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It has been challenging dealing with the pandemic and what that means for our worshipping this Advent and Christmas season.  Therefore, we are offering two different worship experiences for the time around Christmas Eve.  We hope you can check them both out!

First, on December 23rd, we will release a worship video with Christmas carols, the reading of the Christmas story in scripture, and a brief message from Pastor Andy.  That video will be available on both our Facebook page and our new YouTube channel.  We know that schedules around Christmas can be varied and busy, so this worship service can be watched when you have a break and can worship through familiar songs and readings.

Then, on Christmas Eve at 10:00, we will have a brief livestreamed Christmas Eve service with the lighting of the Advent candles, some scripture, and a chance to sing “Silent Night” by candle light.  We will have some of our Christmas Eve candles available if you want to pick them up from the church building so that you can participate at home.

So join us at one or both of these worship experiences as we celebrate the coming of the Son of God, our Savior, Jesus Christ!

This year we will be streaming our Virtual Blue Christmas worship on Friday, December 18, at 7:00.  You can watch it on our Facebook page.

You can now watch a recording here.

This is a place to come and lay your heart before God. This is a place where it is ok to be struggling in any way. One of the most glorious realities of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ is that in Jesus, God came to dwell with us in the midst of the brokenness of this world.

One of the most encouraging parts of the gospel is how God meets us no matter where we are at. God comes into our hurts and heartaches and pain. That is the hope we find in the Blue Christmas Worship.

REGISTER FOR ONLINE VBS HERE

This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions surrounding it, our Vacation Bible School will be online through our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/stjohnspilgrim Vacation Bible School will be  Monday thru Friday, June 29-July 3 at 10:00. If you aren’t able to join at 10:00 the videos will continue to be available on our Facebook page.

Each day we will have a roughly 15 minute video that covers a theme for the day, a Bible story, a memory verse, and then a fun activity you can do at home!  

We will have a packet for each child available for pick up in the church entry way, which will have a few items for the daily activities. We know it is difficult that we cannot gather together for our wonderful week together, but we hope this helps keep us connected and growing!

Please register here!

Join us for our online Holy Week worship services!

Holy Week is the highest week in our church calendar year, and although the pandemic will keep us from gathering in person, we will still remember and celebrate the very events at the heart of our Christian faith. The videos will be posted on our Church Facebook page, and then posted on this website shortly thereafter.

Online Stations of the Cross – During the week you can pray through the Stations of the Cross online. This devotional and prayerful journey through the Passion of Christ has been a meaningful part of the devotional life of generations of Christians, especially during Holy Week. You can pray through the Stations of the Cross at any time on Pastor Andy’s Website.

April 5 @ 11:00 – Palm Sunday.  Our Sunday worship video will focus on Palm Sunday and leading us into Holy Week.

April 9 @ 7:00 – Maundy Thursday Prayer Service.  We will remember the events of the night Jesus shared the Passover meal with his disciples, spent time in prayer, and then was betrayed and handed over to the authorities with a brief video and time of prayer.

April 10 @ 7:00 – Tenebrae is our Good Friday service.  A Tenebrae is a worship time where the Passion story is read hymns are sung and the sanctuary is gradually darkened and stripped in order to commemorate the death of our Lord. We are going to livestream a simple version of the Tenebrae this year.

April 11 Holy Saturday a brief video will be posted on the evening of Holy Saturday that will anticipate the good news of Easter morning.

April 12 @ 11:00 – Easter Sunday Worship we will celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus with great joy with our virtual worship on Easter Sunday. This year there will be a way for you to participate in the Easter celebration at home – so have your cell camera ready to take a snap shot of your morning worship!