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 St Thomas' 11am Harvest Service on 3 October 2009 was on the theme of Developing a Grateful Heart. We focused on Tear Fund's work in Uganda and how grateful a group of people were to have a water supply provided in their village. At the end of the service Karen Herrick (St Thomas' Children’s Ministry and Community Outreach Co-ordinator) set us this challenge. It can be done by all ages at any time of the day. We have much to be grateful for every day but we often take it for granted. However we do acknowlage that we do also have difficult times. So each day ask yourself the question: "What am I most grateful for?" Or children could ask "What was the best moment of my day?" Then ask yourself the question: "What am I least grateful for?" Or again for children "What was the hardest moment of my day?" Share your answers with God, if you are on your own at the time, or with family and friends if they are around. A good time to do it might be when sitting down together at a meal time. Thank God for all the good things and ask God to help with the difficult things. Karen has produced the flyer above which you might find helpful -you could stick it up in a prominant place in your home somewhere. Copies were given out at the service but you can down load one.
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