At worship we celebrate our relationship with God, we strengthen our relationship with each other, and we explore what it means to "do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God".

Please join us on this 4th Sunday after Pentecost Rev. Michelle Hughes is leading worship, preaching.and celebrating Communion. We will also be blessed by Mary Leger who will be singing music an original composition by Greg Phillips.

Please plan to attend!

Join us at the Farmer's Market and enjoy delicious, fresh donuts!

Made for you today by us - Pilgrim Congregational Church!

Pilgrim Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, welcomes neighbors and friends to participate in the full life of this progressive Christian church. We are committed to radical hospitality, passionate worship, intentional spiritual development, risk-taking mission and service, and extravagant generosity. Our mission is to share God’s love, reaching out to one another and into our wider community. We are becoming a faith community with ever deepening spiritual connections. We are intentionally inclusive and increasingly diverse, visible in and engaged with the wider world. You are welcome here.
www.pilgrimoakpark.org

Pilgrim members gather on the front lawn on July 4th to view the fireworks that are set off in the high school stadium across the street. It’s a great location for seeing the fireworks and for sharing a picnic supper. It’s a do-it-yourself event: everyone brings their picnic, and a lawn chair or blanket. Arrival time is about 7:30, an hour before 8:30 sunset, since that’s when the fireworks begin. If you’ve eaten earlier, come anyway for the fireworks!

The congregation is invited to join members of the Finance Committee after worship to talk about ways in which we, as individuals and households, can support each other and our church through financial planning. This is an exploratory forum to inform the congregation of the expertise within the church and to receive feedback as to how we may help each other in planning and budgeting for life expenses such as education, retirement and bequests. We will meet in the Chapel. All are welcome

During the summer months, we here at Pilgrim find it is a great time to experiment and to find new ways of worshiping together. As a community of faith we want to continue to grow and expand.

We will be having three contemplative prayer services in our air conditioned church parlor. This will be a more intimate service, without a sermon, with singing, silence, and guided meditation drawn from a variety of sources. This Sunday we are thrilled to have special music from Nancy Miller and her granddaughter, Elanor Huber.

Contemplative Worship is an opportunity to still the internal busyness, allowing us to settle deeply into our spiritual center. Contemplative Worship practices us in the rhythm of Christ, a rhythm of moving into prayer and communion with God before going out to engage the world in our work and relationships.

Contemplative Worship does not imply that a person must be proficient in a certain skill or spiritual discipline to participate. It simply implies a desire to seek God and to be open to however God might choose to move within our lives. We hope you will join us.

Our next men’s breakfast will be hosted by Bruce Cox. He will provide the main dish and attendees are asked to bring a side dish or beverage to share (enough for 3-4 people).

Please contact Bruce (dadcox@aol.com) if you are able to attend., and please let him know what you plan to bring. All Pilgrim men are welcome.

Join us at the Farmer's Market and enjoy delicious, fresh donuts!

Made for you today by Wonder Works Children’s Museum in partnership with Pilgrim Congregational Church!

Wonder Works’ mission is to provide a hands-on, multi-generational environment intended to strengthen the social, emotional and intellectual development of children from birth to age ten. Our exhibits and programs provide the bridge between classroom and family room, promoting creativity and encouraging children to learn through play. The museum currently has six permanent exhibits, as well as special events and classes. Families access the museum through membership, general admission, field trips, classes, parties, and our retail store.
www.wonder-works.org

Philip on the Fringes (Acts 8)

Just in time for Pride Weekend, we follow the exploits of Philip, whose calling takes him into highly unusual places and introduces him to unusual people. (Everything about his story is queer.) He goes to live with the Samaritans, whom Jews traditionally revile and relegate to the margins. Then he hops a ride with an Ethiopian eunuch and removes all doubt that everyone has a place in God’s kingdom. We’re having our own little Pride parade with this week’s “Disorganized Religion” outing. Join us in the Chapel at 7:30p!

Join us for a fun-filled, spirit-filled, costumed week of exploring Bible Heroes, community heroes and the hero within each of us thru scripture, music, crafts, games and more…..

All children 3-12 years old are welcome.
Cost: FREE!!!!

contact Maureen.deahl@pilgrimoakpark.org for more information.
click here to download registration form and 2019 photo release form

Join us for a fun-filled, spirit-filled, costumed week of exploring Bible Heroes, community heroes and the hero within each of us thru scripture, music, crafts, games and more…..

All children 3-12 years old are welcome.
Cost: FREE!!!!

contact Maureen.deahl@pilgrimoakpark.org for more information.
click here to download registration form and 2019 photo release form

Join us for a fun-filled, spirit-filled, costumed week of exploring Bible Heroes, community heroes and the hero within each of us thru scripture, music, crafts, games and more…..

All children 3-12 years old are welcome.
Cost: FREE!!!!

contact Maureen.deahl@pilgrimoakpark.org for more information.
click here to download registration form and 2019 photo release form

Join us for a fun-filled, spirit-filled, costumed week of exploring Bible Heroes, community heroes and the hero within each of us thru scripture, music, crafts, games and more…..

