(This Order is suggested for use with the general theme Gratitude. For alternate hymns see
Morning Worship, Praise and Worship, and God in Nature)

Prelude
Hymn

Praise Thou the Lord, the Almighty

PETER SOHREN, 1660

JOACHIM NEANDER, 1640-1680 (LOBE DEN HERREN) Tr. st. 1, 2 and 3. JAMES TAFT HATFIELD, 1895; st. 4, CATHERINE WINKWORTH, 1866

Call to Worship and Responses

LEADER: O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good.
ASSEMBLY: FOR HIS KINDNESS ENDURETH FOREVER,

AND HIS FAITHFULNESS UNTO ALL GENERATIONS.
LEADER: It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord,
And to sing praises unto Thy name, O most High.

ASSEMBLY: SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS,

COME BEFORE HIS PRESENCE WITH THANKSGIVING.

IN UNISON: Bless the Lord, O my soul;

And all that is within me, bless His holy name.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies.

Cbant (Tune, "Gloria Patri," Orders of Worship, page 14)

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen. Amen.

Prayer

IN UNISON: Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we, Thine unworthy_servants, do give Thee most humble and hearty thanks for all Thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men. We bless Thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for Thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.

And, we beseech Thee, give us that due sense of all Thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful; and that we show forth Thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to Thy service, and by walking before Thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen.

Scripture Reading Psalm 107: 1–15

A Psalm of Praise

IN UNISON: Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
Serve the Lord with gladness:

Come before His presence with singing.

Know ye that the Lord He is God:

It is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,

And into His courts with praise:

Be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.

For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting;
And His truth endureth to all generations.

Psalm 100

Hymn O Lord of Heaven, and Earth, and Sea

Reading The First Thanksgiving Celebration (Plymouth, Dec. 11, 1621)

Our corn did prove well; and, God be praised, we had a good increase of Indian corn. Our harvest being gotten in, our Governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might, after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. Many of the Indians came amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king, Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained or feasted.

Edward Winslow

The President's Thanksgiving Proclamation (By the Leader)

Talk, or Other Special Contribution

Hymn Come, Ye Thankful People, Come, No. 298

The Lord's Prayer

Prelude

Hymn Come With Hearts Rejoicing, No. 303

Call to Worship and Responses

(Select No. 1, 2, or 3)

1. LEADER: Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, and the place where Thy honor dwelleth.

2. LEADER: Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

3. LEADER: I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.

ASSEMBLY: O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD; CALL UPON HIS NAME;
MAKE KNOWN HIS DEEDS AMONG HIS PEOPLE; TALK YE OF HIS
WONDROUS WORKS. GLORY YE IN HIS HOLY NAME.

Hymn Holy, Holy, Holy (Tune, "Nicæa," No. 2)

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!

All Thy works shall praise Thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea;
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!

Perfect in power, in love, and purity.

Unison Psalm The Lord is Thy Keeper
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills:
From whence cometh my help?

My help cometh from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, He that keepeth Israel

Will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is thy keeper:

The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day,

Nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep thee from all evil;

He will keep thy soul.

The Lord will keep thy going out and thy coming in

From this time forth and for evermore. Psalm 121

Chant (Tune, "Gloria Patri," Orders of Worship, page 14)

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

Scripture Reading Eph. 6: 10-18 and Phil. 3: 13-14