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Photographs of Thanksgiving Service at NCC
Thursday, November 27, 2008

Photographs by Robert Soare.


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The story begins on Wednesday night with members taking a one hour vigil througout the night. By 9:00 am the person who took the last vigil sits alone in quiet at the altar. 001.jpg

On the altar the conucopia overflows with the fruit of the harvest symbolizing this ancient tradition of thanksgiving. 002.jpg

The bells are laid out in a long diagonal from wall to wall on a wine colored cloth silently awaiting the players who will bring their tones to life. 003.jpg

The service begins with the reading of the proclamation of Governor William Bradford to the Plymouth Colony in 1621. Many pilgrims had died of the hardships on the new world, but the harvest had been good and Governor Bradford called for thanksgiving.
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Reverend Duayne Meyer sits in his white robe against the dark wall getting ready to stand.

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The choir and intrumentalists assemble in the choir loft.

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The Cornucopea up close

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