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5 Ideas for One Verse Evangelistic Preaching

February 21, 2012 in Jesus with 0 Comments

For the final week of Mission Month at SOULIES we have each year group running a BREAK IT DOWN event (your year group, your friends, doing your thing). Here are some ideas I’m passing on to leaders for preaching short evangelistic talks to their crew.

While it’s not the only approach, preaching from one verse can be a memorable way to give a short talk encouraging people to consider Jesus. It’s worth spending time understanding the verse in its context first and then working hard to explain the ideas that the verse presents.

Here is a useful method for preparing Bible talks

See below for 5 verses packed with gospel punch. I’ve got a few ideas under each passage on possible ways you could package a talk. I don’t have any illustration ideas, or intro/hooks. If you’re preparing a talk, let me know if you need any further ideas or feedback. Preach Jesus.

See below for verses and ideas:
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Mission Month: It’s All About Jesus

February 21, 2012 in Jesus with 5 Comments

This year in SOULIES Youth Community we are kicking off term 1 and term 3 with a ‘Mission Month’. My hope is that the young punks in our community are happy to invite friends along any week of Soulies, and they do. But the thinking with the Mission Month is to give some explicit opportunities to bring friends to hear about Jesus. Hopefully that will then create some momentum that will continue on. Here’s the promo postcard:

I think it has been well received. Praise God for those who have responded to the gospel over the first 3 weeks!!

Here’s the promo vid for Feb.

Involved in youth ministry? In what ways are you seeking to encourage young punks to share Jesus this year?

1000 bonus points if you can name the beach in the photo…

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6 Reasons Jesus Came Down to Earth

February 21, 2012 in Jesus with 0 Comments

Below are the sermon MP3s from our Christmas and January Preaching Series at St Faith’s. (Read a little bit about the rational behind the series here.)

[right-click etc to download]

Dec 24 – To Reveal God – Dave Miers
Jan 1 – To Give Life – Ben Molyneux
Jan 8 – To Defeat Satan – Trent McGrath
Jan 15 – To Bring Justice – Dave Miers
Jan 22 – To Reconcile Enemies – Neil Souter
Jan 29 – To Gather People – Kerry Nagel

Mission Night // Worship // Hip Hop // Jesus

February 18, 2012 in Jesus with 1 Comment

Lots of action in Manly at the moment with the Australian Open of Surfing. Soulies had a sweet night at St Matt’s Manly last night with other youth groups from around the Northern Beaches. Dave Hanbury & band with solid worship set. D-Cype breaking it down with some phat beats and Trinitarian rhymes. Mike Doyle preaching Jesus to over 500+ young punks.

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SOULIES Mission Month Bumper Vid

February 16, 2012 in Jesus with 3 Comments

SOULIES Summercamp 2012 Highlights Vid

February 16, 2012 in Jesus with 0 Comments

Interested in youth ministry?

February 13, 2012 in Jesus with 9 Comments

I’m keen to write more frequently on Youth Ministry related topics. Last year I began writing some papers, but couldn’t sustain them. I think I’m ready to share a bit more in the way of strategy and youth ministry thinking. Are you involved in youth ministry? What type of posts would you find helpful? I’ve got some blog drafts ready, but keen for input.

The above pic is from SOULIES Summercamp.

Youth Ministry on the Front Foot

February 8, 2012 in Jesus with 7 Comments

Youthworks have recently launched a brand new youth leadership book, Youth Ministry on the Front Foot. I have a chapter in there… but don’t let that stop you getting a copy!! I haven’t read it in its final form, but am looking forward to gleaning wisdom from the experienced youth pastors who contributed. Intro blurbs etc below.

READ A SAMPLE OR BUY IT NOW

Youth are our future, right?

No! The future of our youth lies in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The truth is, the youth of any generation need to hear and accept this gospel! Youth Ministry on the Front Foot tackles the unique opportunities and challenges of ministry to this age group through the wisdom of experienced youth ministers with a passion for seeing teenagers come to Christ. The biblical principles and practical advice in these pages on key issues such as social media, discipling and leader accountability are ideal for youth ministers, church leaders and anyone interested in youth ministry. Application guides in each chapter also contain helpful questions, checklists and diagrams for your youth ministry context.

Contributors: Mike Everett, Eugene Hor, Cameron Hyslop, Ron Irving, Sarah Macken, Jodie McNeill, Dave Miers, Ken D Noakes, Murray Norman, Scott Petty, Graham Stanton, Zac Veron (series editor) & Kylie Williams

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$3000 in 3 Days! Spread the Gospel in India

January 10, 2012 in Jesus with 2 Comments

Praise God that the church in India is growing at an amazing rate. But with this the church faces unique challenges. One challenge is having pastors who are trained well in the bible. This is made more complicated with the poverty that many pastors experience in India, they cannot afford to go to bible college for a year and they are certainly not funded by the Government to do so. (Praise God for how Australians are supported by our Government).

