Harvest is a time of thanksgiving. We often think about the farmers who are harvesting crops, looking at their yield and being grateful for another successful year. However, not many of us are farmers, so what do we have to be thankful for?

Let’s think about it…

How many times have you gone to your local store and there wasn’t anything on the shelves?

How many times have you opened the cupboard door, the fridge or the freezer and it was empty?

Probably not too many times. And yet all around us we know there are people who this is their everyday existence.

Today we are joining with The Foodbank and The Minster Mission to help those many individuals who, unlike us, do not always have a meal. We do have so much to give thanks for, so today let us join with our favourite harvest hymn “All good gifts around us, are sent from Heaven above, then thank the Lord, oh, thank the Lord, for all His love.”

Rev Jassica