WELCOME TO PILGRIM UNITED CHURCH
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CLOSED: Due to the current Provincial Health Emergency, Pilgrim United Church will be closed until at least the beginning of May. An update on the reopening will be posted after April 28, 2021.
The Church Board has been constantly monitoring the COVID situation in Edmonton and we’ve always believed and continue to believe that we have a safe process for holding services. The current variant cases of COVID have been increasing and a third wave may be starting. We will revisit the state of the pandemic in Alberta at our April 28, 2021 Unified Board of Directors Meeting.
Our Board feels a strong duty to do our part for the congregation and our community. We understand how disappointing this can be but in these most unusual times we need to follow every safety measure being asked of all Albertans and show that we are working together with them to be successful. The path back to a safe community will only be successful if we all work together.
Holy Humour Sunday
This week we celebrate a Sunday that is a little different from other services. Wanting to carry on the celebration that is Easter with the Resurrection of Christ, Holy Humour Sunday was brought about. It talks about the "joke" that God played on the Devil by bringing Jesus back to life and taking away death. Reverend Lynn Elliott was away this week but she also had this to say. The bible is a place where humour does not hide:
About Humour Sunday: What I can tell you about humour and the Bible well - it's found from the beginning to the end. Not only is the bible full of puns and of images that provoke smiles as we hear them - we come to see God as has having a sense of humour - as playing with the opportunities we create for God -as if we are the straight men that allows to God to fire off another good line.
A line like that of Isaac. His name means "laughter". And what child of God is not a delight? Is not full of laughter and glee? But Isaac's arrival, the arrival of laughter - comes only after God insists on stretching our sense of belief - or should I say the Sense of Belief - the sense of faith that Abraham and Sarah had.
About Humour Sunday: What I can tell you about humour and the Bible well - it's found from the beginning to the end. Not only is the bible full of puns and of images that provoke smiles as we hear them - we come to see God as has having a sense of humour - as playing with the opportunities we create for God -as if we are the straight men that allows to God to fire off another good line.
A line like that of Isaac. His name means "laughter". And what child of God is not a delight? Is not full of laughter and glee? But Isaac's arrival, the arrival of laughter - comes only after God insists on stretching our sense of belief - or should I say the Sense of Belief - the sense of faith that Abraham and Sarah had.
WE ARE LOCATED AT
9008-135 Ave
Edmonton, Alberta T5E 1N4
Phone - 780-476-5202 Fax - 780-476-9742
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Pilgrim United Church is a warm, family focused Christian community. The church congregation strives to be faith-filled followers of our Lord Jesus Christ. We worship the Risen Lord every Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. Our worship hour includes Sunday School for children ages three and up and we have a baby-fold for the very young.
