From the Pastor... - Pilgrim Church of Sherborn

From the Pastor...
June 2016
We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it
to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's
nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before
we do anything at all.”
--Oswald Chambers
Special Points of
Interest

Cape Cod is Calling You!
pg. 2

Gems and Jewels, pg. 3

9th Annual Golf Day, pg. 3

First Annual 5K March for
Mattresses, pg. 5

Summer Schedule and Notes,
pg. 6

Faith on Tap/Faith Uncorked,
pg. 7
What prayer stays with you? Feeds you? Guides you?

Abundant Table, pg. 7
The Lord’s Prayer. “Give us this day our daily bread…” The Serenity Prayer. “Grant
me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change…” Psalm 23. “Yea, though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil…” If you grew up in the
Roman Catholic tradition the Hail Mary may still hold great meaning for you.
“Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us…”

Baby Blanket Thank-you,
pg. 10

Family Promise Schedule,
pg. 11 and 12

Pastor John’s Middle School
Summer Camp, pg. 12
Some prayers….they just last. Last. Stick around in
the Christian faith, for hundreds, even thousands of
years. Get passed on from generation to generation.
Feed us more richly somehow, by the spiritual
truths these teach us about Jesus or God or how to
live a good and faithful life. They are our “go to”
prayers, the ones we lean upon in good times, bad
times, in all times.
One of my favorite prayers and a loved prayer for millions of Christians and
people of other faiths, is the Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi. “Lord make me an
instrument of your peace…” Though Catholic in origin it’s now ecumenical and
international in its reach. It appears in the seminal book about Alcoholics
Anonymous, “Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions”. It’s been embraced as the
prayer of choice for everyone from Mother Teresa to Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Its words have been set to countless hymns and sacred music.
And this coming summer, this prayer will form the basis for our preaching and
worship series. One of the gifts of worship at Pilgrim Church, from mid-June
through Labor Day, is that it has become our tradition to take a prayer or a book or
scripture and then dig into it more deeply. Take the time over several weeks to
really get to know some beautiful and inspiring part of our faith walk.
On Sunday June 12th we move our worship time back to 9 am. Sabbath becomes a
bit less formal. We have special music. We take time after the sermon for often
spirited discussions about the theme for the day. The windows let in a breeze.
A more intimate worshipping community comes together. God is in the house!
So come to Pilgrim Church this summer. To sing. To sit. To listen. And…to pray.
Peace,
I NSIDE THIS ISSUE :
M ODERATOR ’ S M SG . 2
D EACON ’ S C ORNER
4
C HRISTIAN E D
8
MSYG & SHYG
9
M ISSIONS
10
Pastor John
P AGE 2
P ILGRIM C HURCH N EWSLETTER
A M ATTER OF P ERSPECTIVE .
BY ANDY MEYER, MODERATOR
Due do a pretty serious case of deferred maintenance on my part, a large part of our front lawn was set upon and
fairly well-eaten by grubs last fall. It was sad to see a formerly proud stand of grass succumb to such an end. It
was completely my fault. And I knew the only solution was to start over.
Landscapers removed the existing sections of dead grass, brought in screened loam and seed, and I have supplied
the daily watering. The morning and evening soakings have actually provided very nice, quiet daily moments of
reflection, during an otherwise fairly dull exercise of hose dragging and dirt wetting.
The first 10 days or so provided increasingly concerning levels of inaction. My lawn project was pronounced
'dead on arrival' by at least one family member. But after a few more days of this purgatory, you could start to
see the little seeds started to germinate, spout, break forth, and begin their magnificent journey of growth. But
only if you got down low and looked across the lawn. If you stared straight down at the new patch of grass, it
was pretty depressing; bare, spotty, unimpressive. That's when I started to think about perspective.
When my neighbor, who is famous for his pessimistic life outlook, stood next to me and looked straight down at
the patch, he laughed and told me how badly I had wasted my money. I explained to him how many compliments I had received from morning dog-walkers who have watched from the beginning. As they pass by, I told
my neighbor, looking low and from a distance, they see what appears to be a nearly full restoration. So I told him
to go away and look at it from a distance. And he had to admit that I was right.
