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By LISA G. CURRIE
Rappahannock Neva Staff Writer
Thanksgiving — the word brings to mind a traditional steaming turkey dinner complete with stuffing and pumpkin pie, as Americans gather ’round the family table, thankful for what they eryoy and asking a blessing on what may come.
Honoring this, in the custom of our forefathers, Americans give thanks, each in their own way, on the traditonal fourth Thursday of November.
Gathering in peace and brotherhood, the Rappahannock County Community Thanksgiving service provides the setting in which the county’s residents may offer thanks and praise at this special time of year.
The annual event is sponsored by seven county churches, which take turns hosting the service. This year the ecumenical service, sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church, Washington Baptist, St. Peter’s Catholic Mission and First Baptist, all of Washington, the Methodist circuit charge of Flint Hill, Sperryville and Willis Chapel, and Reynolds Baptist of Sperryville, will be held at Reynolds Baptist in Sperryville on Thursday, Nov. 22, at 10 a.m.
“The service is held at 10 a.m., even when it snows,” said the Rev. Merlin Shorb, pastor of the Rappahannock Methodist Charge. He recalled that last year the season’s first snow fell on Thanksgiving eve, ushering in a bitter cold spell which lasted until the first of the year.
One of Rappahannock’s newest ministers, the Rev. Darrell Bare of Washington Baptist Church, will deliver the sermon.
Other clergy will read verse, lead prayer and direct the traditional songs of Thanksgiving. An offering will be taken, which will be presented to the county’s Department of Social Services as a supplement to its services for the needy during the Christmas season. A joint choir will perform.
“Last year we had a small group turnout,” Rev. Shorb explained, adding much of that may be attributed to the poor weather conditions. “We usually have a very good crowd.”
St. Peter’s Catholic Mission will hold a mass at 9 a.m. at the Washington mission next Thursday at 9 a.m.
Amissville area churches will gather together next Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Amissville Baptist Church, located on Route 643, for a community service.
The newest member of the clergy in the Amissville area, the Rev. Peter Weems of Amissville Methodist Church, will deliver the sermon at the ecumenical service. Other clergy will offer prayer, lead songs, read verse and take offering.
The public is invited to all of the above services.
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