Valentine's Day Babysitting

On Valentine's day the Pilgrims hosted a babysitting night as a way of saying thank you to everyone who has supported us through all of our fundraising. We had lots of fun with special Valentine's day crafts, games, movies, making snow cream and mini snowmen! Everyone had lots of fun and couldn't imagine spending such a snow filled day any other way! Stay tuned for more!

Valentine's Babysitting

As a gift to the church, our youth group will be babysitting on Valentine's Day, February 14th from 5-8 pm. We will serve mac and cheese and hot dogs for dinner. The babysitting will be free. Elementary aged kids and younger are welcome, but please no diapers.

Hokie Parking Profits Pilgrims

Parking nets pilgrims over $400. Thanks to the Hokies  that parked with us and enjoyed the coffee bar provided by the beautiful young baristas.

Pre Rain Parking Crew!

Babysitting  was also very successful. The children were extremely well behaved. They were so quiet we hardly knew they were here. We looked for them in the quiet corner ( a tent set up for indoor camping) and found them missing! Delicious macaroni and cheese was cooked by our eldest, remember, she is 64. We hope even more children join us next time!

Upcoming! September 2013

Upcoming...

    On Saturday the 21st the Pilgrims will be hosting a babysitting time during the VT and Marshall game. We will babysit throughout the game and we will rent out parking spaces for money. This is usually a ministry of our Canterbury students and we thank them for giving us the opportunity to raise these funds. Our babysitting offering has been extended to some of our fellow churches on Church St. in Blacksburg. We hope that they join us and we hope that we see some unfamiliar faces along with those that we know! We are really looking forward to this event!


FAQ...

   In past events we have been asked why we chose the Dominican Republic as our destination. The answer is that we did cost analysis and we also decided that it was the best use of our time. The places we will be able to travel their are amazing, including the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Sometimes we wonder what all the work is for, can't we be just as spiritual in our own town? But this quote puts it more eloquently than we ever could!

 “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” 
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

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Preparation...

Pilgrims prepared for babysitting by contacting our congregation by personal email, parish email  and through the Sunday bulletin. We have also contacted neighboring worship communities by email, mail  and by phone to invite them to our babysitting event.  We will be prepared for the parking patrons with coffee/ donuts and a smile early on Saturday.