Clayton J. Schmit. This preaching practicum is designed to provide students with practice in preparing sermons for special ministry occasions. Enrollment will be limited to nine students. Each student will preach two sermons which will address an assigned ministry scenario. All sermons will be videotaped.
Parish ministry presents preachers with many types of pastoral situations.
Preaching brings the power of God's Word to bear on these special occasions, providing healing, comfort, unity, inspiration, and enlightenment for God's people. Skill in preaching on such occasions will be expected of pastors and other ministers who attend to these pastoral situations. The class will meet for a two-hour period each week. The first part of each meeting will be spent in worship, where two sermons will be preached by members of the class. The second hour will be spent in discussion of the sermons and reflection on the special homiletical and theological concerns which surround each pastoral situation.