The thought occurred to me that we, as human beings, are forever falling into this perspective trap. We look at
things the way we do, draw conclusions, make our comments and move on. How often do we think to ourselves,
maybe I should look at this scenario in a completely different manner, and perhaps then change all of my
thoughts, beliefs and conclusions? Usually we stand pat with our human experiences and stand behind what we
appear to see. We use our own judgments as our way-finding guideposts.
To me that is the importance of a Christ-based, faith-filled life. I have long ago concluded that when I rely on myself, and not Jesus, I usually end up getting it wrong. We, as humans, can so easily be fooled by what we see. If
we trust only ourselves and follow only what we conclude is the right path, we will almost certainly get lost. We
absolutely need a fixed navigational point, by which to set the courses of our lives. Jesus, who we can trust no
matter what we see with our faulty eyes.
May God Bless you all
Andy Meyer
Moderator
Cape Cod is Calling You!!!
to attend our Annual “All Church” Retreat
September 23 – 25, 2016
(Friday dinner through Sunday lunch)
Please block out your calendars today! We are looking forward to spending time with you at the Pilgrim Church
Retreat this September at The Craigville Conference Center on Cape Cod. This is a relaxing weekend full of fun and
fellowship for our entire church family…kids, seniors, singles, couples and families. Share meals, sing songs, play
games, have group discussions, do arts and crafts, participate in mission projects, walk on the beach, fly kites, visit
the penny candy store, laugh at the talent show, share evening vespers, communion and worship.
When: September 23 – 25; Where: Craigville Conference Center, Centerville MA. Sign-up sheets are available in
Fellowship Hall. We look forward to seeing you. If you have any questions contact Paul Maguire—
Cell: 508-907-4842, email: [email protected]
P ILGRIM C HURCH N EWSLETTER
P AGE 3
BY CHRIS WINTERFELDT
On Thursday, June 9, 2016, 6:00 pm to 8:15pm, Fellowship Hall, Pilgrim Church, all
women of the church are invited to attend this special evening including a light
catered summer supper, and a short program highlighting the fascinating role
jewelry has played in the lives of women from Queen Victoria to Jacqueline
Kennedy. Bring a daughter, a mother, a sister, a friend, or just come to celebrate with us.
Wear your favorite piece of jewelry, and share its story with your tablemates. Tickets: $20.00 ($12.00 for seniors and young women 18 years of age and younger). Available
at coffee hour or through the church office. Or call Chris Winterfeldt (508)653-8765.
9 TH A NNUAL P ILGRIM C HURCH G OLF D AY !
Sunday, June 12, 1:30 pm
Sassamon Trace Golf Club, Rt. 27, Natick
Nine holes of fun and fellowship!
Who: for men and women of all skill levels
(youth/teen golfers are welcome to play!)
Cost: $26 includes a cart
To join please send a check for the full amount,
made out to Pilgrim Church, by June 5 to:
Charles Blaney, 11 Hollis St., Sherborn, MA
Please arrive at Sassamon by 1:00 pm on the 12th!
Questions, please email or call Charles Blaney:
653-2375/[email protected]
Sign-Up Today!
S CHOLARSHIP O FFERING
BY CAROL MOORE
A special offering will be taken on Youth Sunday, June 5, for the Pilgrim
Church Service Scholarship Fund. Two scholarships are awarded annually to a
male and female student who are entering into their college education and who
have been actively involved in Pilgrim Church or the Pilgrim Church Youth Group and demonstrate an
outstanding record of service to church and/or community. The women's scholarship is now named the
"Dorothy M. Quinn Service Scholarship" in memory of Dorothy Quinn. We hope that you will prayerfully
consider supporting the outstanding youth of our church and the many worthwhile service opportunities they
take part in, with the intent that the recipients will take this culture of service with them as they pursue their
higher education. Offering envelopes will be available in church on Youth Sunday, and donations will be accepted anytime. Come on Youth Sunday, June 5 and find out who this year’s scholarship recipients are!
P AGE 4
P ILGRIM C HURCH N EWSLETTER
D EACONS ’ C ORNER …
I slipped out of work to attend Alan’s funeral and arrived at Pilgrim Church just as the funeral had started.
