God, from you comes every bounty.
Every sacrifice of life that sustains ours
is the sacrifice of your beloved.
As we return a small part of the bounty you have blessed us with,
We pray that it will be used to forge stronger connections among all creation
Until the whole world is redeemed by your love.

Written by Rev. Chad Hornsby. Rev. Hornsby grew up in Brinkley, Arkansas, the native home of the Quapaw and Osage people, working with his family on the rice and soybean farms. In high school, Chad was active in his home Methodist Church. At that time he felt a call to ordained ministry as an Elder to serve churches like the one that raised him. He graduated from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois in May of 2023, and Chad finished a Master of Theological Studies researching Christianization in the Viking Age in May of 2024. Now Chad serves as the Pastor at Vilonia UMC. Chad loves to spend time with his wife, Rev. Miranda Hornsby, and dog, (not Rev.) Sven. In his free time you can find him in nature, learning new skills, playing games, and reading fantasy and history.