ANNOUNCEMENTS


2025 Estimate of Giving

This is the time of year when the Thanksgiving Family is asked to provide an Estimate of Giving Card for the year ahead. 2025 Estimate of Giving Cards are being mailed out this week. In response to your prayers, please bring your completed card to Worship Services on 16th and 17th. There will be a special time during the services to bring your card forward. You may also complete your 2025 Estimate of Giving card here.


The Annual Christmas Cantata will be on Sunday, December 15th at the 8:30 and 10:30am Worship Services. We are looking for Musicians (Brass-Woodwinds-Strings-Percussion) to join the Orchestra. If you are interested in being a part of the Cantata please contact our Director, Joel Bartels.

Christmas Cantata Musicians


Light House Resident Applications

Thanksgiving’s Light House has the Mission to be a safe and fun gathering place for neighborhoods throughout Bellevue. Building relationships with our neighbors as we connect, learn, and grow together on how to best meet one another’s needs. Together, helping our city to discover the life that God intends for all of us.

To fulfill that Mission, we are taking applications for an individual or a couple to become our next Light House Resident(s). Click here for more information about the Light House or to complete an application.


Discover Thanksgiving

Sunday, November 17th
12:00-1:30pm

Are you new to Thanksgiving or do you have questions about our church? Join us for Discover Thanksgiving on Sunday, November 17th, a gathering designed to educate you about the history of Thanksgiving, our core values, and mission. It’s an opportunity for you to ask questions about our identity. This will be in-person with light lunch at noon in our South Campus Office Building, click here to register.


Blood Drive

Monday, November 18th
1:00-6:00pm

Thanksgiving Church is hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Monday, November 18th from 1:00-6:00 PM in the Worship Center. All blood types are needed. 
Click HERE to schedule an appointment.


Bellevue Together Thanksgiving Food Baskets

Thanksgiving Church is partnering with Bellevue Together to provide Thanksgiving Food Baskets for over 150 vulnerable Bellevue Public School families. If you are willing to support this event financially, click here to donate by choosing “Thanksgiving Outreach”.


Bellevue Together Hands of Hope Christmas Outreach

We are partnering with Bellevue Together again this year to assist families identified by Bellevue Public Schools as needing a helping hand with Christmas gifts. There are three ways you can help: 

  • Grab a tag from the Giving Wall in the Lobby beginning November 16th and return it with the gift by December 1st.


Art of Marriage

7-Weeks | Wednesdays
Begins January 8th

RECONNECT AND THRIVE TOGETHER…We all crave "the good stuff" in our marriages: resiliency, forgiveness, selflessness and all the rest. But how do we practice perfect love in our imperfect marriages? Essential aspects of God's love are illuminated in Art of Marriage, bringing God's example into practical application. Whether newly married, blended families, seasoned, or empty nesters, couples in every circumstance will feel understood and equipped by the biblical wisdom and authentic stories from wise marriage mentors through this 8-week class that begins January 8th. Click here for more details and to register.


Faith Milestones

Explorers Faith Milestones bring families together for a one-time class to learn about God’s presence through the various stages of our children’s lives. Milestone classes and presentations are attended by children (Kindergarten through Sixth Grade) and their parents/significant adults. Click here for more details and to register your child for their Faith Milestones


Journey Coaching

Discover your unique talents through our 90-minute coaching session. We focus our time around something we call “authentic affirmation”—meaning we walk you through a process of self-discovery to understand more fully the positive ways that you impact your family, friends, workplace and community.  Take Your First Step in Journey Coaching
Questions, contact Laurie Piper


IN/FUSE

Join the Worship &
Tech Arts Team

IN/FUSE is the onboarding process from our Worship Arts ministry that equips for you for the Worship Team and Technical Arts Team! If you’ve ever been interested in the worship or tech at Thanksgiving, contact Scott Pfender

IN/FUSE walks you through the process and even pairs you with a coach from each Team to help equip you. There are many opportunities in our Worship Arts ministry so go check ‘em out! Click HERE for more information about the IN/FUSE process.