Let Your Light Shine Through (2nd Edition)

62 Fresh Sermons to Inspire Your Preaching

Let Your Light Shine Through (2nd Edition)
Philip C Garside
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h229 x 152mm - 304pg
31 Jan 2022 NZ
9781988572871
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Are you a new preacher who wants to build confidence in writing and delivering sermons? Or have you been preaching for a while and are looking for new ideas and techniques to keep your sermons fresh and your congregation engaged? These 62 creative sermons, written by New Zealand Methodist Lay Preacher Philip Garside, will provide just the input you need. Sermons work well when you are honest about your theology, draw meaning from the Bible readings for the day and relate them in a clear, logical way to your congregation. People will respond to personal stories in your sermons, and you will find that you develop your own style of preaching over time. Memorable sermons and services can be created by offering physical objects for the congregation to interact with, e. g. at prayer stations around the church, or waving flax leaves at the start of a Passion Sunday service and folding them into palm crosses later, during the sermon slot. If you read widely, listen to new music, look at new art, stay up-to-date with the politics of the day and generally take in what is happening in your local community, you will never be short of imaginative ideas to fill your sermons. Keep adding to your creative toolbox. Try something new. Your congregation will thank you. And always remember that your sermons need to tell the Good News of God' s love for us shown by the life, teaching and example of Jesus Christ. The book includes indexes of Scripture readings and of People & Themes, and a Bibliography of key books, recordings and other sources referred to in the sermons. The book is supported by free online PowerPoints, images & photos, video clips, and audio recordings of many of the sermons.
"Every Methodist preacher in Aotearoa-New Zealand should have this sermon collection by Philip Garside. . . Philip joins a short list of the old-style Methodists who found within themselves, the flame, the fire, to preach and publish and be damned - and some of them were! . . . all power to PGPL and to Philip for this book which gets the evangel into the marketplace. I like it. " Rev Dr David Bell, former principal of Trinity Theological College, Auckland; "I am impressed. I see this as an excellent collection of role-model sermons. Each is well researched, well-structured and thoughtfully spiritual. You display an innovative range of creative presentations. Every reflection delivers a meaningful and meaty message for our times. Thank you for sharing it with me. " Rosalie Sugrue, Author and Lay Preacher
Philip has been a Lay Preacher since 2007 and, along with his wife Heather, has been a member of Wesley Methodist Church in downtown Wellington, New Zealand for the last 40 years. His ministry also includes a mail order book supply service for ministers, worship leaders and church members; publishing books of worship resources and on other topics of interest to church people; and distributing the NZ Hymnbook Trust' s music books and recordings. He and his wife Heather share a passion for music, are members of Festival Singers of Wellington and lead the English language congregation' s Singing Group at their church. They live in Wellington, New Zealand and have three creative adult children.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781988572871
Published: 31 Jan 2022
Published In: New Zealand
Imprint: Philip Garside Publishing
Publisher: Philip Garside Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Pages: 304

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