BY ERIC DRAGSBAEK
There were so many people there that they set up
speakers on the front lawn so that people who couldn’t
The recent visit from Andrew Mudge as this year’s Powell
fit into the church could hear the service. I stood and
speaker reminded me of the path that led Heather and I to
listened to the entire service with my toes on the grass
join Pilgrim Church over 25 years ago. Ken Powell used to
say to me that I should tell this story every few years. I real- and my heels on route 27 because the lawn was packed
ize that I have not told this story in a public forum since the with people. When I got home that night I said to
Confirmation Retreat of 2003 when Ken asked me on Friday Heather, “I just heard a minister at Alan’s service that I
would like to hear again. Let’s go check out Pilgrim
night to tell the story the next morning at the worship service. It snowed over a foot that night and I woke up early the Church together this Sunday.” Heather said yes, and
next morning and stomped a path to the lake and told a ver- so we went to Pilgrim Church that Sunday.
sion of this story to a confirmation class that included my
When we went to Pilgrim Church that Sunday, we
son Kirk.
found it closed for renovations, but there was a sign
Back in the spring of 1990, I was 28 years old, Heather
and I had been married 6 years, and I was the father of
a one year-old son, Kirk. Growing up I had not gone to
church, and it really wasn’t on my radar to start going
at that point. Heather had grown up going to church,
and she thought it would be a good idea if we started
going to church now that we were starting to raise a
family. Also, Heather’s mother Holly kept asking
Heather when Kirk was going to be baptized. So when
Heather said let’s look for a church, I wasn’t sure about
what going to church would entail, but I said yes, and
so Heather and I started shopping for a church.
that directed us up the hill to the UU church where
Pilgrim’s summer services were being held. Ken Powell was preaching a summer sermon series about the
journeys of Paul. Since I had not attended church
hardly at all growing up, the story was new to me, and
Ken’s sermon fascinated me. Afterward I said to
Heather “Let’s go back next week. I want to find out
what happens to this Paul guy.” Heather smiled and
said yes, and we went back the following week and the
week after that.
After our last game of the spring season, we all gathered at my father’s house around the corner in Hopkinton. Alan told us all about his plans after DS for a gap
year, starting with serving on a Russian-American sailing ship. I was so impressed with his enthusiasm and
his plans, and even jealous of the adventures that lay
ahead of him. It was visceral shock a few weeks later
to hear that he had died when he fell and broke his
neck while hiking alone in the Azores, while docked
there with his ship. How could someone so alive be
dead so young?
shepherd who welcomed us into Pilgrim Church. And
now 26 years later Pilgrim Church is still our spiritual
home.
Ken noticed us and spoke to us after the services and
then he invited himself out to our apartment in Marlboro to meet us one evening. I remember that Ken
At the same time, I was playing soccer for Cornell’s
Pub in Hopkinton on Sunday mornings in the Quarter was kind and patient and asked a lot of questions and
Sportsman League. There were a lot of ex-DS players listened a lot and at the end of the evening I had committed to attend Kerygma bible study every Wedneson our team. That spring, while finishing his senior
year at DS, Alan Mudge played goalie for Cornell’s. As day morning at 6:30am to fill in the huge gap in my
a defender, I was playing right in front of Alan and got knowledge of the bible. In November of 1990 Heather
to know him. Alan was a tall and skinny, with a curly and I joined Pilgrim Church, and Kirk was baptized at
a year and a half old. When Ken introduced him to the
mop of blond hair that flew around when he played.
Alan played fearlessly even though he was up against congregation he was sitting up in Ken’s arms smiling
and waving at everyone.
strong grown men in a league where the refs let a lot
of rough play go. Our team loved his enthusiasm,
When I look back on that time I think of the three of
sometimes we feared for him when he challenged for
them as my personal trinity: Kirk, the son whose birth
balls against larger, stronger men, and we all protected led us to look for a church; Alan the holy spirit who led
him like he was our little brother.
us to Pilgrim Church; and Ken, the father and
Postscript: Years later Kirk played a role in the “Perfect
Gooseys” written and directed by Andrew Mudge. And just
recently I read Andrew Mudge’s piece “By the Light of the
Moon” at http://nowheremag.com/2016/04/by-thelight-of-the-moon/ which made me ache again for the loss
of Alan and brought these memories flooding back to me.
