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A great idea from Pete’s Parish newsletter<\/a><\/strong><\/span> with “thanks”\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n G K Chesterton once said, “You say grace before meals. All Right.<\/em> But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.”<\/em><\/p>\n Perhaps he had been reading the Apostle Paul when he says: <\/em><\/p>\n “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”(1Thess 5:16-18)<\/em><\/p>\n May 30<\/em>th<\/em><\/sup> has been declared the National Day of Thanksgiving, and I would like to encourage everyone in our church community to take this opportunity to think of one special person in their life – perhaps your doctor, teacher, pharmacist, bus driver or check-out person in the supermarket – and find time to thank them for their service to you through a spoken word, a card or whatever seems most natural.<\/em><\/p>\n One expression of thanks might not seem that significant, but can you imagine the impact of 300 expressions of thanks?<\/em><\/p>\n Who will you appreciate (see <\/em>www.thanksgiving.org.au<\/em><\/a><\/span>)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A great idea from Pete’s Parish newsletter with “thanks”\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 G K Chesterton once said, “You say grace before meals. All Right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and … Continue reading