This week we celebrate Thanksgiving. In our worship services we have focused on being a grateful people. In my message, I referred to the legend of five grains of corn, from the story of the Pilgrims’ ‘starving time’ and how that affected their celebration of the Thanksgiving feast in 1623. William Bradford proclaimed at that feast in 1623 that beside every plate there would be five grains of corn. That was the daily ration each pilgrim was allowed during the starving period. Continue reading
Russ Ritchel 