P ILGRIM C HURCH N EWSLETTER
P AGE 5
First Annual 5K
March for
Mattresses
Dear New Life Friend:
On behalf of New Life Home Refurnishing, I want to invite you to an outstanding community event which
provides an opportunity to support the organization, take part in expanding its visibility, and have a great time
with friends and family!
New Life Home Refurnishing is thrilled to announce the First Annual 5K March for Mattresses Charity Walk,
a family-friendly event with proceeds to benefit those transitioning out of homelessness. We serve our clients
through the purchase of mattresses, kitchen table materials and other operational expenses, in addition to
necessary donated furniture and household items. We have assisted more than 550 households that have directly benefitted from our mission to date, and the need continues to grow, largely because of the disparity between
wages and housing costs. Here are the details:
Date:
Saturday, June 18th from 9am-12:30pm
Location:
Begins and ends at the New Life HR warehouse on the Walpole/Medfield
line (102 Elm Street, Walpole)
Walk Details:
5K (3 mile) walk which consists of a 100% sidewalk-lined loop
Fund-raising Goal:
$50,000
Post Walk Festivities:
Will include Food, Drinks, Music and tours of the NewLife HR warehouse
If you are interested in joining the walk, we encourage you to bring one or more friends and their families
along. To make the fund-raising process as easy as possible, we have a link to Network for Good on our website
where you can register to simply walk, but we hope you will take the other option of creating your own fundraising page to reach out to friends and family to sponsor you. Donations can be received via your web page in
a secure, quick and simple manner. If they prefer, donors can send a check payable to New Life Home
Refurnishing at P.O. Box 573, Medfield, MA 02052.
As the event is around the corner, we need to gather as many walkers as possible and start the fund-raising
efforts right away. Whether you can join as a walker or would like to support someone who is, please follow
this link to sign up or make a donation (www.newlifehr.org). We’ll be looking forward to seeing your name
there along with ours!
Thank you in advance for your ongoing support of New Life Home Refurnishing!
Best,
The Fund-Raising Committee
Brian McKenzie, Chairman, Barbara Yates, Doug Marshall, Paige Brodie, Brendan O’Leary
P AGE 6
P ILGRIM C HURCH N EWSLETTER
Summer At Pilgrim Church
Schedules and Notes
Summer office hours: Beginning on June 12, the office will be open from 8:30 AM
to 4:00 PM, Tuesday through Thursday. There will be a volunteer in the office
from 9:00 AM to noon on José’s vacation days. If you would like to be an office
volunteer please call or email José at 508-655-1667 or [email protected].
From Pastor John: I will be in and out of town for the summer. My time away will include time on
Nantucket, a church camp in Connecticut and road trips around the northeast. I’ll be on my bike in
preparation for the Pan Mass Challenge with the Pilgrim Church team. May we all refill our spiritual
hearts and souls and minds in the coming months.
Pastoral Care coverage: when I am away coverage will be provided by Pilgrim Church members
Tom Hunt, Liz Williams, and area pastors.
Summer Worship: 9 am worship begins on June 12 and continues through Labor Day weekend.
Filling in the pulpit for three Sundays will be some amazing and gifted preachers from the area:
line-up to be announced soon!
Summer Worship Childcare: The nursery is available for those children ages three and under. All
children over the age of three are to remain in the sanctuary for our summer worship service.
Please consider being an office volunteer
this summer. The office needs to be covered from 9:00 am to noon, Tuesdays
through Thursdays, during my vacation
weeks. Teenagers are welcome to volunteer
and earn community service! If you would
be able to help out this summer, please contact José, at 508-655-1667, ext. 10 or
[email protected].
Thanks so much!
P ILGRIM C HURCH N EWSLETTER
F AITH ON T AP AND
F AITH U NCORKED R ETURNS !
When: Tuesday, June 7th, 7:30 to 9 pm
Where: The Heritage, Sherborn
Who: all are welcome—to come and share a beer
or glass of wine or coffee or soda and informally
gather together and then talk about things that
matter…life or God or hope or whatever
direction the night might take us.
Led by Pastor John.
