The Pilgrim, March 2023 : simplebooklet.com

1935 Saint Clair Ave Saint Paul, MN 55105 651-699-6886 | pilgrimstpaul.orgOce Hours: 10-3 T-Th (email and voicemail are checked regularly) pilgrim lutheran churchAn ELCA Congregation A Home for Hungry Minds and Souls A Reconciling in Christ Congregation A Caring for Creation Congregation 2Sta Pastor Jen Rome Lead Pastor pastorjenrome@pilgrimstpaul.orgPastor Russ Myers Visitation Pastor (10% time) russellnmyers@yahoo.comPaul Stever Music Director, Organist and Chancel Choir Director (75% time) steverpaul55@aol.com Anna Stolte Director of Children’s Choirs (15% time) anna.stolte411@gmail.com Dick Hensold Composer in Residence dickhensold@gmail.com Micki Nyland Director of Children, Youth, and Family Ministries (50% time) mickinyland@pilgrimstpaul.org Cathy Salin Business Manager (60% time) cathysalin@pilgrimstpaul.org Lisa Como Oce Coordinator (45% time) pilgrim@pilgrimstpaul.org Chuck Regal Mechanicals and Equipment Custodian (25% time) coregal@comcast.net Mike Schulze Custodian (25% time) mikeschulze@pilgrimstpaul.org Denika Anderson Communications Specialist (35% time) communications@pilgrimstpaul.org Hana Ninow Audio-Visual Tech (10% time) Members of the Congregational Council (also known as the Vestry) Matthew Anderson President/Executive Team matthewsanderson99@gmail.com Kate Tosteson VP/Executive Team kate.tosteson@gmail.comJason Hendrikson Treasurer/Executive Team jasonhendrikson@gmail.comTim Dykstal Recording Secretary/Executive Team tdykstal@gmail.com Tim Moore Past President/Executive Team tim.moore927@gmail.com Sandy Johnson At-Large Member sandjo_us@yahoo.com Karla Leitzman At-Large Member karla.leitzman@gmail.com Elizabeth Schoenknecht At-Large Member eschoenk@comcast.netOther Chairpersons/Roles Pete Newburg Financial Secretary Barbara McCauley Chair of Congregational Life and Care Tom Johnson Chair of Properties Committee Karie Johnson Wedding Coordinator

Page 3

what’s in your pilgrim?3Worship ................................................................................................................ 4 March Worship Overview .........................................................................4 March Worship & Forum Schedule ........................................................ 4 Holy Week 2023 ..........................................................................................5 Looking Ahead to April Worship .............................................................5 Important Information About Holy Communion ................................6From the Pastor .................................................................................................7 March Updates ............................................................................................7Music Notes — March 2023 ...........................................................................8 Musical Leaders for Worship ...................................................................8 Choral Scholar Program Fundraiser ......................................................8 “Little Organ” Mass by F.J. Haydn on March 19 & 26 .........................9 Evening Worship Winter/Spring 2023 ...................................................9Giving ............................................................................................................... 10 Support Pilgrim with Thrivent Choice Dollars ................................... 10 Text to Give ............................................................................................... 10Volunteers Needed! ....................................................................................... 11 Keep the Candles Burning! .................................................................... 11 Streaming and Sound System Help Needed .................................... 11Education, Service & Fellowship ................................................................. 12 Lenten Soup Suppers ............................................................................. 12 Volunteer Opportunities at Community Emergency Services ...... 12 More Than Happy Hour ......................................................................... 12 Random Readers Book Club News ..................................................... 13 Classics for Pilgrims ................................................................................. 13 Men’s Breakfast March 6 ....................................................................... 13Deadline for the Next Pilgrim Newsletter ................................................. 13Children, Youth, and Family Faith Formation ........................................... 14 March Fath Formation ............................................................................ 14 Families in Faith ........................................................................................ 14Prayer Corner .................................................................................................. 15Parochial Report ............................................................................................. 16 March Birthdays ....................................................................................... 16 March Anniversaries ............................................................................... 16

