Get ready to get cookin’!
After worship on Sunday 11/3, we’ll line up all the best chilis our community can make and invite friends and neighbors to help us taste test and pick a winner. All are welcome to bring their own best batch. See you out on 22nd Street around noon.
We’re joining other neighborhood houses of faith in a moment of prayer together all along 16th Street NW on Monday, Nov. 4th from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Pilgrims will meet at 16th and Q. Come on over and share your hopes and pray for our community. We’ll bring candles for everyone.
Sign up now to visit New York Avenue and Pilgrims Cuba partner, First Presbyterian-Reformed Church of Havana.
The trip will be one week- Monday, February 17—Monday, February 24, 2025.
Sign-up deadline is Friday, November 8, 2024.
Total trip cost is generally $1,500 including airfare. Except for airfare, all costs are paid on arrival at First Havana—no down-payments needed! Lodging is in private apartments near First Havana, and all meals are at the church. If your passport expires before August 24, 2025, six months after our return, you must renew it now, using expedited service. We will need your new passport info by November 10.
We will have an Orientation meeting at NYAPC on Saturday morning, December 7.
If you have questions or wish to sign up, contact Mitch Fulton home.onthehill@verizon.net or Marilyn Seiber, mjs1wan2@gmail.com
Come to Cuba and meet 1st Havana’s wonderful congregation!
Learn how to read the Bible with a queer lens! Join Dr. Jimmy Hoke for an interactive Zoom session designed to introduce learners to how to find LGBTIQ2Q+ perspectives in and around biblical texts. This introductory queer approach moves beyond the "basics" of reading the Bible to argue against queer- and transphobic reading. More than supporting inclusion of trans and queer folks, we will explore interpretations that foster transformation and queer liberation.
This is a hands-on, interactive seminar that guides participants through interpreting texts themselves, using queer strategies. This way, they learn skills they can use to read the Bible on their own. Everyone will leave feeling equipped and excited to apply these skills in their own contexts.
Monday, October 21st at 8pm (EDT) on Zoom
This course has a $15 registration fee. (Please contact Erin for scholarship info.) Click here to sign up directly at Dr. Hoke's website. Then send Erin an email to let her know you plan to attend.
Come take a hike!
Meet at the Pierce Mill Parking Lot on Saturday 10/12 at 10am. Get your steps in, soak in a bit of nature’s beauty, and chat with your church friends, too. Hope to see you out there!
For our October Issues Among Us gathering, we’ll meet at the Manse and watch the PBS documentary “A Citizen’s Guide to Preserving Democracy.” Bring a movie snack to share and engage in conversation after the show. Please RSVP to Erin (erin@churchofthepilgrims.org) if you plan to be there!
We’re making soup to share with our neighbors! Come to the Bird Room on Wednesday 10/2 and help chop and simmer all the good stuff to make meals to share on Sundays at Open Table. See you in the Bird Room at 5pm (or whenever you can make it!).
For our September 2024 Issues Among Us outing, we’re going to the Washington Interfaith Network (WIN) Public Safety Mini Conference on Sunday 9/22 from 2-6pm at Covenant Baptist UCC in SW.
The Washington Interfaith Network Public Safety Team invites member congregations and allies to join us Sunday afternoon, September 22nd, to discuss the state of public safety in D.C., to reflect on the theological vision we bring to the work, and to prepare to organize and advocate effectively for approaches that are equitable and sustainable. We will be building relationships across institutions, including faith-based and secular, and learning about approaches that can genuinely help our communities. The afternoon will be educational, interactive, and inspiring.
All are welcome! We particularly encourage congregations that have been involved in public safety/gun violence, or who want to be, to send a team of 3 or more. It’s always easier to mobilize if you have a team! The Mini-Conference will be Sunday September 22 at Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ, 3845 S Capitol St SW, from approximately 2-6 PM.
If you plan to attend or if you have questions, please contact Erin at erin@churchofthepilgrims.org.
Church of the Pilgrims is a congregation in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
We are also a member of More Light Presbyterians, welcoming the full participation of LGBTQ persons in the life and leadership of the congregation.