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September 20 - 22, 2010
PROCESS PREACHING: A SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING EXTEMPORANEOUS SERMONS


Dates: September 20 - 22, 2010

Seminar Leader: Jerry Larson, Pastor Emeritus, Calvary Lutheran Church, Edina, Minn.

Tuition: $160

Contact Hours: 11

Class Times:
Monday, 1-4:15 p.m.
Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Process Preaching is a system for delivering sermons freely without reading a manuscript or simply speaking off the cuff. The system emphasizes the importance of first creating the sermon by writing a full manuscript. Without reading or memorizing the manuscript, preachers are then taught to speak freely what they have written through a specific kind of oral rehearsal. The system recognizes the tremendous difference between the oral and written worlds of communication. Process Preaching enables the preacher to use oral language to express the thoughts and ideas of a written text.

Prerequisite:
It is vitally important to bring a sermon manuscript that you will be preaching shortly after returning home from the seminar. You will have a chance to try out extemporaneous delivery right away. An email sent 2-3 weeks prior to the class will include the class schedule and will emphasize the need for this sermon.

Maximum Enrollment: 15