{"id":21531,"date":"2020-11-18T13:35:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/?p=21531"},"modified":"2020-11-18T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:36:00","slug":"a-prayer-of-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/a-prayer-of-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer of Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We offer this prayer of thanks to God for all of the good people who are working to keep us safe from Covid-19 during this long and difficult year. Inspired by Philippians 4:6-7, this prayer was read by United Methodists from across the Greater Northwest Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/480909752?fbclid=IwAR1iCJf5xhc7OGIT01YuiGJvFDHkudRnlbMc-H7VnwuvIsGQtYkJxay0lkk\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to download this prayer to use in worship before or after Thanksgiving, or for sharing a new post on social media. A <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/prayerofthx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">print version<\/a> is also available to download.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special thanks to our readers:<\/strong> John B., Pete B., Turner C., Soteria Galo, Rev. Taylor Gould, Kirk G., Rev. April Hall, Carol Hatch, Rev. Karen Hernandez, Rev. Cruz Edwin Santos, Rev. Ric Shewell, Nica Sy, Rachel Tobey, and John Townsend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional thanks to Meredith Browand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Writing and video editing:<\/strong> Patrick Scriven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional video editing and sound design:<\/strong> Rev. David Valera<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Production Assistants: <\/strong>Kristen C Caldwell, Rev. Jim Doepken, and Teri Tobey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We offer this prayer of thanks to God for all of the good people who are working to keep us safe from Covid-19 during this long and difficult year. 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