Directed by Dr. Wilbert O. Watkins, the Pilgrim Chancel Choir and members of the Chicagoland music community present David Fanshawe’s African Sanctus. The musical gift to the community is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken.

Join us for worship at 10:30 am. Rev. Colin Knapp will be leading worship and Rev. Veronica Johnson will be preaching from the biblical text. In worship we celebrate our relationship with God, we strengthen our relationship with one another, and we explore what it means to put our faith into action. Come as you are.

Women’s Book Club will be reading Three Girls from Bronzeville, by Dawn Turner, facilitated by Marilyn Thomas. Location TBD. Books are available for checkout at the Oak Park Public Library main branch – just look for the Pilgrim section on the book club selections wall.

They were three Black girls. Dawn, tall and studious; her sister, Kim, younger by three years and headstrong as they come; and her best friend, Debra, already prom-queen pretty by third grade. They bonded—fervently and intensely in that unique way of little girls—as they roamed the concrete landscape of Bronzeville, a historic neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, the destination of hundreds of thousands of Black folks who fled the ravages of the Jim Crow South.

The memoir is at once a celebration of sisterhood and friendship, a testimony to the unique struggles of Black women, and a tour-de-force about the complex interplay of race, class, and opportunity, and how those forces shape our lives and our capacity for resilience and redemption.

Join us in welcoming OPRF’s Superintendent Greg Johnson! We will hear an overview and update on all things district 200: Illinois Report Card, strategic priorities, finance, and facilities. Q & A to follow the presentation. CoC’s gathering will take place at United Lutheran Church, 409 Greenfield Ave, Oak Park. Please kindly RSVP to oprfcoc@gmail.com   

Join us for worship at 10:30 am. Rev. Colin Knapp will be leading worship and Rev. Veronica Johnson will be preaching from the biblical text. In worship we celebrate our relationship with God, we strengthen our relationship with one another, and we explore what it means to put our faith into action. Come as you are.

Join us for a Women’s Breakfast gathering at Cristine Vesely’s home. RSVP to Cristine at cristinevesely@gmail.com if you plan on attending. Bring your favorite breakfast dish to share.

Join us for worship at 10:30 am. Rev. Colin Knapp will be leading worship and Rev. Henrietta Brown will be preaching from the biblical text. In worship we celebrate our relationship with God, we strengthen our relationship with one another, and we explore what it means to put our faith into action. Come as you are.

Join us for worship at 10:30 am. Rev. Colin Knapp is preaching from the biblical text. In worship we celebrate our relationship with God, we strengthen our relationship with one another, and we explore what it means to put our faith into action. Come as you are.

Join us for worship at 10:30 am. Rev. Colin Knapp will be leading worship and preaching from the biblical text. In worship we celebrate our relationship with God, we strengthen our relationship with one another, and we explore what it means to put our faith into action. Come as you are.

Join us for a Women’s Breakfast gathering at Joycelin Fowler’s home. RSVP to Joycelin at cookinmama3@gmail.com if you plan on attending. Bring your favorite breakfast dish to share.

The evening will begin with a Soup Meal from 6:00-6:30 pm, followed by activities featuring story, scripture and several craft station options for all ages. RSVP by March 10th to maureen.deahl@pilgrimoakpark.org

Join us for worship at 10:30 am. Rev. Henrietta Brown will be leading worship and Rev. Lydia Mulkey – Associate Pastor of Education from First United Church of Oak Park will be preaching from the biblical text. In worship we celebrate our relationship with God, we strengthen our relationship with one another, and we explore what it means to put our faith into action. Come as you are.

Our next book is Finding the Mother Tree, by Suzanne Simard, led by Sandra Luckins.  Books have arrived at the Oak Park Public Library (main branch) and are available for checkout. 

