Last year Joshua Harris ran a series of posts on his blog in which a number of well known preachers volunteered a pdf of their notes. This was fascinating, revealing the very wide range of personalities and approaches that God uses in the ministry of the word.
I thought it might be fun to do something similar on this blog, and if I can get people to cooperate (always a tricky one with preachers!) this should be an interesting series.
First up is Andrew Wilson, who zipped back a reply within a few minutes of me making the request, which was extremely impressive!
Andrew is an Elder at Kings Church, Eastbourne, which is a multi-meeting/site church and one of the largest in the Newfrontiers family. Andrew is well known within Newfrontiers as a preacher, being a key figure at events like Newday and Mobilise, and is increasingly well known as a writer, through his excellent books, Incomparable and God Stories.
Andrew sent me a Powerpoint of his notes, and says he never writes on them, so this as he preached from it. He also answered some preaching questions:
When & where was this sermon preached?
Last Sunday (10 October 2010), Kings Eastbourne/Seaford x3
Was it a special occasion or regular Sunday?
Civic service: we had the MP, Mayor and councillors there.
Why did you choose this subject/text?
It was next in our preaching series on Nehemiah, but we deliberately scheduled the civic event for Neh 5 because the topic (how to use power to pursue justice) was very relevant.
On average, how long does it take you to prepare a sermon?
8 hours (but then I have lots of time to read which isn't preaching prep, much of which no doubt informs my prep).
On average, for how long do you preach?
35 minutes (although this week was 25, because of the civic service context).
What do you find most challenging about preaching?
Humility; speaking slowly.
What do you most enjoy about preaching?
The Jesus connection at the end; getting a really good illustration.
If you would like to listen to Andrew’s sermon, it can be accessed here.
And here are his preaching notes (sorry they're sideways on!):
1 comments:
Looking at that and most of the guys from Josh Harris' blog it's interesting how many people take full manuscripts into the pulpit. I just can't do that because I end up simply staring at my notes. I write a full manuscript then pare it right down and take a few pages with what almost only bullet points on, for me that works better as it gives me more freedom....
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