What is your sermon doing? 

A preaching refresher 

Wednesday, December 11
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Eastern 

MC USA offices in Elkhart, Indiana and online via Zoom 

Register to attend in-person in Elkhart

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Preachers are often asked, “What is your next sermon about?” This is a good question, but sermons also do something. Sermons should move us, change us, bring us to meet God, and inspire us to work for God’s mission in the world. A sermon may be about God’s mercy, but what is it doing? Is this sermon meant to comfort, evoke, exhort, inspire, or build up the congregation? The gospel will be heard with more clarity if the preacher knows not only what their sermon is about, but also what it is doing.  

This upcoming webinar with speaker Allan Rudy-Froese is free to the public and is hosted by Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), Mennonite Church USA (MC USA), and Mennonite Mission Network. Attending preachers, both new and experienced, will gain fresh, practical insights into their preaching ministries. 

Whether you plan to attend in-person at the MC USA offices in Elkhart (3145 Benham Ave), or via Zoom, please register by December 6. 

In-person registration 

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Allan Rudy-Froese has studied voice (for actors, storytellers, and speakers) for twenty years. He completed his Ph.D. in homiletics, the art and theology of preaching, at the Toronto School of Theology in 2012 after nearly two decades of pastoral ministry. His teaching areas at AMBS include preaching, storytelling, voice, and leadership. He is also an adjunct professor at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario. In the summer of 2023 — after two years of intense training — he graduated as a designated Linklater voice teacher. He weaves vocal exercises and games into his seminary teaching and workshops for preachers, worship leaders, and storytellers. Allan’s research includes the book of Jonah as comedy, swearing (yes, bad words!), and the marvelous nature of the voice in worship and everyday life. He divides his time between Elkhart, Indiana, and Kitchener, Ontario, where his wife and young adult children live.