Every other month, I do the mini message at my church, or as my brother refers to it as "my show." If it truly was my show, I'd have fireworks, and a steel drum band playing as I walked in. I'm assuming that the church budget doesn't have any extra money for fireworks and a steel drum band, so it's left up to me, to use my best "Johnny Olsen" voice and tell everyone to "Come on down! You are NOT the next contestant on the Price is Right! It's just time for the mini message!"
We had our Thanksgiving Service yesterday, and I complied a list of the the little things that sometimes I think we forget to be thankful about. I spelled out "Thankful" and had each kid stand up at the front of the church holding a letter. It also helped that I talked to a woman this past week who is 91 years old, and she was thankful for plumbing and proceded to tell me when she was a young mom, she had to lug water from the barn each and every day, because they didn't have plumbing in their house. She was also thankful for modern appliances, because she hated washing dishes, and scrubbing clothes on a washboard. She's a fascinating walking talking history book!
T...is for tractors, trucks, technology and the such,
T...is also for Thanksgiving, just one of the holidays were we eat too much.
H...is for hockey, Canada's sport that's fun to play,
H...is also for helmets, a safety item to keep your concussions at bay.
A...is for...well it's apples. We put them in pies, sauces, and tarts.
A...is also for kitchen appliances which come in handy to cook and store all those apple parts.
N...is for nails! Fingernails for that pesky mosquito bite itch.
N...is for needle, with thread, for that neckwarmer that needs a stich.
K...is for Koffee...if we spell it in Dutch,
K...is also for ketchup, we use it on much!
F...is for furry friends, family, and French Fries,
F...is also for feeling fabulous when Friday finally arrives!
U...is very useful for spelling words like umpire, uniform and umbrella too!
But I'm thankful for the U so I can spell "unique" which describes each one of you!
L...is for loving, living and laughing out loud
L...is for being God's little lights, shining like beacons in a crowd.
Happy Thanksgiving!
From the 4th line,
Arlene
