We heard a sermon from Gareth Brandt titled “Thanksgiving for Spiritual Blessings”. In it, he showed how spiritual blessings are an integral part of Anabaptist history and what some of those blessings are, even if we don't think about it much. When Martin Rinkart, the author of the song "Now Thank We All Our God", was giving thanks to God, Pestilence, Famine, and War were an ever-present part during his ministry. Yet, the resilience and spirit that Rinkart had even during these hard times shows in his song. Hans Denck was put on Trial of The Godless Painter (Nuremburg) along with several artists for having ideas that were dangerous to the institutional authorities of the time. Ideas like "Baptism is for adults who choose to love" or "you can sacrifice in love, but you can't kill" nearly killed him, and got him kicked out. Gareth claims that the spiritual gifts that strengthened these men, and many others, are as follows: Chosen-ness, Grace, Unity, and Spirit. [JL]

Passage: Exodus 34:6; Psalm 136:1-3; John 15:9-12; Ephesians 1:3-14
Communion: No
Ecumenical or Event: Thanksgiving Sunday
Potluck Lunch: No
Congregational Meeting: No

Speaker: Gareth Brandt
Worship Leader: Caleb Yang
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Pianist: Ruth Enns
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Zoom Coordinator: John Lee
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