans, Mary
Mullahy, Bonnie Clifton and Sophia Kelly
March 5 – Ash Wednesday – All Deacons will
participate in the service
March 16 – Mike Palis
March 23 – Bonnie Clifton
March 30 – Shaqim Walker
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ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE
OF HEALING
Rev. Keith will lead a service of
healing on Wednesday evening,
March 5 (Ash Wednesday),
beginning at 7:00 p.m. Members
of the Board of Deacons will be taking part in the
service, as well as the Senior Choir. Ash
Wednesday is a day of repentance and starts off
the six week period of Lent. During the service,
communion will be offered and ashes, in the
shape of the cross, will be applied to one’s top of
the hand. Please join us for this special service of
prayer and reflection.
March 9 – Evelyn Jiménez
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The Fair Committee: Penny Faul, Deb
Maillet, Karen McNall, Sandy Taralli and
YOU!
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Women’s Book Bash
March 30, 2014
This endless winter continues to provide us with more opportunities to curl up on the
couch with hot chocolate and a good book. So this is the perfect time to start reading
our next book selection and slip into the ambiance of a time gone by. In the spirit of
The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the
marriage of one of America’s most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne
Morrow Lindbergh in the New York Times bestseller, The Aviator’s Wife. In this
exhilarating fictional biography, Anne Lindbergh narrates the story of the Lindbergh’s
troubled marriage in all its triumph and tragedy. This remarkable novel will fascinate
history buffs and surprise those who only know Anne Morrow as the aviator’s wife. The
Aviator’s Wife succeeds in putting the reader inside Anne Lindbergh’s life with her
famous husband. This is yet another book whose intimate detail and gripping nature is
hard to put down.
We will meet at the home of Kathy Carruth, 19 Foster Court, Leominster, MA from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Kathy’s phone number is 978-537-1413. Come join us on Sunday,
March 30, 2014 to share your thoughts and feelings with other women of the church.
Call Beth Lyle at 978-537-6964 if you have any questions or need a ride.
The Aviator’s Wife
by Melanie Benjamin
When Anne Morrow, a shy college senior with hidden literary aspirations, travels to
Mexico City to spend Christmas with her family, she meets Colonel Charles Lindbergh,
fresh off his celebrated 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic. Enthralled by Charles’s
assurance and fame, Anne is certain the aviator has scarcely noticed her. But she is
wrong. Charles sees in Anne a kindred spirit, a fellow adventurer, and her world will be
changed forever. The two marry in a headline-making wedding. In the years that follow,
Anne becomes the first licensed female glider pilot in the United States. But despite this
and other major achievements, she is viewed merely as the aviator’s wife. The fairy-tale
life she once longed for will bring heartbreak and hardships, ultimately pushing her to
reconcile her need for love and her desire for independence, and to embrace, at last,
life’s infinite possibilities for change and happiness.
Read Ahead:
Apr 27, 2014: My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
Jun 1, 2014: Day After Night by Anita Diamant
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Hosted by Colette Vallee
Hosted by Karen McNall
PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS IN
THE “MESSENGER”
Pilgrim Congregational Church invites
members and friends to advertise your
business in our monthly newsletter. The
cost is $25.00 per calendar quarter.
Simply submit a business card or
equivalent-size notice to the church
office, along with payment, for however
many quarters you’d like the ad to run.
This is a wonderful opportunity to
promote your business while
contributing financially to the church’s
operations. We thank the following for
advertising in the “Messenger”:
ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING
During the month of March, we will be
collecting donations for the March 30 One
Great Hour of Sharing Special Mission
Offering. Inserts and bulletins will be in the
March worship orders.
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EASTER FLOWERS
2014 Order Form
Given by:
____________________________________________________
 In Memory Of
 In Honor Of
(please check appropriate box and indicate name of person you
are giving the flowers in memory of, or in honor of, below)
____________________________________________________________
How many of each? Tulips ____ Daffodils ___
Lilies ____ Hyacinths _____
Price per plant:
$10.00 each
Do you plan to pick up your flowers after the Easter Worship Service?
 Yes
 No
If you checked “NO” above, please indicate if you wish to have them
delivered to a shut-in or someone in a local hospital (name and address,
please).
Checks should be made payable to:
“Pilgrim Congregational Church” and should accompany
your order form. Please indicate “Easter flowers” on the
memo portion of your check.
Order deadline is April 13 (Palm Sunday), 2014.
Special dates
In like the Spirit
In many places, March is quite windy: “In
like a lion ...!” Though I don’t like the damp chill
that’s often part of the transition to spring, I love
windy days. Something about the air’s movement
— a gentle breeze or ferocious gale blowing
through trees, against the house, in my hair —
breeds excitement in me, anticipation that
something new is astir.
How fitting that in conversation with
Nicodemus, Jesus said, “The wind blows where it
chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do
not know where it comes from or where it goes. So
it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit” (John
3:8, NRSV). Like Nicodemus, we fail to
comprehend the Spirit of God. But Jesus reminds us
that though we can’t see the Spirit, we feel his love,
see his actions of justice and hear his sounds. These
include kind words, bold preaching, weeping for
another, shared laughter and songs of praise.