P AGE 7
T HE A BUNDANT T ABLE
BY AMELIA WALSH AND DONNA MOORE
It happens every summer - too many veggies from
our gardens! A surplus abundance - what to do?
Bring them to Pilgrim Church on summer Sundays
and drop them off in the large, well marked "Veggie
Drop-Off" basket in the kitchen. Each week Amelia
Walsh and Donna Moore alternate delivering this
fresh produce to A Place to Turn food pantry in
Natick, where it quickly goes to feed people who
need it. We are asking for new volunteers to join
our team, who would like to help this summer by
picking up the produce from Pilgrim Church and a
local CSA and driving it to Natick. We do this on a
rotating schedule through the growing season.
Please contact Janet Walsh if you can help at
[email protected] or 508-655-3131.
Everyone deserves an abundant, healthy table!
As Christians, lets help make this happen!!!!
See you there!
Calling All Confir mation
C l a s s G r a d uat e s a n d 8 t h
G r a d e r s t o Jo i n S H Y G f o r
M ove - U p D ay !
The SHYG members would like to invite all of you
confirmation class graduates and 8th graders to
attend a special Move-Up Day on June 13th from
6:30 to 8:00 p.m. SHYG has planned a fun evening
with games and an orientation so you can learn about
the SHYG program. The SHYG members are eager to
welcome all of you to youth group and look forward
to getting to know you better! If you have friends who
might like to join youth group as well that's great - the
more, the merrier! Dessert will be served.
A hearty big THANK YOU to our Pilgrim Church
family for your love, prayers and support over
the past month.
The offers of food, rides, etc. kept pouring in and we
definitely felt your prayers.
There are not enough words to adequately express
our gratitude. Please know we appreciate it.
Charlie and Winnie Williams
P AGE 8
P ILGRIM C HURCH N EWSLETTER
Christian Education
BY COREY LINCOLN AND JANE RAITHEL
Y OUTH S UNDAY ON J UNE 5, 10 AM WORSHIP
Youth ministry is one of the most vibrant aspects of church life here at Pilgrim. Nursery care, church school,
senior high fellowship, junior deacons, acolytes, middle school youth group, confirmation, senior high work
camp, human sexuality education; the list goes on and on. So many rich opportunities for our young ones to
nurture their inner moral compass as God’s compassionate people. It happens every week at
Pilgrim Church.
Come celebrate all the givers and gifts of this special ministry on Youth Sunday, June 5, 10am worship. If you
are a church school student – come. If you are a fellowship participant – come. If you teach, mentor, chaperone
or otherwise serve in any of our youth ministries – come. Really, if you’re a child of any age (one to one hundred!) – just come.
And afterward come downstairs for a Pancake Reception featuring a special media presentation of the Senior
High Youth Group’s April 2016 work camp in New Orleans. Not to be missed.
B E THE MOST POPULAR PERSON IN
C HURCH S CHOOL
8 TH GRADERS IN 2016-17
We are looking for a volunteer to fill the
position of Church School Friend (the
famous donut person!) for Session 2 –
October 25 through December 6, no
November 29 -- of the 2015-16 program
year. You’ll pick up the munchkins from
DD (conveniently next door to the church),
deliver them to church school classrooms
along with a pitcher of water, and clean up snack debris
after students are excused. Once in a while, you might be
asked to do some small task like photocopying. This is a
good opportunity for someone new to Pilgrim Church to
see our church school program from the inside. Let us
know as soon as possible at [email protected] to
volunteer today. Thanks.
Detailed information will be sent to all incoming eighth grade student families in late June
about the special programs for their eighth
grader on Sunday nights throughout the coming 2016-2017 program year. Human Sexuality
from a Christian Perspective orientation and classes will meet 6:30-8:30pm on Sundays from
September 9 through November 20. Confirmation orientation and classes will meet 6:008:00pm on Sundays from January 8 through
Confirmation Sunday on May 7. Consistent attendance is an important component of participation. Please mark your calendars now.
PROGRAM YEAR
T HANK YOU …
….Brad Kohl for patiently and skillfully leading the Cherub Choir.
….Donna Henry for enthusiastically and professionally leading the
Junior Choir and Junior Bell Choir.