Page 4

worship4March Worship Overview The basic pattern for Sunday mornings: • 9:30 am Worship with live streaming on Facebook Live• 10:45 am Faith Formation for preK-12th grade; Sunday morning forumsMorning worship and forums are held in-person and on Facebook Live at facebook.com/PilgrimStPaul/live. Worship each Sunday morning includes “Point for Pilgrims” — an opportunity for children and their families to experience the Bible story in an engaging way. March Worship & Forum Schedule Wednesday, March 1 — Lenten Wednesday Evening5:00 pm Soup Supper6:00 pm Holden Evening Prayer with vocalists, piano, and ute. Story of God’s Tending Care shared by Lindsey Vanderbosch.Sunday, March 5 — Second Sunday in Lent9:30 am Worship with Holy Communion. Pastor Russ Myers preaching. Reading: John 3:1-15. Chancel Choir singing.10:45 am Coee Time following worship. Faith Formation for preK-12th grade.6:51 pm Celtic Contemplative CommunionWednesday, March 8 — Lenten Wednesday Evening5:00 pm Soup Supper6:00 pm Holden Evening Prayer with vocalists, piano, and ute. Story of God’s Tending Care shared by Jess Grams.Sunday, March 12 — Third Sunday in Lent9:30 am Pajama Sunday (Daylight Savings Time). Pastor Jen Rome preaching. Reading: John 4:5-42. Jubilee and Junior Choirs singing.10:45 am Forum: Dr. Kelly Sherman-Conroy. Faith Formation for preK-12th grade.Wednesday, March 15 — Lenten Wednesday Evening5:00 pm Soup Supper6:00 pm Holden Evening Prayer with vocalists, piano, and ute. Story of God’s Tending Care shared by Nathan and Ann Baggett.

Page 5

WORSHIP (CONT.)5Sunday, March 19 — Fourth Sunday in Lent9:30 am Worship with Holy Communion. Karla Leitzman preaching. Reading: John 9:1-41. Chancel Choir singing.10:45 am Forum: Check in time with Vestry. Faith Formation for preK-12th grade.6:51 pm Contemplative Prayer from Taize and Other Traditions with Tenor-Bass Contemplative Choir and Chancel Choir: Hadyn Choral Masterwork: “Little Organ” Mass.Wednesday, March 22 — Lenten Wednesday Evening5:00 pm Soup Supper6:00 pm Holden Evening Prayer with vocalists, piano, and ute. Story of God’s Tending Care shared by Hadley Ninow.Sunday, March 26 — Fifth Sunday in Lent9:30 am Pastor Jen Rome preaching. Reading: John 11:9-45. Chancel Choir singing. Hadyn Choral Masterwork: “Little Organ” Mass10:45 am Forum: Structured Conversation to Get to Know Other People of Pilgrim with Pastor Jen. Faith Formation for preK-12th grade.6:51 pm Contemplative Prayer from Nordic and Other Lands, featuring Frances Olsen on piano and ddle.Wednesday, March 29 — Lenten Wednesday Evening5:00 pm Soup Supper6:00 pm Holden Evening Prayer with vocalists, piano, and ute. Story of God’s Tending Care shared by Pastor Russ Myers.Holy Week 2023April 2 9:30 am Palm SundayApril 6 6:00 pm Maundy Thursday cross+generational meal, communion education, and worshipApril 7 6:51 pm Good Friday worship with Word Weavings and Passion ReadingApril 9 8:30 and 10:30 am Easter Sunday WorshipLooking ahead to April WorshipApril 2 6:51 pm Celtic Contemplative CommunionApril 16 9:30 am Hungry Minds and Souls SundayApril 23 9:30 am Earth Day, Matthew Anderson preaching

Page 6

6WORSHIP (CONT.)Important Information About Holy Communion • For the distribution of Holy Communion, ushers release the worshiping assembly row by row. Communicants come forward to receive the elements. Those serving Communion will cleanse their hands immediately before serving. On rst Sundays, communicants will rst receive a piece of bread from the pastor and eat it; then communicants will take an empty ceramic individual communion cup, which will be lled by a communion assistant with either wine or grape juice and drink it. Used cups will be collected in baskets on the way back to the pews. On third Sundays, Communicants will rst receive the bread, then dip it into the red wine or the white grape juice, and then eat it.• Worshipers who do not wish to come forward or who wish to not share in the communal bread and wine/juice during the distribution of Holy Communion may request a self-contained, sealed, individual communion kit before worship begins or may bring their own elements.• ALL people are ALWAYS welcome to receive Holy Communion.

