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Topic: Fathers
 As
we think about celebrating Father's Day
my topic will be about healing the wounds
and celebrating the relationship.
The idea for creating a day for children
to honor their fathers began in Spokane,
Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora
Smart Dodd thought of the idea for
Father's Day while listening to a
Mother's Day sermon in 1909.
Having been raised by her father, William
Jackson Smart, after her mother died,
Sonora wanted her father to know how
special he was to her. It was her father
that made all the parental sacrifices and
was, in the eyes of his daughter, a
courageous, selfless, and loving man.
Sonora's father was born in June, so she
chose to hold the first Father's Day
celebration in Spokane, Washington on the
19th of June, 1910.
In 1926, a National Father's Day
Committee was formed in New York City.
Father's Day was recognized by a Joint
Resolution of Congress in 1956. In 1972,
President Richard Nixon established a
permanent national observance of Father's
Day to be held on the third Sunday of
June. So Father's Day was born in memory
and gratitude by a daughter who thought
that her father and all good fathers
should be honored with a special day just
like we honor our mothers on Mother's
Day.
(source:
www.morningglow.com)
Guest:
Callers are the guests
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