Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
November 19, 2023
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Topics for Today
Wikipedia is a frequent source
for information in these articles.
Thanksgiving Sunday
Why is Thanksgiving on Thursday?
Thanksgiving History Facts and Trivia
Thomas Jefferson and Thanksgiving
The "Mother of Thanksgiving"
A History of Thanksgiving
Who Were the Pilgrims
Why Did the Pilgrims Come to America
Five Things You May Not Know about Pilgrims
The First Thanksgiving
a Children's Sermon from 11/21/99
The First Thanksgiving Meal
Who was There at the First Thanksgiving Meal?
Colonists at the First Thanksgiving were Mostly Men
What's the Difference Between Puritans and Pilgrims?
When Massachusetts Banned Christmas
Thanksgiving (United States) from (Wikipedia)
The making of Thanksgiving in the US from (UMNEWS.org)
A History of Thanksgiving Proclamations
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Bethel Worship Planning Documents
2023 Monthly Worship Calendar
2023 RCL 2 page Summary
Bethel Weekly Worship Planning worksheet
2023 Annual Program Planning worksheet
Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
Weekly Worship Planning Series
Note: This material from UDM is not the basis for today's message
but is provided here for your personal study and reflection. Click here for suggestions about how to use this material.
Worship Series: "Our Hymn of Grateful Praise" but is provided here for your personal study and reflection. Click here for suggestions about how to use this material.
from umcdiscipleship.org
We’re going out on a limb here. The Worship Team at Discipleship Ministries remains committed to
providing resources for lectionary worship on a regular basis. We will continue to do so as we move
toward Advent of Year B in a few weeks. But as we were planning for the end of Year A, we believe
that we were led by the Spirit to do something a little different for these last three weeks. So,
we are temporarily stepping away from the lectionary to provide a short worship series on
“Gratitude.”
This is the Second service of a 3 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the services of the Series.
(Click on another graphic to see that session's resource page)
This Service's Theme: "In Everything"
Liturgical Resources
This is Thanksgiving week, so it is an appropriate time to reflect on the pervasiveness of the
life of gratitude that the gospel suggests.
Worship Planning
NotesPreaching Notes
Lectionary Scriptures:
Judges 4:1-7; Psalm 123; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30;
Suggested Hymns . DM Accompaniments Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
- UMH CD.....UDM - DM Accompaniment.....
MM/DD/YY - Recorded Service
Hymns Considered For this week: .Verses - "For the Beauty of the Earth"
131 -
.Verses - "We Gather Together". (UDM)
694 -
.Verses - "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come" .
(UDM) 2036 -
.Verses - "Give Thanks" . (10/01/17, 11/19/17, 05/06/18, 07/07/19)