Ecumenical community Thanksgiving services

These services are a long-standing tradition in areas of the diocese and offer a rare opportunity to gather and pray united with members of other Christian congregations.”

In addition to Mass being available in many Catholic parishes on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, Nov. 22), many local ministerial alliances organize ecumenical Thanksgiving prayer services in the days leading up to the holiday as a chance to pray as one faith community and take up an offering for local people in need. These services are a long-standing tradition in areas of the diocese and offer a rare opportunity to gather and pray united with members of other Christian congregations. Here is a partial list of ecumenical Thanksgiving prayer services that are scheduled in the diocese. All services are at 7 p.m. unless noted.

Bevier — Sunday, Nov. 18, 6:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, with Deacon Lloyd Collins of Immaculate Conception in Macon preaching the message

Centralia — Sunday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m., Cornerstone Baptist Church

Clarence — Tuesday, Nov. 20, Clarence Christian Church

Edina — Monday, Nov. 18, Assembly of God Church

Hermann — Sunday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m., Hermann United Methodist Church

Kahoka — Monday, Nov. 19, St. Paul United Church of Christ, with Father Robert Fields preaching the message

Laddonia — Sunday, Nov. 18, Presbyterian worship space in the Beinhoff Funeral Home, with Father Louis Dorn preaching the message

Linn — Sunday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m., First Baptist Church

Marceline — Sunday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m., First Christian Church

Martinsburg — Wednesday, Nov. 21, St. Joseph Church

Memphis — Sunday, Nov. 18, Scotland County R-1 Elementary School gym

Monroe City — Monday, Nov. 19, Monroe City Christian Church, with Father Gregory Oligschlaeger preaching the message

Shelbina — Sunday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m., St. Mary Church

Tipton — Sunday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m., St. Andrew Church

Vienna — Sunday, Nov. 18, Vienna Baptist Church

Wheatland — Monday, Nov. 19, Church of the Nazarene