tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post3449340805699587790..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: Top Tips for Last-Minute Sermon PreparationWodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-1067539713638862702016-09-23T06:35:21.721+01:002016-09-23T06:35:21.721+01:00A clergy colleague confessed to not having ever re...A clergy colleague confessed to not having ever read "Footprints" but when M'learned Archdeacon investigated we found that on the morning concerned he had fallen into a trance as a result of stress, but Jesus had actually read it for him.Bishop Alan Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-45084427973431770072016-09-22T14:27:17.128+01:002016-09-22T14:27:17.128+01:00You left out "Read Mark Sandlin's Faceboo...You left out "Read Mark Sandlin's Facebook for the past week. Then wish that you wrote like him."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18438952661541405579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-71650672031609196052016-09-22T08:55:19.325+01:002016-09-22T08:55:19.325+01:00Go straight from the Gospel to the creed and see i...Go straight from the Gospel to the creed and see if anyone notices? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02993823417560895986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-76128783286266428972012-11-14T10:16:12.229+00:002012-11-14T10:16:12.229+00:00wonderful stuff, wished they'd taught this ap...wonderful stuff, wished they'd taught this approach at college, also spending time here is a wonderful distraction from actually writing next weeks' sermon Tim Richardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-9645788763036428952012-09-25T20:21:23.411+01:002012-09-25T20:21:23.411+01:00Not being able to remember using "Footprints&...Not being able to remember using "Footprints" is not the same as never having used it... Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849759985107161674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-54545552442260860562012-09-24T11:35:57.348+01:002012-09-24T11:35:57.348+01:00I am very taken with UK Viewer's approach here...I am very taken with UK Viewer's approach here.<br />To complete the sermon, I can recommend the method of someone I happen to know who reads out the Reading, then reads out every verse of the Reading and then uses slightly different words, or maybe just a different order of sentence, to tell the congregation what it says.<br />People are said to have found it helpful every now and then.Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-27387918544100663712012-09-24T09:23:31.597+01:002012-09-24T09:23:31.597+01:00#5 for me! Pebbles and Palestrina every time (work...#5 for me! Pebbles and Palestrina every time (works for workshop/quiet day input too). Come to think of it, I've done them all. Except Footprints. As far as I can remember...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-48454798526749304812012-09-23T16:32:26.725+01:002012-09-23T16:32:26.725+01:00Never had to write a sermon or homily or even spea...Never had to write a sermon or homily or even speak in a Godly way to an audience I can't really imagine the hiatus that a sermon causes. However, being a former military man, I can cope with this sort of thing.<br /><br />We lived by the motto that PPP led to PPP<br />(Poor prior preparation leads to P*** poor performance). CAN'T HAVE THAT CAN WE!!!!<br /><br />However, being a former Military Man, I as always prepared to deliver a briefing or set of orders, I was used to preparing using the seven questions for the Combat Estimate. I just wondered if they could be a template for any sermon?<br /><br />1. What are the congregation doing and why?<br />2. What have I been told to do to the congregation and why?<br />3. What actions/effects do I want to have on the congregation?<br />4. Where can I best accomplish each action/effect?<br />5. What resources do I need to accomplish each action/effect?<br />6. When and where do these actions take place in relation to each other?<br />7. What control measures do I need to impose?<br /><br />So, thinking of a sermons they might just be quite appropriate:<br /><br />1. They are coming to have a kip.<br />2. I need to shock them out of their sleepiness.<br />3. I want to stop them sleeping by shock effects.<br />4. I need to use the microphone at full volume.<br />5. I need a microphone and a large dustbin lid to drop.<br />6. Immediately after the Gospel and before the peace.<br />7. I need church wardens as spotters to let me know when they start to nod.<br /><br />Having organised all of this, I would deliver any sermon by numbers in short sharp steps, with suitable pauses to allow them to assimilate the information something in the style of:<br /><br />ONE, TWO, THREE, "WAIT FOR IT" ONE! If it works for recruits surely it works for congregations.<br /><br />Job Done. On with the Peace.<br />UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-27048290977285405352012-09-23T08:13:29.904+01:002012-09-23T08:13:29.904+01:00You know me too well !!You know me too well !!Rev.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16140825517369951995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-20818591341344578032012-09-22T23:48:04.290+01:002012-09-22T23:48:04.290+01:00Crying with laughter - and sympathy for all preach...Crying with laughter - and sympathy for all preacher folk struggling tonight! This congregant at least will be grateful.serenaetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13418056899887118447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-68497866154562876392012-09-22T23:47:54.574+01:002012-09-22T23:47:54.574+01:00Crying with laughter - and sympathy for all preach...Crying with laughter - and sympathy for all preacher folk struggling tonight! This congregant at least will be grateful.serenaetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13418056899887118447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-44411029837280415002012-09-22T22:57:06.401+01:002012-09-22T22:57:06.401+01:00ah so you have seen my diary....Footprints it is t...ah so you have seen my diary....Footprints it is tomorrow.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759963926280667938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-57588045548060476662012-09-22T22:53:26.803+01:002012-09-22T22:53:26.803+01:00As they say … it's funny because it's true...As they say … it's funny because it's true! With minor modifications, I've done all of those (with the exception of #10. There are limits, you know.) Especially #3, #6 and #9.<br /><br />But which of those headings does it come under when you find yourself Googling "proper 20 year b sermon help i'm desperate"? (Like I did half an hour ago?)Wynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725423840111655020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-51130893490128175872012-09-22T22:49:42.233+01:002012-09-22T22:49:42.233+01:00The Beaker School of Theology appears to have more...The Beaker School of Theology appears to have more footprints than the Yeti.<br /><br />Oh and in your quoted list of Authorities, you completely forgot to mention Yoda.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.com