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November is November thanksgivings. I’ve always thought that the month of November is a special time. It’s the start of the college basketball season when the Wildcats’ push toward the “Road to the Final Four” commences. That would be the University of Kentucky Wildcats for those of you who are Sun Devil fans. Sorry, couldn’t resist. But there is something special about the hope and anticipation of great things to come that is interconnected with November for me. This year is no different. This November we kickoff the pledge drive. Our pledge can be thought of as our thanks-giving for our church family. We pledge out of a sense of thankfulness and abundance. We are thankful for our church family, for opportunities to worship God in community, and for the myriad of ways we build relationships with each other through both nurturing our members and “reaching out with Stephen” into our surrounding community. We have so much to be thankful for. And there’s more to give thanks for this month. On November 11th we will celebrate and give thanks for a new ministry at St. Stephen’s: mine with you and yours with me. This is a special place with many gifted and talented people who come together to celebrate all that St. Stephen’s has given us. A very special blessing in the Fry family will be celebrated on Thanksgiving Day, November 22nd this year. That is the day Zoë was born. And don’t forget Wednesday 21st at 7:00pm will be St. Stephen’s annual service of thanksgiving and prayer. I’ve always felt like the ‘add your own thanksgivings’ part of the Prayers of the People should be twice as long. That way we can vocalize how blest we really are as a people, as a family, as children of God. This is a special time, so let’s designate November as our annual thanks-giving month. At every shared meal, take a moment to voice a blessing and share with others the abundance of life and grace given to us from God’s bounty. Greg+ |
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