FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF GLENDALE · FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF GLENDALE United Church of Christ October/November 2011 From Rudolph’s desk: This issue of the Pilgrims’’

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF GLENDALE

United Church of Christ

October/November 2011 From Rudolph’s desk: This issue of the Pilgrims’’ Tower is combining events of September and Octo-

ber and announcing events in November. Our Centennial celebrations are

drawing near and we hope you are all geared up for this great celebration.

The church office has been rather busy with many activities and transitions,

pulsating of a healthy energy. Many hands make light work! Some of the events

we would like to highlight include:

· Mission evenings with Heifer International and The Covenant House. Our mission funds have also been

sent to Southern Cross Missions in South Africa. We will later report on the other mission outreaches.

· New Members: Welcome to nine new members who joined our church family! WOW!

· Community Outreach: Our church reached out to our community by hosting the International Walk to

School day of Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School; offering a community-wide vigil on 9/11; celebrat-

ing our annual Gala with the theme of Forgiveness on October 15; and handing out flyers about our church

during the Glendale Unity Fest on Sunday, October 16.

· Changes at the office: We welcomed Aisha Rae as our new office manager! We also upgraded the internet

connectivity and renegotiated a new contract for the copier/ printer. Our office has been diligent in renting

our facility for weddings, funerals, conferences and small groups. The Chapel is “under construction” and

soon we will invite all to enjoy the new fresh look of the Chapel interior and the beautiful mural.

· We celebrated meaningful worship services, coffee conversations and the Fall Congregational meeting. Our

worship was enhanced by energetic music and good sound. We celebrated a fun-filled church school kick-

off and World Communion Sunday was celebrated in a special way when we “took it to the streets” and lit-

erally shared Communion in the courtyard on Canada Boulevard.

While this is a short and by no means comprehensive list of activities at church, we wish to thank everyone who

put in many hours of dedication. Without your commitment this would not be possible. I trust that you will enjoy

the Tower, and read more about these activities in the following pages.

Blessings and (nearly) Happy Birthday to the Church!

Rudolph

2001 Canada Boulevard Glendale, CA 91208

Phone 818-243-2109 Fax 818-243-2239

www.fccglendale.org

[email protected] [email protected]

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NOVEMBER 2011 MEETINGS & GATHERINGS

♦CHRISTIAN OUTREACH

Sunday - November 6 at 12:00 p.m ♦ELDERS

Sunday - November 6 at 9:00 a.m.

♦TRUSTEES and DEACONS

Tuesday - November 8 at 7:00 p.m.

♦CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

Wednesday - November 9 at 6:00 p.m.

♦CHURCH COUNCIL

Tuesday - November 15 at 7:00 p.m.

♦PASTORAL RELATIONS

Sunday - November 20 at 9:00 a.m.

♦WOMEN’S SPIRITUALITY BOOK GROUP

Friday mornings at 9:00 a.m.

♦FAMILY NIGHT DINNER

Wednesday nights at 6:00 p.m.

♦CHOIR REHEARSAL

Wednesday nights at 7:15 p.m.

♦CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION WEEKEND Friday – Sunday Nov. 11-13 Details on page 9

First Congregational Church of Glendale

2001 Canada Blvd. Glendale, Ca. 91208 818.243.2109

[email protected] [email protected]

Website: www.fccglendale.org

Our Leadership Pastor: Rev. Rudolph van Graan Moderator: Laurel Pavone Clerk: Pam Smith Treasurer: Gail Marks Financial Secretary: Judy Gorham

Board of Deacons Liz Dowd

Jim Reichgelt, Erwin Lutz, Carol Lutz John Greenwall, Susan Rosenberg

Board of Trustees Linda Conover

Gail Marks Diana Rutledge, Noel Miner

Board of Christian Education Susie Robinson

Nona Randois, Jackie Rader Judy Gorham, Angie Young

Board of Christian Outreach Mary Ann Nation-Greenwall

Garret Conover, Susan Aluzri Breanna Pavone, Stan Smith

Michael Baylis

Board of Elders Jim Dowd

Jan Drugan, Lillie Kraut Mary Ritchie, Daniela Toma

The Staff Joel Rieke, Music Director Alfredo Lepe, Custodian

Aisha Rae, Office Manager

“OPEN MIC” NIGHT

November 26 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, November 26, from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. will be “Open Mic” night, an informal setting for people to sing, connect and get to know one another.

