From Your Heart to Theirs Instructor's Guide: Delivering an Effective Sermon

by Tony Franks, David Carroll

Overview

Moving beyond the basics of public speaking and addresses the foundations necessary for preparing an engaging sermon. Broken down into five parts, Franks and Carroll work through finding the sermon to tell – exegetical or topical, personal testimony or children’s sermon; finding your own voice and using the hymnal; reading the bible aloud and dealing with that fear; communication on paper; and communication beyond the paper and practice. Each of the sections is designed to fit into a 2-hour session with goal of preparing an individual to become a preacher.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780881775358
Publisher:	Discipleship Resources
Publication date:	01/01/2008
Pages:	38
Product dimensions:	6.39(w) x 8.02(h) x 0.10(d)

About the Author

Tony Franks is a Certified Lay Speaker in the Mississippi Annual Conference. He has served as president of the Mississippi Chapter of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. Franks is a high school music and English teacher, and has also taught college English and oral communications.

David Carroll is ordained in the United Methodist Church and has served in youth ministry for 25 years. Carroll and Franks began developing a course of lay speakers after an invitation from the annual conference Director of Lay Speaking Ministries.

Table of Contents

About the Course     5
Teaching the Course: Session One     8
Session Two     14
Session Three     19
Session Four     22
Session Five     24
Suggested Reading and Information Sources     26
Course Evaluation     27
Responding to the Lay Speaker     29
Response to a Sermon     30
Sermon and Participant Information     31
Self Evaluation     32
Preparing a Sermon Arising from Scripture     34
From Your Heart to Theirs: Delivering the Effective Sermon-Sample Welcome Letter     35