CLP Program of New Castle Presbytery

Syllabus for the course, “Introduction to Preaching”

 

 

The objective of this course stems from Great Commission of Jesus reported in Matthew 28: "go...and make disciples of all peoples. . .teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you." The objective of this course will therefore be to train candidates for Commissioned Lay ministry to preach the good news about Jesus in a winsome way, motivating those who listen to become his disciples.

 

Pedagogy of the course: There are assigned readings for this course, and there will be class discussion about the art of preaching. However, the pedagogy will be more practical than theoretical. Students will perfect their preaching mostly through practice. Each student will be assigned to a preaching pastor-mentor, who will arrange to have the student preach at least two sermons to his/her congregation. The pastor-mentor and listening congregation will give constructive feedback so that the student will become aware of his/her preaching strengths, and areas that need more attention. Students will learn also by listening to good preaching. They will make two critical reports to their fellow students on preaching they have heard: one based upon their reading of a renowned historic preacher (of their own choosing, and approved by the instructor); and the other based upon their their listening to the sermon of a local preacher (of their own choosing and approved by the instructor). The local pastor on whose sermon they report shall be a different person than the pastor-mentor.

 

Schedule of class meetings (September through December, 2006):

 

Monday Sept. 25th: 5:30-8:30 pm at the Dover church.

 

Saturday, Oct. 28th: Preaching Practicum at the Vessel workshops at Del. Tech. in Dover. Both the morning and afternoon sessions will be required. Students' sermons will be video-taped and critiqued with the aid of video-playback.

 

November meeting: date, time, and place to be arranged

 

December meeting: date, time, and place to be arranged

 

 

Required readings:

 

__For Sept. 25th__: Sections 3, 4, and 5 of Ronald Allen's book, An Introduction to Preaching.

 

__For October 28th__--no reading assignments for these two sessions.

 

__Third class meeting__: all of Frank Honeycutt's book: Preaching for Adult Conversion and Commitment: Invitation to a Life Transformed

 

Fourth class meeting: sections 6 and 7 of Ronald Allen's book, Interpreting the Gospel: An Introduction to Preaching. Students will also report on the historic preacher's sermon they have read for the course.

 

Distance learning

In addition to the four monthly face-to-face meetings, students will also be required to participate in the online discussion group, FeedMySheep. At least one assignment per month will be made by the instructor via this group. Students will be required to participate in the online discussion (with their fellow students as well as with the instructor) in response to those assignments.

 

 

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