Announcements

Mr. Sam Rapaka

Epistle Lesson 2 Timothy 2 1-15 Mr. Joshua Shaik

Worship Songs in Telugu & English UECF Choir

Intercessory Prayer & Lord's Prayer Pastor Ravinder

Offertory

*Doxology

Offertory Song Bro. Devaraju Jakki

Offertory Prayer Pastor Ravinder

BABY DEDICATION(Mayah Shaik)

Gospel Lesson Luke 15 11-24 Mr. Anand Vellore

Sermon ‘A Father’s Heart’ Pastor Ravinder

Honoring Fathers

Special Program Sunday School Children

*Closing Hymn ‘Faith of Our Fathers ’ UMH #710

*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.
• 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. Robert Mesa 21^st June
  • Mr. Francis Pulipati 24^th June
  • Mr. Syam Pilli 28^th June

Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, Worship His holy name.

Sing like never before, 0 my soul. I'll worship Your holy name.

The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning;

It's time to sing Your song again.

Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me,

Let me be singing when the even- ing comes.

You're rich in love, and You're slow to anger.

Your name is great, and Your heart is kind.

For all Your goodness, I will keep on singing;

Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find.

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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