As it was my rotation to write for the Faith and Values column in the Bradenton Tribune this week, I was able to reflect upon my personal observation of Father’s Day. I’m fortunate to have a spouse whose fathering improves my mothering, whose children find him both hilarious and nurturing. I also feel blessed to have been raised in a home where because my own father was absent, members of my family, neighborhood, and church community acted like surrogate fathers to me. So I wish a Happy Father’s Day to those of you who are fathers, have been fathers, who struggle to be father’s, and who are like fathers to children not your own.
This secular holiday lends itself for an interesting reflection on this Trinity Sunday. How amazing is our God, who like a father, runs to the prodigal.
The Deibert family is away this Sunday for the Worship and Music conference in Montreat, NC. Rev. Grant Lowe will be leading us in worship and preaching on the creation story. Father’s Day is one place to start when we ask where we came from, what kinds of genes we inherited, and what we may be like. A larger answer, however, is in Genesis 1 where God is the creator, and we are created in God's likeness.
There is still time to sign up and pay Suzi Regulski Shirey this Sunday for the upcoming baseball game on June 26. In order to get the group price, we need 10 people. Tickets must be purchased in advance. See Suzi or the fellowship table for more information.
Peace and many blessings,
Tricia
