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The land yields its harvest; the earth has yielded its produce,
God, our God, blesses us.
Psalm 67.6
Everyone is excited about this special Harvest Celebration at St Margaret's UCZ in the Kitwe City Centre!
The empty shelves, the Minister and the Elders await the arrival of the gifts, processed in Section by Section. (The congregation is divided into geographic Sections.)
Celebrate, therefore, the feast of harvest
with the first fruit of the crops you sow in the field.
Exodus 23.16
Flour, green vegetables, fruits, and monetary gifts... all are brought forward in thanksgiving.
Even a...
From the order of worship at St Margaret's United Church of Zambia, Kitwe:
'Leader invites the Minister to stand at the Altar as the people present their harvest while the Choirs sing; Blessing of the Harvest by the Minister'
The shelves, by the end of the service, have overflowed numerous times. Stewards have been busy carrying gifts to a store room. The Section Leaders have identified recipients for the food, and it will be delivered, in service to God and God's people.
As long as the earth endures, seed time and harvest,
cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.
Genesis 8:22
'...bring to the Priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest. to weave the sheaf before the LORD so that it will be accepted on your behalf.
Leviticus 23.10
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