Happy Thanksgiving

This is our first Thanksgiving in SC since were were married almost 12 years ago. Both our parents are here celebrating and to mark the occassion I whipped up this liturgy (and a quiche lorraine to go with the turkey):

Thanksgiving Liturgy

L: And you shall spend…money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires.

P: We shall eat here before the Lord our God, and we shall rejoice with our family.

L: You shall rejoice because the Lord sends springs into the valleys; they flow among the hills. He causes the grass to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the service of man.

P: We shall rejoice that God brings forth food from the earth, and wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens man’s heart.

L: You shall rejoice as you look forward to the day when Jesus will drink of the fruit of the vine with you in his Father’s consummated kingdom.

P: We shall rejoice as we wait for the marriage supper of the lamb who was slain that we might have life. We shall rejoice because his love is better than wine.

L: Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has accepted your works. Let your garments always be white, and let your head lack no oil.

Adapted from Deut. 14:26; Ps. 104:15ff.; Mt. 26:29,;Eccl. 9:7; Rev. 3:18; 19:9

We then sang Come, Ye Thankful People Come.