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GRATITUDE Daily Devotional: Nov 12

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Cultivate gratitude each day this month.
Day 12:  Thankful for Opportunities to Focus on What’s Good

  • Scripture: Ephesians 2:10 — For we are what [God] has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works.
  • Reflection: According to sacred text, humans are created with the capacity for goodness in their choices and actions. In times which too often feel heavy and heartbreaking, we need to focus on what is good in the world. We also seek to notice the good in each other. And we ought to start by akcnolwedging what is good about ourselves, and the ways we can affect the people and the community around us. Each day offers new opportunities to make a positive impact in the world.
  • Spiritual Practuce: What is one ‘good work’ (which  could also be phrased as the ‘next right thing’) you can ‘catch’ someone else doing this week? Take time to appreciate when someone ELSE is doing something good in the world. Make sure they know that you notice. How do you feel when you focus on the goodness around you? How do others feel when you reflect on their good works?

SONGS:

 

GRATITUDE Daily Devotional: Nov 11

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Cultivate gratitude each day this month.
Day 9:  Acts of Kindness

Scripture: Hebrews 13:16 — And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Reflection: Acts of kindness are both an expression of gratitude and a means of sharing that gratitude with the world.

Prompt: Perform an act of kindness today and recognize the happiness it brings to both you and the recipient.

SONGS:

Your acts of kindness
are iridescent wings
of divine love
which linger and continue
to uplift others
long after your sharing

—Rumi

Sun, Nov 10am Schedule with JCC and arount town

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SUN, Nov 10

  • INTERFAITH GATHERING
    8am • Iindoor at Old red Library (weather determines location)

    • Join us for poetry, prayer, and conversation
  • WORSHIP
    10:30am   • Jackson Community Church & Zoom

    • Join us for song, prayer, scripture and message
    • Livestreaming to Facebook & jxncc.org (church website)
    • Music by Sharon Novak
    • Theme: Sermon on the Mount
    • Message: rev Gail Doktor
  • HOSPITALITY following church
    11:30am • Parish Hall
  • Community Event: JAMES & The GIANT PEACH
    2pm  • Majestic Theater

    • Assigned seats $20
      Tiuckets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=aim

      • Performances:
        November 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th at 7 pm
        November 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th at 2 pm
    • Based on one of Roald Dahl’s most poignantly quirky stories, Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach JR. is a brand new take on this “masterpeach” of a tale. Featuring a wickedly tuneful score and a witty and charming book, this adventurous musical about courage and self-discovery is destined to be a classic.
  • NORTH COUNTRY ASSOCIATION MEETING

    3pm • JCC

    • The first item on the North Country Association’s fall meeting agenda will be presentation and vote on the recommendation to restructure the Association as recommended by the Association Task Force (ACTF) to consolidate functions of the Association across the state.
  • Community Event: THIRTEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ONE THING Potluck Meal & Film Discussion

    5-8pm • Whitney Community Center

    • Enjoy a potluck meal, watch the movie Thirteen Conversations About One Thing with Matthew McConaughey, Amy Irving, Alan Arkin, and others while enjoying some movie theater snacks, and then like a book club, discuss the film. Bring your own comfy chair, bean bag, or whatever works best for you. This program is hosted by the Friends of the Whitney Community Center, is FREE and runs Sunday, November 10th from 5-8 pm at the Whitney Community Center. Unlimited. To help us better plan, please Click Here to sign up and let us know what you will be bringing.
  • Community Event: OPEN HOURS @ Jackson Historical Society
    1-3pm • Jackson Historical Society (Also open by appointment.)

  • Community MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT around town:
    • Shannon Door: Jeremy Dean • 6-9pm
    • Red Parka: Mitch Alden  5-8pm

GRATITUDE Daily Devotional: Nov 10

By jacksonnhccPosted on Posted in Home, Weekly MeditationsTagged , , ,

Cultivate gratitude each day this month.
Day 9:  Gratitude for Diversity

Scripture: Revelation 7:9 –– After this, I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count.

Reflection: Scripture describes different people as being diverse members of the same common body, with different strengths, gifts, and vulnerabilties. The beauty of our diverse world reflects God’s creativity. Embracing diversity deepens our understanding of gratitude.

Prompt: Reflect on who in your relationship circles experiences the world in a different way? What do such different perspectives bring to others’ view of the world? What do they teach you about perceiving the world from another angle or perspective? What in your life brings a different perspective to life?

SONGS:

A Blessing with Roots — jan Richardson

Tug at this blessing
and you will find
it is a thing
with roots.

This is a blessing
that has gone deep
into good soil,
into the sacred dark,
into the luminous hidden.

It has been months
since the ground
gathered the seed
of this blessing
into itself,
years since the earth
enfolded it.

Sometimes
that’s how long
a blessing takes.

And the fact
that this blessing
should finally show
its first fruits
on the day
you happened by—

well, perhaps we shall
simply call the timing
of this ripening
a mystery
and a sweet grace.

Take all you want
of this blessing.
Take every morsel
that you need for
the path ahead.
Let its fruits fall
into your hands;
gather them into
the basket of
your arms.

Let this blessing
be one place
where you are willing
to receive
in unmeasured portions,
to lay aside
for a moment
the way you ration
your delights.

Let yourself accept
its inexplicable plenitude;
allow it to give itself
to sustain you

not simply for yourself—
though on this bright day
I might be persuaded
to think that would
be enough—

but that you may
gather its seeds
into yourself
like the ground
where this blessing began

and wait
with the patience
of seasons
and of years

to bear forth
in the fullness of time
a stunning harvest,
a plenteous feast

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