June 20, 2021 • Fourth Sunday after Pentecost • Father’s Day
10:00 a.m. Service of Worship June 20, 2021 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost • Father’s Day Worship Bulletin https://bit.ly/2SdQIpn The Season after Pentecost, also called Ordinary Time, begins each year on the day after Pentecost and ends the day before the First Sunday of Advent. It may include twenty–three to twenty–eight Sundays, depending on the date of Easter, but the first Sunday is always Trinity Sunday, and the last Sunday is always Christ the King Sunday. The primary liturgical color for the Season after Pentecost is green, symbolizing growth in our discipleship. On the civil calendar, today is Father’s Day. In 1909, after hearing a Mother’s Day sermon at a church near her family’s home in Washington State, Sonora Dodd—whose mother had died in childbirth—thought about the sacrifices her father had made for his children and the fine job he had done in raising them. Because her father had been born in June, she decided to encourage the churches in her area to honor fathers in June. Through her efforts, the first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington, in June 1910. The idea spread and soon received the public support of President Calvin Coolidge. It didn’t become an “official” holiday, however, until 1972, when President Richard Nixon signed a proclamation declaring the third Sunday in June to be Father’s Day. First Lesson—Psalm 9:11-20 [UMH 744] Second Lesson—1 Samuel 17:1a, 4-11, 16-23, 32-49 Third Lesson—Mark 4:35-41 Lector: Teresa Minton Acolyte: Sandra Smith Crucifer: Brian Smith Head Usher: John Matthews Sound/Video: Eric Cangiolosi Chair, Health & Safety Committee: Brian Smith Wiseman’s View: Lori Burke, Rick Lovette, Keith Johnston, Susan Ringo, Andy Rhodes, and Wes Whitson Pastor: Rev. Jim Sanders Director of Music Ministries: David Brooks Organist & Pianist: Andrea Spears Director of Youth Ministries: Laura Brooks Director of Children’s Ministries: Lauren Jolly Preschool Director: Jane Phillips Nursery Worker: Sue Blackburn Financial Assistant: Marie Chambers Custodian: Sherri Holman —————- First United Methodist Church P.O. Box 1145 North Wilkesboro, NC 28659-1145 Phone 336-838-269 www.firstnw.org
