Grace gives thanks on Thanksgiving

Tender strips of mom’s oven roasted turkey piled on top of your plate, soaked and satiated with gravy; sweet potato pie baking in the oven with a scent that seeps through the foggy window cracks and intoxicates every bystander with a sweet tooth; pounds of stuffing that mesmerizes the spoon before it can even find its way to your mouth; buttermilk biscuits that’ll bake your heart with every inch your teeth sink into the center.

Next Thursday is arguably every American’s favorite day of the year. No matter what walk of life, race or nationality you come from, there is something powerful about the traditions that Thanksgiving invites from all of us.

But Grace Baptist Church of Christ is making sure that the body remembers the most important part of the holidays: being thankful. On Wednesday, November 23, Grace will be having Her annual special Thanksgiving service. Members, family and friends are encouraged to show up and turnout for an evening of praise, food, fellowship and thankfulness.

Sis. Rachael Osbourne says that she will be celebrating the holidays with family traditions.

“Thanksgiving means the world to me because I am given the chance to celebrate it with wonderful people that God has blessed me with,” Osbourne said. “My family and I would have the wonderful tradition of attending the Macy Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC and, after a long day out there looking at the beautiful balloons, floats and performers at the parade, we would get back on the train to go home for a wonderfully prepared Thanksgiving meal by my Grandmother. These traditions I will never forget and plan to pass on to my children.”

Crystal Houser also expressed her joy for the holiday.

“Thanksgiving is one of the most important holidays, much like Christmas and Easter. Thanksgiving should be celebrated just like it says…giving thanks,” Houser said. “Whether you’re spending Thanksgiving alone reach down (it shouldn’t be that far) and pull out one of those many things you should be grateful for and rejoice in that, even if it’s just for the moment. Then go out or pick up the phone and share that joy and thanks with someone else who’s finding it extremely difficult to appreciate why they’re still amongst the living.”

Have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving with you and your family and friends!