July 16, 2017: Doors open on new Parish Hall!

At the end of the Divine Service on Sunday, July 16, 2018, the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Pilgrim opened the doors to its long-awaited new Parish Hall with Sunday School Classrooms and blessed and sanctified the building with the Word of God and prayer. The congregation processed from the Sanctuary to the doors of the building while singing “Come, Thou Almighty King” (Lutheran Service Book 905), and, after the doors were opened, processed into the building’s Great Room while speaking Psalm 100. Once there, Pastor Galler, in part, prayed that God would bless all who use the building, helping them to grow day by day in the knowledge of His will and in the grace to perform it, to the honor and praise of His Name and the good of all people. The Rite of Blessing concluded with the singing of “Now Thank We All Our God” (LSB 895). Following the service were brief remarks by Steven Sampson, Capital Improvements Committee Chair, who thanked his Committee members and all who had been a part of the multi-year process. Then, people explored the new building and spent the afternoon finishing getting ready for the building’s first official use, the five-day Vacation Bible School 2017, which began that night.