Sunday, August 22, 2010

What only God can do...

I hadn't posted on here in a while because I had switched over to preaching from notes for a while instead of writing the sermon out; but this week I switched back for my first sermon at Bethesda United Methodist Church, so here's the text
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        My preaching style changes from time to time. As I mentioned when I first met with some of you, I’ve tried out a few different approaches over the past several months that I’ve been ministering to the kids out at Gibault. When I first started out there, I had an idea or two about things I’d like to talk to the kids about; I wanted to talk about God’s presence in the midst of their suffering, I wanted to talk about how God still loved them, even if it didn’t always feel like it; I wanted to communicate hope to them. And, I wanted to address their spiritual needs as best I understood them.