Hopefully I preached with a purpose today. Of course it was Pentecost which is the birthday of the whole church throughout the world. So I took along a birthday cake. The congregation looked pleased! I had candles too. The youngest member of the group was about 40 and the oldest 89. I think they might want me to go there again. I had those candles that relight themselves if you blow them out. I said that we try to stop the Holy Spirit showing in our lives. I blew out a candle to illustrate. It didn't relight, so I kept my cool and re-lit it from a match and this time it did what it should and re- lit. It's a lovely illustration of how if we have the spirit he never leaves us and wont be hidden in our lives for long
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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