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The following is a responsive thanksgiving prayer that children can relate to. P: For apples, aardvarks and Alaska C: We thank you, Ancient of Days  P: For blueberries, blue skies and birds of every color C: We thank you, Beautiful Savior P: For cranberries, cousins and cats C: We thank you, chief capstone P: For [...]

Pastor:              Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. – PHILIPPIANS 4:6 All:                   I will GIVE THANKS to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. – PSALM 17:7 Lay Leader:       We are [...]

P:  Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them; that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones.  (Ps 106:4,5a) C:  O Give thanks to the LORD, for He is Good and His steadfast love endures forever.  (Ps 106:1)   P: for He [...]

Thanksgiving Reponsive Reading (from WELS.net):   (Psalms 100 & 150)   M:  Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. C:  Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.   M:  Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. C:  Praise him for his acts of power; praise [...]

A Thanksgiving Litany   Instructions: The following is a responsive reading for a Thanksgiving service which starts out being thankful for the ‘big picture items’ but  progresses down into some close and personal items that we need to be thankful (to God) for.  I wrote this for use at our local church, but it could [...]

  A Thanksgiving Responsive Reading Psalm 136 / Nicene Creed / “Forever”    Pastor:          Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. Congregation: His love endures forever.   Pastor:           Give thanks to the God of gods. Congregation: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty,       Pastor:           Give thanks to [...]

Now Thank We All Our God   “Now Thank We All Our God” was written by a Lutheran Pastor named Martin Rinkart, in Eilenburg, Saxony in the early 17th century.  He lived during a time of great political strife.  During the Thirty Years War his city was under siege by Swedish and Austrian armies.  In [...]