Christmas Play and Baptsim of Kumar

We all participated in a joyous and busy Sunday with the lighting of the third Advent candle, the baptism of David and Nick's son, Kumar, the annual Christmas Play and a shower for Jenny Spivey. It was dark in the sanctuary but I like natural light so much better than flash. These are a bit blurry trying to do handheld at a tenth of a second. Here are 17 of the 68 shots I took.

12-14-08

Link to the pictures

Somehow the link to the pictures didn't come through on the previous post. If you want to see pictures of the walk, go to http://picasaweb.google.com/PilgrimUCC.Stl/CROPWalk2008#

CROP Walk

It was a beautiful, if blustery, day for a walk in the park. After lunch in the Fellowship Hall, a dozen Pilgrims gathered in the Upper Muny Parking Lot for a walk to end hunger supporting Church World Service and Operation Food Search.

FaithWorks 08

Several of us Pilgrims made it to FaithWorks 2008 at Lake of the Ozarks this weekend. The Keynotes were by Dr. Tex Sample who told us rich stories to inspire us around the theme of "Creating and Celebrating Healthy and Vital Churches."

During the Mission Fest on Saturday morning Kim and Kimberly chatted and Cindy staffed the table for Gateway ONA. I have bee working with the Strategic Planning Working Group for the conference and participants at FaithWorks were invited to express preferences for the various Priority Areas by placing stickers on posters on the wall at Mission Fest.

The weekend closed with worship at which Jeffery Whitman, our Conference Minister preached and presided at communion.

FaithWorks 08

CROP Walk

The annual CROP Walk is two weeks from today. Put it on your calendar and plan to walk with us starting at 2:00 on Sunday afternoon October 26th.

Rally Day and Picnic (indoors)

Remnants of Hurricane Ike came through early in the morning and gave us the test of the storm drain system we have been waiting for. Unfortunately, we flunked the test. Inches of water in the kitchen, the dining room, and in the Gateway Men's chorus space forced a move from the Dining Room to the Library for the indoor picnic. I was busy with Vernon cleaning up the water and so didn't get any pictures of the service, but I was on hand to eat. [Click on the picture to see the pictures full screen.]

New Site on Shutterfly

I am experimenting with new web tools. I am setting up a site at Shutterfly for pictures and text to see if we like it better than Picasa. It is at http://pilgrimuccstl.shutterfly.com/

Pastor Cindy and Pastor Kimberly

We said goodbye to Cindy for now and Hello to Pastor Kimberly who will be doing an extended pastoral supply with us until Cindy's return December 1, 2008.

Sonderegger Baptism

We celebrated the return to the sanctuary, the return of the Praise Dancers, and the baptism of Grace Sonderegger all on the same morning. You may see pictures of the day by clicking on the picture below.

Sonderegger Baptism

Pictures from Susan Sanders

Here are few pictures from last Sunday with Susan Sanders.
http://picasaweb.google.com/PilgrimUCC.Stl/SusanSanders

Susan Sanders

Steve Berry's Sermon

I have just posted Steve Berry's sermon as a page on the Google Group. You can find it here
The pictures can be found here>

Soup Kitchen Sunday