Page 7

7from the pastorBY PASTOR JEN ROMEMarch UpdatesThis Lent, I want to set aside the idea that Lent is about indulgence and sacrice. Indulgence can hurt or help. Sacrice can hurt or help. Let’s ditch that narrow binary this year and instead tend to what is needed. Jesus tended to people throughout his life, people with dierent problems and gifts. Jesus also tended to himself. Jesus tended to the larger systems at work in the cultures around him. All of this tending was holy. Tending to what was needed. No matter if the tending felt like a plus sign or a minus sign. Both were important. Jesus’ tending was holy work. So this Lent, I invite you to tend to what you need and what is needed around you. In doing so, you can tend to God and God can tend to you.On Sundays in Lent, we will focus on the ways Jesus and the others in the stories are tending to themselves and others. On Wednesday evenings in Lent, we will hear stories from each other about times we were tended to or we tended to someone or something and the holy dierence that made, all the while letting the words and music of Holden Evening Prayer tend to us; we’ll also tend to our need for good company and good food with soup suppers. Tend well, dear people of Pilgrim, in this grey Lenten month. Your faith community is here to tend to you and God is too.Pastor Jen Rome

Page 8

music notes8BY PAUL STEVER, MUSICAL DIRECTORMusical Leaders for Worship3/1 6:00 pm Flute: Stephanie Luedke; Piano: Paul Stever; Cantors: Ella and Emily Kahnert3/5 9:30 am Chancel Choir 6:51 pm Dick Hensold and Celtic musicians3/8 6:00 pm Flute: Kim Spear; Piano: Nancy Olson; Cantors: Maggie Priola and Ella Kahnert3/12 9:30 am Jubilee Choir; Junior Choir; Nancy Olson, guest organist3/15 6:00 pm Flute: Kim Spear; Piano: Becky Stever; Cantors: Paul Stever and Melanie Ruda3/19 9:30 am Chancel Choir 6:51 pm Paul Stever and Tenor-Bass Contemplative Choir3/22 6:00 pm Flute: Jen Rome; Piano: Becky Stever; Cantors: Carl and Meredith Samuelson3/26 9:30 am Chancel Choir 6:51 pm Paul Stever (piano), Rachel Jensen (ddle), and Peggy Larson (cantor)3/29 6:00 pm Flute: Kim Spear; Piano: Paul Stever; Cantors: Junior ChoirChoral Scholar Program FundraiserPilgrim Lutheran’s Choral Scholar Program is one of our music ministry’s most important support systems for vital music ministry. About four individuals oer their invaluable support to our choirs and music programming every year through singing in the choir and sometimes also leading sectionals or enjoying other types of solo and leadership roles. Without their contributions, much of what we currently do would not be possible. Please join me in thanking Carey Shunskis (soprano), Kat Middledorp (alto), Sam Fouts (tenor) and Henry Radoc (bass) for making music with us throughout this year.About 75% of the funds needed for this programming are donated directly to the Choral Scholar Fund by you, Pilgrim members and friends. The Choral Scholar Fund donation site is available as one of the options on Pilgrim’s donation page, tinyurl.com/pilgrimstpaul. Please consider a gift of personal signicance to this fund today, especially during this month of March. We need to raise about $1500-2000 this spring in order to make plans to oer our current level of programming again in the 2023-24 season. The number of dollars needed is this low because we have an anonymous donor who makes a signicant gift every year. We are so grateful for every contribution.

Page 9

9MUSIC NOTES (CONT.)“Little Organ” Mass by F.J. Haydn on March 19 & 26We have been blessed to be able to oer most of our usual programming again this year after several years when the pandemic made many types of programming very dicult. Our Chancel Choir and guest musicians look forward to a presentation of the Haydn Little Organ Mass and other music with strings and organ on March 19 at 6:51 pm and March 26 at 9:30 am.Evening Worship Winter/Spring 2023Evening Contemplative Communion and Contemplative Prayer services provide meditative music, readings, candle lighting, silence, and more. Join us in person or online at facebook.com/PilgrimStPaul. Note that many evening worship recordings are deleted in the week following a service, as a part of our eorts to comply with copyright. You can listen to the available past services at facebook.com/PilgrimStPaul/live.Contemplative Communion (Celtic)March 5 & April 2 at 6:51 pmEmphasizes contemplation and includes original music and texts by Dick Hensold and members of the community.Contemplative Prayer (from Taize and Similar Traditions)March 19 & April 16 at 6:51 pmIncludes a variety of short songs that are each sung many times in a mantra-like, meditative manner, with Word Weavings of scripture and poetry. Led by the Tenor-Bass Contemplative Choir.Contemplative Prayer (from Nordic and Other Lands)March 26 & April 23 at 6:51 pmEmphasizes music from Scandinavian countries, now also featuring music and inuences from around the world. Preludes by guest musicians begin at 6:40 pm.Guest musicians for March 26: Frances OlsonFrances Olson is a Minneapolis-based pianist and ddler, specializing in classical and Scandinavian folk music. In 2012 and 2014, she received grants toward the continued study of Swedish folk music and graduated from St. Olaf College in 2018 with a Bachelor of Music degree. Since graduation, she has built a multifaceted freelance career, working as a solo artist and teacher, as well as collaborating with organizations such the American Swedish Institute, improv ensemble Impossible Salt, Ethnic Dance Theatre, and The Hardanger Fiddle Association of America. She is currently the Artistic Director of the ASI Spelmanslag.

