{"id":175,"date":"2010-11-24T10:40:11","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T14:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/?p=175"},"modified":"2010-11-24T10:51:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T14:51:18","slug":"thankful-for-the-thanksgiving-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"Thankful for the Thanksgiving Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am still learning — and I am thankful for that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I say that because, at the October meeting of the Curwensville Churches, I suggested we skip the Thanksgiving Service. Attendance had dropped over the years. Different leaders were going in different directions. I was feeling kind of frustrated, and anyone in that meeting of the pastors knew it.<\/p>\n

A few days after the meeting, Pastor Scott stopped by. <\/strong>His words \u00a0to me were dead on. “Steve — this is a good thing. I don’t feel like God wants us to let it die.” So we prayed about it, regrouped, and renovated it to make it a special event. And it was special.<\/p>\n

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A Day Awaits Leading Worship<\/p><\/div>\n

The worship was led by A Day Awaits<\/em>. The Curwensville Town Choir presented two special musical selections. After each pastor was introduced,\u00a0Jim Bell led the people in a prayer of thanksgiving for them. Then the Curwensville Alliance Drama Team presented an amusing and thought-provoking drama before Dr. Robert Ludrowski presented his message: Turkey Wars<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The building was all but full — latecomers had trouble finding a seat. \u00a0The offering received to help the needy of Curwensville was, perhaps, the largest we’ve ever received at an event of that nature.<\/p>\n

Afterward, the good people of Curwensville Presbyterian treated everyone to enjoy pie in their social hall.<\/p>\n

And to think — I wanted to skip it this year.<\/p>\n

I am still learning — and I am thankful for that.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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