Join us as we begin a new season. Come and participate or just listen and enjoy the evening.

Pastor Kurt and Jodie Traugott served our congregation from April 1999 - 2008. They both

shared many talents with us. Pastor Kurt’s passion for cooking kept Wednesday night din-

ners alive, and some of Jodie’s artistic talents were shared at Advent Workshops, in re-

decorating the sanctuary, and in painting the beautiful mural in the Chapel.

Thank you both for your service.

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After the baptismal font was removed from the chapel there was a rather unsightly space left on

the mural by Jodie Traugott. Garrett Conover, his friend Jonathan, Michael Baylis and Barbara

Miner jointly worked to design and paint a new addition to the existing mural. With great crea-

tivity, they have completed the new section which fills the unsightly area and compliments the

existing mural. The new mural will be unveiled at the Centennial anniversary.

The Trustees want to thank Garrett, Jonathan, Michael and Barbara for their out-

standing work.

FOREGIVENESS GALA Saturday, October 15, 2011


AN INTRODUCTION TO FORGIVENESS

By: Joel Rieke & Rev. Dr. Barbara Miner On September 11, our church began a 50-day observance of forgiveness. In conjunction with the start of this period, we opened our doors to the community for a candlelight vigil commemorating the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Through dialogue generated at this event, we have subsequently been led to explore and perhaps outline the process of forgiveness in greater detail. These conversations led us to some obvious but deceptively difficult questions. What is forgive-ness? Is it a “thing” - something to be granted, a stamp of approval, a judgment passed, a grace given? As one local visitor put it, “How do I begin to forgive someone for something they've done and are not even remorseful?” It seems a giant leap from “unforgiven” to “forgiven” in one motion or decision. While we may not be able to make the leap to forgiveness, we may be able to gain an entry point to this process by recognizing an “other’s” human-ness and the circumstances that led to offending action. One thing seems abundantly clear: Forgiveness is a process. Each of the folks who spoke at the vigil clearly offered different perspectives on the topic. We are of course all individuals, but we are also each at a different point in this forgiveness process. Another fundamental question that has emerged deals with the motivations behind forgiveness, or why I would choose to forgive. Put another way, we ask, “How am I affected if I do not for-give?” In this light, forgiveness becomes a beneficial choice forward ̶ a release from bitterness, resentment, pain and anger. We have noticed some keywords (such as “release” above) that speak to a larger process of for-giveness. “Compassion” is another word that is a part of this process and seems to be a natural starting point for forgiveness. Through this conversation, we have been able to outline some key-words and basic steps that lead us to forgiveness and its ensuing joy. During the next six months, we will be exploring each of these steps in a series of monthly arti-cles. These are: Grief, Speaking Truth, Release, Compassion, True Forgiveness, and Joy. We have been struck by the way in which these processes are surfacing in both our individual and collective work and are grateful for the chance we have been given to explore these concepts fur-ther here in this forum. Clearly, these are generalized categories and are speaking to a basic process. Many of them can occur in an overlapping way, but we have found it helpful to outline the process and name some of its key components. It is our sincere hope that this discussion will help all of us further under-stand the concept of forgiveness, appreciate the process of forgiveness, and implement this proc-ess within ourselves and toward others. LOVE


The Process of Forgiveness

Step One: Grief

Stating that forgiveness is a process suggests that it has a beginning and an end. The need for forgiveness be-

gins with an unexpected, painful act or event. The act may be abuse; the event may involve death or loss of a

loved one. We have chosen to begin this discussion with grief, as allowing oneself to feel this pain seems to

be the first step in forgiving it.