• Transfiguration of Our Lord, March 2, 2014
• Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2014
• World Day of Prayer, March 7, 2014
• First Sunday in Lent, March 9, 2014
• Daylight-Saving Time begins, March 9, 2014
• Girl Scout Sunday, March 9, 2014
• Second Sunday in Lent, March 16, 2014
• First Day of Spring, March 20, 2014
• Third Sunday in Lent, March 23, 2014
• Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 30, 2014
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• “A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth
more than a college education.”
—Theodore Roosevelt
• “Faith grows only in the dark. You’ve got to trust
[God] when you can’t trace him. That’s faith.”
—Lyell Rader
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Who are you wearing?
—Heidi Mann
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Relinquishing control
Marcia shared how she’d been struggling to
relinquish control and let God direct her life. One
day, amid this challenge, her daughter approached
her for homework help, which called for the use of
an iPad. As Marcia struggled to make sense of her
daughter’s question, the youngster kept swiping at
the screen, zooming in and out and grabbing the
tablet to turn it toward herself. “If you want my
help,” said Marcia in exasperation, “then let me
help!”
Suddenly Marcia had an a-ha! moment:
Hadn’t God been saying the same thing to her all
the while? To truly benefit from God’s help, she
would have to stop trying to do everything herself,
let go, sit back and accept his guidance.
***
Before the Oscars,
a big question for every
glamorous celebrity is
“Who are you wearing?”
Fashion reporters and fans
are eager to discover and
imitate the latest designers
and styles.
Few of us will ever
walk the red carpet in
Hollywood, yet we
receive a much more
impressive wardrobe
makeover when we accept
Jesus as our Savior. Through his death and
resurrection, Jesus turned our filthy rags of sin into
dazzling white robes of righteousness (see Isaiah
61:10).
This righteousness is embellished with good
works that speak to our vibrant faith. How evident
is your new “outfit” to people around you? As you
get dressed each day, consider whether you’re
living in such a way that people will wonder “Who
are you wearing?”
And finally, oh Fire divine,
I will come to know your light and warmth
in the sooty depths of my soul.
***
—Heidi Mann
Stop, look and listen
Lent, the season of the church year that’s
associated with repentance, begins on Ash
Wednesday (March 5 this year). While some people
deny themselves by giving up something for Lent,
others prepare for Easter through special Bible
studies or devotions.
Christians observe Lent for these reasons:
• It causes us to STOP. Lent says, “Stop and
rest awhile,” as well as “Stop doing wrong.”
• It tells us to LOOK. Look inward for an
honest self-examination. Look upward to see the
cross of Christ offering healing and love. Look
forward to the hope of the Resurrection.
• It tells us to LISTEN. Listen to the words
of Christ. Listen to the voice of God. Listen to the
winds of the Spirit of God.
Stop, look and listen. These three words
aren’t only important for our safety in travel;
they’re also helpful
for our journey through the 40 days of Lent.
“Ashes to Ashes”
Oh, divine Fire,
burst aflame in my life —
spontaneous combustion
to turn all that traps or crushes growth ...
laziness
busy-ness
self-preoccupation
worries and doubts
indifference ...
to turn all that traps or crushes growth ...
into
ash.
Rendered to ashes by way of a Cross,
The world will know I’ve been graced by the Fire.
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Offering a lifeline
After a family member tried to commit
suicide, New Mexico pastor Mark Kluzek decided
to reach out to de-pressed people throughout the
country. He posted encouraging articles on a
website (www.GodCaresAboutYou.net), even
listing his own phone number for people who
needed to talk. Kluzek bought Google ads that
would direct desperate people to the site, but after
getting no response for a year, he was ready to end
the experiment.
Then he heard from a man in Iowa who’d
first dialed a suicide-prevention phone number that
ended up being a bank in Hawaii. Kluzek convinced
the man not to end his life and shared with him the
good news of Jesus.
The God Cares About You ministry now
includes evangelism outreach to a poorer region of
Albuquerque, known to residents as the “War
Zone.” Volunteers are working to turn it into the
“Lord’s zone,” Kluzek says, as they meet people’s
physical and spiritual needs.
Whether you lend a listening ear or provide
food and clothing, your loving actions show
individuals that God truly cares for each of them.
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Unconditional love
No matter what sin we have
committed, no matter how terrible it may be,
God loves us.
—Billy Graham
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Spring renewal
By reading the Scriptures I am so renewed
that all nature seems renewed around me and with
me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the
trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged
with the glory of God and I feel fire and music
under my feet.
—Thomas Merton
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Imagine going in ...
When terrorists attacked the Westgate Mall
in Nairobi, Kenya, last September, a former British
Royal Marine guided many people to safety. His
identity was concealed for security purposes, but
The Daily Mail later quoted a bystander: “What he
did was so heroic. He was having coffee with
friends when it happened. He went back in 12 times
and saved 100 people. Imagine going back in when
you knew what was going on inside.”
