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NEWS & NOTES

• Sunday Nov. 28: Rescheduled Parents’ Meeting in the youth room at 5PM. Connect in the Gym from 5:30-7:30PM.
• Sunday, Dec. 12: Park Avenue Youth Christmas Party, 5:30-8 PM at the Hatfield’s house!
• Jan. 14-16: Winterfest in Arlington! More details soon!

Mike Hardy, Mike Morgan, Jesse Sims, Shawn Landrum, Kim Pendergrass, Peggy Clark, Patrick Mullins, June Washburn, Judy Odom, Mike Foltermann, Elizabeth Phillips, Karen Elmore
 
Ongoing Needs
Larry Long,  Jim & Jane Scroggins, Corky Armstrong, Dewey Martin, Bob Corley, Sandra Aynes, Bobby & Peggy Slaughter, Kaile Williams (Norris), Mike Martin, Roy Galyon, Vicki Ard, Stewart Bolerjack
 
Homebound
Ray & Marsha Jones, Chris Keene, JD Huffman
 
Expectant Mothers
Alissa Cope, Breanna Menifee, Abigail Brooks, Jordan Honeycutt, Gabby Waller
 
Missions
Hammer & Dela Afakule (Togo), Mario “Pepe” Torre (Monterrey, Mexico), Jimenez family (Cartagena, Colombia)
 
Friends of Park Avenue
Jason Morgan (son of Mike & Patti Morgan), Rebekah Taylor (great niece of the Russell’s), Becky Sanchez (wife of Gil Sanchez, Director of orphanage in Mexico), Kathy Hill (friend of Chris & Candsis Slaughter), Maxine Fulenchek (mother of Joe Fulenchek), Jane Bearden (sister of June Washburn), Kimberly Wilson (daughter of Bennie Smith)
 

TODD'S TAKE
Good morning and welcome to our time of worship.  A special welcome to our guests. Please scan the QR code below and complete a communication card so we can get to know you. In addition, you can submit prayer requests or any questions you might have about Park Avenue.
 
Thanksgiving is a theme that is woven through all of Scripture. And although there were designated thanksgiving celebrations, the prevailing thought is that believers are to live in a constant state of gratefulness.

In the Psalms King David never qualifies the when of thanksgiving just the necessity of it. The prophet Daniel offers prayers of thanks three times a day. The apostle Paul instructs Christians to give thanks always. Thanksgiving even extends beyond this world as we see the angelic chorus of the book of Revelation offering thanks in heaven.

A day or a season is not enough. Thanksgiving needs to be at the very center of our being. Thanksgiving needs to be our first and last thought of the day and many times in between. Only then will we be able to capture all the joys and blessings all around us that so often go unnoticed and unappreciated.

A day or season are certainly not to be dismissed. They have their benefits. But isn’t Thanksgiving really a day to remind us that thanksgiving needs to be more than a day or a season? Isn’t it a reminder that an ever-present spirit of thanksgiving has the power to infuse us daily with hope and purpose and joy in a world where it is easy to fall into despair and hopelessness and sorrow? And isn’t that what we need?