Forgiveness is a softening - a melting of rigidity and a willingness to experience and feel an “other,” whether

this other is something external or something within that we have not yet allowed ourselves to access. For-

giveness requires feeling (as in compassion, which we will discuss later) and in order for this feeling to occur,

we must allow ourselves to re-connect with our own feelings. In our current world, most of us have created

internal blockages or walls so that we do not have to wade through the very real pain of that which we need

to recognize and allow ourselves to grieve.

It is important to note that grief is a normal response to any event or act resulting in loss, and we are not sug-

gesting that all grief necessitates a need to “forgive” something. However, when forgiveness is necessary, we

are stating that forgiving a particular act or event must begin with allowing oneself to grieve the loss or hurt

associated with this situation.

Grief is triggered when we come face-to-face with death and/or loss in some form. It may be the death of a

dream, a relationship, or a loved one. It may also be the death of something with which one has identified

some portion of one’s ‘self.’ We grieve the death of innocence, the death of trust, loss of permanence or lack

of fulfillment of expectations. When we feel grief, we are feeling a loss of control. We are aware of an inability

to change or affect a situation. We often enter into a darkness, not ever knowing if we shall again feel joy or

see the Light.

We may have chosen to walk away from our emotions at the time of the event(s) which hurt us. When grief is

not consciously experienced, it literally becomes depressed into our bodies, and may even present itself as

clinical depression, anxiety, physical pain/weakness, anger at others, confusion, or perhaps a sense of never

fully living our lives. That “something” that we feel we “should get over” always lingers in the background be-

cause it warrants grief. It warrants a full-blown sobbing emotional response, a weak-kneed inability to stand

in the face of so much emotion, an “I may never get over this” response. If we are unwilling to grieve, the

grief does not go away. It resides within us as blockage in some form.

Grief does have a way of desiring escape and acknowledgement, and one might even say that accordingly

grief “desires” to jumpstart the forgiveness and healing process. It “wants” to be felt. At some point or

through some triggering event, we become ready to resolve this hurt. We cannot expect to experience the

cleansing ritual of forgiveness without first allowing ourselves the permission to experience our own grief in

a real and felt way. Grief and forgiveness can cleanse the emotional body, cleanse the physical body, cleanse

the psychic body and heal us. Forgiveness can literally change our lives. We will discuss next month the sec-

ond step in this process: Speaking the Truth.

PEACE.


A MINDSET OF FORGIVENESS

by Laura Russell

Surely we have all heard at some point that we should “hate the sin, not the sinner”. Even aside from the complexity of the words “hate” and “sin”, this basic tenet can be a very difficult thing to accomplish given the reality of our world. If the true measure of a person is his or her actions, how do we possibly separate people from their behavior? How do we view a person be-yond the wrong that he or she has done to us?

How often have we said “I would never have done that!”? Of course you wouldn’t. But then again… maybe you would. Our first baby step to forgiveness comes with the understanding that the human ex-perience is not limited to our own specific experience. In other words, we can never assume that others are acting from the same place we are. We can start by simply trying to understand what made the per-son feel the need to act as they did. Is it impossible that we could have made a similar choice if we had their experiences and circumstances? Empathy allows us to open the door, just a crack, just enough to remember that we don’t know everything from all sides and perhaps have made wrong choices of our own that others made no effort to understand.

Forgiveness is a difficult process, but a very worthy‒and very necessary‒one. Because to forgive is to restore a person’s humanity to them.

To withhold forgiveness means we allow our anger to define our view of the person. We reduce that person’s value to a single transgression. Or, to be fair, perhaps a series of transgressions. Let’s face it‒ many of us are repeat offenders. But I believe that God has made us more than the sum of our parts. And let’s not forget that each of us is a perpetual work in progress.

It seems that if we expect to realistically move toward peace we must begin with empathy. Once we re-store the human value that is innate to every person, only then can we begin to communicate honestly, see the potential for change, understand the true values that we very likely share and identify ways to prevent future wrongs. Forgiveness allows us to see others as people we can work with, not people who need to be removed in order to make way for peace, love and justice.

