Happy Thanksgiving

Today as we celebrate Thanksgiving let us be mindful of all we have to be thankful for – family, friends and all those who are blessings in our lives.  Take some time to be grateful for the many blessings in your life as you celebrate with your family and friends.  Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Prayer of Thanksgiving by Walter Rauschenbusch

O God, we thank you for this earth, our home;

For the wide sky and the blessed sun,

For the salt sea and the running water,

For the everlasting hills

And the never-resting winds,

For trees and the common grass underfoot.

We thank you for our senses

By which we hear the songs of birds,

And see the splendor of the summer fields,

And taste of the autumn fruits,

And rejoice in the feel of the snow,

And smell the breath of the spring.

Grant us a heart wide open to all this beauty;

And save our souls from being so blind

That we pass unseeing

When even the common thorn bush

Is aflame with your glory,

O God our creator,

Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen