Hello all:
Well…I did my first sermon last Sunday, and it seemed to go pretty well. I compared the churches in Jerusalem and in Corinth to my congregation and the problems that we are having. It made a few people mad I’ve heard, but directly, of course, I’ve heard nothing but good. One of our former elders suggested I persue preaching, but I already know I have no interest in doing that for a living….
Work has been insanely busy since I got promoted. We are waiting to move into our house, and I am busy trying to make new contacts and deal with problems, as well as deal with the political attention I am now receiving from above.
We also had our “TNT” program that I talked about in one of my prior posts. It seemed to go very well. We had two or three hundred kids in our building and I heard nothing but good on that.
So….at the moment, everything is very good, other than the busyness…and I’m finding I’m not praying as much as I was, but I am going to work on that.
Anyway, I hope to have some time on my days off to read and think about then come and write something more meaningful.
-Clarke
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July 28th, 2006 at 2:27
Congratulations on your sermon and a successful TNT event. Perhaps the audio or a transcript from your sermon could be posted on ClarkeComments?
July 28th, 2006 at 3:51
Hey Clarke,
I can’t think of a great preacher who doesn’t make someone mad occasionally. It goes with having convictions. The only way to avoid it seems to be not saying anything. BTW, you don’t have to preach for a living to bring a message occasionally.
I can relate to your busyness. Hopefully my life will calm down a bit after the next couple of weekends.
Alan
July 28th, 2006 at 6:04
Congradulations!!
Preaching is an odd job…
Have fun!
July 28th, 2006 at 6:05
Congrats brother, do not worry about posting much, your blogging should be of last priority. That is the reason I quit blogging, I held it to high and it was affecting everything around me.
July 31st, 2006 at 8:46
I’ve always heard that the job of a preacher is to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable. It sounds like you did a good job of doing both.