Keri On: Come Ye Thankful People Come

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1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.[a]
3 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; 5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit,[b] as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth; 7 as you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, 8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood,[c] the forgiveness of sins.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled 22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight— 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, 26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which[d] is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Come Ye Thankful People Come

We had the privilege of hosting a Thanksgiving party...a bit of a school project and history lesson, and a bit of a crafting time for 5-10 year-olds and their people (older siblings, younger siblings and mamas!)
Gregg opened the event by reading Congress's Thanksgiving Proclamation from 1777.

Benjamin, Grace and Emily read stories (Em's the photographer - so no pic of her)

Yea...that little pilgrim facing the wrong direction belongs to me.....but that smile......a person can forgive a lot when looking into those eyes!

We made Thanksgiving cards for grandparents, - (no pics......)

and delicious acorns (out of hershey kisses, mini vanilla wafers, and broken pretzel sticks.....delicious....glued together w/ white chocolate chips!)

(upside down legos made great holding racks for the creations!)

Joshua made up sets of "Naughts and Crosses" a version of tic-tac-toe. So each of the 24 kiddos between the ages of 5-10 had a set to take home.

We sang lovely Thanksgiving hymns -

"Come Ye Thankful People Come"

"Count Your Blessings" - (we had about 50 people here today! - lovely friends)

"For the Beauty of the Earth"

Our 4 younger kiddos made up these song folders for each of their friends.

Rachel made Pilgrim paper dolls and clothes for the children to color and cut out.....

Hope you are having a lovely time reflecting on the many blessings you have received from the Lord!

9 comments:

jeanNovember 17, 2011 at 3:34 AM
This is so very nice. Thanksgiving is my favorite time of the year. Living in the caribbean, I miss it.
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LauraNovember 17, 2011 at 4:43 AM
Good Morning Keri!

What a wonderful time! Such learning and fellowship! Thank you for sharing this with your readers...truly what "home" education is all about...folks of all ages coming together to share wisdom and knowledge and God's love with each other.

May you and your lovely family have a very blessed day!
Laura
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LisaNovember 17, 2011 at 6:48 AM
I had so much fun looking at your photos and reading about your party that I'm inspired to try to do the same (next year)! Thanks for sharing the festivities with us, ~Lisa
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LeahNovember 17, 2011 at 8:50 AM
What a great idea. My children love costume days like this.
Wonderful creativity, with the paper dolls and song folders. What fun!
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Beloved's Redheaded BrideNovember 18, 2011 at 6:05 AM
This is such a fabulous fun party to celebrate Thanksgiving. All the activities look great. And, oh the singing, 50 people in unison! It sounds lovely. I wish I could have tip-toed in!!
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Beloved's Redheaded BrideNovember 18, 2011 at 6:05 AM
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PamNovember 23, 2011 at 9:42 PM
Wonderful! Looks like a delightful day. Hope your Thanksgiving is very blessed.
Much Love,
Pam
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TrishaNovember 29, 2011 at 5:08 PM
This is wonderful! What a blessing all of your work must have been to everyone.
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Homeschool on the CroftDecember 1, 2011 at 2:28 PM
What a fantastic day you had! I think it'd be wonderful to dress up like that and go the whole hog for Thanksgiving. What precious and fun memories these kids are storing up.
And how many reasons for thanksgiving we have :)
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