At Thanksgiving each year we have the privilege of joining ranks with those we call family and the family of God to praise God, the giver of all good and gracious gifts, for His undeserved goodness. As recommended in the first Thanksgiving Proclamation by the Continental Congress in 1782, may we also “testify their [our] gratitude to God for His goodness by a cheerful obedience to His laws and by promoting, each in his station, and by his influence, the practice of true and undefiled religion, which is the great foundation of public prosperity and national happiness.”

It is in that spirit that I offer to you this blessing upon all who are gather with you this Thanksgiving Day in the name of Christ to praise Him for His goodness…