In closing business session, Cabinet Resolutions to close churches, the Litany of Thanksgiving that closed the report

1. Litany of Thanksgiving
for Legacy Churches

2. Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good.
God’s steadfast love in Christ endures
forever.
Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good.
God’s steadfast love has given us
salvation through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good.
God’s steadfast love provides resurrection
and new life.

3. Merciful God, you have gathered us as your Church,
and filled our hearts with your love through song
and praise. You have heard confessions and forgiven
sins. You have lifted sorrows and made us glad in
celebrations. We praise and thank you for our
fellowship and your love, for our meals and our
meetings, for our ministry and our mission, and for
all that you have been for us in our life together.
Now thank we all our God, with heart
and hands and voices.

4. We give you thanks, O God, for the rich legacies of
Calvary, Cole Memorial, Macedonia, Mountain Valley,
New Hope, Staley, Tabernacle, Trinity, and Vida
Neuva among the churches of the Western North
Carolina Conference.
Now thank we all our God, with heart
and hands and voices.

5. O God, our help in ages past, these churches were
built with loving hands and loving hearts. We are
grateful for all those who sacrificed and gave of
themselves for the formation and sustaining of
these churches. We are grateful to you, O God,
for giving vision to those who have gone before.
Now thank we all our God, with heart
and hands and voices.

6. Gracious God, in these churches members baptized
their children, professed their faith in Jesus Christ,
established new families and said goodbye to loved
ones.
Now thank we all our God, with heart
and hands and voices.

7. In years gone by, O God, your sons and daughters
from these congregations offered Christ to others
through acts of kindness, generosity and faithfulness.
Countless prayers were offered for healing, comfort,
praise and thanksgiving. Loving hands made prayer
shawls, assembled flood buckets and health kits,
cooked meals for others in the community, and
packed food boxes and backpacks for those who
were hungry.
Now thank we all our God, with heart
and hands and voices.

8. Loving God, we are thankful for all the ways
in which these congregations lived out for
generations the mission given to them by
Jesus Christ.
Now thank we all our God, with
heart and hands and voices.

9. Today we rejoice that these legacy members
remain part of Christ’s ongoing Church as they
are welcomed into new church homes where
they will continue to love and follow Jesus,
and make disciples for the transformation
of our communities and world.
Now thank we all our God, with
heart and hands and voices.

10. O God, our hope for years to come, your great
love and rich mercy continually give us new life
in Christ.
Now thank we all our God, with heart
and hands and voices.