Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Pre sermon checklist

Things to do before giving a sermon...
  • Be thoroughly familiar with where you are going to preach. Be comfortable with the height and position of the lectern and microphone.
  • Have all your notes with you and a printed outline of the PowerPoint. Check you have each page. When you turn to page 5 and it's not there... life becomes difficult.
  • Grab a glass of water. I don't think I've ever used one when preaching or leading, but if i ever need one... it's there.
  • Put on deodorant and chew gum. No-one likes it when the guy praying for them smells bad.
  • Eat an hour before. Being hungry when preaching sucks.
  • Poop prior. Needing to poop when preaching is much worse than being hungry. WARNING: Choose your time wisely. Walking into the stall after a preacher, and being meet with a stench worse than death, is not appealing.

3 comments:

Ken Summerlin said...

Great checklist. You should consider reading it aloud before preaching, as in:

Be thoroughly familiar with where you are going to preach - check

Be comfortable with the height and position of the lectern and microphone - check

Graham said...

Ken,

Great to hear from you!

Your idea would work up until the final point.

Imagine the scene...

Am i comfortable with the microphone? Check.

Did i poop? Check.

Did anyone overhear me say that into the microphone? Check.

Do i now feel awkward? Check.

Ken Summerlin said...

That would bring preaching to a whole new level of transparency!