Page 10

10givingSupport Pilgrim with Thrivent Choice DollarsThrivent Financial 2022 Choice Dollars expire on March 31, 2023! If you have insurance or investments through Thrivent Financial, you may have Choice Dollars that you can direct to Pilgrim Lutheran Church. This provides important support for our ministry (and costs you nothing). If you designated these funds in the past, please know that you must do it every year. Since enrolling in the program in 2011, Pilgrim has received $16,230 in directed funds! There are two easy options for directing Choice Dollars, either online at tinyurl.com/2xtda84b or by phone at (800) 847-4836 and say “Thrivent Choice” at the prompt. Questions? Please contact a representative from the Member Connection Center. For faster service, have your member ID or contract number available.Text to GiveMany of us rarely have cash or a checkbook on us anymore. So when you want to put something in the oering plate at a worship service, but don’t have cash or a check, you can use a new tool available through Vanco (SimplyGiving) to support donations to Pilgrim’s ministry, GivePlus Text.You can make a contribution with a text with the easy text-to-give option. Text the 10 digit number assigned to Pilgrim, (844) 905-2734, and enter the amount you wish to give. When you receive the reply, click the registration link and enter your payment information. You will receive a text verication and an email receipt. For future giving, simply text the same number with the amount you wish to give, and the donation will process automatically. You can also text “repeat” to make it a recurring donation. Visit tinyurl.com/pilgrimtexttogive for more information and step-by-step instructions.It is super easy, especially after the rst time you use it (and that’s not dicult either)! This giving method has been thoroughly tested. Pilgrim receives donor information so oerings sent by this method will appear on your giving statements. If you have questions, please contact Pilgrim’s Business Manager, Cathy Salin at cathysalin@pilgrimstpaul.org, or call the oce at (651) 699-6886 and leave a message for her at extension 16. Email will receive a faster response.Pilgrim welcomes your donations through any method you choose. We hope you will try these new ways to give to support Pilgrim’s ministry.

Page 11

11Keep the Candles Burning! Did you know that Pilgrim uses oil-lled candles up front in worship? Did you know that Don and Lois Holst have been lling the candles every week for almost 30 years! This seemingly small act of service has brightened many nights and warmed us many mornings. THANK YOU DON AND LOIS HOLST for relling the candles for so many years! What a gift you have given all of us! It’s time for them to pass the torch (ha!). We need some people to help with this job on a regular basis. We can show you how. So please consider helping out in this way. You don’t have to do this every week — we can have a schedule so the work is shared. Please contact the church oce at pilgrim@pilgrimstpaul to tell us you’d like to help, and we’ll take it from there.Streaming and Sound System Help NeededYou don’t have to be a super techy person to help with streaming and sound. I (Pastor Jen) for sure could learn both even though in early high school I used typewriters for papers and used a phone connected to a wall by a long, stretched out spiral cord. These aspects of worship have come to be important to us—it is a gift that the pandemic gave us—the push we needed to make worship accessible to those unable to come to the building for health, weather, and personal reasons. It is keeping us connected as the body of Christ in a beautiful way. AND we still need people willing to learn how to mind the soundboard and manage the streaming. We have a small sure and steady crew of tech people, but we do need more people in order to keep this up. This is a great way to serve for people who don’t like to be up front. It’s also a great way to serve for the younger people among us (middle school, high school, young adults). Hana Ninow, our Tech Specialist, a high school student herself, will train you in. You can come and sit alongside her on a Sunday morning and learn how it works. If you are curious, even if you’re not sure it’s for you but you’re willing to consider it, please email the church oce at pilgrim@pilgrimstpaul.org and we will connect you with Hana.volunteer opportunitiesTo sign up to volunteer for other roles, please visit tinyurl.com/pilgrimmsp. If you have any questions about volunteering or any of the roles available, please contact the oce at pilgrim@pilgrimstpaul.org. We value every member of this community and all the ways you help make worship happen!

