Thankful Thanksgiving

The Spiritual Life staff prides itself on meaningful low-budget programs, and two years ago Anne Gibbons was inspired to start Thankful Thursdays. We have a banner and some note cards that get set up by different people and organizations on Thursdays, and we offer the community an opportunity to simply say thank you to someone who has helped them or who deserves a pat on the back. We offer both on-campus mailing of thank-yous as well as posting of off-campus notes. Thankful Thursday has been so successful that last year it challenged the Spiritual Life postage budget! The community has even written notes to student center donors and the crews that have done the construction.

Next week is Thanksgiving and since there is no Thanksgiving Eve service this year, you are invited to participate in Super-Thankful Thursday and see if we can’t break records of the number of notes we collect. Please travel safely!

Prayer of Gratitude
O God, when I have food,
help me to remember the hungry;
when I have work,
help me to remember the jobless;
when I have a home,
help me to remember those who have no home at all;
when I am without pain,
help me to remember those who suffer.
And remembering,
help me to destroy my complacency,
bestir my compassion,
and be concerned enough to help,
by word and deed, those who cry
out for what we take for granted.

Native American Prayer
Give thanks
for unknown blessings
already on their way.

Child’s Prayer
Thank you for the world so sweet.
Thank you for the things we eat.
Thank you for the birds that sing.
Thank you, God, for everything.

Blessings, Stephanie