Speaking Week
I spoke every weekend all summer long, but have had a bit of a break this fall. I’m speaking at a church in Madison this weekend. It happens to have three services. In reflecting on my message prep I realized that I prepare differently when there are multiple services. I have two different prep routines! This shocked me, but made sense.
When I’m preparing for just one service my preparation stops at outline form. I spend just as much time praying and preparing, but I never get to manuscript. When I’m preaching the same message at multiple services I almost alway finish some form of manuscript. I spend less time verbally running through it and more time writing. One seems more flexible, but the other seems more precise. I think I’ll begin to experiment with the opposite routine in future settings. I’ll keep you posted.
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Chris Meirose on November 5th, 2009
Now that you got your monthly post out of the way….