All children 3-12 years old are welcome.
Cost: FREE!!!!

contact Maureen.deahl@pilgrimoakpark.org for more information.
click here to download registration form and 2019 photo release form

At worship we celebrate our relationship with God, we strengthen our relationship with each other, and we explore what it means to "do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God".

Join us as we celebrate Pride Sunday! The month of June was chosen for LGBT Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969. This Sunday we celebrate how far we’ve come and lift up prayers & encourage for the journey still ahead.

Rev. Tim Wolfe will be leading worship and preaching, and there will be special music provided by the Pride Sunday Choir! Our focus scripture is Luke 8:26-39. ALL are welcome!

All Pilgrim women are invited to join us for delicious food and fun fellowship! We’re celebrating a very special birthday this month so our hostess is providing most of the meal - so you only need to bring yourself and some fruit!
For logistics and more information contact inquiries@pilgrimoakpark.org

Join us at the Farmer's Market and enjoy delicious, fresh donuts!

Made for you today by Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church in partnership with Pilgrim Congregational Church!

Called to Proclaim, Nurture and Serve, Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church (FOPC) welcomes all people to worship with our faith community.  Fundraising for the youth ministry at FOPC strives to create a Christ centered, warm, affirming and inclusive environment rooted in the reformed tradition, that empowers each individual to teach, serve, worship, play and learn as we honor God in today’s world.  Each year the senior high students travel to a different location for a mission trip that teaches students about hands on service.
www.fairoakspres.org

Join us for our June Book Club meeting to discuss “Lucky Boy” by Shanthi Sekaran

Lucky Boy presents two very different American stories, tied together by the fate of a child. When Soli Castro-Valdez leaves her small Mexican village for the United States, she endures the difficult journey but arrives pregnant and undocumented. Meanwhile, Kavya Reddy, whose parents immigrated to the US from India, is living a more peaceful life with her dot.com-employed husband in Berkeley. Unable to have a child, Kavya becomes a foster parent—and when Soli winds up in immigrant detention, her son Ignacio winds up with Kavya. But the story has just begun.

We hope you can join us for what promises to be a lively and thought-provoking discussion!
For more information contact inquiries@pilgrimoakpark.org

From Waiter to Martyr (Acts 6 – 7)

In its first attempt to organize, the church wisely focuses on service—literally, table service. Among its first appointees is an angel-faced man named Stephen, whose faith and wisdom set him apart from all the rest. What’s more he’s endowed with the kind of holy boldness that can get you killed. Yet before he dies, he gives the first cogent theological lecture in Christian history. And it’s every bit as thrilling as his story! Find out more in this week’s “Disorganized Religion” outing. We begin at 7:30p in the Chapel.

This process will take place during the month of June (in order to get input before people scatter for vacation). We will have 4 sessions; two Sundays, and two during the week. Members of the Search Committee are encouraged to pick a session to attend so that they may hear firsthand the feeling and thoughts of the congregation. Snacks will be provided for each gathering.

Signup sheets are in the Parlor.
Available Dates and Times:

• Sunday, June 2nd at 11:45 after worship

• Sunday June 9th at 11:45 after worship,

• Wednesday, June 12th at 6:30 PM

• Wednesday, June 19th at 6:30 PM.

At worship we celebrate our relationship with God, we strengthen our relationship with each other, and we explore what it means to "do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God".

Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, is an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865, announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans throughout the former Confederacy of the southern United States.

Our focus scripture is John 16:12:15. Rev. Michelle Hughes will be leading worship and preaching. And we will be blessed by a horn concerto Gabe Krauter. Please join us for this special celebration..

Join us at the Farmer's Market and enjoy delicious, fresh donuts!

Made for you today by us - Pilgrim Congregational Church!

Pilgrim Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, welcomes neighbors and friends to participate in the full life of this progressive Christian church. We are committed to radical hospitality, passionate worship, intentional spiritual development, risk-taking mission and service, and extravagant generosity. Our mission is to share God’s love, reaching out to one another and into our wider community. We are becoming a faith community with ever deepening spiritual connections. We are intentionally inclusive and increasingly diverse, visible in and engaged with the wider world. You are welcome here.
www.pilgrimoakpark.org

What better way to celebrate the start of summer break then blowing off some steam with friends at Laser Tag! All incoming Middle School and High School youth (including those that just graduated in May/June) are invited to join us on Friday, June 14th for a couple of friendly games and pizza at Laser Quest Norridge (4167 N. Harlem Ave., Norridge, IL), 5:30 – 7:45 p.m. Cost is $10 per youth. Please contact Gloria.cox@pilgrimoakpark.org to RVSP by Friday, June 7th.

Miracles and Ministry (Acts 3 – 5)

Before Jesus’s departure, he promised his disciples do greater things than he did. They get their first taste of this with a simple healing that puts Peter and John in the religious establishment’s crosshairs. Together with some internal congregational drama (and that’s no exaggeration), the apostles quickly learn what ministry is all about. Don’t miss our second outing in our summer-long tour of the Book of Acts, “Disorganized Religion.” The conversation begins at 7:30p in the Chapel.