India Gospel League has recognised the need for pastors to be trained and has partnered with Moore College to see pastors be trained in correspondence courses by teams of Aussies who will travel to India. One such group is leaving in 3 days.

The team is lead by my sister and her husband. They would love your support – in prayer and in your generous gifts. To find out more visit newcastlechristianstudents.org where you will find out more about the team and more about how you can support them.

They leave in a few days, have already raised over $10K, and have only $3000 to go… what do you reckon?

January Preaching Series

December 31, 2011 in Jesus with 1 Comment

At St Faith’s we begun a new 6-part summer preaching series on Christmas Eve/Day. 6 REASONS JESUS CAME DOWN TO EARTH will continue throughout January. Our hope is that it will be a good series to bring non-church going friends and family to hear.

I thought that Christmas was a good time to launch a series rather than inviting people to a new series starting the following week. Hopefully visitors will have heard the series kick-off over Christmas and their interest will have been piqued to continue finding out more reasons why Jesus came down to earth.

It’s been good to leverage the same artwork and signage from Christmas. It means our public banners (one of which was stolen!!) are relevant for 6 weeks instead of just 1 event. However, I think that the artwork is probably a little bit too Christmassy. So if we were to do it again in a year’s time, the advertising could be a bit more generic.

What’s your church preaching on throughout January?
Don’t go to a church? Consider checking one out so you can consider Jesus.
(Contact me if you need help finding one in your area.)

Archbishop Peter Jensen’s Christmas Message 2011

December 25, 2011 in Jesus with 0 Comments

Christmas in a Nutshell

December 24, 2011 in Jesus with 2 Comments

This vid will be getting a run at 11pm tonight, 8am & 930am tomoz. It links in well with the sermon. Check out Dan Stevers website for lots of great vids to use in church. Peace.

To our weakness is no stranger

December 23, 2011 in Jesus with 0 Comments

Perhaps you think or feel that God is distant and doesn’t understand our world and our struggles? Yet in Jesus, we have a God who has walked in human flesh and dwelt among people. The first Christmas reminds us that God has come. As we meet Jesus, we meet God.

Check out this line from my favourite Christmas Carol – O Holy Night – “He knows our need, to our weakness is no stranger”. Sometimes Christmas isn’t a joyful time for people as they reflect on the brokenness of our world. But Jesus gets it. He has been there. Check out Hebrews 4:14-16

“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”

Christmas morning is an opportunity to hope again in our God who came into our world 2000 years ago. Keep trusting in Jesus. Or find out more. Have a read of this. Find a church.

If you’re on the Northern Beaches come along to one of St Faith’s Christmas services.

Christmas @ St Faith’s Narrabeen 2011

December 21, 2011 in Jesus with 2 Comments

How to become a Christian

December 20, 2011 in Jesus with 0 Comments

How do you become a Christian? What are the basics of the Christian faith? Here are 3 simple words of faith. They aren’t magical words. But saying these 3 words to God are a good first step in becoming a Christian.

SORRY + THANKS + PLEASE // LISTEN TO EPHESIANS 2:1-10 SERMON

  1. SORRY – The Reason for Faith
  2. THANKS – The Object of Faith
  3. PLEASE – The Life of Faith

Let me know if you want to chat further about having faith in Jesus.

The Christmas Story

December 19, 2011 in Jesus with 0 Comments

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Jesus and Santa

December 19, 2011 in Jesus with 0 Comments

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(h/t ed sowden)

Sunrise Story on Kirkplace + RICE

December 18, 2011 in Jesus with 0 Comments

Three friends were featured on Sunrise on 7 this morning (Sam Mak, Steve Chong & Adrian Tam). It was part of a feature on Kirkplace Presbyterian Church and the RICE Movement.

Praise God for opportunities like this! // Click here if you can’t see the above vid.

(h/t Kirkplace web)

3 Tips on How To Die Well from Abraham

December 5, 2011 in Jesus with 2 Comments

I preached up at Coast Evangelical Church this past weekend. Reading Genesis 23-25, Abraham seems to be deliberate in his actions as he nears the end of his life. He dies well.

GENESIS 23-25 Sermon- Dave Miers (right-click etc to download)

Here’s the outline:

  1. Abraham trusts God will keep his promise
  2. Abraham works to continue to see God’s promises continue in his family
  3. Abraham looked forward to his home to come

8 Steps to Crafting a Killer Wedding Sermon

November 22, 2011 in Jesus with 0 Comments

Pete Ko has a great post with some sage advice for crafting wedding sermons.

Here are the 8 steps:

  1. Keep it short.
  2. Be realistic about your aims.
  3. Be winsome, humorous, and don’t be preachy.
  4. Try and steer clear of Ephesians 5 and 1 Peter 3 Biblical submission passages.
  5. Choose instead a passage that highlights marriage themes such as love, grace, commitment etc.
  6. Preach the gospel.
  7. Personalise the wedding sermon around the couple’s courtship and relationship.
  8. Did I mention, keep it short?

Click here to read each point fleshed out.
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