Lakeside Community Presbyterian Church

“O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
    for His steadfast love endures forever.”

Psalm 107:1

Let me wish you an early “Happy Thanksgiving” as many of us prepare to travel to be with family.

If you want, as you gather to eat, drink and give thanks, may this prayer be a way you give thanks back to God, the provider of all good things:

God of many blessings,

We give thanks for the friends and family

that surround us today,

And for the food that is before us.

We give You praise for our blessings.

In Your name we pray. Amen!

I am grateful for our church family. God has blessed us in many ways, with people who love being together, who have a deep-set desire to grow as disciples of Jesus, to be more like Him, and to see our influence for Jesus spread throughout Lakeside and beyond.

This Sunday as we gather for worship, we will be collecting our 2025 pledge cards. This act of worship gives us an opportunity to dedicate our financial intentions for God’s work through LCPC next year.

So, if you haven’t yet, prayerfully consider what financial pledge you might make toward the ministries of LCPC in 2025 and bring your pledge cards this Sunday as we dedicate them and ourselves to God’s work. If you are unable to attend in person this Sunday, you can always mail your pledge card to the church or drop it by the church office during business hours.

November is known as the month that we give thanks.

Every year in our nation we pause on Thanksgiving Day, gather around tables with family and friends to give thanks for what we have. Those gatherings may be times where we are thankful for the many blessings that we have experienced, or they may be times when the blessings have been few and far between, but in either case, we give thanks. As people of faith we know that God is with us in both good and difficult times but still we give thanks.

As this month unfolds, I want to say thanks to each of you who call LCPC their family of faith. Thank you for your generous gifts both large and small for they help sustain and move this ministry forward as we seek to be Christ’s light in our community and in our world. You have been faithful in so many ways, generously giving of your time, talent and treasures.

Thank you!