Office Hours
Advent Bible Study and Sunday Adult Bible Study
Wednesdays at noon and again available at 6:30 p.m. in the Conference Room, Pastor John leads Adam Hamilton’s “Not a Silent Night: Mary Looks Back to Bethlehem”.
The class led by David and Judi Wilson meets immediately following the 9:00 am worship service. Be sure to bring your Bible as the teaching format is a Chapter by Chapter, verse by verse approach.
AmazonSmile
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Pilgrim Church is one of those organizations!
Once your are in smile.amazon.com, to find us search for “Pilgrim United Church of Christ”. The listing is then in city order. We are listed in Punta Gorda. Choose the [Select] button over on the right and shop as your normally do.
Boy Scouts of America
The BSA serves duly constituted, community-based organizations and offers an educational resource program based on duty to God and duty to country. Pilgrim church serves as chartered organization to Troop and Pack 351 – boy scouts and cub scouts. The chartered organization provides leadership, meeting facilities, encouragement, and other support as needed. In return, the boys perform flag ceremonies, at special services, cook breakfast on Scout Sunday, and collect food donations for the church food pantry, just to name a few activities that are mutually beneficial.
The Boy Scouts meet every Monday evening at 6:30 PM during the school year in the Pilgrim Church Community Center, Cub Scouts meet on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM. Summer programming varies. Please contact church office for more information.
Prayer Shawls
If you would like a shawl for yourself or neighbor, please call the Pilgrim Church office.
When a knitter picks up the needles to work on a prayer shawl, whether it is for 10 minutes or an hour, a prayer is said for the person who will receive the shawl—by name if it is known—but as we seldom know the person who will receive the shawl—it is a prayer for comfort and easing of pain, be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. When the shawl is finished a different prayer of blessing is said for the recipient.
Worship with Us
5:00 p.m. Saturday, December 24: Christmas Eve Worship in the Kings Gate Ballroom
10:30 a.m. Sunday, December 25: Christmas Day Hymn Sing at Sandhill Gardens
Due to damage from Hurricane Ian: Worship resumes January 1, Sundays, at 9:00 a.m. at the Palace Theater in the Kings Gate Clubhouse.
Pilgrim Women's Fellowship
Ladies, we meet in the Coffee Room monthly. The Fall study begins on Thursday, September 22 at 10:00 a.m. We will book/video study GRACE by Max Lucado. This is a 7 session small group study that our church presented in 2013 as a Lenten study. Think about Hebrews 12:15 – See to it that no one misses the grace of God.
PBJ Sandwich Makers
We need donations of creamy peanut butter and jam (it spreads so much easier than jelly) for the monthly Sandwich Ministry. We use 18 loaves of bread to make 200 sandwiches!
Join us for an hour on Thursday, September 15, 9:15 a.m. to assemble sandwiches. Many hands make light work.
Joyful Noise Learning Center
Our School offers low ratios in a Christian, high-quality educational environment. The curriculum is full of fun and adventurous activities in a faith-based atmosphere. Program hours are 7:00 am – 6:00 pm for one year olds thru fifth graders. We are both (NAC) National Accreditation Commission Accredited and Gold Seal Accredited.
Joyful Noise Learning Center Mission Statement
Pilgrim United Church of Christ is a community responding to God’s call. Our mission is to reach out to all people and help them grow in their faith and to know God personally.
JOYFUL NOISE is a ministry of Pilgrim Church. We believe childhood is precious. In a world where children are often forced to grow up too soon we offer a community of gentleness and safety where Christian values of kindness, honestly, and respect of God and others are taught with loving care.
JOYFUL NOISE provides creative learning experiences that are developmentally appropriate and nurture children to thrive intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, socially, artistically and physically. We instill a genuine love of learning while providing a broad, challenging and stimulating education. We promote self-reliance and establish a supportive and nurturing learning environment for students of varied talents and abilities.
We maintain a strong, inclusive, family atmosphere committed to Christian values while honoring the socioeconomic, ethnic and religious diversity within our school community.