Leader:            God is Lord.

All:                  God made us; we belong to God.

 

Leader:            Come now with thanksgiving to offer praise to God.

All:                  Thank you, God, and blessed be Your name, now and always.

 

Prayer of Thanksgiving

 

Reader One:         We thank you for all your gifts, gracious God, and for gathering us gratefully to remember all the ways you bless us.

Share the ways God has blessed you this year.

 

Reader Two:         And if we do not remember them all, let it be because your kindnessí are so many they cannot be counted, and not because we are not thankful.

Share about the kindness the Lord has showed you this year.

 

Reader Three:       When we are tempted to take for granted your gifts to us, lift our eyes to see, our hearts and minds to understand, and our voices to tell the ways you have sustained our family and our friends, the ways you have provided for us and have showed us the breadth and depth of your caring.

Share about the way the Lord has cared for you this year.

 

Reader Four:        Strengthen our gratitude. Help us to never forget our companions in life, close at hand or away from us. Make us generous in responding to their needs.

Offer special prayers for each other, and for those not with them now.

 

Reader Five:         For all your goodness to us, for your care of your whole creation, for being God and making us one with your people throughout the world, we thank you now and always.

 

All:                      We make our thanksgiving prayer through Christ, our Lord, Amen.