Page 12

12education, service, & fellowshipLenten Soup SuppersWednesdays, March 1 through March 29, 5:00-6:00 pm. Services are at 6:00 pm.Throughout Lent, a soup and bread supper is coordinated by the Congregational Life and Care Team, and we need your help! Many hands are needed to make the suppers yummy and successful. You are invited to donate a crockpot of soup or mac’n’cheese, loaf of bread, carton of milk or juice, dessert, or help with setup or cleanup.Sign up at tinyurl.com/pilgrimsoup2023 or contact Ann Dyellig at ann.dyellig@gmail.com or (612) 720-4403 to volunteer or donate, including which date(s) you are available. Thank you!A free-will oering will be taken with all proceeds donated to Keystone Community Services. All are welcome and encouraged to come for supper.Volunteer Opportunities at Community Emergency ServicesPilgrim members have enjoyed volunteering at Community Emergency Services in Minneapolis for several years. We have a committed, but small core group of volunteers. If you are interested in receiving regular email reminders about this opportunity or if you would like more information, please contact Jeanne Barr at adelj1019@gmail.com or (651) 408-4538. Our next volunteer date is April 1 from 9-11 am. CES is also in need of drivers for Meals on Wheels. Please reach out directly to them if you are interested in supporting this service at cesmn.org/volunteer or call (612) 870-1125.More Than Happy Hour Thursday, March 23, 6:30 pm. We will meet at Due Focacceria on Fairview Ave. in St. Paul. Pilgrim will treat you to a beverage of your choice. More Than Happy Hour is a once-a-month space for young adults to gather and talk about life, church, and the world. We focus on a discussion theme. Anyone and everyone is welcome! Contact Claire Kaiser at kaise364@umn.edu with any questions.

Page 13

13EDUCATION, SERVICE, & FELLOWSHIP (CONT.)Random Readers Book ClubThe Random Readers Book Club will gather on Thursday, March 16, at 2:00 pm in the Fireside Room at Pilgrim. Our book for February is The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish. We hope you’ll join us. Contact Lynda Hirschboeck at (651) 698-7399 or hirschbo@gmail.com for more information. Classics for PilgrimsClassics for Pilgrims will be meet on Thursday, March 23, 7-8:30 pm to discuss The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuskey Orczy. Join in a lively discussion to share your thought on whether this remains a classic. Classics meets in the homes of members on the fourth Thursday of each month. This is an open group of readers with diverse opinions. Come and join in the discussion. Contact Barbara Taylor at (651) 699-1095 or bstaylor50@gmail.com for more information. Men’s Breakfast March 6Men’s Breakfast will convene on Monday, March 6. Please join us at the Highland Cafe & Bakery (2012 Ford Parkway) at 8:00 am. Contact Mark Hirschboeck at mhhirschboeck@gmail.com with any questions.Deadline for the Next Pilgrim Newsletter The deadline for sending in materials for the next Pilgrim newsletter is March 10. Please note, content for the May-June newsletter will be due on April 10, as we shift to two-month issues for the summer months.Please send items to newsletter@pilgrimstpaul.org.

Page 14

14children, youth, & familiesBY MICKI NYLANDMarch Faith Formation Hello, Pilgrim Families! We will spend all of March in the season of Lent — a season of waiting. Waiting for spring, waiting for longer days and warmer weather, and waiting for the empty tomb. As we journey through this time, our Vestry has asked us to meditate on the word “tend.” For our youngest Pilgrims, we might consider reecting with them on what they tend to — their bodies, as they brush their teeth and eat their meals; their belongings, as they pick up their toys (hopefully) or care for a stuy or a doll; and their spirits. Parents and caregivers can help our young Pilgrims to tend to their spirits by asking them what lls them up and makes them feel loved and safe, and encouraging them to make practicing tending to their spirits a daily habit — one which we as adults often struggle with. I encourage you to pause as you tend to the children and youth in your care and be sure to tend to yourself, as well. This Lent, our preschool-5th grade Pilgrims will be learning about Jesus through his life and stories. Our middle school Pilgrims will continue their exploration of the Lord’s Prayer. Our high school Pathways students will explore a Lenten Bible Study with their leaders. Here are some important dates in March: March 15, 6:51 pm: Middle School Youth Group are invited to attend the Lenten Worship service together. Contact Micki Nyland with questions. March 19, 1:00-3:00 pm: Deep Dive Conrmation will gather together to discuss Death and Resurrection. This gathering will take place at a local funeral home. Please contact Pastor Jen Rome with questions.Families in Faith Early childhood families, please keep your eye out for an email from Pastor Jen rescheduling February’s Families in Faith class, Toddlers not yet in PreK: Playing ChurchParents/caregivers explore worshiping with a toddler and playing church at home and during worship. Receive a worship playset. All families with children younger than Preschool are invited to attend.

