Hi there, my name is Charley Eastman and I’m the pastor at Pilgrim Church in Southborough. I’m writing to invite you to Rally Sunday at Pilgrim Church on Sunday, September 15th at 10:00 am. Rally Sunday is the day we kick off our Sunday School program, which runs from September through May. This year, we’re starting a project to finance an Ark…
Pilgrim Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
15 Common St. – PO Box 281, Southborough, MA 01772
United Church of Christ
15 Common St. – PO Box 281, Southborough, MA 01772
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If we intend to keep growing our church, we had better be about the business of letting folks know that they’re welcome here, no matter who they are or where they are on life’s journey.
We tend to sort ourselves by what we are. I don’t blame the Pharisees for recognizing the differences between themselves and others. But Jesus learned what they could not: proximity to people who don’t look or sound like me can enlarge my world view and my understanding of life.
You can bring someone to worship, or you can bring a word about the church to them. You can also invite them into your church home without any bigger motive than this: “Let’s EAT!”
But I made a mistake. I left the church, rather than trying to be a force for good and change.