….CE committee: Diana Beaudet, MariAnne Bloecher, Doreen Brooks,
Nick Grant, Lindsey Hancock, Dale Kohl, Sandy Spadi, Angie Johnson
and Addie Mae Weiss for their leadership and wise counsel.
….the countless volunteers whose generous contribution of time, talent and
treasure makes the educational ministry of Pilgrim Church possible.
P ILGRIM C HURCH N EWSLETTER
P AGE 9
M IDDLE S CHOOL
Y OUTH G ROUP
BY JOAN WHITMAN
BY DIANE ANDERSON
All has been well with SHYG! We had an amazing Work
Camp trip to Washington, D.C. in April where we served at
soup kitchens and homeless shelters and got to hear the stories of many who are experiencing homelessness in the D.C.
area. We are very grateful to all those who supported our
trip by working at and making donations for our fall yard
sale and by purchasing Work Camp stock certificates. We
hope those who helped make our trip possible will be able to
join us at coffee hour on Youth Sunday where we will be presenting our slideshow.
At one of our recent meetings we experienced different forms
of prayer by spending time at various prayer stations set up
in the church. We used Banana Gram letters to link one word
prayers, we prayed for our world by placing prayer stones on
a map, we engaged in visual prayer by meditating on images
of Jesus and we did a Lectio Divina form of prayer by opening Bibles and seeing what phrases touched our hearts. It
was a wonderfully contemplative evening - a bit of an oasis
from all the crazy busy end of the year activities.
This week we honored our graduating seniors at a very special Senior Banquet. We had a delicious meal thanks to the
parents of the juniors (special thanks to Leslie Yancich and
Kristy Barnard) and then gave gifts and offered blessings. We have such an incredible group of seniors - We will
miss them and hope they will visit and stay in touch!
What do you get when several adult leaders and
a bunch of middle school and high school kids
get together to play the game of Apples to
Apples? You get some pretty crazy answers and a
room full of infectious laughter. That's exactly
what happened recently at a combined meeting
of MSYG and SHYG. I loved watching so many
ages interacting with each other and hearing the
laughter from every table! The love note that I
handed out at the end of that meeting was simply
"Love is a verb", certainly an appropriate one for
that wonderfully chaotic time of fellowship.
This past year of Middle School Youth Group has
been full of "Love is a verb" moments. Our MSYG
kids have done an amazing number of things to
bring joy and hope to others. How I love working
with them and being their leader! I am so proud
of our program and our kids and the messages
that they send throughout the year. I am especially proud of Avery Moore, Caity O'Connell,
and Ryan Hopkins for being the recipients of the
Carol Leitch Book Award that we present each June
to members of MSYG for outstanding service to
others during the program year. I am so grateful
for all of our awesome kids, for their parents who
support us in so many ways, for Faith Carlson
who makes sure we are fed at every meeting, and
for Eric Brooks and Lynn Jameson who are extraordinary leaders and love this work and these
kids as much as I do.
P AGE 10
P ILGRIM C HURCH N EWSLETTER
S ALVATION A RMY D INNER
BY DAN MARPLE AND JENNIFER BETHEL, CO-LEADERS
THANK YOU!!
THANK YOU!!
THANK YOU!!
THANK YOU!!
Special thanks & appreciation to all the Pilgrim Church volunteers who helped deliver, prepare, and serve casseroles, salad, & desert at the Salvation Army “Miracle Kitchen” in Framingham on May 25.
Heather Dragsbaek
Kate Potter
Dawn Borden
Cindy Maguire
Katie LaBonte
Lynne Lamson
Donna Moore
Tom Hunt
Dan Marple
Anne Marie Bowen
Sue Anderson
Winterfeldt Family
Barbara Koman
Doreen Brooks
Jennifer Searle
Betty Schlenker
Lynda McQuillan
Peter Liffiton
Jim & Daniel Hartman
Pat Mulhall
Mark Young
Rosemary Sortor
Joanne Whitney
Michelle May
Jacque Lewis
Jennifer Bethel
Carol Ann Oliver
Eric Melanson
Peg Robinson
Melanie Geary
Megan Hall
Phoebe Yassa
Robin Godine
Loretta Dragsbaek
Thank you all very much for your help & support. It was very much appreciated and was truly
“FAITH in ACTION”!!
