Free Family Thanksgiving Worship Service

An easy to implement devotional filled with Scripture and hymns of Thanksgiving to be used with your family during the month of November or on Thanksgiving Day itself.

We all know how easy it is to lose track of Thanksgiving as Christmas creeps in sooner and sooner each year it seems. Christmas is such a distinct season, full of wonderful sights, sounds, and songs! But, Thanksgiving also has some wonderful sights, sounds, and songs we might miss if we don’t take the time to worship our Lord and Savior with thankful hearts.

I absolutely love songs of thanksgiving!  In fact, several years ago, I put together a Thanksgiving playlist on Spotify to have on hand to play during the Autumn season, much like we have for Christmastime.  A lot of that playlist has a sort of folksy vibe that reminds me of sitting outside on a blanket in the crisp air, drinking apple cider and watching the children play in the leaves.  *happy sigh*

I also put together a Family Thanksgiving Worship Service to help usher us into a heart of gratitude as we move into the season of Advent – a time that is marked by waiting with hope and expectation.  

I followed the same idea as our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service and created an order of service that took various Psalms and matched them with hymns of thanksgiving.  This makes this free devotional very “open and go!”

In the download, you will find one page that has all the links to the Scripture references on BibleGateway as well as links to the music on YouTube.  On the second page, you will find an unlinked copy, or “clean copy,” of the service for printing.  And on the third page, you will find a few notations from our family, copyright information, and links to the hymn lyrics themselves so you can print them off and learn the hymns.

You can use this Thanksgiving Family Worship Guide throughout the month of November during your homeschool Bible time, in the evening around the fire, or as a Thanksgiving Day worship session! So many options!

More ideas on how to implement the Family Thanksgiving Worship Service:

*Gather everyone right before bedtime in a comfortable place in your home.  Give each child a verse from the service to read.  Do the thanksgiving prayer time as your bedtime prayers for the night.

*Sit outside on a blanket on a nice Fall day with hot apple cider or hot cocoa and snacks.  Read the verses and sing, enjoying the beauty around you.

*Invite others to your home to share an Autumn meal.  Begin the evening with the Thanksgiving service and then enjoy a time of fellowship.

*Use the Family Thanksgiving Service as the prelude to your Thanksgiving Day festivities.

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Now, what if you’ve never done Family Worship Time? This Thanksgiving devotional is a great place to start!

The simplicity of this devotional will help you get into the habit of Family Worship just in time for Advent when you can find so many great (and often FREE!) Advent Devotionals to use with your family in the evening to count down the days until Christmas!

Here’s a fantastic resource to find the Advent Devotional that is right for your family!

And if you want to learn more about how to make Family Worship Time simple and wonderful, no matter the age of your children, check out my post: A Simple Approach to Family Worship Time. (It includes a Family Worship Guide with a easy formula to keep you on track!)

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