a sermon for Walter Huprich
A reading from Philippians 3:20-21 Walt was a good man, he was committed to serving this community. He served in the military and during his civilian life, Walter served as a police officer and on the civil defense commission. As his family will tell you, Walt liked to stay busy... He'd often retire, only to find himself taking up another vocation. It wasn't easy for him to sit still, he got bored easily. But it wasn't just civil service that kept him busy, either. Walt had plenty of hobbies Even as Walt wrestled with his health, there was the garden that needed attention; and those specials meals to cook. Apparently Walt could cook a mean pizza, and he loved to share his mother's recipes from Austria. Yes, Walt liked to stay busy, but he wasn't a busy-body. In the midst of those jobs he would retire from and then take up again, Walter would make time for his family. Take a vacation so Jared could visit some place or another...