Pilgrim Staff
Rev. Cynthia Coffin-Langdon
Cynthia graduated from the University of Wisconsin--Superior with a Bachelor’s degree in Music & Visual Arts Education. She taught music & art in elementary schools for five years before enrolling at United Theological Seminary, where she earned her M.Div. in 2009. Since completing seminary Cynthia has been a campus minister at The University of Minnesota-Duluth, church secretary, youth pastor & children's music director. She was ordained in 2018 and served as pastor at Hillside United Methodist Church for five years. Cynthia lives in Duluth with her wife and their children.
Patrick Colvin
Music Director
Patrick Colvin is an active performer & educator. As Director of Music at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Duluth, he directs the choir and plays regularly for services, including the harpsichord every chance he gets. He maintains a teaching studio where he specializes in audition coaching, and regularly accompanies for soloists, cabarets, and choirs. He is a founding member of the Twin Ports Choral Project.
Patrick is an active theater artist in the Duluth area as a music director, pianist, and actor. Recent shows include Oklahoma!, Sister Act, She Loves Me, Assassins, Guys & Dolls, Next to Normal, and Company. Children's theater: Once Upon a Mattress, Shrek, Cats, Grease, West Side Story, Working, and Fiddler on the Roof Jr. As an actor: Iolanthe, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Les Misérables, and The Taming of the Shrew. As composer: Humpty Dumpty: The Musical (Rubber Chicken Theater) with collaborator Chani Ninneman.
Jessica Schroeder
Organist & Pianist
Jessica Schroeder is an active performer in the Twin Cities & Seattle areas. She has appeared in concerts at venues such as Sundin Music Hall, the Schubert Club, Antonello Hall, and the Chapel of St. Ignatius, as well as throughout Italy & Austria.
Jessica holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Western Washington University, a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance & Pedagogy from Northern Illinois University, a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano from the University of Oregon, and a Doctor of Musical Art's degree in Collaborative Piano & Coaching from the University of Minnesota.
Jessica currently is the organist at Pilgrim Congregational Church and teaches private piano lessons. Previously she was the pianist & organist at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Mercer Island, WA and a staff pianist at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
Christyn Inciardi
Administrative Coordinator
Christyn previously served as church secretary for First Presbyterian Church, in Hayfield, MN, where she, her husband & 2 boys lived for 2.5 years. While working at the church, she also worked as a special-ed paraprofessional for the PreK-12 school, which she absolutely loved! She is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, where she has extensive experience in the financial industry (specifically banking operations, & mortgage risk underwriting), as well as in bookkeeping & accounting for the county & several small businesses. Christyn holds a B.S. in American Multicultural Studies, with a minor in Business Administration, from Sonoma State University, in Rohnert Park, California.
Michael Dahl
Business Manager
Michael brings extensive business experience as the former owner of OutKast Tackle. Going “stir-crazy” in retirement, he has returned to work, and is with us as our part-time Business Manager.