Greetings to all!
Monday night's events in Ferguson, Missouri, and across the country,
echo around us as the nation prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Those events do not negate the occasion to be thankful for our shared
life as a nation, but they remind us that our prayers of thanksgiving are
linked to our prayers of confession, supplication, and petition for our
life as a people. With this mind, consider this prayer for your
Thanksgiving reflection ...
Great God of all nations:
Thank you for this land, which we call home,
Its abundance, its opportunities, its freedoms, its ideals.
We are grateful for the blessings we share as a people.
As we pray with thanksgiving, we also pray with hope,
That division might be healed, inequity lessened,
Generosity expanded, and justice experienced by all.
We commit ourselves to these ends,
And we ask your guidance and grace to meet them,
For the blessing of all people, and for the glory of your Name.
Amen.
The scripture lessons for Sun, Nov 30, the First Sunday of Advent:
Isaiah 64;1-9
1 Corinthians 1:3-9
Mark 13:24-37
Sunday Conversations continue this Sun, Nov 30, 10am, in Trinity Hall.
Watch the Friday update for details regarding this Sunday's conversation
topic.
Children's Choir: Children through elementary school age are invited to
gather for music and singing this Sun, Nov 30, 10am, in Trinity Hall, as
they prepare for their Christmas season presentation.
Bring one (1) plate of your Thanksgiving leftovers to share for our after
worship refreshments this Sunday, November 30.
The Thanksgiving Stuffing/Dressing is in the oven (80 pounds in 4 ovens
to be exact). The stuffing/dressing will be delivered to the Nathaniel Mission
this afternoon for their Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Thanks to all our
stuffing/dressing sponsors, as well as our warming/delivery team, and to
Critchfield Meats for their partnership in this community outreach.
The Giving Tree will be up at Walnut Hill this Sunday, Nov 30. Each
ornament on the tree represents one gift for a child/youth here in Lexington.
Feel free to pick up an ornament, purchase a gift, and return the gift
(and ornament) to Walnut Hill by Sunday, December 21.
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON POTLUCK is scheduled for Sun, December 7,
immediately after morning worship. Bring a salad, side dish, or dessert.
Meat and beverage will be provided.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Mike Ward
*The Weekly Letter is being sent a day early this week due to the
Thanksgiving holiday.
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