Announcements

and all who live in it. People: Thanks be to God for God’s good and beautiful world!

Leader: The earth is the Lord’s, broken by sin and marred by injustice.

People: Thanks be to God for God’s gift of salvation, liberating the world from its bondage and decay!

Leader: The earth is the Lord’s, hopeful that God’s people

will care for God’s world.

People: Thanks be to God for God’s call to be a people who care for all creation by sharing the good news of Jesus Christ!

*Opening Hymn: ‘Faith of Our Fathers ’ RCH#279 *Opening Prayer(Unison): God of blessing and God of hope, in your holy presence we pray that you will fill our spirits with a vision of goodness and truth. We pray that you will strengthen our call and renew our faith in the promises of your covenant love, so that we may truly share with others the blessings of your Son in whose name we pray. Amen! Old Testament Lesson: Psalm 5:1-8 Mr. Louis Dundi

Epistle Lesson Ephesians 1 3-14 Mr. Rajiv Muthyala

Intercessory Prayer & Lord's Prayer Pastor Ravinder

Worship Songs in Telugu UECF Choir

Offertory

*Doxology

Offertory Prayer Pastor Ravinder

Gospel Lesson Luke 7 36-50 Mr. Andrews Indrupati

Sermon ‘Faith of Our Fathers’ Pastor Ravinder

Honoring Fathers

Special Program Sunday School Children

*Closing Hymn ‘Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us ’ RCH#462

*Closing Prayer & Benediction Pastor Ravinder

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Thanks to Rev. Dr. David Ravinder for ministering to us today.
• Next week, Holy Communion will be celebrated. Rev. Dr. David Ravinder will bring the Word of God.
• UECF Monthly Men & Women Prayer Meetings will be held on Friday, June 28^th at 7:00PM.
• Last Sunday’s offering was $697:00. We thank you for your support.
• Today’s Fellowship Hour is hosted by UECF Women.
• Please sign-up the Fellowship Roster if you would like to volunteer to host the Fellowship Coffee Hour.

Birthdays:

• • Mr. Reggie Rao 17^th June
  • Mrs. Sujatha Mallepalle 20^th June
  • Mr. Robert Mesa 21^st June
  • Ananya Bavirisetti 22^nd June

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History of Father's Day 

Father's Day is a primarily secular holiday inaugurated in the early 20th century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and parenting by males, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide, and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities.

In the United States, the first modern Father's Day celebration was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia. It was first celebrated as a church service at Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church. Grace Golden Clayton, who is believed to have suggested the service to the pastor, is believed to have been inspired to celebrate fathers after the deadly mine explosion in nearby Monongah the prior December. This explosion killed 361 men, many of them fathers and recent immigrants to the United States from Italy. Another possible inspiration for the service was Mother's Day, which had recently been celebrated for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia, a town about 15 miles away. Father's day originates as far back as 1839 in celebration of the fathers that went to war in the Battle of Iransop in which 123 fathers lost their lives defending the outpost.

Another driving force behind the establishment of the integration of Father's Day was Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Creston, Washington. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, as a single parent reared his six children in Spokane, Washington. She was inspired by Anna Jarvis's efforts to establish Mother's Day. Although she initially suggested June 5, the anniversary of her father's death, she did not provide the organizers with enough time to make arrangements, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first June Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, WA.

Unofficial support from such figures as William Jennings Bryan was immediate and widespread. President Woodrow Wilson was personally feted by his family in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge recommended it as a national holiday in 1924. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made Father's Day a holiday to be celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The holiday was not officially recognized until 1972, during the presidency of Richard Nixon.

In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by promoting male-oriented gifts such as electronics, tools and greeting cards. Schools and other children's programs commonly have activities to make Father's Day gifts.

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