Reflections on the Thanksgiving sermon
Wednesday at
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At Christ United Methodist Church 301 Drake RoadSermon Title: “Thanks, But No Thanks” Thanksgiving service We have worked hard to put our two congregations together. Our feeling is that United Methodist is strong in the city of Fort Collins as long as we can join with each other. This is the second year Christ United Methodist and First United Methodist Church have joined together on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. This is the schedule: 5:30 Dinner at First Church 7:00 Worship at Christ United Methodist 8:00 desert after the service at Christ United Methodist I have been asked to preach the sermon for the service. The title of the sermon is “Thanks, But No Thanks”. The sermon will explore the meaning of gratitude and the difference between shallow reflections that centers around the idea that “we are thankful that we are not like other people”. It is an attitude Jesus confronted when there were people who said to him, “We are thankful we are not like the tax collectors and sinners”. His response was clear. There is some “thanks” that is not “thanks”. Gratitude that does not lead to a desire to spread the wealth, but only serves to hoard it, is not gratitude. It is self-centeredness put into the guise of gratitude. There are things for which we can and must be thankful. We can be thankful for people who believe in us.We can be thankful for the food we have.We can be thankful for the good that comes our way.We can be thankful for life itself. On this Thanksgiving Day what do we do with our gratitude? Do we hoard it? Do we share it with others so that something of our gratitude spills over? If you have thoughts on this subject I would love to hear from you. If you would like to allow other people to read your response leave it where it is written “comments”. Otherwise, write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net I look forward to hearing from you. Charles
7pm
At Christ United Methodist Church 301 Drake RoadSermon Title: “Thanks, But No Thanks” Thanksgiving service We have worked hard to put our two congregations together. Our feeling is that United Methodist is strong in the city of Fort Collins as long as we can join with each other. This is the second year Christ United Methodist and First United Methodist Church have joined together on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. This is the schedule: 5:30 Dinner at First Church 7:00 Worship at Christ United Methodist 8:00 desert after the service at Christ United Methodist I have been asked to preach the sermon for the service. The title of the sermon is “Thanks, But No Thanks”. The sermon will explore the meaning of gratitude and the difference between shallow reflections that centers around the idea that “we are thankful that we are not like other people”. It is an attitude Jesus confronted when there were people who said to him, “We are thankful we are not like the tax collectors and sinners”. His response was clear. There is some “thanks” that is not “thanks”. Gratitude that does not lead to a desire to spread the wealth, but only serves to hoard it, is not gratitude. It is self-centeredness put into the guise of gratitude. There are things for which we can and must be thankful. We can be thankful for people who believe in us.We can be thankful for the food we have.We can be thankful for the good that comes our way.We can be thankful for life itself. On this Thanksgiving Day what do we do with our gratitude? Do we hoard it? Do we share it with others so that something of our gratitude spills over? If you have thoughts on this subject I would love to hear from you. If you would like to allow other people to read your response leave it where it is written “comments”. Otherwise, write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net I look forward to hearing from you. Charles
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