Sunday Morning Worship 10am (livestream)
On Monday January 15th at 10AM in the Parlor, we will discuss “The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back” by Shannon McKenna Schmidt We invite YOU to join us for lively discussions. We appreciate different points of view from…
On Monday December 4th at 10AM in the Parlor, we will discuss the Pulitzer prize-winning novel “Trust” by Hernan Diaz. We invite YOU to join us for lively discussions. We appreciate different points of view from the readers who attend the discussions. And we offer light refreshments during…
Gayle Boss’s book, “All Creation Waits” is designed to be used as an Advent calendar. Each story is numbered and shares the wisdom of how all living things “make ready to wait until the earth wakes again into the light and warmth of spring.” Books are available for…
New Books! Because of copyright laws and because this article will be posted each month on the internet on our church’s website, we are unable to include sample pages from the books. A quick stop in the parlor of Pilgrim House will give you the chance to skim a…
Join us in the parlor after church at 11:15am on Sunday, November 5, for a book discussion facilitated by Susan Beegel of Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Kidder’s gripping narrative Rough Sleepers. The inspiring story of Dr. Jim O’ Connell’s mission to bring health care to Boston’s homeless who sleep…
On Monday November 13th at 10AM in the Parlor, we will discuss “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Gran. Gran is a journalist who writes at The New Yorker. It is the true account of the killings of…
Unfortunately, Alzheimer’s Disease abounds in our world and, perhaps, within your immediate family. According to the Mayo Clinic, “6.5 million people in the United States age 65 and older live with Alzheimer’s disease. Among them, more than 70% are 75 years old and older. Of the about 55…
Climate change can feel like an insurmountable problem. We know that we need to limit carbon emissions in the next few years to avoid the worst effects of climate change, but doing the work to get there is never easy. In this reading and discussion group, we’ll be…
The Inquiring Minds Book Group will meet on October 9th to discuss “Horse” by Geraldine Brooks. The author (also a Pulitzer Prize winner) has spun a compelling story that is fiction, but seems so real that the reader might think that it’s nonfiction. The Inquiring Minds book group…
The Inquiring Minds Book Group will meet Monday Sept. 11th at 10AM in the Parlor to discuss Paul Harding’s book “This Other Eden.” His novel is based on the story of the community on Malaga Island (off the coast of Phippsburg, ME) that became successfully racially integrated, but…