Our church, a place of harvest
a harvest of cans
of love for others
for our neighbors
not merely a collection of cash
in the offering plate
these were gifts of food
bought by the congregations
brought into the sanctuary
carried to the altar of God
by our children
November 23, 2007 6:13pm
about our annual Ingathering
November 18, 2007,
Wesley United Methodist Church,
Concord, NH
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