Give thanks to the God of gods,

For God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks for congregations and cornbread,

For God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks for mentors and mushrooms,

For God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks for organists and oregano,

For God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks for peerless partners and pecan pie,

For God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks for bell choirs and baked carrots,

For God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks for volunteer gardeners and velvety gravy,

For God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks for children’s camps and cheesy casseroles,

For God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks for ministry teams and moist turkeys,

For God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Give thanks to the Lord of lords,

For God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Adapted from Psalm 136.

Rev. Chip Hardwick, Interim Executive, Synod of the Covenant