This book is sure to be fascinating to everyone who loved The Overstory.  "Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence.  In her first book, Simard brings us into her world, the intimate world of the trees, in which she brilliantly illuminates the fascinating and vital truths--that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life; that forests are social, cooperative creatures connected through underground networks by which trees communicate their vitality and vulnerabilities with communal lives not that different from our own.  Simard writes--in inspiring, illuminating, and accessible ways—how trees, living side by side for hundreds of years, have evolved, how they learn and adapt their behaviors, recognize neighbors, compete and cooperate with one another with sophistication, characteristics ascribed to human intelligence, traits that are the essence of civil societies--and at the center of it all, the Mother Trees: the mysterious, powerful forces that connect and sustain the others that surround them.  And Simard writes of her own life, born and raised into a logging world in the rainforests of British Columbia, of her days as a child spent cataloging the trees from the forest and how she came to love and respect them. And as she writes of her scientific quest, she writes of her own journey, making us understand how deeply human scientific inquiry exists beyond data and technology, that it is about understanding who we are and our place in the world."   

Sunday, March 10, 2024, 4:00 PM
It’s back….and we are so eggscited!  Come for the Quiche or come for the yolks!  Mosaic Players will be presented this hilarious romp set in the 1950’s in our own parlor.  Use the link below to get your tickets; chicken feed at $10.  Don’t scramble at the last minute! 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/five-lesbians-eating-a-quiche-tickets-800370217867?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us for worship at 10:30 am. Rev. Henrietta Brown will be leading worship and Rev. Hailey Braden Lynch from Fair Oaks Presbyterian will be preaching from the biblical text. In worship we celebrate our relationship with God, we strengthen our relationship with one another, and we explore what it means to put our faith into action. Come as you are.

Join us for worship at 10:30 am. Rev. Henrietta Brown will be leading worship and Rev. Ben Lynch from Fair Oaks Presbyterian will be preaching from the biblical text. In worship we celebrate our relationship with God, we strengthen our relationship with one another, and we explore what it means to put our faith into action. Come as you are.

Reverend Ben Lynch and his spouse, Hailey, have served as the co-pastors of Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church since 2017. Before moving to Illinois, his career in ministry took him all over the country, serving at a variety of churches from South Texas to Manhattan to the Gulf Coast of Florida. Ben & Hailey have two children, Asher and Junia, who are growing up very, very quickly but remain wonderfully precocious and full of joy.  

Are you a singer, play an instrument, Juggle, can Tell a great joke, are a Poetry facilitator, magician, gymnast…. You tell us what your talent is!
Here's your chance to share your talent with the Pilgrim community and beyond.

Come and build your own pizza at 4:00 pm under the supervision of our resident chef Joycelin.  ($5 individual, $20 cap for a family) At  5:30 p.m. the Talent show will begin. All ages are invited to showcase their talents. Let us  know if you'd like to be on the list of performers by emailing maureen.deahl@pilgrimoakpark.org  and  RSVP to reserve a spot for the pizza dinner  to Joycelin at office@pilgrimoakpark.org. RSVP by Friday, February 16th to place your dinner reservations and to secure your spot in the Talent Show line-up. Have questions? Let us know!

Attention:

All Pilgrim men are invited to join Pastor Colin at One Lake Brewing (1 Lake St, Oak Park) for a fun night of conversation, camaraderie and connection. Please email Colin at colin.knapp@pilgrimoakpark.org to reserve your seat.

Join us for a Women’s Wine and Cheese gathering at Katie Arnolds home. (201 S. Maple, Oak Park. RSVP to Katie at katie.arnold55@gmail.com if you plan on attending. Bring your favorite appetizer, wine or non-alcoholic drink.

We have resumed our weekly noon Bible study with The Letter of Paul to the Romans.  The resource we will use is Romans: 18 Studies for Individuals and Groups by N.T. Wright.  (available from many sources - this link it to Thriftbooks). Our study will be divided into two 8 week sessions:  Part I - January 5th - March 1st. Part 2 - April 5th - May 31st. 

We will meet from 12:00-1:00 pm, via Zoom.  If you are interested in joining us, please email me by January 1st and I will send you the Zoom link., Gloria Cox - revgcox@gmail.com.  All are welcome!