I've always thought that thanksgiving would have been one of the nicer things we could have adopted from america. There are many things we adopt with great gusto that are not so positive.
When I was young, and a church-goer, we used to have a harvest thanksgiving service in autumn. Everybody brought stuff from said harvest, I remember lotsa pumpkins tomatoes, vegs, bags of wheat, even hay... and it was all distributed to "the poor"
Do churches still do this ?
When I was young, and a church-goer, we used to have a harvest thanksgiving service in autumn. Everybody brought stuff from said harvest, I remember lotsa pumpkins tomatoes, vegs, bags of wheat, even hay... and it was all distributed to "the poor" Do churches still do this ?
Yes, we at Yolla in Tassie have a Harvest thanks giving. In our area organised by the Yolla Baptist.
When I was young, and a church-goer, we used to have a harvest thanksgiving service in autumn. Everybody brought stuff from said harvest, I remember lotsa pumpkins tomatoes, vegs, bags of wheat, even hay... and it was all distributed to "the poor" Do churches still do this ?
Hi Gerty,Services, country dances and get-togethers after the harvest were once common throughout Australia. In the country we were forever looking for excuses to get together to supplement the social tennis and school events that were always the default standbys.
You are right to link the thanksgiving to the church, and it never mattered which church, everyone turned up. I remember such functions well because I was always made to wear those wretchedly hot and uncomfortable wool 'serge' shorts, shoes and my shirt was always starched like a board.
This time of the year, with Xmas coming, the regional ambulance services usually had a small carnival, assisted by the community service clubs, RSL, Freemasons, CWA (scones, lamingtons and Xmas cakes). The ambos had a hams raffle, with the half- and full hams donated by business and the butcher.
