JEM PASTORS TRAINING
APRIL 10, 2010
The alarm went off at 4:30AM on Saturday, April 10, 2010. It was set to that time to get me ready to travel from Monrovia to Jauh Town for the pastors training. I usually leave the City of Monrovia every Friday, after work hour, to go to Buchanan. Then on Saturday, early in the morning, I leave Buchanan for Juah Town where the training takes place, about 36KM from Buchanan.
But this week, it was not so. I could not go on Friday. The vehicle was in the garage on Friday, April 9, 2010 and did not come out until late in the evening, around 9:00PM. Since it was late, I decided to travel on Saturday, April 10, 2010 by 5:00AM.
At 5:00AM on April 10, 2010, I took off from Monrovia and reached safely at about 9:00AM. The Lord graciously took me safely through. I rode with no spare tire as the night before, one of the tires had problem and we changed it. Being that it was late, I was not able to repair the tire. About 30 minutes drive to Juah Town, where we have the training; I left the tire at a tire repair shop for repair.
Our training started at 9:30AM and ended at 2:30PM with 20 pastors and church leaders present.
April 10, 2010 marks the end of the first phase of the pastors training which started in February. During this day, we taught on the course, PREACHING BIBLICAL MESSAGES and dealt with the third step to preaching biblical messages. Step three deals with finding the CENTRAL PROPOSITION OF THE TEXT (CPT). This has to do with discovering the main idea of the text. In doing so, one has to find the THEME (What is the author talking about?) and THRUST (What is the author saying about what he is talking about?).
Praise God for the level of understanding which some of the students are getting from the training.
Thanks for your prayers for these students. At the end of the class, students were asked to write down how the training has helped them. Below are some of their comments:
1. “From the training, I able to plan a short sermon”
2. “From this training, I now understand how to plan sermon”
3. “From this study, we have understood how to study the text and structure the text”
Our second phase will start May 1, 2010. Kindly pray for our training program:
1. That God will continue to provide us traveling grace
2. That God will open the eyes of the students to see the truths of God’s word
3. That God will empower them to apply what they will learn
4. That God will open the minds of the student to understand the lessons taught
5. That our vehicle will be in good running condition during our time of travel
6. That God will open doors for partnership which will enhance our work
