Yesterday's sermon went well at Faith Lutheran, the small country church I serve in Bristol, Tennessee. Because 1/3 of our membership is an extended family, when they go on their family beach vacation, the worship space can feel a bit empty. Yesterday we had no youth, so no youth sermon. When I announced that there would be no youth sermon, I asked the congregation to think about what had brought them joy in their own youth. I referenced a popsicle in the park event that one of the members had made the subject of a Facebook post. The recording of the sermon referenced that popsicle event; the manuscript does not.
I've been trying to read my sermon less, which in some ways is good, primarily in the more lively energy. But I don't like that I get tongue-tied, and I worry about my sermons getting longer. I want a sermon to be 9-12 minutes.
You can view yesterday's sermon here, on my YouTube channel. You can read my sermon in yesterday's blog post.
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