The 2008-2009 Outreach Program Season kicks off with an initiative targeting the hungry.  The goal is to join hands to feed the hungry, with volunteer activities and community services that give us a chance to get outside our community and participate in the joy of planting, growing and serving the fruits of our labors.  We kick off the campaign this Summer, but the opportunities for involvement are year round.  So, come, visit with us at Ice Tea Hour after the 9 a.m. Eucharist and sign up to share the joy.  We have a special gift for all who complete three (3) or more hours of service as part of this campaign, so, come and be a part of something amazing.  And the fruits of our labors will feed many.

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Here are the words to the song that is playing in the video.

Thanks for Life

by Bill Cusano

Plant me out in the sunlight

Sink my roots in the rich warm earth

Make me a part

Of your living garden

Give me your living waters

Tend to me like a child of light

Show me your heart

Watch me grow stronger

[CHORUS]

Water me

Tend to me

Nourish me

Care for me

I can’t survive alone

Feed me and

Comfort me

Tell me you’re

There for me

And all the fruit that I bear will be your reward

Come to me in the Harvest

Take the weight from my weary vines

Huddle them close

With loving kindness

These are fruits of your labors

They’re the children of sun and love

Give them a home

Worthy and wanting

[CHORUS]

When the last fruits are given

When the nights have grown cold and dark

Give me my rest

Give me my comfort

Take the seeds of the new life

Keep them safe in that special place

Where I was loved

Where I was treasured by you

And say a prayer of thanks for life

And say a prayer of thanks for life