Stoughton Clergy Association Issues a Message of Thanks on Thanksgiving

The Stoughton Clergy Association held its Community Thanksgiving Service Tuesday night at Faith Baptist Church.

For the Stoughton Clergy Association, their annual Stoughton Community Thanksgiving Service is a time to share fellowship and remember the meaning of the holiday. It's also a time to remember those who came before us and to give thanks for all we have. "Gratitude for being itself was one of the first religious responses to human existence," said Rev. Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz of the First Parish Universalist Church, whose entire semon can be read on his blog. "Our ancestors, ancient and not-so-ancient, lived close to the earth; their existence was marginal, at best. They were glad just to be alive. Because they knew, so intimately, the very fragility of their lives, our ancestors felt so close to their God, to the powers of life and death …

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