Trader’s Point Christian Church welcomed TV reality star Willie Robertson from A&E’s “Duck Dynasty” to help celebrate Father’s Day with the community.
Willie Robertson is the president of his father’s company, Duck Commander, which is known for selling “the most trusted duck whistle ever conceived,” according to the A&E website. The TV show Duck Dynasty unveils how the family business is run and depicts how the Robertson family lives true to their Louisiana southern roots.
Robertson took part in an informal question and answer session at the church with lead pastor Aaron Brockett during three services at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on June 16.
During the services, Robertson spoke about the role religion plays in the lives of his family.
He attributes his father to bringing the Lord into his family’s lives, the lives of many American’s and with causing a chain-reaction of enlightenment all around the world.
While Robertson appreciates the popularity of “Duck Dynasty” for shedding fame on his family, he does not want fans to revere him the way that he reveres God.
“Do not worship me, worship who I worship,” he said. “In this celebrity culture we live in, I think we hold people up way too high.”
He explained how his father, Phil, had hit a low point in his life, and how it helped him find Jesus. Those events relayed the importance of religion to the whole Robertson family.
Throughout his high school years, Robertson and his brother recruited more than 50 people into the church. They also attended a seminary school to be able to preach.
He explained how traveling from church to conventions to spread the word is not a nuisance.
“Our weekends are busy. It’s not a burden,” he said. “We enjoy getting the message of Jesus out.”
When asked by Abbott how men in society should act today, Robertson said that men seem to only care about themselves, the football game, the remote control, or whatever the case may be.
“We want men to be strong, be leaders and be godly and move and do big things,” he said.
Robertson explained that his family’s approach to “Duck Dynasty” was for viewers to see men acting in that manner. The show may depict the men as looking and seeming overbearing, but they are actually kind and caring.
“We just want men to lead their families to the lord,” he said.
For comic relief, Robertson added that all men should have beards, and he defended his family’s defining facial hair and got a laugh from the audience by saying, “In the 1850s, everyone had this look, we are just about a hundred years off.”
In closing the service, Robertson helped lead the congregation in prayer. Relating the sermon back to the theme of Father’s Day, he concluded, “God is our father, and we are his children.”