Who else might we be trying to remove in the name of love and justice? Republicans? Democrats? Im-migrants, the rich, the poor, Muslims, Jews, our fellow Christians? What about homosexuals, pro-choice or pro-life activists? Televangelists or teenagers? Our challenge is to bring ourselves to see each person as a whole and unique individual, not limited to whatever specific actions we take offense with.

Clearly forgiveness is a mindset that needs to be fostered, not a single act that allows us to make nice. But imagine the difference it can make in our world if everyone merely practiced.

To forgive is to restore a person’s humanity to them.

And those of us who have received forgiveness know the relief and gratitude that comes with that healing gift‒a gift that is not always easy to give and is all the more precious for it.


On Sunday, October 16 our church participated in a wonderful “first” for most of us: we mar-keted our church at the Glendale Diversity Unity Fest on Brand Boulevard. This was a festive afternoon where we handed out fliers and talked to many people about our church. For the chil-dren there were games, bean bag contests and bubbles. We were surprised to see how many peo-ple responded positively to this outreach endeavor. Thank you to Mary Ann and the Team, who worked hard to set up and man the booth. Altogether, 14 of our members attended this event and helped in some way or another. Go Team!

A Celebration of Forgiveness The 10-Year remembrance of the events of 9/11 spurred us to think and rethink the act of forgiveness. While for-giveness is a very personal thing and people respond to it differently, we at the church observed a 50 Day of For-giveness Campaign. These Fifty Days started with the remembrance of 9/11 with a community-wide vigil at the church on the evening of Sunday, September 11, 2011. Barbara Miner and Joel Rieke further embarked on “unpacking” forgiveness and will be offering us their inspirational views in this and following issues of the Pil-grims’ Tower. The Gala this year was organized by the Board of Christian Outreach as a Celebration of Forgive-ness on October 15.

Many people participated in sharing personal stories or read testimonies of forgiveness. Below is the Prayer of Forgiveness that we prayed together, as well as the Pledge of Forgiveness. We are also happy to publish the piece written by Laura Russell called, “A Mindset Of Forgiveness”. Thank you to all who shared of themselves and who celebrated in this important act of our common humanity.

Prayer of Forgiveness “Please forgive others. Help me to forgive others. Please forgive me. Help me to forgive myself. Please take away my bitterness. Please restore my joy. Thank you, Amen”.

Pledge of Forgiveness “I pledge to forgive others, forgive myself, and ask for forgiveness each day. I pledge to not let the sun go down on my anger, to ask for bitterness to be removed, and for my joy to be restored.”



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Please join us for a weekend of festive events as we

commemorate our past and celebrate our future!

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Friday Night Open House & Ice Cream Social Friday Night Open House & Ice Cream Social Friday Night Open House & Ice Cream Social Friday Night Open House & Ice Cream Social

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10 am in the Sanctuary

Light lunch following worship @ 11:15 am

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8 7 pm Trustees and Deacons

9 6 pm Family Night Dinner 7:15pm Choir Practice

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11 9 am Women’s Spirituality Group

12 6 pm CENTEN-NIAL DINNER

13 10 am Centennial Worship Service & Founders Day 10:15 am Brunch

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15 7 pm Church Counsel

16 6 pm Family Night Dinner 7:15pm Choir Practice

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30 6 pm Family Night Dinner 7:15 pm Choir Practice

CENTENNIAL Worship 10 am

Brunch 11:15 am

CENTENNIAL WEEKEND Friday 6-10 pm– Open House/Ice cream Social

Saturday 6 pm CELEBRATION DINNER


DANIELLA TOMA

ANANANANNUAL COOKIE EXCHANGENUAL COOKIE EXCHANGENUAL COOKIE EXCHANGENUAL COOKIE EXCHANGE Saturday, December 10

11:30 am

*Brunch-If you would like to prepare something for the brunch please contact Lillie Kraut or Myrna Hase.

