Pilgrimage Herald

Women's Fellowship: Women's fellowship will be spending our next meeting making pies for the Harvest Fair. We are sure you have talents that may be leant to this endeavor whether it is peeling apples, rolling out dough or washing dishes. Many hands make light work; bring yours along for an evening of fun, fellowship and devotion. Remember to call Jenny 508-747-7168) or Marna (781-826-2543) if you need a ride. See you there Monday, Oct. 3 at 7pm.

Piano Lessons: Our new organist, Casey, is now accepting students for lessons here at the church and in home. Feel free to contact him in person or by phone (860-798-5886) or email hannan.casey@gmail.com. Tell a friend!

MISSIONS AND OUTREACH NEWS--
The Greater Plymouth Food Warehouse at 11 Resnick Road in the Glynn Electric building, relies on individuals, organizations and food drives to stock its shelves continuously. A new program to help seniors in addition to the ongoing support for families and people in crisis, increases the need for non-perishables, especially cereal and canned fruit. Two large red bins, one on each side of the staircases leading to the sanctuary, stand ready to be filled each Sunday, to help address the needs of a growing number of people in our community.

SAVE THE DATE: Please mark your calendars and plan to join us on October 23, 2005 from 12:30-3:30 for the Church World Service Crop Walk.
Thank you to all who have made donations and helped assemble ninety-three school kits, so far, to be sent to children in Katrina-ravaged areas. Thank you to Christ Church Episcopal for their contributions. This Sunday is the last Sunday to assemble kits.

A Notice from the Cribroom: We are in desperate need for volunteers in the cribroom. We do not have enough people who are willing to help with the children to make up a revolving schedule. I am asking anyone interested to please call me or to talk to me in church. If we do not get any response, parents will be responsible for watching their own children during church. Please help us work together. Thank You! Laura Curtin

New Member Classes: Rev. Marks and The Membership and Evangelism Committee are together planning to offer a series of three classes for people interested in "owning the Covenant" with us in church membership. The classes will be held for one hour following morning worship. The first class will be held on October 16th at a location to be announced. (It may be in the restored Church House)! Childcare will be provided during the meetings. If you have an interest in joining us in ministry please let Rev. Marks know a phone the church office (508-746-3026).

Harvest Fair News: The fair is less than 5 weeks away and we are in need of volunteers to help out with setting up and volunteers for working on tables during the fair. If you have a few hours the day of the fair, October 29th or Friday, the 28th we need you! And your help would be greatly appreciated. A few tables are also in need of things: American Girl Doll Table is looking for any gently used clothes for dolls or Bitty Baby dolls or doll accessories. Please call Marilyn Colburn at 746-8690. The Bubbles and Bath Table is looking for any pretty hand towels, soaps, lotions etc. Please contact Barbara Northrop at 781-582-2050 if you can help in this area. The Linens and Things Table is looking for any linens such as tablecloths, napkins, doilies, placemats, table runners etc. We are also looking for any sewing items such as pillows, runners etc. that anyone may have. Contact is Gail David at 746-9182. Debby Porter is looking for kitchen help for the Harvest Fair Luncheon. She does such a wonderful job with this, serving lobster rolls and other yummy items for lunch. Please call her or speak to her in church if you could help her out. Her phone number is 746-4109. Remember to pick up your raffle tickets at church on Sunday. Dave Cowie has done a lot of work on this and we have a lot of great prizes to be won this year. This raffle brings in one quarter of the total funds of the fair. Let's keep it going. Pick up tickets to sell to friends, neighbors colleagues and yourself and have a chance to win a fantastic prize. Thank you Dave for all your hard work! There will be a final Harvest Fair Meeting on October 17th at 7pm at Laura Curtin's home, 10 Kristin Road. Call for directions if need be 746-7761. Thank you to everyone who has already signed up to help with the fair and to all of you who work so hard year after year on your tables! It is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Laura Curtin


