52 Ways to Ignite Your Congregation: Practical Hospitality.

Come join the (Evangelism Empowerment Team) EET “book club” as we read through Randy Hammer’s “52 Ways to Ignite Your Congregation: Practical Hospitality.” This little gem of a book suggests 52 different ways our congregation can be a welcoming community to the strangers among us. We hope to be fine-tuning many of the things we’re already doing, and finding some new ways to encourage our visitors to become new members of the family of Advent. The season of Advent is almost here – let’s see if the glow of the Advent candles can ignite a flame of faith in the hearts of our neighbors, so that all may know Christ’s love!

Ann Hibbs, EET reporter

All Lands Summoned to Praise God, A Psalm of thanksgiving

Psalm 100

¹ Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. ² Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. ³ Know that the Lord is God.  It is he that made us, and we are his;^* we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.  ⁴ Enter his gates with  thanksgiving, and his courts with praise.  Give thanks to him, bless his name.  ⁵ For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever!

The Greek word “Eucharist”, the word we often use for our practice of communion, means “Thanksgiving”.  Every time we come to the meal, we come to remember that all that we have, all that we are is a gift from God.  And we give thanks.  Which means that every Sunday is Thanksgiving Day!

Here’s a challenge for you!  What if all of us committed for this month, this month of Thanksgiving, to spend time each day remembering the blessings of our lives.  There’s a ton of them.  People who live lives of gratitude are happier, fuller, and have much more to give.  Today I am thankful for all of you.  I pray that you are thankful for each other.  Each day this month I will thank God that I am…

With you on the Journey, Pastor Barb.

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