{"id":550,"date":"2008-06-13T13:16:31","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T17:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=550"},"modified":"2008-06-13T13:16:31","modified_gmt":"2008-06-13T17:16:31","slug":"presbyterians-to-feature-tenor-matthew-lehner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=550","title":{"rendered":"Presbyterians to feature tenor Matthew Lehner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>At 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 15, Tyrone Presbyterians will remember the 98th anniversary of Father\u2019s Day, as they feature tenor soloist Matthew Lehner, sing beloved congregational hymns for Father\u2019s Day, and hear a morning message about the heavenly father\u2019s unconditional love.
\nTo celebrate the 98th anniversary of Father\u2019s Day, the Growth and Spiritual Enrichment Committee will provide each man in the audience on Sunday with a gift of candy. With that small gift, the committee will commemorate that Father\u2019s Day evolved 98 years ago on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Washington.
\nWhile listening to a Mother\u2019s Day sermon in her church in Spokane, a woman named Sonora Smart believed that her own father – Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart – deserved recognition for rearing his six children alone, after his wife died giving birth to their sixth child in March of 1898. On June 19, 1910, with much urging from Sonora Smart, Father\u2019s Day was born in her church in her hometown of Spokane, especially to honor father\u2019s who had made supreme sacrifices for their families. By 1924, President Calvin Coolidge supported a National Father\u2019s Day. However, not until 1966, did President Lyndon Johnson officially establish Father\u2019s Day on the third Sunday of each June.
\nGuest tenor soloist Matthew Lehner will commemorate the 98th Anniversary of Father\u2019s Day by singing Josh Groban\u2019s 2003 inspirational song entitled \u201cYou Raise Me Up.\u201d The son of Samuel Lehner and Karen Iddings, Matthew has held several solo roles in Tyrone\u2019s Allegheny Chorale, both as a tenor and a trumpeter.
\nA full-time sales associate for Southern Blair Hardware, Mr. Lehner will seek to convey the role many fathers play in the lives of their children when he sings these lyrics of Groban\u2019s 2003 song: \u201cWhen I am down, and oh, my soul\u2019s so weary\/When troubles come, and my heart burdened be\/Then I am still, and wait here in the silence\/Until you come, and speak awhile with me\/You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains\/You raise me up to walk on stormy seas\/I am strong, when I am on your shoulders\/You raise me up, to more than I can be.\u201d
\nThe audience also will remember the 98th Anniversary of Father\u2019s Day when they lift their voices for three congregational hymns that focus on the theme of heavenly and earthly fathers. Worship will open with Maltbie Babcock\u2019s 1901 hymn celebrating nature\u2019s heavenly father entitled, \u201cThis Is My Father\u2019s World.\u201d The congregation will celebrate earthly fathers when they sing Frederick Faber\u2019s 1848 tribute hymn to martyrs entitled, \u201cFaith Of Our Fathers.\u201d Presbyterian worship on this 98th Father\u2019s Day will close with a poignant benediction from the heavenly father, composed by Jaroslav Vajda, and entitled, \u201cGo My Children, With My Blessing.\u201d
\nOne of the foremost hymn composers of the Lutheran Church in America, Vajda passed away on May 10, 2008 following a life in which he composed more than 200 hymns that created new eloquence and excitement about the ancient truths of Christ\u2019s gospel. Composer Vajda achieved stunning success as an American hymn writer because he had translated so many poems and stories from the Slovakian language.
\nEpworth Manor chaplain and Presbyterian preaching pastor Mark Liller will deliver the morning message entitled, \u201cA Pre-Existing Condition.\u201d On this 98th Father\u2019s Day, Pastor Liller will remind parishioners that God the father\u2019s love covers all pre-existing conditions of their lives. God the father does not expect his children to clean up their acts before they can be worthy to approach him, and to receive his love, grace, and forgiveness. Instead, the father says, \u201cJust as you are, come!\u201d
\nAs people all across this community remember their fathers, grandfathers, step-fathers, and other male role models on this 98th anniversary of Father\u2019s Day, why not join Tyrone Presbyterians for 10:30 worship on June 15 and especially to hear this Father\u2019s Day hymn benediction:
\n\u201cGo, my children, with my blessing, never alone \/ Waking, sleeping, I am with you: You are my own \/ In my love\u2019s baptismal river, I have made you mine forever \/ Go, my children, with my blessing – you are my own. I, the Lord, will bless and keep you, and give you peace \/ I, the Lord, will smile upon you, and give you peace \/ I, the Lord, will be your father, savior, comforter, and brother \/ Go, my children, I will keep you, and give you peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 15, Tyrone Presbyterians will remember the 98th anniversary of Father\u2019s Day, as they feature tenor soloist Matthew Lehner, sing beloved congregational hymns for Father\u2019s Day, and hear a morning message about the heavenly father\u2019s unconditional love. To celebrate the 98th anniversary of Father\u2019s Day, the Growth and Spiritual Enrichment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}