Preaching with a purpose

Today I took a service. It was a songs of praise service for which various people in the congregation had chosen eight hymns. Why do I call it a one man band? Well as well as leading the service I played the piano. There were about 17 people present and all seemed to enjoy it. I chose Bible readings to suit the hymns and in some cases gave the background of the hymn writer or the tune writer. This is a little church with only elderly members. Very sensibly they have joined forces with the Anglican church and now share their services so that there is one service each week either at the Methodist church or the Church of England. This makes for a more encouraging size of congregation. It is good to spend the time together and encourage each other.To see what is happening in my own Methodist Church see the link below. A Little Methodist Church in Devon England

What would a good Sunday be like for you? Mine was to take a morning service in a little chapel in Somerset, U.K.then to go home and have lunch cooked for me by my daughter's fiance and then spend some time with them. Then I went to my local chapel in Devon to play the organ at a service with six other people in the congregation. Then home to catch up with my poems for Squidoo and this blog. Perhaps it sounds boring to you but I find it fulfilling. Tell me what you like to do, perhaps we could swap for a day and see how we get on living someone else's life. I must say I'm in no hurry to try, after 63 years I think I know what suits me best.Here is a lens about my chapel A little Methodist chapel in Devon, England

I set off for short mat bowls but my car was making a funny noise. Couldn't get hold of the garage so will see to it tomorrow. so an evening in with the P.C. Is my life being taken over by the internet.Is it a government plot to keep us all in our homes out of the way? With this title I had better tell you abut the preaching. I am training to be a local preacher with the Methodist church in the U.K. On Sunday I shall take my 10th service. I knew I would like it but I didn't realise just how much I would enjoy it. It takes a lot of hours work to put a good service together and I don't fancy doing bad ones. I don't want to bore people. I want to inspire them and help them get nearer to God and do the same for myself. If you want to see some of the kinds of thing I do take a look at the following. http://www.squidoo.com/MaryMag and http://www.squidoo.com/BiblePeople I want to get Bible stories on the web because so few people know them any more and they can te...