We Remember...

Please forward our emails to your family and friends! Help us reach out to a wider audience! View this email in your browser On this Memorial Day, we take a moment to say thank you to all who have sacrificed to keep us free.  Thank you for having the courage and the strength to stand in the face of adversity so that we may live in peace and safety.  You have fought to preserve the values of freedom and opportunity that this nation was built upon and to secure them for future generations.  That is a debt we can never repay... Thank You, Soldiers! Memorial Day Tribute Song If you know a veteran or active serviceman or woman, please call them today and thank them for their service.  Pray for their protection and for comfort for their families.  Memorial Prayer Gracious God, on this Memorial Day weekend, we remember and give thanks for those who have given their lives in the service of our country. When the need was greatest, they stepped forward and did their duty to defend the freedoms that we  enjoy, and to win the same for others. O God, you yourself have taught us that no love is greater than that which gives itself for another. These honored dead gave the most precious gift they had,life itself, for loved ones and neighbors, for comrades and country – and for us. Help us to honor their memory by caring for the family members  they have left behind, by ensuring that their wounded comrades are properly cared for, by being watchful caretakers of the freedoms  for which they gave their lives, and by demanding that no other young men and women follow them to a soldier's grave unless the reason is worthy and the cause is just. Father God, help us to remember that freedom is not free. There are times when its cost is, indeed, dear. Never let us forget those who paid so terrible a price to ensure that freedom would be our legacy. Though their names may fade with the passing of generations, may we never forget what they have done. Help us to be worthy of their sacrifice, O God. In Jesus' Name, Amen. (www.ucc.org)                       Copyright © 2013 Sauk Valley Tea Party, All rights reserved. Thank you for being part of the solution!