https://www.pilgrimopc.org/about daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1611661524578-4RE22XIG0DJREBK25NPX/Pilgrim%2BOPC%2BPresbyterian%2BReformed%2BChurch%2BBangor%2BMaine.jpg About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1611661548150-WSLGI5H79K93RO6TEHVX/Russell%2BHamilton%2BPilgrim%2BOPC%2BBangor%2BMaine%2BReformed%2Bcircle%2Bfinal.jpg About Us - Russell Hamilton Mr. Russell J. Hamilton was called to be the pastor of Pilgrim OPC in December 2007. Prior to coming to Bangor, he served as a church planter, for 3 years in Bucksport, Maine, and for 6 years in New Orleans, Louisiana. His pastoral education is from Knox Theological Seminary in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (M.Div.). He is married, has 4 children, and was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/c4d9c862-72d4-4658-84d7-2cf10e02e354/IMG_6328+%282%29.jpg About Us - Sy Stockwell Josiah (Sy) Stockwell has served as an elder since 2017, but was called as pastor in June of 2025. His pastoral education is from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida (M.Div.). He is married, has 3 children, and was born in Massachusetts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1611632572774-2H4E0LC6UAA2637E83ZA/circle+PIlgrim+OPC+Fellowship+Reformed+Church+Bangor+Maine4.jpg About Us - Richard Reed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1611632605976-1RTBG5234JWJCCPFYXVO/circle+PIlgrim+OPC+Fellowship+Reformed+Church+Bangor+Maine5.jpg About Us - Ken Johnson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1611632725743-0NX8RRITEHW1DJFRSUNF/circle+Pilgrim+Orthodox+Presbetyrian+Church+Reformed+Maine+Elder-6.jpg About Us - Joshua Klein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1612822281805-EX0AJYNRAWKOU43TW24N/circle+Pilgrim+Orthodox+Presbetyrian+Church+Reformed+Maine+Elder-7.jpg About Us - Nathan Lambert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1611632789929-UW02VUEAKSLBUDGX7FAG/circle+Pilgrim+Orthodox+Presbetyrian+Church+Reformed+Maine+Elder+Blank.jpg About Us - Jay Rankin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1611632916747-GT1MK61LT4F5WOVLMDLO/circle+Pilgrim+Orthodox+Presbetyrian+Church+Reformed+Maine+Deacon-3.jpg About Us - Len Dorman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1611632789929-UW02VUEAKSLBUDGX7FAG/circle+Pilgrim+Orthodox+Presbetyrian+Church+Reformed+Maine+Elder+Blank.jpg About Us - Mark Smedberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1611632789929-UW02VUEAKSLBUDGX7FAG/circle+Pilgrim+Orthodox+Presbetyrian+Church+Reformed+Maine+Elder+Blank.jpg About Us - Ted Pearson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1611632789929-UW02VUEAKSLBUDGX7FAG/circle+Pilgrim+Orthodox+Presbetyrian+Church+Reformed+Maine+Elder+Blank.jpg About Us - Tim Graf https://www.pilgrimopc.org/home daily 1.0 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1586602906785-4T6FAXJUK0VB9O8SH270/The+Lord+Has+Spoken+2+Pilgrim+OPC+Presbyterian+Reformed+Church+Bangor+Maine.jpg Home - Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Solus Christus, Soli Deo Gloria We are a Church grounded in the great affirmations of the Protestant Reformation: Scripture alone, Grace alone, Faith alone, Christ alone, all to the Glory of God alone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1586602158962-3YRL9J8CMSA01HOMNFI8/Fellowship+Pilgrim+OPC+Presbyterian+Reformed+Church+Bangor+Maine.jpg Home - Come fellowship with us! Pilgrim Church is a gathering of Christians of all ages and various backgrounds. We are a family with the privilege and responsibility to love and care for each other. We warmly welcome people who are not from Christian backgrounds. Visitors frequently tell us how very welcome they feel at Pilgrim Church. So come visit! https://www.pilgrimopc.org/outreach daily 0.75 2023-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1592473813010-BSCLQ5ZPAFJFIVSHO6U2/PIlgrim+OPC+Fellowship+Reformed+Church+Bangor+Maine3.jpg Outreach - Pilgrim’s Outreach Pilgrim OPC exists to worship God and to proclaim the saving gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in Word and deed in our community. We seek to achieve this through these means: Coffee Break Bible Study Coffee Break is an opportunity for women to gather to discuss God’s Word, the Bible. It is open to any and all (Christian or non-Christian) who would like to learn more about the Scriptures and their message of God’s love in Christ. Coffee Break is on Tuesdays from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Monthly Worship Services On the second Sunday of the month at 2 p.m., there is a service held at the Phillips-Strickland House in Bangor. On the fourth Sunday at 2:30 p.m. different members of the church Volunteer along with the Pilgrim OPC Youth Group in leading a service at the Eastside Rehabilitation Center in Bangor Salvation Army Soup Kitchen On the second Monday of every month at noon time, Pilgrim OPC provides food and ministry to those at