Fathers On The Ball

"Fathers On The Ball" was our theme for this year's Father's Day service. We had all the fathers sit in the front as we wanted them to be able to see all we had planned for them. We did a theme based on the ongoing, and very popular, FIFA World Cup 2010. Our fathers were thrilled with the theme and, by their own admission, really enjoyed the service. The stage was decorated like a mini football field and we had large footballs on the walls throughout the church with a cross in the middle of them. We chose this theme because we believe that there are many fathers among us who are "on the ball" meaning, they are living godly lives and being a great examples to their children as well as others around them. We wanted to encourage them to continue doing this and also to inspire future fathers. We went all out: Ms. Alice led the service in her football shirt, our ushers seated people wearing their football shirts and our musicians were clad in their football clothing as well. Our youth group took the opportunity to share with our fathers and ended with the presentation of a look-alike "Jabulani" ball to our Pastor as the "coach" of our church. The word "Jabulani" means "bringing joy to everyone" and our Pastor was indeed joyful when he received this special ball signed by the entire youth group. Not to be outdone, our ladies group ran down the aisles in their football shirts. Each of them representing a different member of a football team. They brought to light the unique skills and responsibilities of each player and how those positive qualities can be carried over to being godly fathers. There were many others who made presentations and we were all blessed by them. Our service ended with a short and funny message presented by Mrs. Gloria Vaccaro followed by the presentation of a token to each father. We had fun planning and hosting this service for our fathers. I think they were blown away!! Ladies, ladies, ladies. You truly outdid yourselves this time! (Smile)