Conversation on Reaching Out: Mission and Program

Pilgrims,

We are getting ready for the next in our series of conversations about the future of Pilgrim. On August 1 we talked about worship, the center of our life as a community of faith, and many of us continued a spirited conversation over the past week about financial concerns, whether we have decided to stay in our current building, which of the spaces in the church provides the best worship experience, and whether we should restructure the current space in the sanctuary and chancel.

This Sunday, August 15, we will look at the ways we reach out from that center to engage the community around us. This includes what we say is our mission (who we are and what we do on behalf of whom) and at least one idea for how we can turn that mission into a program that meets the needs of a specific group of neighbors.

I have written about the question of mission and posted it on the wiki at this location. I look forward to your comments but urge you to post them on the wiki rather than emailing them to this entire list.

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Mark Lee Robinson