Father's Day sermon

This is the third Sunday in June. I am usually not here on this Sunday, because it is during this week that the sessions of the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in this region are held. They are continuing today at the University of Redlands. But I have been away for several weeks on vacation prior to this week, so I thought it would be prudent for me to show up here.

Besides that, as you have heard, this is Choir Recognition Sunday, and I wanted to be here also for that occasion. In the past, when Bob Cooper was the director of music, he used this Sunday as an opportunity to work the choir a little harder; they presented sort of a mini-concert for you, and you all appreciated that. But we had the opportunity this year to simply honor the choir, not ma…