Imagine going into any place of danger or
violence, knowing what’s happening — or what
could happen: firefighters rushing into a burning
house, a classmate stepping into a tense situation to
end bullying, an adult boldly reporting suspected
child abuse to authorities.
And God ... taking on flesh and entering our
world as Jesus, fully knowing “what was going on
inside” and the violence to which he’d be exposed.
Yet he went ahead and did this, all to rescue people
— us! — from certain death.
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Quite a story
to blow up the bridge, and all the Israelites were
saved.”
“Now, is that really what your teacher said?”
the boy’s mother asked.
“Well, no,” he admitted. “But if I told it the
way the teacher did, you’d never believe it!”
Bible Quiz
Moses was a prophet and lawgiver for God’s
chosen people, the Israelites. What does the name
Moses mean in
Hebrew?
A. “Out of the
water”
B. “Giver of the
Law”
C. “Prophet”
D. “God is good”
Answer: See Exodus 2:10!
Fear not
I wonder if fear is not our main obstacle to
prayer. When we enter into the presence of God and
start to sense the huge reservoir of fear inside us, we
want to run away into the many distractions that our
busy world offers so abundantly. But we shouldn’t
be afraid of our fears. We can confront them, give
words to them, cry out to God and lead our fears
into the presence of the One who says, “Don’t be
afraid. It is I.”
—Henri J.M. Nouwen
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During Sunday dinner, a mother asked her
son what he’d learned in Sunday school that day.
“Well,” he said, “our teacher told us how
God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue
mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he
got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a
pontoon bridge and all the people walked across
safely. Then he used his walkie-talkie to radio
headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers
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Holding us together
of blood on her chest is called “the pelican in her
piety.”
As evangelist Louie Giglio was winding
down a Passion Movement tour in Texas, a
molecular biologist came up to introduce himself.
Giglio mentioned he was heading home to Atlanta
to preach some sermons about the glory of God in
the human body.
When the scientist discovered that Giglio
still needed a big “hook” for the talks, he began
describing laminin, a cell-adhesion molecule that
holds the body’s membranes together. The scientist
encouraged Giglio to go home and look up laminin
on the Internet.
When the image appeared on his screen,
Giglio was amazed. The molecule that literally
holds people together is in the shape of a cross!
Giglio immediately thought of Paul’s words about
Jesus in Colossians 1:17 — “in him all things hold
together.”
The next time your life seems to be falling
apart, look up an image of laminin. Then remember
that Jesus holds you together through his victory
over death on the cross.
Friday, March 7, 2014.
FOOD PANTRY
Many thanks for your generous contributions to the
SouperBowl in February. The monetary
contribution of $280 plus the many nonperishable
items are helpful as we continue to make bags of
groceries available to those in need. The generosity
of our Pilgrim family is appreciated. In March we
would suggest donations of canned vegetables,
hearty soups, and/or cereal. Thank you!
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Set your clocks AHEAD one
hour when you go to bed
Saturday, March 8th!
Christian symbol
Pelican
In the
Middle
Ages, the
pelican came
to represent
Jesus’
sacrifice of
his blood for
the world.
According to
legend, a
mother
pelican, in times of famine, would pluck open her
chest and feed her young with her own blood. An
alternate myth was that she fed her dying young
with her blood to revive them, losing her own life in
the process. The depiction of a pelican with a drop
MARCH COUNCIL MEETING
(Weather permitting ☺) Tuesday, March 18, 6:30
p.m.
GREETERS AND ACOLYTES NEEDED
Sign-up sheets are on the Opportunity Table for the
above volunteers. Many vacancies exist for March
and April. We are also short on ushers for Week 2
of each month. If you can help on that Sunday,
please contact Cherie Rivera. Thanks!
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BANDA SCHOLARSHIP FUND. For the next several weeks, we will be collecting
money for the Dr. Terence Banda scholarship.
Dr. Terence Banda was a physician practicing in London, England, and recently passed
away due to complications from pneumonia which he had contracted from a patient he
was treating. Dr. Banda was 40 when he passed away, and is the son of Rosemary
and Joe Banda.
It is hoped that Rosemary and Joe can honor the memory of their son by using the
funds collected to assist a worthy student of their choosing.
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Pilgrim Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
March 15, 2014
4:30-6:30 P.M.
Irish Step Dancers perform at 5:30 P.M.
Adults $8.00
Child $6.00
Family Cap $24.00
Tickets available at the door
A N ew sletter from Pilgrim
Congregational Church
Office H ours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Mond ay-Frid ay
The Rev’ d Dr. Keith C. Ald erm an, Minister
Cell p hone: 978-407-8502
Mr. Jonathan Elsensohn, Associate Pastor
Lu cille Sam p son, Organist/ Mu sic Director
Penny Ald erm an, Ad m in. Assistant
Ashley Keogh, Su nd ay Sexton
Office: 978-534-5164 Fax: 978-534-7679
E-m ail: pilgrim church1743@com cast.net
Worship Service: Su nd ays, 9:30 AM
Web Page: w w w .pilgrim church-ucc.org
Church School: 9:30 AM
2014