{"id":6735,"date":"2021-11-25T16:06:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T22:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?p=6735"},"modified":"2021-11-25T16:06:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T22:06:35","slug":"thanksgiving-service-thursday-25-november-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?p=6735","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Service: Thursday 25 November 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Blessings this day to you all! Just a short service for your reflection today. The words for the two songs are below if you’d like to sing along!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Peace, Pastor Chris Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let All Things Now Living ELW 881<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0<\/em>1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to God the creator triumphantly raise,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 who fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 who still guides us on to the end of our days.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God’s banners are o’er us, God’s light goes before us,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a pillar of fire shining forth in the night,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 till shadows have vanished and darkness is banished,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 as forward we travel from light into light.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God rules all the forces: the stars in their courses\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and sun in its orbit obediently shine;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the hills and the mountains, the rivers and fountains,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the deeps of the ocean proclaim God divine.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We too should be voicing our love and rejoicing;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 with glad adoration a song let us raise\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 till all things now living unite in thanksgiving:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “To God in the highest, hosanna and praise!”\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Text: Katherine K. Davis, 1892-1980, alt.Text \u00a9 1939, 1966 E.C. Schirmer Music Company<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sing to the Lord of Harvest ELW 694<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1      Sing to the Lord of harvest your songs of love and praise;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        with joyful hearts and voices your alleluias raise;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        by him the rolling seasons in fruitful order move;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        sing to the Lord of harvest a joyous song of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2      God makes the clouds drop fatness, the deserts bloom and spring,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        the hills leap up in gladness, the valleys laugh and sing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        God fills them with his fullness, all things with large increase<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        and crowns the year with goodness, with plenty and with peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3      Bring to this sacred altar the gifts his goodness gave,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        the golden sheaves of harvest the souls Christ died to save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Your hearts lay down before him when at his feet you fall,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        and with your lives adore him who gave his life for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text: John S. B. Monsell, 1811-1875, alt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Readings:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Joel 2:21-24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Timothy 2:1-7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew 6:25-33<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facebook link to the video of First Evangelical Lutheran Church’s Thanksgiving Service:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/190629367619921\/videos\/1107246373427210<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Thanksgiving, j_lloa on Pixabay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music credits: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pam Edwards: Music Director\/ Organ<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Let All Things Now Living.” Text: Katherine K. Davis, 1892 – 1980, alt.. Music: Welsh folk tune. Text copyright 1939, 1966 E.C. Schirmer Music Company. All rights reserved. Permission to podcast\/stream and print the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-704843.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Sing to the Lord of Harvest.” Text: John S. B. Monsell, 1811 – 1875, alt.. Music: Johann Steurlein, 1546 – 1613. Public domain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blessings this day to you all! Just a short service for your reflection today. The words for the two songs are below if you’d like to sing along! Peace, Pastor Chris Lee Let All Things Now Living ELW 881 \u00a01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to God the creator triumphantly raise,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","post","publish","author-flcadmin","post-6735","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6735"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6750,"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735\/revisions\/6750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}