$ From Our Hearts to Theirs, Delivering an Effective Sermon (NCC Lay Servant Ministries)

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. We will discuss and explore the sermon process from beginning to end: selecting a Scripture; doing Biblical study (exegesis); forming a thesis statement and desired response from listeners; considering rhetoric; outlining and/or writing the sermon; delivering the sermon.  We will also consider the particular circumstances of Lay Preachers, i.e. being a guest preacher.