Giving Thanks!

I wish I had some pictures to share with you about the appreciation dinner the Bishop's Committee gave the congregation last night. We had 30 people there, sharing, laughing, and eating together.

We gave thanks to the congregation who throughout this past year have been prayerful, loving, generous hands of God to us and to the community. We have much to be thankful for and remember that God is gracious, loving and full of kindness and mercy. I have seen God at work in many people and places in the San Luis Valley, but especially in our church.

We did a land blessing for a new member two weeks ago, and we brought food and blessings to him, his goats, his chickens,his dogs and of course to the land that he has chosen to build his home on. He has given us the gift of eggs, goat milk and hair for those who weave and spin to buy. He has also given us the blessing of his presence and his God-centered life.

We have people who minister to those who are in the hospital, visitors to the valley, on hospice care, teaching children & adults, those who write, take pictures, those who are artists and share their God-given talents, those who love music and play an instrument, those who laugh and play, those who walk, those who listen, those who care, those who know horses, those who love children, those who give over and over and over again and never ask for anything in return. We are truly blessed and I give thanks that I have the opportunity to serve in such a loving, caring and giving place.

I will post pictures later of all we have been doing for the past few months since we went green and share with us in the wonder that God gives us each and every day. Let us always be thankful for what we have and what we receive. I am thankful for all of these willing hands, hearts, feet, and faces of Christ who minister to me in so many incredible ways.

Thank you. Dawn