Thanksgiving is an annual holiday in the US, when we gather with family and friends. But it is also a spiritual discipline that we practice as Christians. Indeed, the holiday comes from the Pilgrims being thankful that they had survived the arduous journey across the unknown ocean.

One minister I knew liked to share an alphabetical list of the things that he was thankful every year. I would suggest taking a poll on the Church web site. Members of the congregation could list single words representing what they were thankful for. The website would record the words and generate a dynamic tally for each letter. By doing this, you could identify topics for future sermons or Bible studies. If 52% of the people chose Family for F, then you could do a series on “Families in the Bible.” There are some examples that have a lot of notoriety, which people could relate to.