Give Thanks to the Lord for He is Good

We hope you will join us this coming Sunday for our annual Thanksgiving service, where we will take time together in worship to express our gratitude to God corporately.  Come and share the ways you have experienced God’s grace, the ways that his presence has carried you through hardship, and the blessings he has bestowed upon you for which you are most grateful.

Here are some words of gratitude from our Kairos friends:

“I am thankful for the Kairos community. You have strengthened me in faith; supported me and my family through seasons of joy and wilderness; and encouraged me in my walk with Christ Jesus. I am truly blessed.” Matt Freeman

“I am so grateful that no matter how unfaithful I am, God is always so faithful to me.  He continues his work in me every day and I can’t imagine a day without that.  He continues to give me a heart to serve others and to realize how precious each of his children are, and so they must be important to me.” Maria Fejervary

“I am incredibly thankful to celebrate the baptism of our healthy and happy baby girl into the Kairos community surrounded by dear family and friends. Having a child is truly a miracle, one we did not think was possible for us, so every day with her I am reminded of God’s love and unending goodness. We are so grateful to have found Kairos as the place to raise our family to know and love Christ.” Elizabeth Burdette

“I am thankful for the when I was a kid stories that our girls are developing for themselves. Their norms are influenced by what I believe are special experiences with friends, neighbors, family, school, and our church that we see starting to shape who they are. I’m most thankful for our interaction with them, how precious and sometimes challenging it can be, and how it makes us all grow.” Stewart Teegarden

“In this season of thanksgiving, God has shown me I don’t need to look any further than my household to be overwhelmed with gratitude. In the midst of messiness and frustrations that come with change, job pressures, raising children, schedules, household and competing priorities — and even hormones as we await our second child — I am thankful for the way God uses my spouse and the gift of marriage to live out genuine examples of God’s unconditional love, support and grace” (Col 3:12-14). Emily Fehn

“I’m thankful for my family, a wife that I’ve shared life with for forty-three years, two wonderful daughters who are raising my four grandchildren in faith and a love of God, and a couple of sons-in-law who love their wives and children.” Paul Cropley

“I am thankful for the ways God has shown me Himself through a sweet year of marriage, the joy of my children, the beauty of nature, and daily provision; I am also challenged to thank Him for the ways he has shown me Himself through challenges, assuring me that He is my faithful Sustainer, Provider, Helper, and Friend. So grateful for Jesus!” Lindsay Fluker

Thoughts on Thanksgiving from a few of our children:

“I have to say thank you a lot. My mommy tells me to.”
“I’m thankful for my mommy and my daddy. They’re always thankful for me.”
“I’m thankful for my mama, my daddy, my sister, my nana and poppy, my dog. I’m thankful for my toys and stuff.”
“It’s important to be thankful because we have all these things, and some people don’t even have any clothes or food. Some people don’t have a place to live.”
“I’m thankful for my mom and dad and my brothers. I’m not always thankful for my brothers because sometimes they make me mad.”
“Hmm, well, you have to be thankful because it’s Thanksgiving. I mean…that’s what it’s about.”

– Miriam