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FRIDAY
& SATURDAY,
November
18 & 19
The church is tentatively reserved. Watch for future announcements!
Saturday,
November 19
7:30 AM Men's Breakfast at the church. All men are welcome! Questions? See Barry Miller.
Sunday,
November 20
9:00 AM Sunday School
10:15 AM Worship with
Pastor Kim
6:00 PM Threefold Communion Service.
Please sign up on the insert in the bulletin on Nov. 6 or 13. Any one who is a believer in Jesus Christ as Savior is welcome to participate in our threefold  communion service. You do not need to be a member of Grace Church.
Monday, November 21
7:00 PM Deacon Meeting
Tuesday, November 22
7:00 PM His Hands Practice
Wednesday, November 23
NO ACTIVITIES TONIGHT AT THE CHURCH!
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Thursday, November 24
Saturday, November 26
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Your help is needed to decorate the church and fellowship hall for Christmas! If you have questions, please talk to Kathy Marks.
Sunday, November 27
9:00 AM
Sunday School
10:15 AM
Worship with
Pastor Kim
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Wednesday,
November 30
6:50 p.m. AWANA
6:50 p.m. Youth Group
THANKSGIVING DAY is a national holiday in the United States commemorating the harvest of the Plymouth Colony in 1621. The event followed a winter of great hardship.
When it was first inaugurated, only a few eastern states participated. That was changed, however,
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through the tireless efforts of Sarah Hale. She was fired with the determination of having the whole nation join together in setting apart a national day of giving thanks 'unto Him from whom all blessings flow"
To this end, she resolutely engaged the press with an endless flow of letters and articles to the various newspapers and journals of her time. In addition she pleaded long and earnestly with three Presidents: Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan during the period of 1846 through 1856.
A small measure of triumph was granted in the year 1852, when her campaign succeeded in uniting 29 states in marking the last Thursday of November as "Thanksgiving Day."
Then came the dark days of the Civil War. Who would listen to a lone woman with her persistent plea for "just one day of peace amidst' the blood and the strife'? One man did. Her entreaty won the was of the Chief of State; and in 1863, the nation's President, Abraham Lincoln, officially proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a day set apart for the national giving of thanks unto Almighty God.
Sadly, Lincoln lived to experience only two such occasions, but Sarah Hale lived well into her late 90's, content that her long-cherished hope had at least become a reality. ----Quoted
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