Faithful Harvest Worship Resource Two Free Resources for Thanksgiving Sunday Worship Celebrate God's gifts for which we give thanks! Thanksgiving reminds us of overeating, spending time with family, and watching parades and football on TV. But true thanksgiving is about more than just one day. This Thanksgiving holiday, encourage your church to focus on the everyday gift of food, the farmers who plant and grow our food, and the need for healthy soil and clean water to sustain us. The following resources feature worship ideas, sermon starters, small group discussion guides, and ways for congregations to take action. At the Lord's Table: Everyday Thanksgiving Click here to download At the Lord's Table t the Lord's Table: Everyday Thanksgiving is a worship resource with a guide for study, liturgies, sermon starters and ideas for youth, designed to teach communities how to eat mindfully- mindful of the farmers and rural communities, the rich soil and clean water, and God's plentiful provision- without which our tables would be empty. This resource is designed to instill thanksgiving and calls us to right relationship with all of creation. Explore and celebrate the blessing of every bite with this guide for study, worship, and action. Download this resource for FREE through the Eco-Justice Network. Earth Day Sunday 2007: The Food that Sustains Us Our Daily Bread: Harvesters of Hope and Gardeners of Eden Click here to download the Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread goes beyond the traditional boundaries of Eco-Justice to address issues such as rural poverty and hunger, industrial agriculture, childhood obesity, unfair treatment of minority farmers and dangerous working conditions for farm workers. In the incredibly complex world of U.S. farm and food policy, none of these things can be separated from clean air and water, diverse ecosystems, soil erosion, global warming, and preservation of wildlife habitat. God's creation and God's people can be devastated by poor farming practices, but through mindful choices about how we produce and consume our food the creation and our communities can also be made whole. Our Daily Bread offers opportunities for direct action with your elected officials, includes background information on the theme, sample liturgy, sermon starters, ideas for youth and adult study, and suggestions for individual and congregational action. Download Our Daily Bread: Harvesters of Hope and Gardeners of Eden.