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Good morning! For the return to 'normal life' for the first work day of the year for some of us, for dreaming of winter getaways, for those going on actual journeys, for fun decorations on trailers, for all the other stuff that will come up today, we gather, mugs and cups in hand, round the Coffee Cart, for chat, support, camaraderie and commiseration, and hot beverages and doughnuts. Coffee is fresh brewed, tea water hot, and doughnuts nice and warm. All is ready, everyone is welcome. Come on in and join the conversations!

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Time is a strange thing ... kind of alien as we don't know where its source is or where it goes ... and when we have it on hand we often don't know what to do with it ... as many are seized by its presence!

Isn't that dippy in the great domain about us? It has multiple implications up for categorization ... ultimately chaos because of what we don't know ... but we are directed not to speak that way for the sake of hubris! That's another wind ... aus contrare? These are needed to balance the pros and the cons as both tend to power an corruption in their urges ... the medium is despised, eliminated and out of here at the moment ... understood?

The medium develops into a dash ... connecting two hollow devices! Name it as you will ... you can bet they'll be followed and little will come forth ... because of the tacky grip ... gravid? Is a vid like a vice? Visceral eh ... gut chi!
 
I’ve been organizing 12 years worth of sermon writing lately. Not as many as it sounds since I only led worship about 10 to 15 times a year. I certainly have a critical eye when I look back at them. I honestly think I should give it up and then I wonder— why do people give positive feedback? I have a much more active editing pen these days than in the early days. I also did more research and relied on the opinions of others. Our minister always leads with a joke so years ago I thought I had to as well. I’m glad I grew out of that habit.
 
Nancy said:
I’ve been organizing 12 years worth of sermon writing lately. Not as many as it sounds since I only led worship about 10 to 15 times a year. I certainly have a critical eye when I look back at them. I honestly think I should give it up and then I wonder— why do people give positive feedback? I have a much more active editing pen these days than in the early days. I also did more research and relied on the opinions of others. Our minister always leads with a joke so years ago I thought I had to as well. I’m glad I grew out of that habit.
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Many cannot take a joke within their particular BS as a fecundity for distant laughter ... those hollow chuckles from loose wheels?
 
Nancy said:
Our minister always leads with a joke so years ago I thought I had to as well. I’m glad I grew out of that habit.
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That's so tired and formulaic. Be interesting. To me, a joke is something you build to. Weave it in slowly between the actual content or as part of that content and then drop it on the audience. It will promote people paying attention because they don't want to miss the next one.
 
Yeah, I've never led with a joke in a sermon or other formal talk unless there's something in the context that lends itself to one, e.g. something funny or potentially funny happened prior in the service. And that's, of course, unplanned. One of the advantages of my somewhat loose approach to sermons and speeches (I preach from pointform notes rather than a "script" which lends itself to improv).
 
Good idea Mendella. And @chansen you would win many genuine chuckles with your sense of humour. Most of her jokes have been told multiple times but I guess as she gets positive feedback about them. I like to lead off with something that engages and connects with what follows. Too often a joke produces a response but doesn’t necessarily lead to engagement with the message. I do like to laugh though, and most services provide those moments at some point.
 
Nancy said:
I like to lead off with something that engages and connects with what follows.
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I once led off a sermon by having the A-V play Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers. The theme was exploration so it fit rather nicely. Nowadays, I would still do that but would use the power metal cover by Unleash The Archers (yes, really, Stan Rogers as power metal). Has a real kick to it and would shake things up a bit in that stodgy bunch of UUs.
 
Nancy said:
And @chansen you would win many genuine chuckles with your sense of humour.
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I appreciate that.

I think the best compliment I got about that was when a coworker once told me I'm the only person she knew who she would have a perfectly fine conversation with, walk away, and 5 minutes later "get" my joke from the conversation and start laughing in the middle of not talking to anyone at all.

She did complain I made her look slightly crazy.
 
And, I suppose, that's an example of what I do. Or what I try to do.

Sometimes they land. Sometimes the gear collapses and it's sliding down the runway before bursting into flames.
 
When the truth strikes ... it usually has a sense of latency ... but many on their need for present immediacy get inflamed!
Thus the need for kohl'r head ... radiating bodies!
 
Not sure if I've ever mentioned this or not...but in our small congregation, I know of two men who are atheists. One is a good friend of ours...We play cards regularly, and we share our grandkids with them, as he and his wife don't have any. He is the 'church grandpa' I talked about once.
 
Usually, I begin my sermons for adults by very briefly reminding my congregation about what we learned the previous week and linking it to what we'll now be learning about. We then read that day's Scripture passage.

I begin my sermons for children by reading the Scripture passage.
 
Jae said:
Usually, I begin my sermons for adults by very briefly reminding my congregation about what we learned the previous week and linking it to what we'll now be learning about. We then read that day's Scripture passage.

I begin my sermons for children by reading the Scripture passage.
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ANd I tend to avoid linkages like that because so many people do not attend weekly. EAch week needs (IMO) to be a stand alone event for the most part. For Children's Time I often read the passage for the day adapted as a children's story (we have 5-7 all under 10)
 
Nancy said:
Not sure if I've ever mentioned this or not...but in our small congregation, I know of two men who are atheists. One is a good friend of ours...We play cards regularly, and we share our grandkids with them, as he and his wife don't have any.
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Playing cards aren't that expensive. You could get him a deck.
 
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