Page 15

15prayer cornerWe pray for God’s loving presence for these Pilgrims who need healing, hope, comfort, and care: Concerns: We pray for the people of Turkey and Syria in the wake of the devastating earthquakes.We pray for the loved ones and communities of all victims of gun violence across our country, including the Michigan State community; we also pray for the students, sta, and families of Harding High School in St. Paul on the death of a student by stabbing.We pray for teh loved ones and community of Tyre Nichols, who died as a result of being beaten by police in Memphis, Tennessee; we pray for the loved ones of all BIPOC individuals killed by police, as well as the BIPOC community as they suer trauma in response to their deaths. We continue to keep in prayer Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, who continue to face the legacy of racism. We pray for change in systems of oppression and injustice, and that we all may learn to follow the path of anti-racism, and each become a voice for inclusion, equity, and justice.We pray for the people of Ukraine, Ethiopia, and all other areas torn by war and violence, for peace and safety.We pray for our companion congregation, Luganga Lutheran Church, of the Iriniga Diocese of Tanzania. They specically asked that we pray for their country, for continued peace that they are experiencing now; for their plans and projects as a church, that they succeed in them.We pray for those who lost loved ones and those whose lives and communities are aected by severe weather events. We pray for the earth and all creatures, for their care and renewal, supporting the expression of Pilgrim’s status as a Caring for Creation community of faith.We pray for those whose lives will be altered, complicated, and endangered by the decision of the Supreme Court regarding Roe v. Wade.We continue to pray for all impacted by the COVID pandemic in the Pilgrim community and beyond, to include the whole world.We also continue to pray for all in the LGBTQIA+ community who face bias, rejection, and violence. We pray that we may all grow in acceptance and each become a voice for acceptance, advocacy, and support as an expression of Pilgrim’s status as a Reconciling in Christ community of faith.Ongoing Health Concerns: Betsy, friend of Sara Wrolstad and Lee Fargo, bone marrow transplant; Lee Fargo, recovery from cancer treatments; Judy Boehm, health concerns; Meredithe, mother of Karen Hedenstrom, in memory care; Roger, father of Ann Machmeier, declining health; Dan, father of Kaydee Kirk, in hospice with cancer; Dennis, uncle of Sam Fouts, health concerns; Carolyn Olsen, health concerns; Jolee, sister of Jess Grams; Anne, grandmother of Stephen Bell-Kemp, in hospice; Lisa Berg, continued healing and recovery from serious illness; Mike, son of Chuck Regal, ongoing care as a result of a serious motorcycle accident. For those who are homebound, Don Hogquist, Jan Jacoby, Art Stolp, and Merle Strom.Christian Sympathy: Reva Rasmussen, on the death of her brother, Lee; Jay Oakman, on the death of his mother, Debbie; Jen Rome, on the death of her stepfather, Phil; Jim Boehm, on the death of his wife, Bonnie; Becky Stever and family, on the death of her grandmother, Judy; The loved ones of Tom Baker, as they grieve his death; the family of Carol Ann Olsen as they grieve her death; Steve Jameson, on the death of his father, Denis; Tracy Riekenberg, on the death of her father, Paul; Laura, friend of Karla Leitzman, on the death of her mother, Mary; Janice Hodnick, on the death of her daughter, Elina; Kim Spear, on the death of her brother, Scott; Dick Hensold, on the death of his mother, Amy, on May 6; Pam Itzin, on the death of her brother, Greg; Leslie Tunstall, on the death of her mother, Peg; Tim, cousin of Daniel Ninow, on the death of his wife, Kim; Phil Haan, on death of his father, Ray; Art Stolp and the entire family, on the death of Bev Stolp, who died on March 1, 2022.Ministry Partnership: The ministry and people of our sister congregation, Luganga Lutheran Church in Tanzania and Pastor Bimbiga; Pilgrim sta members and Pilgrim lay leaders. In and beyond the congregation: For peace in our world, for healing in our country, for the invisibly ill, for the mentally ill.You are encouraged to send greetings to those you are moved to communicate with. Let us know if you are expecting or adopting a child. If you wish to add or remove a prayer request, please call the church oce, ll out the form on our website, ll out a white prayer request form located in the pews, or contact the pastor.

The Pilgrim, March 2023

Page 1

Page 2