Awaking Father

Sermon delivered by Rev. Marlin Lavanhar, Senior Minister, June 17, 2007.

Since Father’s Day always falls on Sunday, for ministers and for their families it is always a work day. Luckily for Marlin, this week he is vacationing in Colorado with Anitra and Elias and celebrating their private time as a family. Marlin will return in time to write his Father’s Day sermon and to prepare to leave for the Unitarian Universalist Association’s annual meeting. This year our General Assembly is in Portland, Oregon. Marlin will lead a workshop on our latest book from Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, Living a Call – Ministers and Congregations Together. Even if you are not able to attend General Assembly, you can pick up the book from the Book Table on Sunday mornings or from the office during the week.

We are fortunate, as a congregation, to have the opportunity to interact with our senior minister both as a father and a son. Three generations of Lavanhar men have touched the lives of many in this church.

This week may we be aware of those who have been fathers to us, and may those who have the opportunity to be father, stepfather, or father figure awaken to the significance and the joy of their role.