the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1592473853140-7PJATVZCPG09L0FTW1KE/PIlgrim+OPC+Fellowship+Reformed+Church+Bangor+Maine1.jpg Outreach - Missions Foreign Missions. Supporting church planting, seminary education, medical missions, and diaconal ministries in South America, Asia, Africa, Caribbean, and Europe. Home Missions. Supporting church planting in New England and the rest of the United States. Short-Term missions. Supporting efforts to encourage and assist the work of our full-time missionaries in their vital work. Disaster Relief. Supporting the efforts of our church to respond with the compassion of Jesus Christ to those affected by disasters in different parts of our nation and world. Alex and Suzanne Sarran, Mission to the World (PCA) missionaries in Lyon, France. Phillip and Joy Kirkland, Mission to the World (PCA) missionaries in Athens, Greece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1592473881437-U8M06E2FM6KICEJ9THDJ/PIlgrim+OPC+Fellowship+Reformed+Church+Bangor+Maine4.jpg Outreach - Local Ministries First Step Pregnancy Resource Center Supporting the Right to Life. Shepherd’s Godparent Home Supporting the Right to Life and those in difficulties. Grace Evangelical College & Seminary Deerwander Bible Camp Penobscot Christian School Safe Families for Children Seeds of Hope Food Pantry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1611712739410-C5W5T4QYY633J7FO33ET/Tan+House+logo.png Outreach - A Residential Mentorship Home for Young Men “Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” – Proverbs 27:17 https://www.pilgrimopc.org/learn daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/28eeb8f7-7fe1-49c4-9bc3-6ccbf363f7f2/poverty+justin-manalo-PfLiSCmVLVo-unsplash.jpg Learn The Church in the Midst of Pain & Poverty Recorded November 5th & 6th, 2021 With Dr. Kelly Kapic, author and professor of theological studies at Covenant College. https://www.pilgrimopc.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2021-01-27 https://www.pilgrimopc.org/fellowship daily 0.75 2022-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1594393870493-2607WPF9J7RQSQ8DT6JH/PIlgrim+OPC+Fellowship+Reformed+Church+Bangor+Maine5.jpg Fellowship - Sunday School Pilgrim Church provides Sunday School classes at 10:00 am for all ages on each Sunday of the year, except July and August. We welcome you to join us in studying the Word of God. We honor the Great Commission call to make disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ to the glory of God. Through faithful teaching, we seek to grow spiritually as a church family and demonstrate evidence of our relationship with Christ Jesus by meeting the needs of those near and far. In youth programs, from preschool through junior high school, we provide systematic Christ-centered biblical education, primarily using material produced by Great Commission Publications, which is a joint publication organization of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church of America. In our high school and adult classes, we study the Bible and Christian beliefs, examine church history, and discuss practical applications of Christian living. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1594394077297-3ZWA7O3O0DO1103BB4ZZ/Open+Bible+Pilgrim+OPC+Presbyterian+Reformed+Church+Bangor+Maine-2.jpg Fellowship - Bible Study & Prayer Small groups of adults meet in various homes at different times of the month to encourage one another in their faith through fellowship, study, accountability, and prayer. Each group has its own uniqueness. Check with our church office (942-8054) for updated information. Each Wednesday Pilgrim Church meets for Study and Prayer at 6 pm. We join together in prayer for the needs and concerns of our Pilgrim family, our community, our nation, our leaders, our missionaries, and other timely matters. Please join us for this time of sweet fellowship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1594394161351-R0SREZSSMSL7UBJ8CLS8/PIlgrim+OPC+Fellowship+Reformed+Church+Bangor+Maine2.jpg Fellowship - Special Activities Throughout the year Pilgrim Church hosts events to bring the entire church family together. Our regular church-wide events include: the Memorial Day picnic, Harvest Party and a Fall Missions Conference. Email churchoffice.pilgrimopc@gmail.com for more information on any of these events. In addition to these regular events, another very popular annual event on the Pilgrim Church calendar is the Annual Church Camping Trip at Peaks Kenny campground near Dover-Foxcroft, Maine in July. The weekend includes outdoor activities around the park including volleyball, swimming, boating, hiking and biking, a Saturday evening meal and sing-along and a Sunday morning service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1594395206884-O327B7DDQOAOD4KWTQH6/10497182_10100160590193142_7117600050880185709_o.jpg Fellowship - Youth Ministry Pilgrim Church has a very active youth ministry led by elder Nathan Lambert. We seek to treasure the triune and living