United Church of Christ

Nashua, New Hampshire, USA

Welcome!

Pilgrim Church is a congregation of the United Church of Christ, a mainline Protestant denomination with a long and compassionate history. Use this site to learn about our church and stay informed about current events. And if you are visiting our area, or looking for a spiritual home, you are always welcome to drop by for a visit!

“We gladly accept the cost and joy of discipleship, striving to follow in the footsteps of Christ.”

Pilgrim Church News
May 9, 2008

For more, see the Calendar and the latest News & Events.

• Sun, May 11 — Pentecost Sunday
  Sunday Worship & CARE (10 am)
  Music by Pilgrim Worship Ensemble, joined by special guest vocalist Mr. Lloyd Owens
• Mon, May 12 — Operational Stewardship Team (7:30 pm)
• Tue, May 13 — VIPs (1:30 pm); Christian Discovery (7:30 pm)
• Wed, May 14 — LPS Board (7 pm)
• Thu, May 15 — Newsletter deadline

Pilgrim Forum

For group discussions, check out the Pilgrim forum at Google. If you are a member of the group, you can read and post your own contributions.

UCC World News

News feed courtesy of UCC News. These stories link to the UCC web site.

• Give generously: UCC issues $100,000 disaster appeal for Myanmar (05/06/08) — UCC members and churches are responding with support for cyclone-devastated Myanmar, where thousands have been killed and an estimated 1 million are homeless. [More]
• United Church News named third-best religion newspaper (05/05/08) — United Church News was recognized in April by Associated Church Press as one of the best national or international religion newspapers in North America. [More]
• Moyers: 'Beware the terrible simplifiers' (05/04/08) — Bill Moyers, veteran journalist and UCC member, delivered the following essay during his May 2 installment of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS. [More]
• Thomas speaks to 'broad set of emotions' involving Wright controversy (05/01/08) — Writing from a trip to South America where he is visiting mission partners in Argentina and Chile, the Rev. John H. Thomas, general minister and president, acknowledges the 'sadness, even anger' that is being experienced across the church and nation over the Jeremiah Wright controversy. [More]
• A proud first: UCC's Chicago Seminary establishes Jewish Studies chair (04/30/08) — Chicago Theological Seminary has established the Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman Chair in Jewish Studies with a $2 million endowment led by Chicago’s Pritzker family. The chair, America’s first endowed professorship in Jewish studies at a freestanding Protestant seminary, honors the co-founder of the school’s Center for Jewish-Christian Studies. [More]