Hi Friends!
November invites us to pause and give thanks.
Of course, gratitude comes easily when life is going well. It is a little harder when life feels uncertain, disappointing, or just plain exhausting. Yet gratitude is not simply a response to good circumstances. It is a way of seeing life through the lens of God’s grace.
The Heidelberg Catechism describes the Christian life in three movements: guilt, grace, and gratitude. We recognize our brokenness, discover God’s grace in Jesus Christ, and then respond with lives of gratitude.
That order matters.
We do not give thanks so that God will love us. We give thanks because God already does. Before we ever say “thank you,” God has already said, “You are mine.”
The Heidelberg Catechism begins by asking, “What is your only comfort in life and in death?” The answer starts with these wonderful words: “That I am not my own, but belong – body and soul, in life and in death – to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ.”
That’s grace.
And gratitude is what grows in our hearts when we realize just how loved we are.
As Thanksgiving approaches, I hope you’ll take time to notice the gifts around you. Give thanks for family and friends, for this church community, for moments of joy and laughter, and for the ordinary blessings we sometimes overlook. Most of all, give thanks for the God who remains faithful through every season of life.
May our lives become a joyful “thank you” for the grace we have received.
Blessings!
Pastor Kirk.
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đź“…Â DATES TO REMEMBER
Tuesdays at 9 a.m. – Morning Meditation in the sanctuary Wednesdays at 7 p.m. – AA meeting downstairs in Gillespie
Sunday, November 1 – Holy Communion, noisy bucket
Thursday, November 5, 4 p.m. – Book Club in Gillespie
Tuesday, November 10, 10 a.m. – Hank’s Hour at BuzzBru
Wednesday, November 18, 6 p.m. – Session Meeting
Thursday, November 19, 4 p.m. – Book Club in Gillespie
Tuesday, November 24, 12 noon – Lunch Bunch
Thursday, November 26 – Thanksgiving Day
Saturday, November 28 – 10 a.m. – Greening of the Church
Sunday, November 29 – First Sunday in Advent
Sunday, November 29 – Fifth Sunday potluck