God as He graciously enables us to glorify and enjoy him! Regular youth group (Jr. & Sr. High combined) meets on most Saturday evenings at the church building from 6 pm to 8:00 pm. We pray, we sing, we laugh, we hang out, we play games, but most of all, we study God’s Word in order that our treasuring all that he is for us in the Lord Jesus is guided and guarded by the truth. To go even deeper with God, there are also two Living for Christ (2 Cor. 5:14-15) discipleship groups available. One for young men and one for young women. This time includes Bible study, prayer, accountability and memory work. In addition, we also have times of fellowship and service activities each month. To see what is going on this week, please call the church (207) 942-8054 or email Nathan at popcyouthministry@gmail.com. Each Summer the youth group together with the youth director and adult chaperones, serves together as a family in Christ on a weeklong missions trip. Trips in the past have included renovation work in Neon, KY and evangelistic work at the Boardwalk Chapel in Wildwood, NJ. For more information about any aspect of Pilgrim’s youth ministry, please e-mail Nathan at popcyouthministry@gmail.com. https://www.pilgrimopc.org/what-to-expect daily 0.75 2021-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1594403395597-JYFSREBKC7FI2MYRK6MR/Pilgrim+OPC+Reformed+Bangor+Maine-6+copy.jpg What to Expect - What You Can Expect Visiting Pilgrim Our congregation is multi-generational and represents people from many different places in life. We cherish our aging brothers and sisters as much as we do the boisterous young families, and everyone in between. We meet together for worship each Lord’s day in the sanctuary on the second floor of our church building. We have ushers ready to greet you as you arrive. Our worship services are grounded in a traditional focus on the preaching of the Word of God, the administration of the sacraments (baptism and communion), and prayer. We aim to make our services full of reverent joy. After a few brief congregational announcements, our service begins with a Scriptural call to worship. We then pray, sing, and confess the faith together. We sing hymns from the Trinity Hymnal (which contains music from all ages of church history) as well as God-glorifying contemporary songs. The sermon is typically about 40 minutes long and is expository in nature (i.e. we simply preach our way through each passage of the Bible). Every other week we celebrate the Lord’s supper. We happily welcome your children into our worship services. We offer a children’s service option for those who would like to take it, but it warms our hearts to hear the cooing and fidgeting of your little ones. God sees them as precious and so do we. If you are not a Christian, we want you to know you’re welcome to join us. We strive to make the teachings of God’s word clear for people in all places of life. If you’re curious about our preaching, you can listen to previous sermons or watch our pastor’s Romans 8 Bible study video series here. Need help? Have questions? If you would like to connect with us, please reach out to the pastor or one of our elders when you visit. We would be pleased to help in any way we can. We look forward to seeing you. https://www.pilgrimopc.org/kapic-conference daily 0.75 2021-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9112e0a69d99777e5a97e8/1632046678477-URNENLBTOHNQ81ZH8GIC/Dr.+Kelly+Kapic+sm.jpg Kapic Seminar - The Speaker Kelly M. Kapic is Professor of Theological Studies at Covenant College where he has taught since 2001. With a PhD in Systematic and Historical Theology from King’s College University of London, Kapic has written or edited fifteen books, with his new book You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why that’s Good News coming out in January, 2022. His earlier work includes the recent volume Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering, which won the Christianity Today book of the year award in the area of Theology and Ethics and World Magazine’s Short List award for Accessible Theology Book of the year. He also recently completed two volumes with the economist Brian Fikkert called Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty isn’t the American Dream and A Field Guide to Becoming Whole: Principles for Poverty Alleviation Ministries. In 2014 Kapic received a Templeton Grant to be part of The Center for Christian Thought studying the topic of Psychology and Spiritual Formation. 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Pilgrim Church is a gathering of Christians of all ages and various backgrounds. We are a family with the privilege and responsibility to love and care for each other. We warmly welcome people who are not from Christian backgrounds. Visitors frequently tell us how very welcome they feel at Pilgrim Church. 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Visitors frequently tell us how very welcome they feel at Pilgrim Church. So come visit!