Our next Pilgrim Church Salvation Army “Miracle Kitchen” dinner is scheduled for Wednesday,
August 24, 2016.
M OTHER ’ S D AY B ABY
B LANKETS AND S WEATERS
A Thank You Note...
BY MEGAN HALL
Thank you all so much for your donations towards
the Hearts and Hands ministry. Our annual
Mother's Day project was a huge success!! We
collected many hats, sweaters and blankets on that
day. We have sent and delivered all of your
donations!
We collected 35 handknit blankets, 10 hand-tied
fleece blankets, 12 purchased blankets, 2 burping
cloths, 7 Guidepost sweaters, 8 other sweaters, 24
infant hats, 13 preemie hats, 10 kids hats.
We sent some to the Central Baptist church in
Corbin Kentucky, some sweaters to Knit for Kids
in Sewickley, PA, and delivered some to Healthy
Families in Framingham and Milford and some to
Framingham Union Hospital maternity ward.
We encourage you to start knitting for next year!!
Thank you again!
Megan Hall and Barbara Ambos
Dear Megan and Pilgrim Church Congregation,
Thank you for your donation of beautiful baby blankets and hats. The time that was so clearly put into
creating these items is so greatly treasured. The
staff and families appreciate you generosity.
Sincerely,
Jennifer White
Healthy Families
P ILGRIM C HURCH N EWSLETTER
P AGE 11
F AMILY P ROMISE G UESTS ARE C OMING !
BY JANET WALSH
Please support Pilgrim Church as we move toward our time as Host Congregation:
June 19 - July 2, 2016
We need many hands to make this ministry work! How you can help VOLUNTEER at Pilgrim Church to:
1. Provide a meal and host "family time" for our guests.
2. Be an Overnight Host.
3. Provide breakfast on Saturday.
4. Be a shopper.
5. Set up guest bedrooms.
6. Breakdown guest bedrooms.
7. Do some laundry.
Sign-up with us in Fellowship Hall on June 5.
or email [email protected] & [email protected] anytime to be added to the schedule!
You may also sign-up online at https://sites.google.com/site/familypromisepilgrimchurch/home
Look for our bulletin board in Fellowship Hall for more information.
Your Pilgrim Church team looks forward to working with you!
If you haven’t yet trained, the next one-time training dates for volunteers who assist families are:
Tues., June 7 ~ Peace Lutheran Church, 7-8:30pm, 107 Concord Road, Wayland
Continued on next page.
P AGE 12
P ILGRIM C HURCH N EWSLETTER
F AMILY P ROMISE G UESTS ARE C OMING !
BY JANET WALSH
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DID YOU KNOW EVERY SUMMER PASTOR JOHN LEADS A WEEKLONG
SUMMER CAMP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH!?
This year the camp will be held from July 3-9, at the Silver Lake
Conference Center and is open to youth in the 7 th and 8th grade
Our theme is “THE EDGE”--Jesus was about the “edge”: inviting
those on the edge of society, asking us to get to the edge and then
cross over. We will explore our personal edges, in both body and
spirit. We’ll hike, bike, and canoe (some offsite) plus enjoy all the
fun of Silver Lake. Discover where the edges of experience meet
the center of faith. No experience required; bikes will be rentals.
Interested? Talk to Pastor John or visit http://silverlake.ctucc.org
Full and partial scholarships from the church also available.
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P ILGRIM C HURCH N EWSLETTER
Articles for the NEXT issue are due by the 15th
of the month.
This is a monthly publication. Please submit
comments, articles to the church administrator
by email or written copy. Submissions will be
edited for length and clarity.
Bari Weiss, Assistant Treasurer
[email protected]
Joan Whitman, Middle School Youth Group
[email protected]
Diane Anderson, Senior High Youth Group
[email protected]
For Pastor John’s column in the DS Press:
David Tiedman, Music
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United Church of Christ Website
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Corey Lincoln, Jane Raithel
Christian Education
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Janet Walsh, Congregational Ministry
[email protected]
Joséfine Muri, Church Administrator
[email protected]
Reverend John F. Hudson
Senior Pastor
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