14th Annual Community-Wide

Thanksgiving Service

Vital Information:

14th Annual Community-Wide Thanksgiving Service

Sunday, November 20, 2005

6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Lubbock Municipal Auditorium

(on the campus of Texas Tech)

Purpose of this Service:

The Thanksgiving gathering, sponsored by Pray Lubbock, is designed to be an opportunity were testimonies of God's bountiful blessings over our city during the past year lead us into corporate, community-wide praise and thanksgiving. Testimony will fuel praise.  Recounting our blessings will give substance to the sentiment of Thanksgiving. Testimony will lead us into enhanced worship as we are increasingly convinced, "How Awesome is our God!"

We have pre-arranged noteworthy testimonies of God's goodness which will be given by leaders of our community.  You will hear:

• David Gutierrez, Lubbock County Sheriff
• Thomas Head, Lubbock County Judge
• Sam Medina, 237th District Court Judge
• Gary Boren, City of Lubbock Council Member, District 3
• Greg Bruce, President, South Plains Chapter of the American Red Cross
• Barry Stephens, pulpit minister, Monterey Church of Chris
• Kevin McConic, Board Member of the  Lubbock Hope and Help Center
• Joseph and Verlene Johnson, Hurricane Katrina survivors displaced from New Orleans to Lubbock
• Bill Stence Lubbock County cotton producer
• Terry Williams, owner of Shamrock Wireless Warehouse
• Roy Velez, father of the late SPC. Jose A. Velez, U. S Army,  who was killed in action in Iraq one year ago this month
• Janie Zuniga, wife of Staff Sgt. Jesse Zuniga with the Texas National Guard in Iraq
• Carlos  Martinez, father of Lance Cpl. Carlos Martinez, U. S. Marines in Iraq

We will all be amazed at what God has done this year!

Worship will be led by Jeff McCreight, and the worship team from New Life Family Center.  This team is striving for excellence - worthy of our King's visit!

Our evening will be capped with a Thanksgiving Devotional Message from Rev. Wilburn Tanner, pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church.

An offering will be received to cover expenses related to this service and for the furtherance of prayer initiatives in our city.  Checks can be made payable to Pray Lubbock.

The public is invited to witness what the Lord has done in our midst.