Is it hard for you to say thanks? Fall was particularly exciting on the farm. A year’s worth of hard work all came down to a few weeks of harvest. You could have an awesome crop in the field, but if you couldn’t get it out of the field and into the barn it was still a loss. And that is why Thanksgiving was a big celebration for us. Usually by the time Thanksgiving arrived the crop was safely in the barn — another successful year. But there were those years when things had not gone so well. A year’s worth of blood, sweat and tears with nothing to show for it. Maybe it was a wet spring or a dry summer or maybe hail had come through and wiped out the entire crop. How do you celebrate Thanksgiving when you have nothing to be thankful for? Paul Heppner

Prayer breakfast tradition continues The local National Prayer Breakfast, a 23-year tradition in Faribault, is set for Thanksgiving week. Pauline Schreiber

I will remember and pray for you Pastors come and go, but the churches continue their ministry. And now it is time for this pastor to go. I will be leaving the call in Faribault to accept a call in Spencerport, N.Y., at the beginning of the new year. Rev. Nancy C.L. Peebles

Festival of Hymns and Scripture Dr. Jeff Burkart of Concordia University, St. Paul, will be leading a Festival of Hymns and Scripture Readings at 4 p.m. Sunday in Trinity Lutheran Church, Faribault.

Join the Cathedral Community Cafe We will call it the Cathedral Community Cafe! On Oct. 13, we met with 25 Faribault community members, who have an interest in providing a community dinner once a week! James C. Zotalis

Lending a hand in Parkersburg Thirty-five youth and chaperones from Divine Mercy Catholic Church, Faribault, and St. Timothy’s Catholic Church, Maple Lake, spent their MEA break serving the people of Parkersburg, Iowa.

Memorial Mass at Divine Mercy A Memorial Mass to remember and pray for members of the community who have died will be celebrated at 7 p.m. Monday in Divine Mercy Catholic Church, 139 Mercy Drive.

All Saints Festival Supper The All Saints Festival Supper will be held from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Holden Lutheran Church, located at 6949 County 30 Blvd., northeast of Kenyon.

Fall Bazaar Nerstrand Grace Lutheran Church will hold its Fall Bazaar from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 7, with food, a bake sale and secondhand store.