GREEN BAY, Wis. -– Bishop David L. Ricken of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay will deliver the reflection at an interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Service on Tuesday, Nov. 25. The service will begin at 7 p.m. at Cnesses Israel Congregation, 222 S. Baird St, Green Bay.
The fifth annual Thanksgiving Prayer Service is sponsored by GIFT (Gathered In Faith Together), an interfaith association of Green Bay area congregations.
GIFT members represent Cnesses Israel Congregation, Union Congregational Church, First United Methodist Church, St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Church, St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, St. Willebrord Catholic Church, St. Norbert Abbey, St. Matthew Catholic Church, Grace Lutheran Church and Trinity Lutheran Church.
Members of three congregations will read excerpts of Thanksgiving proclamations from Presidents George Washington (1789), Abraham Lincoln (1863) and Theodore Roosevelt (1906). Musicians from various congregations will lead the music, which will include a sung blessing in both Hebrew and English, a song in Spanish and the reading of Psalm 118 in both English and Spanish. Youth from the member congregations will serve as greeters.
GIFT has been hosting community-wide interfaith Thanksgiving and Martin Luther King Day prayer services since 2004. This will be the first time that a Bishop of the Green Bay Diocese will deliver the reflection. Rabbi Shaina Bacharach, whose synagogue is hosting the service, was part of the area welcoming group at Bishop Ricken's Mass of Installation on Aug. 28.
The public is invited to the service and is encouraged to bring nonperishable food items, which will be donated to church food pantries. A monetary collection will be taken to assist St. John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter. A social with light refreshments will follow the prayer service.
For more information, contact Rabbi Shaina Bacharach, Cnesses Israel Congregation, 437-4841, or the Rev. Charles Mize, Union Congregational Church, 437-9266.
The fifth annual Thanksgiving Prayer Service is sponsored by GIFT (Gathered In Faith Together), an interfaith association of Green Bay area congregations.
GIFT members represent Cnesses Israel Congregation, Union Congregational Church, First United Methodist Church, St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Church, St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, St. Willebrord Catholic Church, St. Norbert Abbey, St. Matthew Catholic Church, Grace Lutheran Church and Trinity Lutheran Church.
Members of three congregations will read excerpts of Thanksgiving proclamations from Presidents George Washington (1789), Abraham Lincoln (1863) and Theodore Roosevelt (1906). Musicians from various congregations will lead the music, which will include a sung blessing in both Hebrew and English, a song in Spanish and the reading of Psalm 118 in both English and Spanish. Youth from the member congregations will serve as greeters.
GIFT has been hosting community-wide interfaith Thanksgiving and Martin Luther King Day prayer services since 2004. This will be the first time that a Bishop of the Green Bay Diocese will deliver the reflection. Rabbi Shaina Bacharach, whose synagogue is hosting the service, was part of the area welcoming group at Bishop Ricken's Mass of Installation on Aug. 28.
The public is invited to the service and is encouraged to bring nonperishable food items, which will be donated to church food pantries. A monetary collection will be taken to assist St. John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter. A social with light refreshments will follow the prayer service.
For more information, contact Rabbi Shaina Bacharach, Cnesses Israel Congregation, 437-4841, or the Rev. Charles Mize, Union Congregational Church, 437-9266.
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