I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ,
His only Son our Lod, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.


response reading 105. Thanksgiving Day (1)
PRES: Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
CONG: his love endures forever.
PRES: Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; 
CONG: make known among the nations what he has done.
PRES: Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
CONG: They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
PRES: Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
CONG: and he delivered them from their distress. He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
PRES: Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men,
CONG: for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

James 2:2-11
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord;
8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
9 The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position.
10 But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower.
11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.


hymnal 633
Take these gifts, take these gifts, O our God:
All we have, all we have comes from you.
With our voices raised in thanks, Lord, we give to you. Amen.