Issue 04 Preaching in the digital ageBlog | What I’ve learnt THE WISDOM OF A SEASONED PREACHER
What I’ve learnt THE WISDOM OF A SEASONED PREACHER
Author: Andy PeckPost Date: 09.09.15
Angela Davis was born in Somerset in 1939 just as the Second World War broke out, so she was sent to live with her grandparents in St Ives, Cornwall where her Christian faith was nurtured by the Methodist church. She has been a local preacher for 55 years. After training as a teacher she worked and preached in Somerset, Warwickshire and Cornwall. She and her husband retired to St Austell, where Angela is part of the team who train the Methodist local preachers.
When I became a local preacher in the Bristol South Circuit in 1960, it was a solo effort, and it would have been unheard of for me to ask any member of the congregation to help with the service. I would never have used any prayers from a book but I composed my own and prayed extempore. There was also no lectionary to follow so choosing the readings formed the first port of call when the germ of an idea for the sermon came to me. All these things have been re-thought over the years