This process will take place during the month of June (in order to get input before people scatter for vacation). We will have 4 sessions; two Sundays, and two during the week. Members of the Search Committee are encouraged to pick a session to attend so that they may hear firsthand the feeling and thoughts of the congregation. Snacks will be provided for each gathering.

Signup sheets are in the Parlor.
Available Dates and Times:

• Sunday, June 2nd at 11:45 after worship

• Sunday June 9th at 11:45 after worship,

• Wednesday, June 12th at 6:30 PM

• Wednesday, June 19th at 6:30 PM.

This process will take place during the month of June (in order to get input before people scatter for vacation). We will have 4 sessions; two Sundays, and two during the week. Members of the Search Committee are encouraged to pick a session to attend so that they may hear firsthand the feeling and thoughts of the congregation. Snacks will be provided for each gathering.

Signup sheets are in the Parlor.
Available Dates and Times:

• Sunday, June 2nd at 11:45 after worship

• Sunday June 9th at 11:45 after worship,

• Wednesday, June 12th at 6:30 PM

• Wednesday, June 19th at 6:30 PM.

At worship we celebrate our relationship with God, we strengthen our relationship with each other, and we explore what it means to "do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God".

This Sunday the Strengthen the Church special offering will also be collected. This offering supports church growth, pastoral and lay leadership development, and youth and young adult ministries within UCC conferences. It will help the UCC make progress on its commitment to create a just world for all by investing in new ministries and practices that meet the emerging needs of local communities.

Rev. Michelle Hughes will be preaching and leading worship. All are invited to join us!

All are invited to join us at the Conference Annual Celebration June 7 and 8 at Elmhurst College. In this exciting time of new possibilities, the Conference Council extends a wide welcome to the full Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ.

We will gather together to worship and to be inspired. We will enrich and encourage each other as we dream and take the actions that will define the next Chapter of life as the Illinois Conference UCC. You will hear from the Interim Conference Minister, Rev. Justo Gonzalez, II, who is working diligently to free the Conference from its moorings, and move us boldly into the open waters, enabling us to bring the love of God to an anxious world, in new ways that the world can hear.

You will be exposed to the energy and enthusiasm of the Sustainability Committee, and you will have a chance to inspire them with your dreams, and guide them with your feedback. If we would move purposefully into the future, we count on the gathered community to discern God’s will. We desire action, but we are most effective when we are moving together and speaking the truth with love.

To register, click here.
To review the full agenda and program, click here

Join us at the Farmer's Market and enjoy delicious, fresh donuts!

Made for you today by OPALGA in partnership with Pilgrim Congregational Church.

OPALGA’s mission is to improve the quality of life and to empower lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) residents of the area through communication, education, participation, celebration and understanding, thereby incorporating our unique strengths and values into everyday life. OPALGA strives to foster a communitywide understanding of the issues that LGBT people face through direct outreach and interaction with local communitywide organizations.
www.opalga.org

All are invited to join us at the Conference Annual Celebration June 7 and 8 at Elmhurst College. In this exciting time of new possibilities, the Conference Council extends a wide welcome to the full Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ.

We will gather together to worship and to be inspired. We will enrich and encourage each other as we dream and take the actions that will define the next Chapter of life as the Illinois Conference UCC. You will hear from the Interim Conference Minister, Rev. Justo Gonzalez, II, who is working diligently to free the Conference from its moorings, and move us boldly into the open waters, enabling us to bring the love of God to an anxious world, in new ways that the world can hear.

You will be exposed to the energy and enthusiasm of the Sustainability Committee, and you will have a chance to inspire them with your dreams, and guide them with your feedback. If we would move purposefully into the future, we count on the gathered community to discern God’s will. We desire action, but we are most effective when we are moving together and speaking the truth with love.

To register, click here.
To review the full agenda and program, click here

Inciting Incidents (Acts 1 – 2)

The Book of Acts starts off breathlessly with two of Christianity’s signal moments back-to-back: the Ascension of Jesus and the arrival of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. In the midst of all the supernatural goings and comings we’re introduced to a motley of crew of Galileans whose passion is only equaled by their befuddlement. It’s a great start to great book that gets better with every reading. Join us for this first outing in our summer tour of Acts, “Disorganized Religion.” We meet at 7:30 pm in the Chapel.

This process will take place during the month of June (in order to get input before people scatter for vacation). We will have 4 sessions; two Sundays, and two during the week. Members of the Search Committee are encouraged to pick a session to attend so that they may hear firsthand the feeling and thoughts of the congregation. Snacks will be provided for each gathering.

Signup sheets are in the Parlor.
Available Dates and Times:

• Sunday, June 2nd at 11:45 after worship

• Sunday June 9th at 11:45 after worship,

• Wednesday, June 12th at 6:30 PM

• Wednesday, June 19th at 6:30 PM.