garymarks@8townsquare.org	October 2 , 2005	office@8townsquare.org
Volume LXXVII		No. 28
Dear Friends, For a couple of weeks I've been speaking about exciting times at The Church of the Pilgrimage. I guess that is my preoccupation because it is true! There are big changes on our horizons and several things have coincided to create the excitement of which I speak. Last Sunday, September 25, 2005, the congregation gathered for worship to hear the candidating sermon of Heather Anne Moody at the recommendation of our Search Committee. After months of meetings, study, interviews, etc. the Search Committee opted to offer Heather's name as the candidate best suited to become our "settled" associate pastor. Heather gave a very good sermon and children's message. She was confident and charming in her sermon, a sermon which reflected her theological maturity and offered glimpses of her pastoral sensitivities. I am sure, as is the committee which recommended her, that you will come to love Heather as we grow together in our congregational life as the people of God. Heather has many gifts of ministry she is anxious to share with us. She very much wants to know people of all ages and interests within the congregation. She has a facility for conversation and her concern for learning your story and walking life's path with you is genuine. You will learn that Heather is a deeply spiritual person and that she will be able to help all of us in the formation of a vibrant spirituality which extends to our ministry to the neighbor. I am excited about the prospects of sharing leadership and ministry with a person for whom I already have a rapport and a growing fondness. I am pleased, too, that the unanimous agreement of members gathered in congregational meeting corresponded with the wisdom of the Search Committee's enthusiastic recommendation. Perhaps I am over using the word "excitement" It is, nonetheless, a word accurately describing much of what I've been feeling lately. We are very near now to entering our completely reworked Church House. Don't let the building's exterior fool you! It looks the way it always looked. The inside, however, is a beautiful arrangement of space designed for educational and administrative use. I have almost never seen such a transformation of the interior space of any building as that of Church House! It is finally a physical statement of how seriously we take our spiritual ministry and vocation. Shellie may be in her new office by the time you receive this issue of The Pilgrimage Herald! On a personal note: I am gaining strength daily since my surgery. It has been a slow process and I feel impatient with my progress sometimes. I thank God, however, that I am on the upward road. Thank you for your continuing prayers. Love, © The Church of the Pilgrimage in Plymouth, MA Inc., all rights reserved.
Morning Worship: 10:00am, Rev. Gary L. Marks preaching. Greeters: Lynnette & Rich Lancaster Flowers: In loving memory of Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott Savery, Dorothy, Barbara and Ruth Bregoli, Peter and Orin Holman and Alice and Nino Reggiani Given by Helen and Jack Laine.
CHURCH RECORD Wedding: On September 24 2005 Rev. Marks conducted a wedding service for Chester W. Perkins and Doris P. Krensky at the brides home. Hospitalized: George Carter has been in the hospital and rehabilitation center for the past several weeks. He is currently in Jewish Memorial Hospital, 59 Townsend, Room 308, Roxbury, MA 02119.
HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR SPECIAL $10 DRAWING TICKETS??? Only 100 tickets will be sold. Here are the prizes you could win..... Picnic Basket with Quilt and Goodies from Diana Budge 2 Tickets-Holiday Pops (12/11/05) from Plymouth Philharmonic 2 Tickets-Patriot's v. Dolphins (1/1/06) from Rev. Dan Spacek Weekend at Williams Inn-Dinner& Breakfast from Williams Inn Cane Rocking Chair from Richard & Dorothy Crowell 1 week Time Share, details to follow from Ken & Alice Heckman Drawing tickets (6 tickets for $5) are also available-Over $1,500 in prizes will be awarded at the conclusion of the Harvest Fair-see Dave Cowie for tickets, take some to sell to your relatives, neighbors, friends and co-workers. This is a major fund-raiser for the Church and a great opportunity to win some valuable prizes and gift certificates! (You do not have to be present to win! You just need to purchase tickets to be included.)
THIS WEEK Mon., Oct. 3: Aerobics, Allerton Hall, 9am; Women's Fellowship, Allerton Hall, 6pm; Pilgrim Festival Chorus Rehearsal, Sanctuary, 7-10p. Tue. Oct. 4: Aerobics, Allerton Hall, 6:30pm. Wed, Oct. 5: Aerobics, Allerton Hall, 9am; Girl Scouts and Daisy Troops, Allerton Hall, 3:30-6pm; Choir Rehearsal, Sanctuary, 7:30pm. Thurs, Oct. 6: Aerobics, Allerton Hall, 6:30pm; CE Committee Mtg., Sarah Bruffee's, 6:30. Fri., Oct. 7: Aerobics, Allerton Hall, 9am; Wedding Rehearsals, Sanctuary, 6:30pm and 7:30pm. Sat., Oct. 8: Wedding, Sanctuary, 5pm.
