PCUSA national staff celebrate their inner child on Mister Rogers Day
A 1982 photo of Fred Rogers (Public Domain)
Wednesday’s chapel service celebrating Mister Rogers Day drew out the inner child among the national staff of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as they celebrated the many gifts given by Fred Rogers, the innovative children’s television pioneer and Presbyterian pastor. Rogers was born on March 20, 1928, and Presbyterians celebrate Mister Rogers Day each year on his birthday.
“Now is the time to put on your cardigan or your inside shoes,” said Carl Horton, coordinator of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, who sported both during worship.
Horton called Rogers “a public figure who worked on and off camera for peace and reconciliation, a true pioneer of faith formation in young children. He respected what kids had to say and treated them with dignity, and his kindness was beamed into homes across the United States.”
