Pilgrim United Church of Christ

05/10/2026

Mothering God, Grant us peace in our hearts, our families, our communities, and our world! 🙏🙏🙏

In the 1800's, Julia Ward Howe, original advocate for “Mother’s Day” and writer of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” nursed and tended the wounded during the civil war. She worked with the widows and orphans of soldiers on both sides of the war, and realized that the effects of the war go...

05/05/2026

Sharing this tribute to our dear Eileen (Springmyer) Garrabrant 🫶🙏🤲
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (2 Timothy 4:7)

View Eileen S. Garrabrant's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

05/03/2026

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For you, beloveds, for the fifth Sunday in this season of resurrection: a blessing that has plenty of space in it, and room enough to welcome us all.

BLESSING WITH MANY ROOMS

As you step inside
this blessing,
we wish to tell you
it is large enough
for you to lie down in.

Or (though it may not look it,
small as it is upon this page)
you can curl up
in this blessing
with a cup of tea
and a good book
beside the window—
here, just behind you—
that faces east.

Likewise it is true,
though you might not have
paused long enough
to notice,
that this blessing
is big enough
for a table—
quite a sizeable one
can be accommodated—
where your guests
will want to linger
far into the night.

And if they desire to stay,
you will find that
through this door—
you did not see it before?—
there are rooms in plenty
where they can
lay their heads
and stretch out with abandon
in their dreaming sleep.

One room,
many rooms—
in this blessing
it is all the same.

The point is that
there is space
enough:

enough to make
a life, a home;
enough to make
a world;

enough to make
your way toward
the One who has made
this way for you.

—Jan Richardson
from How the Stars Get in Your Bones: A Book of Blessings
janrichardson.com/books

Image: "A Place to Dwell"
© Jan Richardson
janrichardsonimages.com

(Blessing & image inspired by this Sunday’s gospel reading from John 14:1-14.)

04/30/2026

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Families and Allies of LGBTQIA+ People, A LOVEboldly Ministry, is a faith-based support group in Cincinnati that provides a safe, open, nonjudgmental, and affirming space where all are welcome. We believe we are called to respond lovingly to our children and families.
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This group meets the first Monday of each month at 7:00pm on Cincinnati's Westside. Please contact us at [email protected] for more information.
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04/30/2026

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04/05/2026

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Families and Allies of LGBTQIA+ People, A LOVEboldly Ministry, is a faith-based support group in Cincinnati that provides a safe, open, nonjudgmental, and affirming space where all are welcome. We believe we are called to respond lovingly to our children and families.
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This group meets the first Monday of each month at 7:00pm in the Cincinnati area. Please contact us at [email protected] for more information.
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03/15/2026

Friends - Shop local and show flyer - in comments below - (on your phone is fine!) and your purchase benefits Pilgrim United Church of Christ Fawn Candy Fundraiser for Pilgrim UCC at both the Harrison Ave. and Rookwood locations ☘️☘️☘️