Thanks for Thanking

November 19, 2023 Preparation for Worship Time for Gathering Opening Hymn “Come Ye Thankful People Come” Come ye thankful people come raise the song of harvest-home All is safely gathered in ere the winter storms begin God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied Come to God's own temple come raise the song of harvest-home All the world is God's own field fruit unto His praise to yield Wheat and tares together sown unto joy or sorrow grown First the blade and then the ear then the full corn shall appear Lord of harvest grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be For the Lord our God shall come and shall take His harvest home From His field shall in that day all offenses purge away Give His angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast But the fruitful ears to store in His garner evermore Even so Lord quickly come to Thy final harvest-home Gather Thou Thy people in free from sorrow free from sin There forever purified in Thy presence to abide Come with all Thine angels come raise the glorious harvest-home Amen! Prayer of Praise Song of Worship Prayers of the Church and Prayer of our Lord Offering and Doxology Scripture Lesson Luke 17:11-18 Sermon Thanks for Thanking Closing Hymn “Now Thank We All Our God” Now thank we all our God with hearts and hands and voices Who wondrous things hath done In whom His world rejoices Who from our mother's arms hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love and still is ours today O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us With ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us To keep us in His grace and guide us when perplexed And free us from all ills of this world in the next All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given The Son and Him who reigns with them in highest heaven The one eternal God whom heaven and earth adore For thus it was is now and shall be evermore Benediction: MEMBER SPOTLIGHT OF VIRGINIA PUROLL • Sunday Morning Study – How we Got the Bible: Sundays| 9 AM in the Sunshine Room and via Zoom • Sunday Prayer: Sundays | 9:30 AM in the Church Office and via Zoom • NO Bible Study: Mondays | 12 & 6 PM in the Sunshine Room and via Zoom, off until January 8th • NO Fellowship Coffee Hour: Wednesdays | 10 AM in the Sanctuary, join us for coffee and donuts. • NO Issues Hour: Wednesdays | 11 AM in the Sunshine Room and via Zoom • Deck the Halls: Sunday, November 26th | After Service, join us as we decorate the church for Christmas • Movie Night: Wednesday, December 13 | 7PM at the church. We will be showing It’s a Wonderful Life • F3 Ladies Trolley: Thursday, December 14th | 5PM $10/person, please sign up. • SAVE THE DATE – Annual Cruise: January 25th on the Naples Princess. Tickets are $50/person on sale next Sunday. No sign up, please pay Mary Rush or Karen Boatright to receive a ticket. • Men’s Study Group – What it Means to Be a Kingdom Man: New study starting in January. • Thank you to Marianne Wisner for providing the cookies today. • The chancel flowers are given today by Mary Miller in memory of her dad Naval Aviator, LCDR Leonard Diamond.