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"Oh give thanks to the Lord for He is good;
for his loving kindness endures forever."
I Chronicles 16:34
Happy Thanksgiving!
from the boys and girls of
The Heiskell School
Saying Thank You to Heroes
Giving thanks, feasting, watching parades, cheering for your favorite football team, taking long walks with family...what are the Thanksgiving traditions in your family?
We hope you will start a new one today. Take a moment to say thank you to our troops. Let's Say Thanks provides an effective and easy way to send a postcard to military personnel serving overseas.
Click on the link, select a design, type your message (or select one that is already written) and hit send. Xerox will print your postcard and make sure that it finds its way to someone who is far away from home on this holiday, standing watch for each of us.
What do you know about the Pilgrims and their Thanksgiving?
You may be surprised to learn how richly textured and inspiring they are.
Plymouth Crock
An intelligent article by Doug Phillips of Vision Forum which sets the record straight.
The Light and the Glory (original and children's version)
Throughout Scripture God tells us to remember and give thanks - to remember His people and how He led them, protected them, disciplined, prepared and delivered them.
Using original
documents, Peter Marshall and David Manuel brilliantly tell the story
of God's relationship with those who first explored and settled this New World. Children and adults alike enjoy hearing the story of Squanto as well as the many other stories which encourage us with the good news that God continues to weave His story through our lives, too.
(The original book is available as an audiobook through iTunes.)
The Life of William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony
A
long but fascinating biography of the first governor of Plymouth Colony
written by the famous 18th century preacher, Cotton Mather. The
language is archaic but beautiful for those with an ear for historical
accuracy.
A Proclamation of Thanksgiving
from the new president of the United States
November 26, 1789
The First Thanksgiving Proclamation
Whereas
it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty
God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to
implore His protection and favor; and
Whereas both Houses of
Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to recommend to
the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and
prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many
and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an
opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their
safety and happiness.
Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign
Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of
these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the
beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be;
that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble
thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country
previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold
mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the
course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of
tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the
peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to
establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and
particularly the national one now lately instituted' for the civil and
religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of
acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the
great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.
And
also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and
supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to
pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether
in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative
duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a
blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise,
just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and
obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially
such as have show kindness to us), and to bless them with good
governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice
of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and
us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal
prosperity as He alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the third of October,
in the year of our Lord 1789.
(signed) G. Washington
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Blessings!
Cyndie Heiskell
The Heiskell School
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