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We regret to share that The Pilgrimage has permanently closed.

08/19/2022

Our beds have found new life and our space is finding new ways of supporting community!

07/31/2020

On Sunday, we celebrated the ministry of the Pilgrimage and staff as we close this chapter. Many could not join us on zoom since they were leading other worship services, so here is the recording.

Ashley Goff, Director for 19 years ('99-'18), shared that "the Pilgrimage isn't a program or an idea, but a way of being and living in the world." This is what we have practiced together: a way of being in the world that sees people and their humanity, that welcomes the outcast, that centers the stories of the marginalized.

The Pilgrimage has been engaging people in spiritual formation for 47 years. That work continues in the thousands of people who were pilgrims in DC. Mary Ester shared three haikus in worship about the Pilgrimage, ending with this:
The Pilgrimage lives
the seeds of social justice
planted in DC

Friends, keep listening to the stories of others and make space in yourself to be changed by them. When we seek greater understanding of one another, we join God's work in the world of healing, justice, and building stronger communities.

https://youtu.be/OL3OsgrGy30

07/26/2020

Join us in worship to celebrate the Pilgrimage!

07/20/2020

We will have a special worship service via Zoom this Sunday, July 26, to celebrate the Pilgrimage. We invite all our past participants, leaders, and other friends of the Pilgrimage to join us.

If you're interested, email [email protected] and we will send you the Zoom information when it's ready!

07/14/2020

We want to celebrate and share the impact the Pilgrimage has had on people. Please share your stories! We are looking for video clips, written stories, poems, photos, etc.

We want to hear how your Pilgrimage experience has changed you. How are you different after your time in DC?

Please send these contributions as soon as possible, either by DM or to [email protected], so we can share them on a rolling basis or simply tag the Pilgrimage account in your own post.

07/13/2020

Debra Frazier is a community organizer and advocate who has been working with Pilgrimage groups for 7 years. She has lived in DC her entire life and is passionate about showing people this unique city beyond the monuments and museums. Many of our groups have spent a morning or afternoon with her by exploring root causes of poverty, understanding how development turns into displacement, and learning the visual signs of this process in particular neighborhoods of DC. She shares how DC residents (over 700,000 people) are disenfranchised without voting representation in Congress and without control over the local city budget.

David Harris and Debra Frazier have been two of our most important learning partners at the Pilgrimage. Our groups have learned a lot from these two individuals and it is a loss that these partnerships are ending. We are collecting a love offering for David and Debra to express our gratitude for their years of relationship and dedication to walking alongside groups while they are pilgrims in DC.

If you would like to contribute to this love offering, you may give online through July 26:
Debra Frazier love offering: https://onrealm.org/pilgrims/-/give/pilgrimage-debra

Address

Church Of The Pilgrims, 2201 P Street, NW
Washington D.C., DC
20037

Telephone

+1 202-387-6612

Website

http://www.thepilgrimage.org/

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