Christmas Pageant at 3pm, Lessons & Carols at 7:30pm (livestream)
The Inquiring Minds book group will meet on Monday January 20th at 10AM in the Parlor and we will celebrate Martin Luther King Day by discussing “King: A Life” by Jonathan Eig. Ken Burns states, “Jonathan Eig has pulled off a kind of miracle. Here is the King…
The Inquiring Minds book group will meet on Monday December 9th at 10AM in the Parlor to discuss “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The author provides an objective scientific approach, overlaid on the ancient knowledge of the indigenous people, to help the readers better understand and appreciate…
The Inquiring Minds Book Group will meet in the Parlor on Monday November 11th at 10AM to discuss “The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War” by Erik Larson. We are familiar with Larson’s fiction writing (e.g. “The…
The Inquiring Minds book for Monday October 14th at 10AM in the Parlor is “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt. Author Jamie Ford states, “Shelby Van Pelt has done the impossible. She’s created a perfect story with imperfect characters that is so heartwarming, so mysterious, and…
The Inquiring Minds book group will meet on September 9th at 10AM in the Pilgrim House Parlor to discuss “The Women” by Kristin Hannah. “The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in…
The Inquiring Minds book group will meet on August 12th at 10AM in the Pilgrim House Parlor to discuss “The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory” by Tim Alberta. “…[J]ournalist Tim Alberta, himself a practicing Christian and the son of an evangelical pastor, paints an expansive and…
The Inquiring Minds book group will meet on May 13th at 10AM in the Pilgrim House Parlor to discuss “James” by Percival Everett. The highly acclaimed book is a brilliant retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, however, the story is retold from the slave Jim’s viewpoint….
On Monday April 8th at 10AM, we will discuss TWO books. The primary book for discussion is “Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy” by David Zucchino. The book is a true account of a violent insurrection in Wilmington, North Carolina that…
On Monday March 11th at 10AM, we will discuss “The Lemon Tree” by Sandy Tolan. This nonfiction book, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, provides a view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a human level. The book shows that despite deep political upheaval, there can still be…
On Monday February 12th at 10AM in the Parlor, we will discuss “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” a murder mystery and novel about small-town secrets by James McBride. We invite YOU to join us for lively discussions. We appreciate different points of view from the readers who…