OR if you can’t bring something,

a $5 donation would be appreciated. *Bring your cookies to exchange and a favorite Christmas ornament or decoration to share.


Please sign up in Fellowship Hall Or

call the church office

Laura Russell

Jeff White

Lee Reyes

Risen Reyes

Ernie and Mitchi Reyes together with Julian

Joel Rieke

Charles Scourbys

The First Congregational Church of Glendale United Church of Christ is a vibrant family of faith who

covenant with one another and with God to walk together the path of faith, hope and love. This church

means many things to many people. Some of us have worshiped here for many years, having witnessed

many happy times and sad times. Some of us have been here for a short time and through an active in-

volvement in the life of this church brought vitality that make us look at our future with anticipation.

We acknowledge that people have different expectations about church in general, and about FCC Glen-

dale in particular. We acknowledge that people express their spirituality in diverse ways, and that each

person brings to the family their unique background. We invite all people to become part of this family

in a meaningful way. We trust that you will become involved in the existing programs of this church but

also participate in the continuing conversation as to which new programs might fill your expectations.

This is an exciting and growth-filled time for our church and we welcome new insights and ideas.

WELCOME BABY JUDE RANDOIS!

Congratulations to the Randois family on the arrival of their new son,

Jude Theodoor Randois

Born: September 20, 2011

7 pounds 4 ounces

19 1/2 inches long

Proud parents, Michael & Nona Randois, big brother, Toby

We welcome our new office manager—Aisha Rae

Aisha Rae comes to us from Northern California Bay Area (Oakland)...born and

raised in "new thought-old wisdom and the study of Christ consciousness. " She's

found her entire life has been on purpose for God; and has served in almost every

ministry within her former spiritual center, since she was a little girl. She is thrilled

and gives great thanks for the opportunity to serve with the First Congregational

Church. She looks forward, enthusiastically, to what she knows is unfolding in a

most magnificent and wonderful way!


It's time for the Deacons to decorate our church for

Christmas. Please complete the form below to

purchase poinsettias and help decorate our church.

The Deadline for ordering is

Sunday, November 27, 2011.

Please order plant(s) in my name. The cost is $10.00 per plant. I wish the plant(s) to be: (choose from below)

IN MEMORY OF IN HONOR OF IN CELEBRATION OF

__________________________________________________________

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Your name: _________________________________________________________

Amount to be sent: (@$10 each) $___________________________________

(1) You may print off this page, fill it out and send it to the church office with pay-ment or place with your payment in the offering plate. (2) Send an email of your request with all the information above to [email protected] and send or drop off payment to the church.

Please do not remove your plants from the altar area until after the Family

Service on Christmas Eve.


(This letter has been shortened to be placed in the Pilgrims’ Tower)

Dear Friends of Pilgrim Pines, Like many camps around the country, Pilgrim Pines is in deep economic trouble. The question before us all is: "Will Pilgrim Pines survive?" It is a tragedy that many camps and retreat centers across the country have ceased to exist despite long and deeply meaningful services to their loyal constituencies. If we fail to navigate through the current storms we too may have to close. But we pray and work and hope that we will survive, and we believe it is possible because:

• Pilgrim Pines has a real and amazing track record of lives being changed for the better. • For over 30 years, Pilgrim Pines has shared a ministry with campers with special needs, developmentally disabled adults and teens who have fully participated in the summer camp ministry. Likewise, our summer camp's ministry with children in the foster care system has been a powerful, challenging, and hope-filled ministry. • Pilgrim Pines is unique in offering intergenerational camping. Having varied age groups in camp each summer session brings campers together, allows families and churches to attend together, and creates op portunities for campers to help and serve one another.

• The camp is an integral part of our United Church of Christ churches' spiritual growth ministry, with countless stories of transformation that have taken place at Pilgrim Pines since 1944, community built and lives changed, with the healing of a holy place and spiritual community found in the midst of the beauty of God's creation on this special mountain.

