Teaching resources for those with less church background

Paul Caneparo
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edited November 2024 in English Forum

Our church has 2 morning services, with one of the services hoping to attract non-church people. It's not a seeker service, because it is designed to "feed the flock", but it hopes to be "accessible and relevant" to all.

To date we've followed the same teaching program at both services, so have had the same preacher at both. I'm conscious that most of our teachers are less able to communicate in a way suitable for non-church people.

The type of talks that works well include good verbal illustrations but also good visual illustrations - especially ones that can be "acted out" rather than just PowerPoint type illustrations.

Are there any resources people can recommend that might assist in making our teaching more "visual" and so more memorable? It would great to have recommendations that cover the whole Bible, but happy to know about ones that cover just a whole book or even a theme that might be used for a series.

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  • SineNomine
    SineNomine Member Posts: 7,012 ✭✭✭

    Paul Caneparo said:

    The type of talks that works well include good verbal illustrations but also good visual illustrations - especially ones that can be "acted out" rather than just PowerPoint type illustrations.

    I'm not entirely sure that I understand what you are referring to.

    “The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara

  • Paul Caneparo
    Paul Caneparo Member Posts: 2,779 ✭✭✭
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    SineNomine said:

    Paul Caneparo said:

    The type of talks that works well include good verbal illustrations but also good visual illustrations - especially ones that can be "acted out" rather than just PowerPoint type illustrations.

    I'm not entirely sure that I understand what you are referring to.

    To illustrate the empowering of the Holy Spirit, we recently asked a child to lift a heavy weight. They couldn't, but were able to do so when helped by an adult. The point was the Holy Spirit enables us to work for God in ways that we couldn't in our own strength.

    I find this type of "acted out" illustration, great alongside "spoken" illustrations.

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