In lieu of traditional choir concerts and kids events that normally fill the Christmas season at CKPC, we will be holding an outdoor pilgrimage event which you can participate in on Dec 20, 21 or 22 which is designed for all ages to enter into the meaning of the season.

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We also invite you and encourage you to join us throughout Advent on this page to journey with us in preparation for the pilgrimage event and for Christmas itself. Each week will have blog posts, devotionals, family activities and spiritual practices for you to do together with your household, or on your own.

Pre-Advent

What do Advent and “pilgrimage” have to do with one another? A pilgrimage is as much about “being” in one spot, as it is about “going” to another...
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Week 1: Nov 29-Dec 5

Every pilgrimage begins at a particular time and place, a moment in history, and a geographical location... |continue|

Week 2: Dec 6-12

As you pilgrimage through these next few weeks of Advent, take time to ponder what you are lugging around. Freedom to carry less is both an exterior and interior invitation....
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Week 3: Dec 13-19

A pilgrimage is never a solitary journey. It is an experience of being helped, and of helping the people God places on your path.... |continue|

Week 4: Dec 20-24

When I first began attending AL anon, I heard a phrase that really confused me, and pissed me off at the
same time. It is the phrase “You are exactly where you’re supposed to be.” “I AM NOT!!!” I screamed in
my head. How could this possibly be where I was supposed to be? Didn’t God expect better things of me? How did God let this sadness happen to me?

Week 5: Dec 25-January 6 (Epiphany)

We will always be pilgrims, but we are never alone, never abandoned, always walking toward the day when God welcomes us home... |continue|