"When Pops is 'On Point' " - Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III

20:24 the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and y'all didn't y'all didn't come to have no church y'all y'all didn't come to have no church this is the day that the Lord has made we will rejoice and be glad in it we honor the spirit of Christ it's in him that we live and move and have our being. We give God praise for our senior pastor, Reverend Dr. Frederick Douglas Haynes III. We honor God for our pastor. We thank God, amen, on this Father's Day for all of the fathers. Happy Father's Day. Come on, send up a sound of celebration. Now give your heavenly father some love. Amen. That's why we're in our all white today. We celebrate Father's Day. Y'all be easy, Be careful with that all white.

21:20 I already got some makeup on me. All right. So y'all be careful in that all white, that cream. Amen. Y'all be careful with that. But we're celebrating, amen, Father's Day, celebrating the fathers. And we're delighted to do it. Do we have any visitors? If we have any visitors visiting with us for the first time, we would that you would just rest on your feet so that we can acknowledge you. Any first-time visitors or guests. Come on, Friendship West. Come on, show some love. Show some love to the folk around you. God bless you. God bless you. Please remain standing. Our ushers have something that they want to put in your hand to signal to you just how important your presence with us today is. Amen. If you have a church home, we send you back with our choices, blessings. If you are without a church home, we would that you would consider Friendship West. Dr. Haynes would love to be your pastor. We would love to be your family of faith. And Friendship West, we ain't got nothing but nothing but love for you.

22:15 Come on, Friendship West, let's celebrate our family, our visiting family. We praise God for each and every one of you. For our online community, come on, send up a sound of celebration. For our online community, we praise God and we give God thanks. Amen. For them. Just a few announcements that we want to raise and lift for your reflection today. Today is Father's Day. That means that is the last day of our Frederick Douglass scholarship application. Today is the last day for those of you who are interested in applying for funds. Amen. to continue your education. The Frederick Douglass Scholarship closes today, so you want to make sure that if you've got an application that you need to submit, that it is submitted by tonight. Let the church say amen. Also, don't forget our back-to-school hygiene product collection, effort led by our young people in preparation for our upcoming back-to-school celebration.

23:15 Our Discover and Chosen Youth and Children's Ministry in collaboration with Faith Formula, will be collecting hygiene products from June 7th through July 26th. This process and this project is already underway. Boxes are placed around the building in each entryway, and you can place those hygiene essentials in the box. They will be collected and bagged as a part of our annual back-to-school giveaway. Help us to be a blessing in our community by participating in the back-to-school hygiene product collection. We're excited also that as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Friendship West, the 20th anniversary of Faith Formula. That's right. Somebody ought to give God praise. Somebody ought to say hallelujah for 50 years, for 20 years.

24:05 Amen. Join us for 50 acts of friendship as we take this celebration beyond the walls of the church to make a broader impact in our community. Our first one was yesterday at the 616. You got 49 more you can be a part of as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Friendship West. Don't forget to join us Wednesday, Wednesday, June 24th at 7 p.m. for the last week of the Sons and Daughters of the West Revival. Come on, give God praise for revival. As we will be in worship, amen, with Pastors Robert and Stephanie Kennedy as they close us out of this amazing season of revival. Amen. Also, our cultural performing and visual arts showcase. If you were here this past Friday, you got a small taste of what the students in this year's program are capable of. So we're inviting you to come out this Friday, June 26th, June 26th at 7 p.m.

25:06 here in the sanctuary to celebrate, to experience the sheer brilliance of young black creativity. Come support the work of these young people. Come on, these instructors. Come on, and the communal support that they've been putting in for the past two weeks. We want to encourage you to be with us on this Friday. Amen. Now, as a part of our custom, we're celebrating Father's Day. Pastor Haynes is getting ready to make a presentation but before we do that I want to direct your attention to the screen