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From Your Heart to Theirs: Delivering an Effective Sermon
The Fairway district Lay Servant Ministries team presents From Your Heart to Theirs: Delivering an Effective Sermon with Shawn Blackwelder…
October 11, 2025 @ 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
All participants are expected to read the participant book, From Your Heart to Theirs, by Tony Franks and David Carroll, before taking this course.
About the Course: This course will expand upon basic public speaking and the foundations necessary for preparing an engaging sermon. Included are various types of sermons – from exegetical to topical to children’s sermons – as well as how to find a story, use the hymnal, and how to move from communication on paper to beyond the paper.
Learners will:
- Prepare for different kinds of sermons (exegetical, topical, personal testimony, and children’s sermon);
- Hone their preaching skills through practice in front of a group;
- Provide feedback for other class members;
- Receive feedback and evaluation of one’s own sermon delivery.
For questions about the course, please contact Fairway district director Pam Strug, pstrug@nccumc.org.
We regret that we are unable to issue refunds or credits of registration fees.
About the Facilitator:
Shawn Blackwelder came to Genesis as Senior Pastor in July of 2023. He grew up in Florida, but settled in North Carolina in 1994 after he met his wife, Cheryl. A graduate of Webber International University with a degree in Business, and Duke Divinity School with a Master of Divinity degree. He has a passion for linking the church with needs in the community and for rediscovering ancient forms of prayer and Christian practices.