PLEASE NOTE : Women's Fellowship: Women's fellowship will be spending our next meeting making pies for the Harvest Fair. We are sure you have talents that may be leant to this endeavor whether it is peeling apples, rolling out dough or washing dishes. Many hands make light work; bring yours along for an evening of fun, fellowship and devotion. Remember to call Jenny 508-747-7168) or Marna (781-826-2543) if you need a ride. See you there Monday, Oct. 3 at 7pm. Piano Lessons: Our new organist, Casey, is now accepting students for lessons here at the church and in home. Feel free to contact him in person or by phone (860-798-5886) or email hannan.casey@gmail.com. Tell a friend! MISSIONS AND OUTREACH NEWS-- The Greater Plymouth Food Warehouse at 11 Resnick Road in the Glynn Electric building, relies on individuals, organizations and food drives to stock its shelves continuously. A new program to help seniors in addition to the ongoing support for families and people in crisis, increases the need for non-perishables, especially cereal and canned fruit. Two large red bins, one on each side of the staircases leading to the sanctuary, stand ready to be filled each Sunday, to help address the needs of a growing number of people in our community. SAVE THE DATE: Please mark your calendars and plan to join us on October 23, 2005 from 12:30-3:30 for the Church World Service Crop Walk. Thank you to all who have made donations and helped assemble ninety-three school kits, so far, to be sent to children in Katrina-ravaged areas. Thank you to Christ Church Episcopal for their contributions. This Sunday is the last Sunday to assemble kits. A Notice from the Cribroom: We are in desperate need for volunteers in the cribroom. We do not have enough people who are willing to help with the children to make up a revolving schedule. I am asking anyone interested to please call me or to talk to me in church. If we do not get any response, parents will be responsible for watching their own children during church. Please help us work together. Thank You! Laura Curtin New Member Classes: Rev. Marks and The Membership and Evangelism Committee are together planning to offer a series of three classes for people interested in "owning the Covenant" with us in church membership. The classes will be held for one hour following morning worship. The first class will be held on October 16th at a location to be announced. (It may be in the restored Church House)! Childcare will be provided during the meetings. If you have an interest in joining us in ministry please let Rev. Marks know a phone the church office (508-746-3026). Harvest Fair News: The fair is less than 5 weeks away and we are in need of volunteers to help out with setting up and volunteers for working on tables during the fair. If you have a few hours the day of the fair, October 29th or Friday, the 28th we need you! And your help would be greatly appreciated. A few tables are also in need of things: American Girl Doll Table is looking for any gently used clothes for dolls or Bitty Baby dolls or doll accessories. Please call Marilyn Colburn at 746-8690. The Bubbles and Bath Table is looking for any pretty hand towels, soaps, lotions etc. Please contact Barbara Northrop at 781-582-2050 if you can help in this area. The Linens and Things Table is looking for any linens such as tablecloths, napkins, doilies, placemats, table runners etc. We are also looking for any sewing items such as pillows, runners etc. that anyone may have. Contact is Gail David at 746-9182. Debby Porter is looking for kitchen help for the Harvest Fair Luncheon. She does such a wonderful job with this, serving lobster rolls and other yummy items for lunch. Please call her or speak to her in church if you could help her out. Her phone number is 746-4109. Remember to pick up your raffle tickets at church on Sunday. Dave Cowie has done a lot of work on this and we have a lot of great prizes to be won this year. This raffle brings in one quarter of the total funds of the fair. Let's keep it going. Pick up tickets to sell to friends, neighbors colleagues and yourself and have a chance to win a fantastic prize. Thank you Dave for all your hard work! There will be a final Harvest Fair Meeting on October 17th at 7pm at Laura Curtin's home, 10 Kristin Road. Call for directions if need be 746-7761. Thank you to everyone who has already signed up to help with the fair and to all of you who work so hard year after year on your tables! It is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Laura Curtin
GRAND OPENING!!! There will be a Church House Grand Opening Celebration on Friday, October 14. Tours of the building will begin at 4:00 in the afternoon, followed by a simple casual supper around 5:30. Multimedia entertainment is being planned. Join us to celebrate our transformed building and all the people of the church who have made it possible.

Clerk - Lois Post; Moderator - Steven Triffletti; Treasurer - David Kegel; Collector - Debra Richters Music Director - William B Richter; Organist - Chandler Gregg Secretary - Shellie McCormack; Sexton - Tony Nightingale; World Mission Emphasis - Heifer Project International; Church Building Telephone - (508) 747-1341.