Thirty Days of Thanksgiving

Day 11 ~ Veterans Day

• Thankful to God for the men and women who have served and are serving
• Thankful to the members of our armed forces for their service
• Thankful to the mothers & fathers, wives & husbands, sons & daughters, brothers & sisters who have sent their loved ones off to serve and count the days until they return
• Thankful for the freedom that their service & sacrifice has bought & preserved
• Thankful that God promises us peace

A Prayer for Veterans Day

Governor of Nations, our Strength and Shield:
we give you thanks for the devotion and courage
of all those who have offered military service for this country:

For those who have fought for freedom; 

for those who laid down their lives for others;
for those who have borne suffering of mind or of body;
for those who have brought their best gifts to times of need.  

On our behalf they have entered into danger,
endured separation from those they love,
labored long hours, and borne hardship in war and in peacetime.

Lift up by your mighty Presence those who are now at war;
encourage and heal those in hospitals
or mending their wounds at home;
guard those in any need or trouble;
hold safely in your hands all military families;
and bring the returning troops to joyful reunion
and tranquil life at home;

Give to us, your people, grateful hearts
and a united will to honor these men and women
and hold them always in our love and our prayers;
until your world is perfected in peace

through Jesus Christ our Savior.

~The Rev. Jennifer Phillips

Organizations that help say "thank you"

• http://www.uso.org/
• http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
• http://www.military-missions.org/
• http://www.anysoldier.com/index.cfm
• http://www.operationhomefront.net/www/volunteer.aspx