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11 - 21 - 2007
Pastor Bill's Newsletter
2007 Thanksgiving Day edition
2007 Thanksgiving Day edition
Copyright 2007 Pastor Bill Mazzulla III
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Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Thanksgiving Humor
3. Serve New England
4. Scripture of Thanksgiving and Praise
2. Thanksgiving Humor
3. Serve New England
4. Scripture of Thanksgiving and Praise
5. Thanksgiving article
1. Introduction
It is very important to be thankful all year.
This is the time of the year we are reminded the most to be thankful.
Sister Rosemary and I are thankful for each of you and for Serve New England.
If you volunteer at least 2 hours per month and live in New England then check out Serve New England. heir is more information about Seve NE in section 3 of this Newsletter.
With Serve NE's permission I am including most of an article from their Newspaper titled: "A Time To Give Thanks" and some slight editing on my part. That is found in section 5.
If you want to make the joke cuter just use your son's, daughter's or grandchild's name.
2. Thanksgiving Humor
2. Thanksgiving Humor
Baby Billy was sitting in his mother's kitchen,
watching her prepare the Thanksgiving meal.
"What are you doing?" Billy asked.
"Oh, I'm just stuffing the turkey," his mother replied.
"That's cool!" Billy said.
"Are you going to hang it next to the bear?"
Cartoons sequence I put together.
Animations from Animation Factory with permission..
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There is also Thanksgiving humor on our webpage
Christian Cartoons & Games
which is part of our first original website
Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch.
http://www.servenewengland.org/
This is an excerpt from Serves web-page
About Serve New England
http://www.servenewengland.org/about/
"Serve New England is a program designed to promote volunteer service by offering deep discounts on the highest quality grocery, meat, and vegetable items to community-minded individuals willing to volunteer two hours of their time each month to a worthy cause. We have over 350 chapter sites located throughout the six New England states."
So like I said in my Introduction;
This is an excerpt from Serves web-page
About Serve New England
http://www.servenewengland.org/about/
"Serve New England is a program designed to promote volunteer service by offering deep discounts on the highest quality grocery, meat, and vegetable items to community-minded individuals willing to volunteer two hours of their time each month to a worthy cause. We have over 350 chapter sites located throughout the six New England states."
So like I said in my Introduction;
"if you live in New England then check out Serve New England".
Sister Rosemary and I benefit from this program and many months purchase high-quality foods through this program that otherwise we would be unable to afford.
In fact we got a turkey and most of the fixings that we will need for our Thanksgiving dinner through Serve New England.
Sister Rosemary and I benefit from this program and many months purchase high-quality foods through this program that otherwise we would be unable to afford.
In fact we got a turkey and most of the fixings that we will need for our Thanksgiving dinner through Serve New England.
4. Scripture
of Thanksgiving
and Praise
First Chronicles Chapter 16
34 O give thanks unto the LORD;
for he is good;
for his mercy endureth for ever.
35 And say ye,
35 And say ye,
Save us, O God of our salvation,
and gather us together,
and deliver us from the heathen,
that we may give thanks to thy holy name,
and glory in thy praise.
36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever.
36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever.
And all the people said,
Amen, and praised the LORD.
(All of 1 Chronicles chapter 16
is about thanking and praising the Lord so if you have time,
it would be to your benefit to read the whole chapter)
Giving thanks always
for all things unto God and the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Ephesians 5:20
is about thanking and praising the Lord so if you have time,
it would be to your benefit to read the whole chapter)
Giving thanks always
for all things unto God and the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Ephesians 5:20
5. Thanksgiving article
This article from "A Time to Give Thanks" in the
"Serve New England Newspaper".
Slightly edited by Pastor Bill Mazzulla.
"Serve New England Newspaper".
Slightly edited by Pastor Bill Mazzulla.
A Time To Give Thanks
We don’t say it often enough.
“Thank you,” that is. In the busy, self-absorbed world we live in these days, it’s often hard to even recognize when someone else has gone out of their way for us, never mind to remember to acknowledge their effort with a thank you. Most of us try, of course, in a polite way, to say it when we’re supposed to. When we receive a gift on our birthday, for instance, or when the person across the table hands us the sugar. But most of the time, many of us sadly let pass by those opportunities to show real gratitude for the real things people do for us.
“Thank you,” that is. In the busy, self-absorbed world we live in these days, it’s often hard to even recognize when someone else has gone out of their way for us, never mind to remember to acknowledge their effort with a thank you. Most of us try, of course, in a polite way, to say it when we’re supposed to. When we receive a gift on our birthday, for instance, or when the person across the table hands us the sugar. But most of the time, many of us sadly let pass by those opportunities to show real gratitude for the real things people do for us.
Which is unfortunate, to say the least. For when we say thank you, and really mean it, we’re not only properly awarding recognition and gratitude to someone that deserves it, but we’re also showing them that their efforts are both noticed and appreciated.
Which feels good, for us as well as for them. It is often repeated, of course, that it is better to give than receive, but certainly how good would it feel to give and never have your gifts appreciated? And how good would it feel to receive and to never have the
opportunity to respond in kind?
Which feels good, for us as well as for them. It is often repeated, of course, that it is better to give than receive, but certainly how good would it feel to give and never have your gifts appreciated? And how good would it feel to receive and to never have the
opportunity to respond in kind?
Not very, we suspect.
We hope, this season, that everyone takes the extra time to recognize and appropriately acknowledge the selfless acts performed on their behalf by the people in their lives. Whether it’s the friend that calls to check on you when you’ve missed a scheduled social event, the neighbor that retrieves your recycle bin from the street, the stock clerk
who helps you load groceries into your car, or the bank teller who cheerfully cashes your check, we ask that each of you pause for a moment, take stock of the real caring and thoughtfulness that this other person has shown you, and say thank you. And not just a quick, polite, perfunctory thank you… but a deep, heartfelt and meaningful one,
where you look that other person in the eye, take their hand perhaps,
where you look that other person in the eye, take their hand perhaps,
and say THANK YOU. We promise it will mean as much to you as it does to them.
And when you sit down to enjoy your Serve New England Holiday Food Basket this Thanksgiving, (as you sit down to enjoy your Thanksgiving dinner wherever it came from) pause to say grace, try to dispense with the typical, over-rehearsed version this
year and opt for a table blessing that truly reflects the gratitude you feel for the people and things in your lives. We promise that the warmth expressed in your message will be felt by those around you, and that the reward experienced by all will have been well
worth the extra effort.
year and opt for a table blessing that truly reflects the gratitude you feel for the people and things in your lives. We promise that the warmth expressed in your message will be felt by those around you, and that the reward experienced by all will have been well
worth the extra effort.
We truly hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday.
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All of us at Pastor Bill's Newsletter also hope that you enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday and that God has given you many reasons to be thankful to Him!
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Animations used with permission from Animation Factory.
Trade names and already copyrighted
material over-ride our copyright.
"A Time to Give Thanks" used and edited with permission from "Serve New England".
Turkey on freeway from Gothamist blog of November 2006.
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