Annual Palisades Interfaith Thanksgiving Service to Take Place at Corpus Christi

By LILY TINOCO | Assistant Editor

The 2024 Palisades Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will take place this year at Corpus Christi Church on Monday evening, November 25, beginning at 7 p.m.

The annual event is hosted by the Pacific Palisades Interfaith Clergy and invites all community members to attend.

The event welcomes “fellow Palisadians” to “give thanks for … unity and blessings in song, prayer and scripture,” read a flyer about the event.

“Every year, just before Thanksgiving, the churches, temples and synagogues of Pacific Palisades offer an interfaith service for the community and all congregations,” Self-Realization Fellowship wrote ahead of the service.

Participating congregations this year include The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Self Realization Lake Shrine, St. Matthew’s Church, Kehillat Israel, Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church, Palisades Lutheran Church and Community United Methodist Church of Pacific Palisades.

“I’ve been coordinating this service for 20 years and am always so grateful that we have such a unique Ministerial Association that gathers each month to share lunch, support each other and, once a year … plan this community event,” Corpus Christi Director of Liturgy Jane Slevin Richardson said to the Palisadian-Post. “The annual gathering kicks off Thanksgiving week with a reminder of what a special community we live in, and gathering the faith communities together for an evening of song, reflection and fellowship is a tradition many look forward to all year.”

This year’s event will feature music, reflections by the leaders of the congregations and time to mingle after the program.

“All Palisadians are invited to attend the annual gathering of faith communities of the Palisades,” according to an event description. “We welcome all to celebrate this annual treasured event for neighbors to meet and be thankful for our beautiful community.”

At the event, which will take place at 880 Toyopa Drive, items will be collected to benefit the Westside Food Bank.