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Good News for February

• A service of celebration and light every second Wednesday of the month at 6:45 p.m.
• We’d like to celebrate a private corporate donation to our scouting program aimed at helping to support scouts whose families are struggling financially. Gifts like these help to ensure that all of the boys can continue to participate in the program activities without being excluded due to the costs
• A sale of over 90 tickets (and counting) for the Valentine Social
• The Sr. High Youth Group made $978 on the Super Bowl sub sale and $2,800 on the dance which will go towards their mission trip this summer to New York City.
• The Food Pantry received 366 pounds of food from the Southborough schools this week
• The Hymn Committee (Sabra Upjohn, Ruth Russo and Nancy Kolk) met on Monday.  They would love any suggestions you may have for hymns.
• The Food Pantry helped organize medical coverage for a needy famiy
• 100 people enjoyed a wonderful Valentine Social
• Healthy Living came up with the Pilgrim rosary
• Sarah Douglas and Amanda Hemm ran the Sr. High You Group while Sarah Hile was at a figure skating competition and received a silver medal
• Jim Denman made the coolest lattice ever
• Bible 101 had a rousing discussion on ancient church history.  Join them again on Sunday, March 11 @ 11:30 a.m. for their next topic:  “Congregational Church History”
• We celebrate Steve Coldwell who has been painting the church pews
• Peter Turner fixed a plumbing problem in the boys room
• After a year and a half of searching for the right location and then building it the Hixson family is opening a Moe’s Southwest Grill at 831 Main St. in Waltham, MA. The menu consists of fast casual Tex-Mex cuisine including great burritos, tacos, fajitas and other delicious southwestern fare. Our grand opening is Feb. 23rd and we’d love to see some familiar faces from Pilgrim church stop by any time
• The Lenten series is scheduled for the four Tuesdays in March at 6 p.m.  It’s an amazing chance to learn about Christianity as well as the Jewish and Islamic faiths.
• One of our teenagers brought her grandmother to church and now she’s volunteering for the Food Pantry.
• We have 47 teenagers signed up to go on the mission trip this summer.
• We’d like to thank Jen Calef for her years of service as she will retire as our nursery care provider as of today.
• There were nearly 20 women at the knitting group after church in the Jr. High Room last Sunday.