As the camp's Board of Directors, we pledge to move forward from this point with transparency and with actions that promote healing, rebuilding of relationships, and strengthening of the camp's finances and ministries. In this extreme crisis we need help from all friends of Pilgrim Pines in the following ways:

• Crisis financial contributions to meet the current year's necessary obligations.

• Volunteering at camp and promoting year-round usage of the camp

• Your strategic suggestions and creative ideas. The Pilgrim Pines Board of Directors has been hard at work taking a careful look at the camp's finances, and just had a strategic planning session. There will be an update letter coming out next week which details their plans for the future, and invites all supporters of the camp to participate in the ministry ahead. To subscribe to the confer-ence's email list and receive all Pilgrim Pines updates, please sign up here: http://www.scncucc.org/email_news_calendar/email_news.htm" Thank you very much for your concern, your support, and your prayers.

WITH GREAT GRATITUDE!

The Board of Christian Education would like to express thanks to those who

volunteered to teach Church School during the summer. This afforded our

regular teachers some much-needed time off. Those who helped this summer

were: Angie Young, Nona Randois, Judy Gorham, Susie Robinson, Susan

Aluzri, Jackie Rader, Linda Conover, Laura Russell and Breanna Pavone.

Thank you to all who contributed to make the “Camel Drive” a success, you

made it possible to complete an “Ark” of animals given to Heifer International.


DANIELLA TOMA

UCC Lectionary Texts NOVEMBER 2011

November 4 Texts Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 with Psalm 78:1-7 or Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-16 or Amos 5:18-24 or Wisdom of Solomon 6:17-20 or Psalm 70 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Matthew 25:1-13

November 11 Texts Judges 4:1-7 with Psalm 123 or Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18 with Psalms 90:1-8 (9-11), 12 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Matthew 25:14-30

November 18 Texts Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 with Psalm 100 or Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 with Psalm 95:1-7a Ephesians 1:15-23 Matthew 25:31-46

November 25 Texts Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37

SAVE THE DATE

Saturday, December 10th Greening of the Church Sunday, December 18th Annual Church Christmas Dinner Saturday, December 24th Christmas Eve Services

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS

A Happy and Healthy Birthday to all of our members and friends who were born in OCTOBER & NOVEMBER. If we missed your name on the list, please let us know so we may correct our file. DAVID LOCKHART 5-OCT CAROL LUTZ 5-OCT AL LEPE 6-OCT MITCH SUMNERS 9-OCT ANDY YOUNG 12-OCT DORIS DEERING 14-OCT NELL MICHAEL 15-OCT JULIE MACDONALD 16-OCT JEAN GUYOT 17-OCT GARRETT CONOVER 18-OCT JIM DOWD 19-OCT JIM YOUNG 19-OCT ROBERT WILLINGHAM 21-OCT MARY ETTA HANSON 21-OCT ALYSSA WILLINGHAM 23-OCT NORMA WILCOTT 24-OCT EVELYN REICHGELT 29-OCT PAUL SWITZLER 30-OCT GAIL MARKS 30-OCT MARK BUGBEY 2-NOV BETTY CARBE 12-NOV TERI TRUJILLO 15-NOV BOB ROSENBERG 18-NOV RUDOLPH van GRAAN 21-NOV MAHADI ALZURI 27-NOV SUSAN SKIFFINGTON 29-NOV

WORSHIP MINISTRY TEAM

Head Ushers: Liz Dowd, Erwin Lutz,

Jim Reichgelt, John Greenwall, Carol Lutz, Susan Rosenberg

Flower Chairperson: Angie Young

Church School: Susie Robinson, Jackie Rader, Judy Gorham, Nona Randois

Inreach Ministry Team: Susan Aluzri, Tara Bopp, Linda Conover


Attendance for September/October 2011

September 4 36 October 2 54 September 11 60 October 9 48 September 18 48 October 16 44 September 25 48 October 23 40

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FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF GLENDALE · FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF GLENDALE United Church of Christ October/November 2011 From Rudolph’s desk: This issue of the Pilgrims’’